Vilhelm Von Hof - Personal Logs

[Goliath]

►LOADING FILE. . .[PERSONAL LOG #5]

►Identification: Vilhelm Von Hof

►Assets: "Voss" 90-ARKM-N45 "Wraith" Very Heavy Fighter
Rheinland Cruiser "Helgoland" - Donau Class

►Affiliation: Marinenachrichtendienst (MND)

►Status: [CLASSIFIED]

I cannot believe I somehow survived the Siege. Initially I was supposed to rally with an interceptor squad at Carrier Saar, but then I received new orders to board The Helgoland and depart Schatten at full speed, one hour prior to the Imperialists' siege. The first minutes were as painful as having someone with a knife pointed at your back, but wouldn't stab you yet. All of us were there. Standing next to the Frankfurt Jump Hole in the Southern part of Thuringia. The comms were buzzing about orders and chatter about what might come through. One of the recruits in the control room panicked and simply fell on the floor. He said the pressure is too high. At that moment I started to fear others might end up in the same position and The Helgoland would simply go down like that.

And then they came. The Imperialist Forces leaked through right in front of us. Battleship by Battleship. Carrier by Carrier. We kept cutting them down, and they kept cutting us down as well. There was so much bloodshed that one of the veterans proposed to desert as we resupplied. I nearly passed the proposal to the rest. Then I looked at how the Kameraden and Buro kept charging to defend Thuringia. They were giving their lives away for this system. For the survival of a true Rheinland. Why should I not do that too? Why would anyone not do that? We forgot about the desertion attempt, and charged right back, taking down Imperialist forces left and right. We took a few shots on the hull as well, many being critical, even. We kept going, until the Imperial Military couldn't spit any more forces out. We had actually won.

We eventually returned back to Schatten Research Facility. Several decks were about to blow, and one of the docking bays had been disabled. A few turrets needed complete replacement as their barrels had overheated beyond usable parameters. At least the repairs were quick on that part. Everything else may take a while. The reactor will take some days to get fixed, so I'll be on my Wraith for a while. Fiona will take care of any complaints aboard the Helgoland, provided there are any. For the first time I've seen the veterans and greenhorns cheer together, none really spilling out the beans that they're drinking while on the job - theoretically. They turned a part of the Cruiser into a bar now, breaking down their livers as anyone would do after surviving nearly impossible odds. I hope Fiona will turn a blind eye to it. I would've joined if not for the fact that I had to ready up papers for the requisitioning center. That, and I was ordered to patrol Frankfurt. Alone.

Blackbox

[12.12.2020 18:25:48] Death: KKS-Waldstein was put out of action by RNC-Helgoland (Gun).
[12.12.2020 18:42:42] Death: [RM]KKS-Admiral.Baeke was put out of action by RNC-Helgoland (Gun).
[12.12.2020 18:55:12] Death: KKS-Stuttgart was put out of action by RNC-Helgoland (Gun).
[12.12.2020 20:08:43] Death: RM|KKS-Banderstadt was put out of action by RNC-Helgoland (Gun).
[12.12.2020 20:11:01] Death: [RM]H-KKS-Njord was put out of action by RNC-Helgoland (Missile/Torpedo).
[12.12.2020 20:23:52] Death: [RM]KKS-Ratte was put out of action by RNC-Helgoland (Gun).
[12.12.2020 20:52:44] Death: KKS-Tannhauser was put out of action by RNC-Helgoland (Gun).

Federalist Fleet, Thuringia 827 A.S

►. . .LOGGING OFF

---