Message to: RHA
Comm ID: Flottekapitan Kaspar Meisnerr
Location: Vogtland, Dresden
Hessians! Our forces have returned from Omicron Gamma bearing tales of victory! The hated enemy, so long thought to have it's homeland secured against our attacks, has cowered before the might of our combined forces! Together with the Reapers of Sirius we have forced the defenders into a rout, and claimed many Corsair recruits in their Titans, launching at us constantly from the hostile bases. We have attacked and claimed the space around Tripoli, bombarded the hated homeland of our enemies and destroyed any that dared attack us.
Although an ion storm had blasted through the area while we were completing our raid, all of our men managed to return home in their ships safely, including the famed gunboat Leopard which was knocked out during the storm and we were unable to make contact with it until after the battle. It is undergoing maintenance on Vogtland as I speak. We have suffered no losses during our strike on Gamma.
This battle, I assure you, is but the first of a long line of victories.
In the mean time you are all continuing to improve your performance. Many of you exhibit increasing leadership and fighting skills. I have taken the liberty to single out the most impressive of our current line of cadets and lieutenants and adjust their rank accordingly. The list of promotions is as follows:
Rekrut Sternhammer to Leutnant
Rekrut Loewenhardt to Leutnant
Leutnant Gryneus to Oberleutnant
Oberleutnant Von Seelenburg to Hauptmann
As an interesting announcement: we prepare to strike again, and our shipyards are once more in full operation, completing a formidable vessel that will be a valued addition to our fleet. Continue to hone your skills and improve your ships. If we continue at this rate, the front will soon be stabilised, and we will be able to return to our primary task: the liberation of house Rheinland.
On an entirely different subject:
I am troubled with the recent fleet movements around Dresden, specifically those of foreign fleets. While we continue to push Corsairs away from our space, it appears a group of renegade Liberty vessels has made it's home at Bornholm. Now I have heard no reports so far of this group openly engaging Hessian ships, but their tresspassing in Omega-54 and heavy handed attack groups moving around our own system is something that we cannot allow. Do not openly engage them yet, however monitor their activities. Until we learn what their motives and goals are, all Liberty 522nd tagged vessels are to be treated as potential hostiles and ordered to retreat from the area if found in Hessian space. We cannot allow these warships to roam around our grounds freely like loose cannons, potentially aiding our enemies in the worst possible moment.
Continue launching recon operations into Omega-15. We need to evaluate their strengths, weaknesses and fleet composition, just in case there happen to be hostilities.
