Flight of the Walkure

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COMMAND LOG - BDM|RNC-WALKURE - Kapitän Leopold Katz:

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Good people died today.

Our battlegroup sat cloaked at the New Berlin gate in Frankfurt, ready to strike on Imperial relief columns, as we had done for weeks now.
Battlecruisers Edda and Walkure, cruisers Dahme, Rednitz and Nidda, and transports Tiwaz and Ehwaz formed Squadron Edda under Flotillendadmiral Leibniz as part of Taskforce Steuerberater. UKORPS on the New Berlin side of the gate signaled the quiet elimination of the rearguard of the Imperial relief convoy - and we were to decloak, ambush the head, and re appropriate the contents of the supply train while enemy reinforcements from New Berlin would be engaged with the UKORPS on the Berlin side.

The plan began without issue - Squadron Edda decloaked and wiped out their forward cruiser guard before they could raise the alarm.
Our transports were en route to collect the supplies when Imperial battleships Nord and Hammer, and battlecruisers Tyr, Donner, and Mainz decloaked and opened fire.

The initial volleys instantly destroyed the Dahme, Rednitz, our fighter/bomber screens, and crippled the Edda.
The Edda and Walkure scrambled our reserve screens to intercept their bomber wings, but they were cut down by the Imperial point defenses.
Our return volley disabled the Nord engine compartment, and the Mainz bridge.

FADM Leibniz ordered general retreat for the Nidda, Walkure, and the transports - electing to turn the crippled Edda about to face the Nord head on. As the Imperial fleet bore down on the Edda, the Walkure, Nidda, and the transports engaged cruise engines to withdraw to Rally Point Delta. Before we could make it out of the Imperial sensor range, three heavy bombers from the Tyr began closing in on us, with the Tyr, Donner, and Hammer not far behind. The Nidda turned about to cruise disrupt the pursuit fraction head on so that the Walkure and our transports could get clear.

We cruised all the way back to the nebula, hearing the Edda and Nidda fighting off the entire Imperial fleet for several minutes until they fell silent one after another.

Gott preserve and keep their souls in this life and the next.

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