The Einbeck

[Einbeck]

Unto Uncharted Lands (801 A.S.-Present Day)

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Or so the officials records end. The reality was that, much to the displeasure and misfortune of the newly-formed Rheinland Provisional Government, the Nomads and by extend, the vast majority of Niemann's fanatical forces, would not follow any orders to return home. In what remains one of the most significant events in Sirius' history, the entirety of the Rheinland Northern Fleet mutinied -- in reality, the collapse of the Nomad Mainshare paved the way for the formation of localized mindshares, amongst which that of the Northern Rheinland Fleet was the strongest yet, though it took years to truly reunify all the splintered cells in Sigmas and Rheinland -- against the Provisional Government and fled into the Omegas, effectively "disarming" the entire border of Rheinland with Dresden, Frankfurt and Sigmas.

Their newfound home would be Omega-58, a system far enough away from inhabited space but yet still close enough to allow for an eventual return to Rheinland. Coincidentally, this system was also picked due to its status in many aeons past -- one of a gateway hub for the Dam K'vosh, housing a multitude of gates.

It would be these very gates that would shape both the Einbeck and the Northern Fleet's future, for they planned to reactivate them one-by-one and turn them into a network reaching as far as Rheinland but also Omicron Iota at the same time. The lengthy period of time spent here, truthfully, cannot be described as a single unit; instead, The Wild made twofold plans: firstly, they would restart raids across the Omegas using the large cruiser force at their disposal but also a new type of ship, Scorpion drones, to gather new manpower and resources; so brutal were these raids that, to Rheinland, they became known as Die Wilde Jagd -- or "The Wild Hunt". Secondly, they would work towards reactivating one of the gates in Omega-58 using a Power Cell aboard the RNC Fenrir, a Rheinland battleship, with the intention to make their return to Rheinland in force.

By 816, this latter part was almost complete and The Wild ordered the official splinter of their forces into two groups: one stationed aboard Kaarst and operating throughout the Omegas and Sigmas and another which regrouped around the gate in Omega-58 that was being powered up. Unfortunately for them, however, these preparations backfired when the Power Cell's massive energy was mishandled, allowing for the formation of a singularity. The energy discharge from the activation instantly destroyed the bulk of the Northern Fleet, leaving only those in the deep Omegas and those aboard Kaarst as survivors. To many, this was another "end of the road" in the story of The Wild.

The failure to activate the gate and the subsequent destruction of almost all capital assets tied The Wild Hunt's hands behind its own back, as the saying goes, and forced it to yet again craft new ideas. Still, the biggest loss was not the fleet itself -- ships can be rebuild, as can voidforms, given enough time -- but the complete collapse of jump holes leading in and out of the system. This meant that the mindshare was effectively split yet again, part in Omegas, the other in 58, aboard Kaarst itself. By cannibalizing the now-vast graveyard that the system had turned into and by combining alien technology with that of the humans, reducing both the energy signatures and overall usage of, The Wild planned to make yet another return, but this time to the Omegas instead, some time in the distant future.

The RNC Einbeck would wait for this distant future, a matter which has yet to realize, and work towards navigating the power vacuum left in the wake of the fall of various Wild mindnodes, eventually "climbing" to control its own within The Wild Hunt as a whole. Long-term plans align with those of The Wild of Kaarst, though as a temporary measure, the Donau too was subjected to retrofitting with hybrid shielding and thrusters in an attempt to enhance its capabilities. Only time will tell if these would be the precursors to greater schemes, but one thing was clear: the Einbeck was here to stay.