► Source:Stuttgart, Schlachtschiff Westfalen ► Encryption:port RM-HC-R5C-RU4T-MD ► Submitter:Leutnant Werner Joachim Roth ► Recipient:Systemhauptquartier der Rheinwehr, Stuttgart ► Subject:Orbit of Aalen
Guten Abend ans Hauptquartier,
During a routine courier task to the Westfalen around 2330, I picked up readings from behind moon Aalen. A number of Red Hessian and Farmer's Alliance vessels had taken position at the edge of the Ostnebel. I could listen in on an ongoing conversation, seemingly about the organizations current situation and strategies. There was also talk about the Unioners. I have intercepted their communications for a while and uploaded the full conversation log below. If there is no valuable intel to be taken, it at least makes for an interesting read.
Not long after arriving on the scene, I was joined by Inspektor Nordmann of the Reichspolizei. Nordmann seems to have a lot of experience and strong feelings about the criminal organizations in question, and shortly after provocative chatter began between both sides. Flieger Jurgen Fischer also arrived on the scene and joined our defensive formation of fighters in orbit.
Despite of our defensive intentions, both Nordmann and some of the criminals would soon after charge ahead into combat. It was clear that we had to come to his aid. Most of the Alliance vessels stood watching, but not joining the fight. Soldat of the secondary fleet Thomas Muller arrived on the scene during the ongoing battle, while one AFS ship was taken down. In the end, Red Hessian Fighter Ace Raudur Vindur destroyed several Rheinland vessels one by one, while our side could only inflict one casualty.
It is clear that further training of our forces is required to deal with the Hessian threat. It takes even the most skilled pilots of the Reichswehr to be on pair with what we encountered today.
With regret I have to report an overall loss of the engagement. Luckily attacks to installations and shipping in the area were averted.
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[15.02.2022 23:31:55] AFS|Bernd.Felder: To an extent, The LWB movement simply acts under their banner with nothing but our ideology binding us together.
[15.02.2022 23:32:21] AFS|Bernd.Felder: That is good. The people of the coalition are well I hope.
[15.02.2022 23:33:37] [RHA]SOA-Jumjaz: And who knows how the Unioners would look up to that ideology
[15.02.2022 23:33:40] AFS|Bernd.Felder: With the organization crumbling to near dust prior to joining the Alliance, We had ignored the political shift in rheinland.
[15.02.2022 23:37:02] AFS|Bernd.Felder: It is an interesting turn indeed. We had little interest in Kusari assets in the past but that seems to have changed.
[15.02.2022 23:37:26] [RHA]SOA-Raudur.Vindur: You've gained quite some influence over there it seems.
[15.02.2022 23:37:32] AFS|Bernd.Felder: Indeed.
[15.02.2022 23:38:08] AFS|Bernd.Felder: I firmly remember the Unioners being aquitences of the Hessians in the past, What happened?
[15.02.2022 23:38:18] [RHA]SOA-Raudur.Vindur: Let's keep it short.
[15.02.2022 23:38:31] [RHA]SOA-Raudur.Vindur: One of our birds sang us a song how they sold us out to the Corsairs.
[15.02.2022 23:38:37] [RHA]SOA-Jumjaz: I don't think the Unioners were on our side
[15.02.2022 23:38:47] [RHA]SOA-Raudur.Vindur: At somepoint they actually were.
[15.02.2022 23:39:01] AFS|Bernd.Felder: They work with the Corsairs as well? Thats troublesome indeed.
[15.02.2022 23:39:04] [RHA]SOA-Raudur.Vindur: But that was before Corin Frei and his.. diplomatical adventures.
[15.02.2022 23:39:29] [RHA]SOA-Jumjaz: You know how we treat the Unioners if they ally with our enemy
[15.02.2022 23:39:46] [RHA]SOA-Raudur.Vindur: You can ask the survivors of their base in Hamburg.
[15.02.2022 23:39:55] [RHA]SOA-Raudur.Vindur: If there were any.
[15.02.2022 23:40:02] AFS|Bernd.Felder: I would hope so.
[15.02.2022 23:40:08] [RHA]SOA-Raudur.Vindur: The Alster Feld is now their grave.
[15.02.2022 23:40:35] [RHA]SOA-Raudur.Vindur: //Alsterfeld*
[15.02.2022 23:40:35] AFS|Bernd.Felder: Our Kusari allies work with the Corsairs ocassionally from what I hear, it is one of the major destabalizers within the Allianc
[15.02.2022 23:40:52] AFS|Bernd.Felder: We are strictly against working with anything Corsair, as its against our morals as Rheinlanders.
[15.02.2022 23:41:14] [RHA]SOA-Raudur.Vindur: Different people, different relations.
[15.02.2022 23:41:20] [RHA]SOA-Raudur.Vindur: As long as they stay in Kusari.
[15.02.2022 23:41:35] [RHA]SOA-Jumjaz: But what was the agreement that led to the LWB joining the Alliance?
[15.02.2022 23:41:43] [RHA]SOA-Jumjaz: How did it come into fruition?
[15.02.2022 23:42:08] AFS|Bernd.Felder: A lot of us signed on to the Alliance to rally behind a new banner, A fresh start for the organization.
[15.02.2022 23:42:16] AFS|Bernd.Felder: Similiar ideology brought us together.
[15.02.2022 23:42:41] [RHA]SOA-Jumjaz: And when did that occur?
[15.02.2022 23:42:42] AFS|Bernd.Felder: Those who didnt join the Alliance, now find themselves among the ranks of Hessians and Unioners.
[15.02.2022 23:42:50] AFS|Bernd.Felder: I am uncertain of the exact date, but recently for sure.
[15.02.2022 23:43:11] AFS|Bernd.Felder: There wasn't any official documentation, other than the revitalization of the LWB.
[15.02.2022 23:43:36] [RHA]SOA-Raudur.Vindur: Interesting.
[15.02.2022 23:43:48] [RHA]SOA-Jumjaz: Now the third party comes
[15.02.2022 23:43:51] AFS|Bernd.Felder: Indeed. The organization is still regaining strength-
[15.02.2022 23:43:57] AFS|Bernd.Felder: It would seem so.
[15.02.2022 23:44:26] KPR|KP.Insp-Nordmann: Greetings Lt.Werner. seems we have some roaches around.
[15.02.2022 23:44:28] [RHA]SOA-Jumjaz: Ja. The ones sitting by Stuttgart
[15.02.2022 23:45:30] Lt-Werner.Roth: We have some serious gathering over there in the nebula.
[15.02.2022 23:45:30] KPR|KP.Insp-Nordmann: The Alliance? I must be dreaming.
[15.02.2022 23:46:14] KPR|KP.Insp-Nordmann: yeah, I saw. Im ready to die.
[15.02.2022 23:46:39] Lt-Werner.Roth: It's important to know when to fight. Intercepting their communications is good enough for now.
[15.02.2022 23:47:30] AFS|Bernd.Felder: Oh you were indeed right about the third party.
[15.02.2022 23:47:52] [RHA]SOA-Raudur.Vindur: Die Kaiserliche Polizei in their shiny new uniforms.
[15.02.2022 23:48:08] Lt-Werner.Roth: Besides, if we are lucky, reinforcements might show up, before it's too late. In that case, we can still clean up.
[15.02.2022 23:48:15] KPR|KP.Insp-Nordmann: You like it? You could have one two... But well there you are.
[15.02.2022 23:48:18] KPR|KP.Insp-Nordmann: Looking dirty.
[15.02.2022 23:48:30] AFS|Bernd.Felder: As dirty as a farmer in a field here.
[15.02.2022 23:48:30] [RHA]SOA-Raudur.Vindur: I physically cannot wear anything else but this suit.
[15.02.2022 23:48:42] [RM]FL-Jurgen.Fischer: Guten Tagn
[15.02.2022 23:48:43] AFS|Bernd.Felder: I almost forgot my hat, thank you for reminding me.
[15.02.2022 23:48:47] AFS|Grobe.Baumwolle: As dirty as the pigs on the farm.
[15.02.2022 23:49:03] [RM]FL-Jurgen.Fischer: The hell...
[15.02.2022 23:49:07] KPR|KP.Insp-Nordmann: Ugh... that's very dirty.
[15.02.2022 23:49:25] KPR|KP.Insp-Nordmann: That's correct officer, we have serious company.
[15.02.2022 23:49:32] AFS|Bernd.Felder: Yeah, we know a lot about rheinland law enforcement not getting their hands dirty.
[15.02.2022 23:49:55] AFS|Bernd.Felder: Like when Synth foods increased the tempature of planet stuttgart and forced us off our land.
[15.02.2022 23:49:55] Lt-Werner.Roth: Salutations o7
[15.02.2022 23:50:16] [RM]FL-Jurgen.Fischer: greetings
[15.02.2022 23:50:26] KPR|KP.Insp-Nordmann: Not my problem that you decided become a criminal.
[15.02.2022 23:50:28] Lt-Werner.Roth: We have a suspicious gathering over there in the nebula. I have taken position between them and the installations.
[15.02.2022 23:50:43] AFS|Grobe.Baumwolle: They burned my Great Grandfathers cotten patch!
[15.02.2022 23:50:43] [RHA]SOA-Raudur.Vindur: Sometimes the Government of Rheinland simply supports the wrong side.
[15.02.2022 23:50:47] AFS|Bernd.Felder: Criminals only by force, Because the real criminals are the burocrats.
[15.02.2022 23:51:01] KPR|KP.Insp-Nordmann: Bad choise farmer. Also you should've studied something.
[15.02.2022 23:51:06] [RM]FL-Jurgen.Fischer: Indeed
[15.02.2022 23:51:28] AFS|Bernd.Felder: Studied? Perhaps you sohuld protect Rheinlands interests instead of selling it off to some Libertonian swindler.
[15.02.2022 23:51:34] KPR|KP.Insp-Nordmann: Not trhowing your life to the toilet because Synth Foods.
[15.02.2022 23:51:40] KPR|KP.Insp-Nordmann: Im already doing that.
[15.02.2022 23:51:50] [RHA]SOA-Raudur.Vindur: Harsh words Inspektor.
[15.02.2022 23:51:56] [RHA]SOA-Raudur.Vindur: For your fellow Rheinlanders.
[15.02.2022 23:52:02] KPR|KP.Insp-Nordmann: By not letting you getting too close to the civilization.
[15.02.2022 23:52:14] KPR|KP.Insp-Nordmann: Look at those Hessians.
[15.02.2022 23:52:19] [RHA]SOA-Jumjaz: Capitalism at its finest
[15.02.2022 23:52:30] KPR|KP.Insp-Nordmann: All that pride, and for what... Living like caveman inside asteroids.
[15.02.2022 23:52:32] AFS|Bernd.Felder: We we're the backbone of our civilization before you let an oversized paste dispensor replace the lives of thousands.
[15.02.2022 23:53:04] KPR|KP.Insp-Nordmann: Well you sound like a person with repressed rage.
[15.02.2022 23:53:07] [RHA]SOA-Raudur.Vindur: I'd rather live in a Asteroid before I bow before a puppet of Emperor.
[15.02.2022 23:53:11] KPR|KP.Insp-Nordmann: Ask your organization for some mental care.
[15.02.2022 23:53:27] AFS|Bernd.Felder: Unfortunately, The Government cut that funding too.
[15.02.2022 23:53:37] KPR|KP.Insp-Nordmann: Oof, big pride brother. That gonna lead you one way for sure.
[15.02.2022 23:53:40] KPR|KP.Insp-Nordmann: Death.
[15.02.2022 23:54:01] KPR|KP.Insp-Nordmann: alright time to get fucked
[15.02.2022 23:54:02] [RHA]SOA-Raudur.Vindur: Are you here to talk the talk or are you here to walk the walk?
[15.02.2022 23:54:17] [RM]FL-Jurgen.Fischer: indeed
[15.02.2022 23:54:28] [RHA]SOA-Raudur.Vindur: Are you going to hide behind the Westfalen? Like many other did before you?
[15.02.2022 23:54:28] KPR|KP.Insp-Nordmann: Alright boys, let's clean this mess.
[15.02.2022 23:54:38] KPR|KP.Insp-Nordmann: Attack!
[15.02.2022 23:54:43] [RM]FL-Jurgen.Fischer: Yes lets powering weapons
[15.02.2022 23:54:48] [RHA]SOA-Jumjaz: I suppose you can't come out of that capitalist hole and be a real soldier
[15.02.2022 23:54:57] [RHA]SOA-Raudur.Vindur: Funny how the Polizei orders the Military around.
[15.02.2022 23:54:58] [RM]FL-Jurgen.Fischer: who is first target
[15.02.2022 23:54:59] KPR|KP.Insp-Nordmann: Raudur vindur first, lets do whatever we can, focus. good luck!
[15.02.2022 23:55:05] AFS|Bernd.Felder: I suppose its time to get this party started gentlemen?
[15.02.2022 23:55:16] [RHA]SOA-Raudur.Vindur: We'll deal with them.
[15.02.2022 23:55:23] [RM]FL-Jurgen.Fischer: You dare insult us?
[15.02.2022 23:55:25] AFS|Bernd.Felder: You will? We appreciate it.
[15.02.2022 23:55:33] KPR|KP.Insp-Nordmann: This is KPR Insp.Nordmann, engaging an hostile party near Planet Stuttgart, be advised, zone is hot.
[15.02.2022 23:55:35] Lt-Werner.Roth: Don't let them lure you into the nebula.
[15.02.2022 23:55:38] KPR|KP.Insp-Nordmann: Going in
[15.02.2022 23:55:39] AFS|Bernd.Felder: Thought we will lend a hand if you need it.
[15.02.2022 23:55:42] [RHA]SOA-Raudur.Vindur: Weapons online.
[15.02.2022 23:55:49] [RHA]SOA-Raudur.Vindur: Time to show them some Hessian pride.
[15.02.2022 23:55:51] [RM]FL-Jurgen.Fischer: Engaging
[15.02.2022 23:55:55] Lt-Werner.Roth: Our priority is to defend key installations, not hunt rabbits
[15.02.2022 23:57:13] Death: AFS|Hildebrand_Schmied was put out of action by a hostile vessel.
[16.02.2022 00:00:13] Death: KPR|KP.Insp-Nordmann suffered a self-administered loadout error (Mine).
[16.02.2022 00:01:46] Thomas.Muller: Guten tag.
[16.02.2022 00:01:59] AFS|Bernd.Felder: Another Military ship.
[16.02.2022 00:02:00] [RHA]SOA-Jumjaz: I warn you now
[16.02.2022 00:02:04] AFS|Bernd.Felder: You certainly are plentiful today.
[16.02.2022 00:02:13] Thomas.Muller: I see this is handled.
[16.02.2022 00:02:16] AFS|Grobe.Baumwolle: More ant's to defend its queen.
[16.02.2022 00:02:19] Thomas.Muller: Maybe too handled.
[16.02.2022 00:02:19] Death: [RM]FL-Jurgen.Fischer was put out of action by [RHA]SOA-Raudur.Vindur (Gun).
[16.02.2022 00:02:52] [RM]FL-Jurgen.Fischer: ouch
[16.02.2022 00:03:11] Thomas.Muller: So, who's up for a dance?
[16.02.2022 00:04:01] Thomas.Muller: I see the alliance lost its voice.
[16.02.2022 00:04:05] Death: Lt-Werner.Roth was put out of action by [RHA]SOA-Raudur.Vindur (Gun).
I take the implications of the incident serious, seeing that this was my first encounter under my command. I should have been more proactive in efforts to persuade the Inspektor not to engage. After all, no crimes had been committed on the scene that demanded immediate action and it was clear that early engagement would only be riskier, whereas a delay would have given us more forces to deal with the threat. There was too little to gain, and losses were taken perhaps unnecessarily.
Für Kaiser, Volk und Haus
Hochachtungsvoll,
gz. Werner Roth
Leutnant der Kaiserlichen Rheinwehr
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