I was patrolling in Omicron Xi after reports of both Corsair and Outcast activity in the system.
Not long after I entered the system I met another unusual ship from DSR. He also seemed to look for certain ships. Not the ones I was initially looking for, but nonetheless as important if not more.
We decided to fly together… for whatever activity that we can find.
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[30.08.2022 19:14:18] RNC-Ostkantone: Guten Tag
[30.08.2022 19:14:23] DSR-"Normandy"-SR1: Guten Tag der Herr
[30.08.2022 19:14:33] DSR-"Normandy"-SR1: A Donau in XI
[30.08.2022 19:14:39] DSR-"Normandy"-SR1: did i miss something ?
[30.08.2022 19:14:42] RNC-Ostkantone: There have been reports of fighting, outcasts and corsairs..
[30.08.2022 19:14:46] RNC-Ostkantone: Take great caution
[30.08.2022 19:14:53] DSR-"Normandy"-SR1: Well i am here for some Nomads
[30.08.2022 19:14:57] DSR-"Normandy"-SR1: get some Data
[30.08.2022 19:15:01] RNC-Ostkantone: i am investigating the issue
[30.08.2022 19:15:16] DSR-"Normandy"-SR1: you know where they are ?
[30.08.2022 19:15:24] RNC-Ostkantone: i have some reports
[30.08.2022 19:15:32] DSR-"Normandy"-SR1: Can i follow you ?
[30.08.2022 19:15:34] RNC-Ostkantone: you can follow me, but know i will not engage unless absolutely nessecary.
[30.08.2022 19:15:36] RNC-Ostkantone: yes
[30.08.2022 19:15:43] DSR-"Normandy"-SR1: Same
[30.08.2022 19:15:51] DSR-"Normandy"-SR1: We are a research Ship
[30.08.2022 19:15:56] RNC-Ostkantone: There seems to be a fight brewing in the area where we are going.
[30.08.2022 19:16:11] RNC-Ostkantone: Might have correlation with nomads
[30.08.2022 19:16:37] RNC-Ostkantone: H: though i can't confirm
I wasn’t expecting Nomad activity but the DSR-Normandy happened to be right all along. I wasn’t sure how to react in this situation as it was my first (albeit short) encounter with this species. I knew about our history with them though, so I was cautious. My DSR comrade seemed to be more intrigued than scared.
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[30.08.2022 19:16:44] RNC-Ostkantone: H: there!!
[30.08.2022 19:16:54] RNC-Ostkantone: on your left!!
[30.08.2022 19:17:01] DSR-"Normandy"-SR1: Interresting...
[30.08.2022 19:17:07] RNC-Ostkantone: Halt!
[30.08.2022 19:17:15] RNC-Ostkantone: In the name of Rheinland halt!
[30.08.2022 19:17:24] RNC-Ostkantone: Who.. what;.. are you??
[30.08.2022 19:17:57] RNC-Ostkantone: H: i have never seen such technology...
[30.08.2022 19:17:58] K'Halaesh: ***(Anger) so much... -darkness-***
[30.08.2022 19:17:57] RNC-Ostkantone: H: Wh.. what?!
[30.08.2022 19:17:57] RNC-Ostkantone: H: Come back!
[30.08.2022 19:18:38] DSR-"Normandy"-SR1: We dont have a lot of Data about this kinds of Nomands
[30.08.2022 19:18:44] DSR-"Normandy"-SR1: they are kinda rare
[30.08.2022 19:19:12] RNC-Ostkantone: H: I'd be cautious, Rheinland had a lot of trouble with them before...
[30.08.2022 19:19:17] RNC-Ostkantone: H: and by that i mean a lot.
After witnessing and discussing our Nomad encounter, we decided to split up. There were after all sightings of multiple Corsair and Outcast ships. If they would see the DSR ship being involved with me, I would not be able to guarantee it’s safety.
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[30.08.2022 19:21:17] RNC-Ostkantone: H: careful here, i notice some hostile elements in the area, at least to me
[30.08.2022 19:22:10] RNC-Ostkantone: H: i suggest to you we split here DSR
[30.08.2022 19:22:19] RNC-Ostkantone: I can't guarantee your safety
[30.08.2022 19:22:46] DSR-"Normandy"-SR1: i should be fine. i dont have any problems with Corsairs
[30.08.2022 19:22:47] DSR-"Normandy"-SR1: yet
[30.08.2022 19:22:54] RNC-Ostkantone: They will be when they see you flying with me
[30.08.2022 19:23:22] DSR-"Normandy"-SR1: Ok than. I hope you get home in one piece
[30.08.2022 19:23:35] RNC-Ostkantone: Same to you, safe skies and take care DSR-Normandy
After following trails of skirmishes, my scanners only found some fighters. They seemed to return to wherever they came from. No point in trying to chase fighters with a cruiser. I did see again 2 Nomads far away at a speed I have never seen a “human” fighter fly at. Not far behind them I met the DSR-Normandy again.
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[30.08.2022 19:33:23] DSR-"Normandy"-SR1: Hello again
[30.08.2022 19:33:29] DSR-"Normandy"-SR1: to munich ?
[30.08.2022 19:33:36] RNC-Ostkantone: H/ Hello DSR, spotted multiple outcasts and nomads, take care
[30.08.2022 19:33:42] RNC-Ostkantone: H: correct, too hot here
[30.08.2022 19:33:58] RNC-Ostkantone: H: Corsairs, Outcasts and then.. nomads? This is getting out of hand.
[30.08.2022 19:34:10] DSR-"Normandy"-SR1: i saw an outcast get chased by a Nomad
[30.08.2022 19:33:42] RNC-Ostkantone: H: Mein Gott.
He offered to give his collected alien samples to me. But I wanted to reward him for his service so I decided to pay for them. You “might” want to consider offering the captain and the crew of DSR-Normandy a job as researcher in our ranks... I quarantined and sent both the artifacts and the xeno relics to Battleship Schwerin. Let's hope our researchers can make more out of it than i can.
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[30.08.2022 19:34:02] DSR-"Normandy"-SR1: than i give you some time so you dont need to fine me for my Cargo
[30.08.2022 19:34:44] RNC-Ostkantone: Well you're technically not in Rheinland territory
[30.08.2022 19:34:48] RNC-Ostkantone: H: So no need to fine you
[30.08.2022 19:34:49] DSR-"Normandy"-SR1: Not yet
[30.08.2022 19:35:08] DSR-"Normandy"-SR1: or i give them to you now, we already did all our tests
[30.08.2022 19:35:29] RNC-Ostkantone: A few will do.. so we can research them. I can compensate you for them.
[30.08.2022 19:35:52] DSR-"Normandy"-SR1: ok but let get out here first
[30.08.2022 19:36:40] RNC-Ostkantone: Lets meet up at Raubling station. Safe place from corsairs
[30.08.2022 19:36:48] DSR-"Normandy"-SR1: Sounds good
[30.08.2022 19:37:18] RNC-Ostkantone: H: if i may ask, do you happen to have images of the nomads?
[30.08.2022 19:37:36] DSR-"Normandy"-SR1: sadly not
[30.08.2022 19:38:00] RNC-Ostkantone: Ah well, can't have everything i presume
[30.08.2022 19:38:23] RNC-Ostkantone: H: How much do you ask for your artifacts?
[30.08.2022 19:39:02] DSR-"Normandy"-SR1: 2,5 Mil for all the Artifact and the Xeno relics
[30.08.2022 19:41:09] [2022-08-30] 19:41:07 You have sent 3.000.000 credits to DSR-"Normandy"-SR1.
[30.08.2022 19:42:25] RNC-Ostkantone: H: Danke fur deine coorperation! I will make sure my superiors will know about your service to the Vaterland
[30.08.2022 19:42:09] DSR-"Normandy"-SR1: Well maybe you can get some more information from those at Schatten than we can get on our ship
[30.08.2022 19:42:38] RNC-Ostkantone: Ja... it created a lot of troubles for us..
[30.08.2022 19:42:50] RNC-Ostkantone: H: with this we might actually make countermeasures
[30.08.2022 19:42:59] RNC-Ostkantone: H: who knows
[30.08.2022 19:43:13] DSR-"Normandy"-SR1: I am sure you will make good use out of them
[30.08.2022 19:43:36] DSR-"Normandy"-SR1: I wish you a good flight. Auf wiedersehen der Herr
[30.08.2022 19:43:53] RNC-Ostkantone: H: Auf wiedersehen and good luck with your further research, DSR-Normandy.
It's easy to get comfortable with the enemy you know. Corsairs and Outcasts are threats that we can handle. But Nomads are not. The fact that their presence is rising in a neighbouring system to ours is more than worrisome.
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