Kaiserliche Rheinwehr [RM] - Message Dump

[Traudel Habermeyer]

► Source: Planet New Berlin
► Encryption: port RM-HC-R5C-RU4T-MD
► Submitter: Fliegerin Traudel Habermeyer
► Recipient: Rheinwehr Leitstelle, New Berlin
► Subject: Unioner Gunboat in New Berlin, 16.09.829

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Guten Abend Officers,

during a routine patrol through New Berlin i picked up a single ping, originating from somewhere close to the Ruhrfeld in sector C4. Upon investigating, i came across a Unioner gunboat. It confirmed having sent the ping, but before i could even inquire what the purpose was... the Unioner vessel made its intent abundantly clear. Firing at me, stripping my craft of all shields in a single volley. While taking evasive action to allow my shields to recharge, a Bounty Hunter arrived at the scene - causing the Unioner ship to cease firing. Apparently the Gunboat had followed him and others since Bering. That alone made the encounter all the more dubious.
With the intent of getting any useable information out of the Unioner i questioned him again, to no avail.

As it opened fire again, i authorized the Bounty Hunter to engage and did so as well. We quickly developed an effective strategy - him drawing most of the fire, while i whittled away at shields and hull when i saw an opening. Each time the Bounty Hunter needed a moment to get a better position or recover, i acted as bait to instead draw fire. Some damage was sustained, but we both prevailed and in the end he landed the decisive blow.
I suggest a compensation for the damage received.

Offering to escort the Bounty Hunter to either Wildau or Oder Shipyard, his employer arrived to check upon us for a short moment. Afterwards we continued our way to Oder Shipyard without further incidents and took care of any damages.
The Bounty Hunter turned out to be an unknown form of combat AI, at least nothing i ever saw before. The ship being able to alter its shape seemingly at will.
His ... or its ... employer transferred a sum of 1.000.000 credits to me, i suspect for the destruction of the Unioner gunboat. The transferred funds have not yet been moved by me again - as i do not intend to keep them. All i did was my duty. Thus, i will attempt to contact the trader in question again and clarify the situation.


About an hour later Flieger Rossmann was assigned to me, so i took him with me on the next patrol. We started from New Berlin, went to Essen Station and headed straight to Hamburg. I began informing my wingman about the current dealings in this system, as well as the occurrence in Thuringia. I do believe i mistakenly called the Liberty Navy craft a cruiser instead of a gunboat in that particular conversation - the full transcript is, as always, part of this report.
Seeing as Flieger Rossmann had just recently returned to a more direct way of serving, i saw fit to test his flying abilites and took him to Hudson - expanding the patrol route, while at the same time showing him which jump holes the LSF craft had taken in the past. Rossmann was able to keep up with me without issues, even in the denser parts of asteroid fields filled with wrecks of the past.

Returning to Hamburg via jump hole from Hudson, the Bering jump hole was next on the list. Even if i had tried, i would've not been able to shake Flieger Rossmann in the Kielfeld or the Nordheide. Instead of jumping to Bering, i made sure he knows the location for future patrols - as our path led back from Altona Station to Alster Shipyard and onwards to New Berlin.
A Zoner vessel was my last task for Rossmann, a simple cargo check after i had done the talking. Nothing out of the ordinary and no irregular sightings.
Patrol ended at New Berlin again.

Compiled intel

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[16.09.2022 01:01:00] Leipzig: contact
[16.09.2022 01:01:57] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: Guten Tag Leipzig.
[16.09.2022 01:02:06] Leipzig: hello
[16.09.2022 01:02:28] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: There has been a ping in this area, have you set this signal?
[16.09.2022 01:02:41] Leipzig: sure
[16.09.2022 01:03:05] Leipzig: all guns hot
[16.09.2022 01:03:20] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: Well then, wh-... how dare you?! You lot have been absolved!
[16.09.2022 01:03:51] Leipzig: pls leave the system
[16.09.2022 01:03:53] Hitman-76: Lock: *low frequency beeps*
[16.09.2022 01:04:08] Hitman-76: Lock: Greetings, to all.
[16.09.2022 01:04:14] Hitman-76: Ahoy
[16.09.2022 01:04:20] Leipzig: hello
[16.09.2022 01:04:27] Hitman-76: Lock: What is the buisness of a Unioner out here?
[16.09.2022 01:04:36] Hitman-76: Lock: That been following us since... Bering?
[16.09.2022 01:04:41] Leipzig: hm ???
[16.09.2022 01:04:47] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: Leipzig - you have fired upon a member of the Rheinwehr. Explain yourself immediately.
[16.09.2022 01:04:59] Hitman-76: Lock: *Low frequency beeps* I don't play games crim.
[16.09.2022 01:05:28] Hitman-76: ya
[16.09.2022 01:05:56] Hitman-76: Lock: *low frequency beeps* Switching to private channel, orders?
[16.09.2022 01:06:07] Hitman-76: Lock: Well?
[16.09.2022 01:06:24] Hitman-76: Lock: Orders Rheinlander?
[16.09.2022 01:06:37] Leipzig: not good sound
[16.09.2022 01:06:39] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: Leipzig - your last chance to explain your actions.
[16.09.2022 01:07:02] Hitman-76: Lock: *robotic gasp* How dare you!?
[16.09.2022 01:07:07] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: As much as i am not inclined to believe it was a weapons ... malfunction.
[16.09.2022 01:07:13] Hitman-76: Lock: Priming weapons! This is your last chance crim!
[16.09.2022 01:07:36] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: That is one decision then
[16.09.2022 01:07:41] Hitman-76: Lock: Leipzig is firing.
[16.09.2022 01:07:47] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: Lethal force allowed
[16.09.2022 01:08:00] Hitman-76: Lock: Moving in to engage, engage at your own discrection Rheinlander.
[16.09.2022 01:08:17] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: Target acquired - weapons hot!
[16.09.2022 01:09:17] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: Engaging the enemy! For Rheinland!
[16.09.2022 01:18:18] Death: Leipzig was put out of action by Hitman-76 (Gun).
[16.09.2022 01:18:24] Hitman-76: Lock: Target down.
[16.09.2022 01:18:26] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: Hostile taken out
[16.09.2022 01:18:34] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: Damage report, Hitman-76?
[16.09.2022 01:18:51] Hitman-76: Lock: Repairs needed, but no major damage.
[16.09.2022 01:19:31] Hitman-76: Lock: Status report Rheinlander? *low frequency beeps*
[16.09.2022 01:19:35] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: Understood. Your cooperation will be noted in my report. As a token of appreciation ... i can offer to escort a while.
[16.09.2022 01:19:46] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: Minor damages to the right wing, got my shields a few times.
[16.09.2022 01:20:00] Hitman-76: Lock: Roger that, he stood no chance between the both of us.
[16.09.2022 01:20:14] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: This is Rheinwehr Fliegerin Traudel Habermeyer, by the way. *The woman breathes in and out once* Good flying on your part.
[16.09.2022 01:20:36] Hitman-76: Lock: Thank you Ma'dam. *low frequency beeps*
[16.09.2022 01:20:54] Hitman-76: Lock: Hitmen are trained to be as efficient as possible.
[16.09.2022 01:20:55] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: My pleasure, that would've turned ugly on my own. Not ashamed to admit that.
[16.09.2022 01:21:13] Hitman-76: Lock: Thats new, not many Rheinlanders like to give up their pride in what they can do.
[16.09.2022 01:21:48] Hitman-76: Lock: Anyways, I would appreciate a escort to nearest repair dock.
[16.09.2022 01:21:51] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: I can worry about my pride another day, a Unioner gunboat here in New Berlin. And it opens fire on Rheinwehr?
[16.09.2022 01:22:01] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: Not a good day, i couldn't have let it go like that. But of course
[16.09.2022 01:22:15] Hitman-76: Lock: Yeah, that is a problem, good thing I showed up.
[16.09.2022 01:22:33] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: Brandenburg Station might be able to accommodate you already. If not, there is always the great Oder Shipyard.
[16.09.2022 01:23:08] Hitman-76: Lock: It would be a honor, to be able to repair at Oder shipyard.
[16.09.2022 01:23:16] Hitman-76: Lock: Shall we go?
[16.09.2022 01:23:36] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: I'll try my best to get a good word in, ja. Your engines are still fine to operate at cruise speed?
[16.09.2022 01:23:55] Hitman-76: Lock: No systems damages, only outer hull plating.
[16.09.2022 01:23:57] RST-Eichsfeld: Greetings, my Friends.
[16.09.2022 01:24:06] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: Hitman-76, be advised - new contact on my scanners.
[16.09.2022 01:24:13] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: Ah... this is ... yes, i see it now.
[16.09.2022 01:24:15] Hitman-76: Lock: At ease, it is my employer.
[16.09.2022 01:24:30] RST-Eichsfeld: Everything okay otu here? U guys need help with something?
[16.09.2022 01:24:49] Hitman-76: Lock: Neg, target is destroyed.
[16.09.2022 01:25:01] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: Was a bit of a rough one, Unioner gunboat. But it was dealt with. Thank you for the concern, though.
[16.09.2022 01:25:11] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: We are about to depart for Oder Shipyard now, much needed repairs are in order.
[16.09.2022 01:25:29] Hitman-76: Lock: Lead the way, Rheinlander. *low frequency beeps*
[16.09.2022 01:25:43] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: Very well.
[16.09.2022 01:25:52] RST-Eichsfeld: Stay safe!
[16.09.2022 01:26:04] Hitman-76: Lock: Affirmitive.
[16.09.2022 01:26:36] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: We'll take the route over Wildau, that should be fine.
[16.09.2022 01:26:42] Hitman-76: Lock: Roger that.
[16.09.2022 01:26:48] Hitman-76: Lock: *low frequency beeps*
[16.09.2022 01:28:04] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: if i may ask, he a regular? Or was this a one time thing.
[16.09.2022 01:28:23] Hitman-76: Lock: We plan to do more contracts with him in the future, for we have lost many of our own in recent years.
[16.09.2022 01:28:40] Hitman-76: Lock: As well as Hitmen Agency pilots... more and more lost contact.
[16.09.2022 01:28:58] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: Unfortunate to hear, i do hope however, that this display of skill will increase contract amounts again
[16.09.2022 01:29:22] Hitman-76: Lock: Agreed, stand back for landing procedures.

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[16.09.2022 02:44:39] Fl.-S.Rossmann: Guten Tag!
[16.09.2022 02:45:00] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: *The pilot is a little slow to answer at first, as if distracted.* ... ... ah, guten Tag!
[16.09.2022 02:45:40] Fl.-S.Rossmann: Flieger S. Rossmann reporting for duty.
[16.09.2022 02:46:05] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: Fliegerin Traudel Habermeyer, glad to have you Rossmann.
[16.09.2022 02:46:39] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: Not much out of the ordinary here - but be advised. There has been a Unioner gunboat not an hour ago. Can you believe it?
[16.09.2022 02:47:08] Fl.-S.Rossmann: I was set up to support you on your Patrol
[16.09.2022 02:47:22] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: They had been absolved of their past misdeeds. And what does this one do? Open fire. Can't make that up, even if you'd try.
[16.09.2022 02:47:32] Fl.-S.Rossmann: A Unioner Gunboat? Here In NB? Thats unbelivable
[16.09.2022 02:48:01] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: Ah, you were? Excellent. I wouldn't want to face one of them alone again and trust on the help of a random bypasser again.
[16.09.2022 02:48:17] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: And yes, here in New Berlin.
[16.09.2022 02:48:55] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: Maybe had dealings with the Junkers... i spotted it near the Ruhrfeld.
[16.09.2022 02:49:25] Fl.-S.Rossmann: Gut that u could catch him. Not to think off what could have happend if not
[16.09.2022 02:49:56] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: Was not an easy decision, but letting a trigger happy Unioner gunboat go is against all we stand for.
[16.09.2022 02:50:19] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: I do admit however, that Bounty Hunter came in just at the right time.
[16.09.2022 02:51:09] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: Alright then - fall in formation. We got a few checkpoints ahead of us. My route usually contains Hamburg as well.
[16.09.2022 02:51:22] Fl.-S.Rossmann: Sure Im on ur wing
[16.09.2022 02:51:28] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: Proceeding.
[16.09.2022 02:51:48] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: Where have you been mostly stationed, Rossmann?
[16.09.2022 02:52:40] Fl.-S.Rossmann: I was stationed in Munich system a short time.
[16.09.2022 02:53:00] Fl.-S.Rossmann: On Passau Outpost.
[16.09.2022 02:53:09] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: Munich? That ... has seen considerable action in the past from what i heard.
[16.09.2022 02:53:41] Fl.-S.Rossmann: Yeah the last years were like a huge storm over there.
[16.09.2022 02:54:10] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: Threats to Rheinland never stop.
[16.09.2022 02:54:53] Fl.-S.Rossmann: Sadly not. But its our duty to keep them away from the civillians as good as possible.
[16.09.2022 02:55:11] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: Hamburg here has garnered special interest lately as well, of the Oberkommando even. Not sure you have read the reports.
[16.09.2022 02:55:38] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: Oh, yes. The proud citizens of Rheinland have to be protected at all costs. That was what got me to follow a gunboat ... alone.
[16.09.2022 02:55:53] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: Starts to kick in just now really. That was ... somewhat reckless.
[16.09.2022 02:56:09] Fl.-S.Rossmann: Not all yet. I was reactivated from the Reserve, if you want to call it so.
[16.09.2022 02:56:38] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: Ahhh, welcome back in this case then. You've been added just in time i'd say. There is always work to do.
[16.09.2022 02:57:41] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: I'll give you a short rundown, after i confirmed a little something with Altona Station here. Won't be long...
[16.09.2022 02:58:12] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: *Traudel proceeds to open a comms channel to Altona, back and forth ensues...*
[16.09.2022 02:58:19] Fl.-S.Rossmann: Yeah thought so too. Thats why i reported myself voluntarily after that long pause.
[16.09.2022 03:01:10] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer:  ... alright, and that is that. Where were we? Right - volunteered even? That is the spirit i like to see.
[16.09.2022 03:02:11] Fl.-S.Rossmann: I heard they rebuild and opended the Jumpgate to Bering again, anything special happend because of that? Something more to look
[16.09.2022 03:02:14] Fl.-S.Rossmann: after?
[16.09.2022 03:03:11] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: *Traudel chuckles to herself, nodding.* Ohhh ja, believe me. Doesn't correlate directly with the opening, but more the border
[16.09.2022 03:03:12] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: itself.
[16.09.2022 03:03:46] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: Not even a week ago i encountered a LSF craft here, passing by like it's nothing. Kept silent all the way. It was gone too -
[16.09.2022 03:03:52] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: quick. lost it at the New Berlin jump gate.
[16.09.2022 03:04:29] Fl.-S.Rossmann: LSF here? And they kept running?
[16.09.2022 03:04:46] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: It returned after a while, i followed it. It did answer to me hailing it, but refused to cooperate much further than that.
[16.09.2022 03:04:57] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: And yes, LSF here. IN Rheinland.
[16.09.2022 03:05:31] Fl.-S.Rossmann: What did the Oberkomando said to your Report of that?
[16.09.2022 03:05:40] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: I scanned it over there in the Nordheide - then it jumped to Bering. There is one of those anomalies. *Traudel leans closer
[16.09.2022 03:05:53] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: to the feed.* ... it had Nomad tech.
[16.09.2022 03:06:24] Fl.-S.Rossmann: Last time we had them over here in Rheinland wasnt such a great time.
[16.09.2022 03:06:33] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: Indeed. Believe it or not, von Thielau himself took an interest.
[16.09.2022 03:06:52] Fl.-S.Rossmann: Nomad Tech? Oh no. Thats nothing I need to see again.
[16.09.2022 03:07:28] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: Neither do i... well, that specific vessel? I was allowed to use force to hunt it out of the system, if i encountered it again.
[16.09.2022 03:08:24] Fl.-S.Rossmann: Last time I encountered Nomad tech was in Munich. Lost some good man at that time.
[16.09.2022 03:08:54] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: Not to be trifled with, sorry for the loss.
[16.09.2022 03:10:00] Fl.-S.Rossmann: Thanks. Lets try our best to keep this stuff out of our beautiful Rheinland.
[16.09.2022 03:10:31] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: I found that LSF ship again few days after. Ruhrfeld, New Berlin. It turned immediately, for yet another jump hole. With me on
[16.09.2022 03:10:51] Fl.-S.Rossmann: So no one have to live in fear of something like this.
[16.09.2022 03:10:56] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: it's tail, it took the fastest way out of Rheinland. So i kept conversing with the pilot, thought maybe the MND could make use
[16.09.2022 03:11:00] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: of the recordings.
[16.09.2022 03:11:09] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: Oh absolutely, Rossmann. That is why we are here right now.
[16.09.2022 03:11:43] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: That one time has already been enough.
[16.09.2022 03:11:50] Fl.-S.Rossmann: So you say a special eye on Jumpholes are worth the watch. I notice it for the furutre
[16.09.2022 03:12:15] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: Yes and no, i'll show you which ones. But especially here in Hamburg. Bering and Hudson have been used so far.
[16.09.2022 03:12:59] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: Whatever Liberty might be up to... we even had a cruiser of theirs in one of our restricted zones. Claimed it got there by -
[16.09.2022 03:13:01] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: accident.
[16.09.2022 03:13:02] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: Hmf.
[16.09.2022 03:13:10] Fl.-S.Rossmann: Its the easiest and closest enter to Rheinland from Liberty. Makes sense to have an eye on them especially.
[16.09.2022 03:13:13] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: Following a Liberty Rogue smuggler.
[16.09.2022 03:13:15] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: That it does, yes.
[16.09.2022 03:13:55] Fl.-S.Rossmann: Why should a cruiser hunt a smuggler? That sounds kinda odd to me.
[16.09.2022 03:14:14] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: The amount of cardamine was ... staggering, let me put it that way.
[16.09.2022 03:15:07] Tip: Armor Upgrades are permanent items which, when mounted, multiply your ship's base hitpoints. It is an essential item on any ship.
[16.09.2022 03:15:23] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: Questions remains ... if it was fabricated. Planted evidence to make it look they hunted a smuggler,... but in truth tried to
[16.09.2022 03:15:27] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: get in at yet another location.
[16.09.2022 03:16:22] Fl.-S.Rossmann: So there wasnt any Sign of the smuggler theyve hunted but the cruiser was full of Cardamine you say?
[16.09.2022 03:17:01] Fl.-S.Rossmann: I dont want to be that one, but that sounds massively suspicious to me.
[16.09.2022 03:17:02] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: Oh, no no. The Liberty ship wasn't. It stated outright it was damaged in the fight, they don't know where they are and
[16.09.2022 03:17:14] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: the debris was still in space, cardamine included.
[16.09.2022 03:17:26] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: Not just to you...
[16.09.2022 03:17:42] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: It's still a fishy story at best.
[16.09.2022 03:18:04] Fl.-S.Rossmann: Ah okay my bad then. Misunterstood the situation. But still sounds very suspicious.
[16.09.2022 03:18:47] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: All good here, Rossmann. It's a lot to take in. Speaking of which... i want to pay Hudson a visit. Just to be sure.
[16.09.2022 03:19:15] Fl.-S.Rossmann: That sounds like a good Idea. Im at your wing
[16.09.2022 03:19:57] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: I don't like it, i really don't like it. One of our more senior soldiers, Herr Klein, even told me Hamburg was oddly quiet.
[16.09.2022 03:20:23] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: And shorty after that? This. The man is a veteran of four wars or more i believe. And up to now ... he was always right.
[16.09.2022 03:21:39] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: We will check around Manitoba... and their side of the system. But no further, of course.
[16.09.2022 03:23:08] Fl.-S.Rossmann: Never was this close to Liberty since I was a kid.
[16.09.2022 03:23:37] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: Well... here you are again. This is where i parted ways with said LSF vessel, after i met it a second time.
[16.09.2022 03:23:55] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: Left me puzzled ever since.
[16.09.2022 03:24:07] Fl.-S.Rossmann: Understandable.
[16.09.2022 03:24:54] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: We'll take a detour through the asteroid fields here - and i show you one of the jump holes it used. Hope that flying of yours
[16.09.2022 03:24:59] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: is still on point, Rossmann.
[16.09.2022 03:25:24] Fl.-S.Rossmann: I will try my best to get my rusty bones in form.
[16.09.2022 03:25:30] Fl.-S.Rossmann: After you.
[16.09.2022 03:25:45] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: No better exercise than this! Engaging cruise engines.
[16.09.2022 03:26:58] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: Assume they'll put you on some of those upcoming patrols. I heard a few pilots talk about mobilizing more squadrons.
[16.09.2022 03:27:52] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer:  ... well look at that.
[16.09.2022 03:28:22] Fl.-S.Rossmann: A LSF ship with Nomad tech isnt something to take on the easy shoulder.
[16.09.2022 03:28:56] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: Ah, for some reason it lacked the Nomad tech on our second 'meeting'.
[16.09.2022 03:29:04] Fl.-S.Rossmann: An old Battlecruiser. But so wide Outside?
[16.09.2022 03:29:33] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer:  ... always eerie to me, once they are nothing but wrecks. Like floating coffins...
[16.09.2022 03:30:12] Fl.-S.Rossmann: Yeah. We surely left dark times behind us.
[16.09.2022 03:30:37] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer:  That we did. That ... we did. *With that, Traudel turns around without much more words.*
[16.09.2022 03:31:17] Fl.-S.Rossmann: So much more Importent is to have an clear Eye on the things that seems suspicious to us. So it never has to end like this agai
[16.09.2022 03:32:02] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: Keep your eyes open, yes indeed. Liberty must have something planned, i can't explain these happenings otherwise.
[16.09.2022 03:33:15] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: We are nearing one of the jump holes the LSF ship used... leads directly back to Hamburg.
[16.09.2022 03:34:02] Fl.-S.Rossmann: Ugh. If we just could seal them properly.. It would be so much easier.
[16.09.2022 03:34:13] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: If only...
[16.09.2022 03:34:44] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: Just stationing whole fleets around them is out of the question. So that leaves us with ... day to day patrols.
[16.09.2022 03:35:19] Fl.-S.Rossmann: And where does this hole leads exactly to in Hamburg?
[16.09.2022 03:35:47] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer:  Only one way for you to find out. *Traudel snickers* Up for a rough ride home into Rheinland, Flieger?
[16.09.2022 03:35:57] Fl.-S.Rossmann: Always.
[16.09.2022 03:36:06] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: Onwards we march then!
[16.09.2022 03:36:52] Fl.-S.Rossmann: Time to find out how good this old lady still is * rubs cockpit of valkyrie*
[16.09.2022 03:37:06] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: Ah? And? Floating clusters of rock like everywhere else seem familiar? I know, i know ... silly question. Feel free to check
[16.09.2022 03:37:12] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: your navmap. And i do hope so!
[16.09.2022 03:37:39] Fl.-S.Rossmann: Ah yes. Still in One piece. Soo.. behind Kiel we are. I see.
[16.09.2022 03:38:13] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: These lovely ARKM-N9's are so heavily laden with tradition. I picked her on purpose, didn't want the newer model.
[16.09.2022 03:38:27] Fl.-S.Rossmann: This is important knowledge for the future.
[16.09.2022 03:38:46] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: That it is. Patrols and smaller task forces can be positioned accordingly.
[16.09.2022 03:39:19] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: I'll show you the Bering one as well, while we are at it. If they come from Hudson and enter here... they can take a long route
[16.09.2022 03:39:21] Fl.-S.Rossmann: I have my "old lady" as I call her since my first day on academy. She was always on my side and saved my live more than once.
[16.09.2022 03:39:29] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: away from the tradelanes right to the New Berlin jump gate.
[16.09.2022 03:39:56] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: *A gasp can be heard.* No way, really? So there is history with a ship! I ... i don't have that yet.
[16.09.2022 03:41:17] Fl.-S.Rossmann: I really hopes there are some of the things I saw and experienced i wish nobody to ever live through. But be sure:
[16.09.2022 03:41:43] Fl.-S.Rossmann: These Things will protect u to the last screw. *laughs*
[16.09.2022 03:42:34] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: Superior Rheinland engineering, i have little doubt there! *In the background, a few thuds can be heard.* Good girl. Maybe we
[16.09.2022 03:42:53] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: 'll get the same relation as Old Lady and Rossmann there. *Yes. Yes she spoke with her ship.*
[16.09.2022 03:43:19] Fl.-S.Rossmann: There is nothing more that I trust than this N9. Not even a full fleet of Donaus. Even though they would be sure helpful
[16.09.2022 03:43:29] Fl.-S.Rossmann: sometimes. *laughs again*
[16.09.2022 03:44:06] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: Truth be told, i used to work aboard countless Oder-class vessels in the past. Occasionally a N9, but ... been rare.
[16.09.2022 03:44:47] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: And Donaus? I ... i have a strange relationship with them, i'd say.
[16.09.2022 03:45:16] Fl.-S.Rossmann: So this is the Bering Hole I see. Why these things always have to be this deep into Astroid fields. *sighs*
[16.09.2022 03:45:49] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: Perfectly hidden. If i'd have to make an educated guess, whatever gravitational dealings created the asteroid field, might've
[16.09.2022 03:45:54] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: also helped these things form.
[16.09.2022 03:46:09] Fl.-S.Rossmann: Yeah Donaus are some kind for itself. I definitly know how you feel. *laughs*
[16.09.2022 03:46:44] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: Do you? I somehow doubt that, unless of course you -... *Traudel stops, takes a breath.* ... before i continue, promise me you
[16.09.2022 03:46:49] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: don't laugh, Rossmann.
[16.09.2022 03:47:04] Fl.-S.Rossmann: Thats possible. But Im not enough of a scientist to make educated guesses about something like this holes.
[16.09.2022 03:47:21] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: Neither am i, that's where it stops.
[16.09.2022 03:47:47] Fl.-S.Rossmann: I would never laugh on a colleague
[16.09.2022 03:48:09] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: Good to know, as i was about to say : 'Unless you also happen to believe in ghost stories.'
[16.09.2022 03:49:22] Fl.-S.Rossmann: I saw a lot things which you probably would call ghosts or worse in the Past. Tell the old Rossmann what you have on your heart
[16.09.2022 03:49:36] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: There has been, apparently, a certain RNC-Salzach. A Donau, under the command of Vizeadmiral Herzsprung. Got lost during some
[16.09.2022 03:49:52] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: long drawn anti piracy campaing very close to the edges of charted space.
[16.09.2022 03:50:14] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: Was believed missing in action or destroyed. Last ditch ramming maneuvers and whatnot. Then ... nothing for a while.
[16.09.2022 03:50:23] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: *Traudel breathes in.*
[16.09.2022 03:51:38] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: Until rumors began circulating again. Of ... smaller outposts, the likes, close to the edge of known space being ...
[16.09.2022 03:51:42] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: Well.
[16.09.2022 03:52:15] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: Just ending up empty. Scorched, as if they burned away from some catastrophe inside.
[16.09.2022 03:52:38] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: Markings etched in the walls, floors and even the airlocks allegedly.
[16.09.2022 03:53:03] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: Not sure if i get the whole text correct, but ... i think it went something like this. People who told me about it believed it
[16.09.2022 03:53:11] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: to be either a poem or a sort of song.
[16.09.2022 03:53:23] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: *Traudel clears her throat*
[16.09.2022 03:53:51] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: Take flight, take flight,
[16.09.2022 03:53:56] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: or Herzsprung takes the light.
[16.09.2022 03:54:00] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: Take flight, take flight,
[16.09.2022 03:54:04] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: or Herzsprung brings the fight.
[16.09.2022 03:54:07] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: Take flight, take flight,
[16.09.2022 03:54:12] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: or Herzsprung appears in the night.
[16.09.2022 03:54:43] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: *A long drawn sigh follows* ... from others i heard talks about a half ripped apart Donau, patroling unknown space.
[16.09.2022 03:55:03] Fl.-S.Rossmann: *shivers*
[16.09.2022 03:55:06] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: Not sure if they just liked to talk smack about that Vizeadmiral getting lost, or ... whatever.
[16.09.2022 03:55:15] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: But... i mean there were markings and all that. What was that deal about?
[16.09.2022 03:55:28] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: Yea, i see you feel the same as i. That is reassuring at least.
[16.09.2022 03:56:12] Fl.-S.Rossmann: I can tell a similar story to this. Maybe it covers somehow with yours.
[16.09.2022 03:56:47] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: Please, i am all ears. Maybe that gets my brain to slow down. Once i have more pieces, it'll be less tempting to guess
[16.09.2022 03:56:49] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: what happened.
[16.09.2022 03:57:41] Fl.-S.Rossmann: Ive had a good Friend. Admiral on a Donau. The RWK Eschwege. Maybe u heard of it. We fought together in the great Battle agains
[16.09.2022 03:57:52] Fl.-S.Rossmann: t Kusari back in the day.
[16.09.2022 03:58:56] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: Name kind of rings a bell, i think. During the Kusari-Campaign i was operating surveilance tech on an Oder again.
[16.09.2022 03:59:37] Fl.-S.Rossmann: My old lady was hard puched already, there appeared 2 unnoticed kusari bomber and before i could react they punched a huge hole
[16.09.2022 03:59:48] Fl.-S.Rossmann: into the Donau of my friend.
[16.09.2022 04:00:10] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: But ... but they can take a beating. I'm sure the armor plating held up. ... right?
[16.09.2022 04:01:19] Fl.-S.Rossmann: The scanner said that no one survived on it. After i beat the two bomber i lost concisnous. I woke up at the Hospital a few day
[16.09.2022 04:01:24] Fl.-S.Rossmann: s later.
[16.09.2022 04:02:20] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: *Traudel sucks in air through her teet.* ... must've been a very lucky hit. I am sorry to hear that. How was your recovery?
[16.09.2022 04:02:39] Fl.-S.Rossmann: Immedeatly asking what happend with the Eschwege. But Nobody knew something. She was considered a lost, After the battle she
[16.09.2022 04:03:25] Fl.-S.Rossmann: was nowhere to be found. Nobody saw her wreck or heard what happened with her crew
[16.09.2022 04:04:00] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer:  ... just swallowed by the cold dark nothingness? That is ... unsettling, to say the least. *A deeper breath follows.*
[16.09.2022 04:04:45] Fl.-S.Rossmann: She was missing. She is to this day. There was Rumors that an unmarked donau with a huge hole in one side was seen in the
[16.09.2022 04:05:56] Fl.-S.Rossmann: Outer parts of the Munich system. But nobody knew more. And so I had myself been stationed on Passau. To keep an Eye open while
[16.09.2022 04:06:00] Fl.-S.Rossmann: I Patrol.
[16.09.2022 04:06:58] Fl.-S.Rossmann: But the last "sightning" was long ago. *sighs* Maybe she is still somewhere out there.
[16.09.2022 04:07:20] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: *Traudel listens intently.* ... i am not sure if that made it better or worse for me now. I am already thinking about some
[16.09.2022 04:07:32] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: sort of lost, damaged and forgotten ghost fleet.
[16.09.2022 04:08:28] Fl.-S.Rossmann: I hope the words of some Old man doesnt scare you that much *laughs and scratches his head*
[16.09.2022 04:08:35] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: Or the Eschwege and the Salzach are the same story... just told from different perspectives? Although, no. I ...
[16.09.2022 04:09:05] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: Oh ... it's not that, i assure you! More ... i have a very vivid imagination. And i do like stories like them.
[16.09.2022 04:09:17] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: Downside of it is ... well. It keeps one awake and thinking.
[16.09.2022 04:11:34] Fl.-S.Rossmann: Yeah thats why I went long out of active service. A lot was going on in my head. When I didnt fainted back then. Maybe I could
[16.09.2022 04:12:00] Fl.-S.Rossmann: have safed ... *sighs* or at least bury someone properly.
[16.09.2022 04:13:22] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: Hey. *Traudels tone changes slightly.* None of that. You hear me? We can't change our past. But we can affect the future.
[16.09.2022 04:13:52] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: Of ourselves, as well as others. Be proud you had the chance to serve with those that are gone. Keep their memory alive.
[16.09.2022 04:14:16] Fl.-S.Rossmann: That is well said. Thats why Im back in active service. So nobody will be forgotten.
[16.09.2022 04:15:31] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: Danke, i have my moments. So ... i take it i'll be seing you more often on patrols then? Maybe join the main fleet?
[16.09.2022 04:15:55] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: I only did so recently myself.
[16.09.2022 04:16:55] Fl.-S.Rossmann: You will definitly see me out here and on your side again. Im not sure if old Iron like i am is tough enough to join the main
[16.09.2022 04:17:14] Fl.-S.Rossmann: force again. But if so Ill let you know
[16.09.2022 04:18:15] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: Don't sell yourself short. I bet there is a good amount of tricks you can pull off in that N9 of yours i have not even thought
[16.09.2022 04:18:16] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: about yet.
[16.09.2022 04:19:20] Fl.-S.Rossmann: Probably. If she dont tear apart *laughs* She still is an old lady.
[16.09.2022 04:20:23] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: Proper maintenance is all it takes. I believe she trusts you the same as you trust her. That being said... think your old gal'
[16.09.2022 04:20:37] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: had enough of a breather?
[16.09.2022 04:20:55] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: It's back to New Berlin now, we got all checkpoints and then some.
[16.09.2022 04:21:10] Fl.-S.Rossmann: Yeah. Im sorry, lets proceed our patrol
[16.09.2022 04:21:21] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: Sorry?
[16.09.2022 04:21:24] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: What for?
[16.09.2022 04:21:52] Fl.-S.Rossmann: To slow down for an old man *laughs out of his full soul*
[16.09.2022 04:22:13] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: *Traudel can't help but join* ... what can i say?
[16.09.2022 04:22:17] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: Always respect your elders.
[16.09.2022 04:23:00] Fl.-S.Rossmann: Your Parents thaught u well *laughs*
[16.09.2022 04:23:53] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: Both been great to me, always. Even when i decided to just stop what i was doing and to join the Rheinwehr.
[16.09.2022 04:25:13] Fl.-S.Rossmann: That is sure really nice. Not everyone has this luck. Especially with that hard kind of a decision
[16.09.2022 04:25:21] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: Father is a xenoarchaeologist and mother an explorer. I was to follow their example somewhat, but ... something drew
[16.09.2022 04:25:36] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: me to the Rheinwehr instead. Maybe the sense for adventure.
[16.09.2022 04:26:13] Fl.-S.Rossmann: And now your Patroling with an Old man telling you ghost storys * Laughs*
[16.09.2022 04:26:24] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: Helped a tremendous amount to know i had their backing regardless of what i picked.
[16.09.2022 04:26:36] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: Hrah, yes indeed. Now i do that. Talk about an adventure...
[16.09.2022 04:26:38] Fl.-S.Rossmann: Seems like a great adventure *smirks*
[16.09.2022 04:27:17] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: That. It. Does. *While New Berlin comes into view.* ... home sweet home.
[16.09.2022 04:27:25] Fl.-S.Rossmann: As long you are happy with what you do, there is no one who is allowed to judge you by your decisions
[16.09.2022 04:27:37] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: Now that sounds like father.
[16.09.2022 04:27:43] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: And i agree, yes.
[16.09.2022 04:28:23] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: Never looked back on my decision and thought 'Oh wow, why did i do this?'
[16.09.2022 04:28:43] Fl.-S.Rossmann: My father used to say " Jeder ist seines Glueckes schmied", and I fully agree on that.
[16.09.2022 04:29:11] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: Oh, yes. We are in charge of our own happiness. But understanding that?
[16.09.2022 04:29:18] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: Now that is an entirely different matter.
[16.09.2022 04:30:42] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: Speaking about different matter. I got ... one or two reports to file. It's been an honor to patrol together, Rossmann.
[16.09.2022 04:31:11] Fl.-S.Rossmann: It was A pleasure myself.
[16.09.2022 04:31:19] Snake/Plisskin: hello gentlemen
[16.09.2022 04:31:34] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: Guten Tag there. *The woman nods once on the feed.* One moment please.
[16.09.2022 04:31:34] Fl.-S.Rossmann: Guten Tag Zoner.
[16.09.2022 04:32:38] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: Zoner Vessel, halt.
[16.09.2022 04:33:15] Snake/Plisskin: whats wrong
[16.09.2022 04:33:27] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: Thank you kindly - hate to interrupt.
[16.09.2022 04:33:38] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: This is Rheinwehr Fliegerin Traudel Habermeyer - i have a few questions for you.
[16.09.2022 04:33:49] Snake/Plisskin: yes
[16.09.2022 04:34:13] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: Excellent - this is my wingman Flieger Rossmann. Now, start and end of your tour?
[16.09.2022 04:34:26] Fl.-S.Rossmann: Greetings.
[16.09.2022 04:34:33] Snake/Plisskin: what do you mean?
[16.09.2022 04:34:50] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: Where did your current route start? And where are you heading?
[16.09.2022 04:35:18] Snake/Plisskin: I came froom britinia
[16.09.2022 04:35:46] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: Alright - going to...?
[16.09.2022 04:36:43] Snake/Plisskin: I came from omicron delta and going to new castle scarbro shipyard
[16.09.2022 04:37:06] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: Excellent, thank you. Noticed anything out of the ordinary on your way? Or was it a quiet trip so far?
[16.09.2022 04:37:27] Snake/Plisskin: yes thank you
[16.09.2022 04:37:39] Snake/Plisskin: can i proceed
[16.09.2022 04:37:42] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: That is what we like to hear. Rossmann? One cargo scan please.
[16.09.2022 04:37:48] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: In a moment, sir.
[16.09.2022 04:40:21] Fl.-S.Rossmann: He has Iridium loaded. I dont see anything suspicious
[16.09.2022 04:40:38] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer:  ... sehr gut. Everything is in order then. You may proceed now, Zoner vessel. Have a pleasant flight.
[16.09.2022 04:40:50] Snake/Plisskin: much thanks
[16.09.2022 04:41:20] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: Now then... but this time we head for New Berlin. If we keep this up, those reports will just grow and grow.
[16.09.2022 04:44:02] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: One patrol done... i'll dock now, Rossmann. Should we not see each other on the surface, it's been a pleasure.
[16.09.2022 04:44:09] [RM]Fl.Traud.Habermeyer: Till next we meet, ja?
[16.09.2022 04:44:29] Fl.-S.Rossmann: See you in space, Fraulein

Für den Kaiser! Für das Volk! Für Rheinland!

Hochachtungsvoll,
Traudel Habermeyer
Fliegerin der Kaiserlichen Rheinwehr

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