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► Source: Mannheim Station, Frankfurt
► Encryption: port RM-MAS-1NTS-TMD-TRM
► Submitter: Bootsmann Elias Beist
► Recipient: Kaiserliche Rheinwehr HQ, Kolonnenplatz Neu Berlin
► Subject: Nomad incursion into the exclusion zone

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Guten Abend Offiziere.

I apologize for the lateness of this report, and I realize that some of the information in it will have reached your offices by now. I will attempt to put everything into perspective regarding the nomad ambush our taskforce experienced during the siege of the rogue freelancer installation.

With the siege ongoing, I and the freelancer Jonathan.Moyer were tracking a potential cloaked resupply transport en route to the installation. We split up to cover the approach from the Hausenfeld, and I ended up doing a flyby of the Neuss factory. With the administrator assuring me that docking privileges for the rogue freelancers were revoked, I proceeded back towards the siege. I planned to resume my jamming of the targeting systems, as my fuel reserves were recently replenished.

Upon my return, I detected a small nomad signature, though with an oversized power-core - their version of the Revenant class. This vessel (designation: Es'ole) seemed to be circling around our force, without approaching directly. As I proceeded to engage, the vessel dove after our repair ship (designation: C-57), which had to take swift evasive maneuvers. Additionally, another nomad fighter approached from the direction of the New Berlin anomaly (designation: Shaesstra). At this point, the rogue freelancers scrambled a reinforced gunship out of the base (designation: Experience), forcing me to seek cover near the battleships for time, until I could resume my engagement. Indeed, this gunship did not fire a single shot towards the nomads, preferring to engage myself and Herr Moyer, who by now has rejoined the fight. Though I do not presume to confirm idle speculation by the enlisted, my combat logs point to the rogue freelancers working with the nomads.

Things got worse from there. The Kapitans of the Greifenstein and the von Braun deemed our position manageable, and continued to bombard the station, occasionally engaging point defenses for CQB. Not a minute later, two massive signatures made the appearance on my scanners. The nomads were sniffing after our hyperspace coordinates, and their heavies managed to make a flawless jump! What's more, one of the vessels seemed to be a repurposed Bretonian warship (callsign: Majestic) of considerable power. The other vessel (callsign: Sascya) was of the same class we recently disabled in Sigma-15, though no less deadly for all that. With the bismarcks switching targeting priority and attempting to disengage from the base defense systems, the nomad bomber managed to come in close and destroy the repair ship. Meanwhile, the nomad capital ships engaged in effective group firing on the von Braun, which needed additional time to reposition. It was swiftly disabled, and began drifting away from the battle.

The arrival of another Rheinwehr recruit (designation: Ragnar.Gunnarsson) was unfortunately not enough to turn the tide of the battle. Though we managed to keep the bomber at bay, it was still two to one in terms of the heavies. Greifenstein sustained heavy damage while performing a fighting retreat. Herr Moyer and I decided to disengage soon after that, with the rookie not heeding a direct order by me to do the same. At he very least, he made it back to Mannheim with a severely damaged Valkyrie and a complete lack of concern over his potential fate. By the time I managed to switch to my revenant and prep it for launch, the nomads were long gone, likely performing a jump back to their godforsaken home systems in Sirius.

I would like to commend Jonathan.Moyer for his quick thinking during the fight, and his fearless yet smart approach to engaging the nomads.

communication transcript

[13.01.2023 01:09:39] [14.01.2023 14:54:38] [RM]Bmn-Elias.Beist: I've got a nomad on approach!
[14.01.2023 14:54:52] [RM]Bmn-Elias.Beist: Adad
[14.01.2023 14:54:57] [RM]Bmn-Elias.Beist: Mein gott, more of you
[14.01.2023 14:55:04] [RM]KKS-Greifenstein: nomad in frankfurt ?
[14.01.2023 14:55:26] [RM]Bmn-Elias.Beist: Clear the area before we blow you into pieces, just like your big friend a few days ago!
[14.01.2023 14:55:42] [RM]Bmn-Elias.Beist: Damn brain jellies
[14.01.2023 14:56:20] C-57: Battleship Greifenstein, can you please drop the shields
[14.01.2023 14:56:22] Es'ole: ***...light-show...***
[14.01.2023 14:56:30] Es'ole: ***...begins...***
[14.01.2023 14:56:52] C-57: Danke.
[14.01.2023 14:56:59] Es'ole: ***....metalhusks-die...***
[14.01.2023 14:56:59] [RM]Bmn-Elias.Beist: Anyone who so much as sneezes in our direction will be eliminated
[14.01.2023 14:57:17] [RM]Bmn-Elias.Beist: No, you die!
[14.01.2023 14:57:33] [RM]KKS-Greifenstein: K: we have an Nomad here
[14.01.2023 14:57:41] [RM]Bmn-Elias.Beist: On it
[14.01.2023 14:58:01] C-57: defening initiated!
[14.01.2023 14:59:04] Shaesstra: ***...(joy)...***
[14.01.2023 15:00:02] Shaesstra: *A wave of light washes over the Morph's body. It prepares itself to attack.*
[14.01.2023 15:00:22] Shaesstra: ***...~Join~...***
[14.01.2023 15:03:07] HMS-Majestic-[Fae: [A lingering spirit made its appearance. Though initially hidden, there was no intention to remain away for a long time.]
[14.01.2023 15:03:34] HMS-Majestic-[Fae: [Two signals were released, the Military now aware of a looming presence.]
[14.01.2023 15:04:07] HMS-Majestic-[Fae: [The moment had arrived to strike. In a moment of respite, the ships made themselves present.]
[14.01.2023 15:04:13] K'Hara|Sascya: ***...-yours- screams/death will be a "song" for -ours-...***
[14.01.2023 15:04:19] K'Hara|Sascya: ***...feel the "touch" of a -light- beams, -yours- deserve to become in to the "dust"...(Anger)***
[14.01.2023 15:04:35] [RM]Bmn-Elias.Beist: Disengage from the base!
[14.01.2023 15:04:41] Jonathan.Moyer: Great, more fucking squids...
[14.01.2023 15:04:52] Death: C-57 was put out of action by Es'ole (Missile/Torpedo).
[14.01.2023 15:04:53] Shaesstra: ***...(excitement) ~Join~ 'Ours'...***
[14.01.2023 15:10:08] Death: [RM]KKS-Adm.von.Braun was put out of action by Es'ole (Gun).
[14.01.2023 15:10:13] RM-Ragnar.Gunnarsson: Moving in to assist the Military Forces.
[14.01.2023 15:10:19] RM-Ragnar.Gunnarsson: Powering the weapons up.
[14.01.2023 15:10:23] RM-Ragnar.Gunnarsson: Feuer frei!
[14.01.2023 15:10:50] [RM]Bmn-Elias.Beist: Here pilot
[14.01.2023 15:13:06] Death: [RM]KKS-Greifenstein was put out of action by K'Hara|Sascya (Gun).
[14.01.2023 15:13:26] K'Hara|Sascya: ***...-yours- screams/death will be a "song" for -ours-...***
[14.01.2023 15:13:30] HMS-Majestic-[Fae: Oliver: Jolly good work we have done.
[14.01.2023 15:14:00] [RM]Bmn-Elias.Beist: We are pulling out
[14.01.2023 15:14:10] Shaesstra: ***...(amusement)...***
[14.01.2023 15:14:25] Shaesstra: ***...|home| ~beckons~ 'Elias'...***
[14.01.2023 15:14:30] [RM]Bmn-Elias.Beist: Ragnar, get out of there!
[14.01.2023 15:15:13] [RM]Bmn-Elias.Beist: Verdammt pilot, I'm ordering you to retreat
[14.01.2023 15:15:14] HMS-Majestic-[Fae: Oliver: His pride will be his downfall.
[14.01.2023 15:15:20] [RM]Bmn-Elias.Beist: Get in formation and get out of here
[14.01.2023 15:15:35] [RM]Bmn-Elias.Beist: You'll get what's coming to you, traitor
[14.01.2023 15:15:42] K'Hara|Sascya: ***-yours- is not "able" to accept the -light-, give up...and -ours- will show -yours- the "way"***

Für den Kaiser! Für das Volk! Für Rheinland!

Hochachtungsvoll,
Elias Beist
Bootsmann der Kaiserlichen Rheinwehr

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