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05-05-2024, 03:23 PM,

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► Source: Kaiserliche Rheinwehr HQ, Kolonnenplatz Neu Berlin
► Encryption: port RM-GKR-1NTS-KOB-GGD
► Submitter: Korporal Elias Beist
► Recipient: Admiral Alfred Henze
► Subject: Order Tour and Background, Infected Sightings, Inciting the Nomads

Herr Admiral.

Your initiative concluded as well as anyone could have hoped. To summarize the answer to your main questions: the threat is bigger than even the most pessimistic estimates, and the Order is ill-equiped to deal with it in the long term. The actions and demeanor of the operatives tasked with our escort chillingly remind me of piloten in my battlegroup during the final months of the Libertonian offensive. But unlike the Libertonians, the Nomads are not going to stop, and they will never negotiate. I apologize for speaking out of turn, but this experience has left me shaken and questioning our immediate priorities. I hope you will trust that I will always do my duty, but will Rheinland still be there in 30 years to demand my service?

Upon arrival into Sigma-15, Holzner immediately contacted me about there being eyes near the Freeport. Thankfully, minutes later our contact established a private channel and instructed me to proceed to the Sigma-17 jump hole. I contacted the others and instructed them to lose the eyes, one of whom you will probably recall from multiple prior reports. It seems that in this case as with most previous instances, she did not interfere with a developing op, allowing us to rendezvous without unwanted attention. Holzner has also mentioned Viper being in the area earlier and some intel from her, but I did not detect anything on my way to the RV.

After the rest made it on-board, The Boot instructed us to dock, making a hangar available to fit our vessels, though not without some careful piloting. While we waited for instructions, one of the maintenance crew brough along a selection of alcohol, which I decided to imbibe to avoid causing any incidents. The PA annoucements indicated that we passed through Omicron Theta and Delta, with our final destination being Omicron Minor, though I only figured this out later from the Order Admiral's greeting. After suiting up and exiting the air lock, I flipped on my black box recording, confirming this with everyone on scene.

We were dropped off at a heavily damaged planet, and greeted by the Order Admiral Solandros, along with an escort gunship, callsign Seeker. After the carrier departed, more Order vessels arrived to form the rest of the escorting party. The Admiral proceeded to give us the history of the world, Toledo, which was apparently assaulted by the nomads twice - for its infrastructure, and then its ability to sustain human life. While LIDAR scanned plenty of Core wrecks around the area, I doubt that any of those vessels had the capability to inflict such damage. This was no mere Leeds, and as such can be considered lost forever as a base of operations.

After our discussion in Toledo orbit, we were taken to the ruins of a nomad gate, along with other structures in the vicinity. As part of the explanation, the Admiral claimed that the Core often obtains Azurite Gas by extracting pieces of the collosal ruins, all the while under threat from the smaller nomad forms. As my sensors did not pick up any readings, I assumed that the gate was definitely closed. However, the Admiral claims that many other such gates are present all over the Omicrons and Minor in particular. Though the Outcasts and the Corsairs are likely under greatest risk from these gates, the Admiral believes that House space is just as exposed due to specific channels connecting the Omicrons nearer to our core systems.

As the discussion did not seem to be moving towards showing us something more tangible than ruins, I decided to make the offer you advised. While I do not know if it was seriously considered, the Admiral did decide to proceed with the rest of the "tour", claiming that we needed to see the next part to believe it. We passed into another system, though without nav data and visual galaxy background within the nebula, we could be anywhere in Sirius. After another short cruise, we entered yet another jump hole, this time exiting into a system with a lifeless ice planet and a very unusual galactic backdrop. At this point, we also detected a potential external threat, a Freelancer (callsign Lazurith). The Freelancer warned our group about the Einbeck, which I am sure you have heard of via other classified reports, and departed the area.

We eventually linked up with an Order battlegroup who were seemingly patroling the system, and almost opened fire on our vessels due to their heightened state of alert. The Admiral seemed to smooth the situation, and provided us with new RV coordinates, while requesting heavy asset backup from the battlgroup commander. After getting closer to the RV long-range scans picked up another nomad gate - but this one was certainly operational. Additionally, and by no coincidence, everyone picked up a Kusari-built vessel on LRS with a scrambled IFF. The Order Admiral claimed that flying in this manner was a death sentence in these edge worlds, and made it known to the vessel that they must leave the area or be fired upon. With the heavy assets minutes away, the first group proceeded into the active jump gate to scout out the system. The Admiral claims that this system can be definitively considered nomad-controlled, and that our entry would cause a rapid response.

I proceeded behind the heavy assets as ordered, with the others on my back. We were immediately greeted by heavy overlapping static defense fire from nomad signatures. After clearing the immediate killzone, we were unsurprised to find that the infected Kusari vessel has followed us. The Admiral was already concerned that we were detected at this early stage of insertion, and I concurred that what we had seen thus far would be more than enough to take back. After proceeding a ways away towards a nebula alleged to hide more structures, we turned around towards to gate, and not a moment too soon. A cruiser-sized nomad vessel was proceeding past the static defenses on an intercept course. The Admiral and I were the first back through, with Baumann immediately following, but there was no sign of Holzner. A returning heavy claimed that Holzner's vessel was disabled by the static defense, and deposited his escape pod, which I instructed Baumann to pick up.

The situation was deterioating fast. More infected arrived on scene, this time in a gallic-build vessel. The returning heavy assets reported a nomad battlecruiser-sized vessel on its way to the gate behind the first cruiser. The Admiral instructed us to get to an Order base in-system, Cairo, while they held off the nomads. After receiving coordinates, me and Baumann made our way there, trailed by the Kusari infected. However, upon arrival to Cairo, we were greeted with suspicion and were almost immediately fired upon, the same as the Kusari vessel. Without other Order presence, the security operator rightly assumed that we were infected. After holding position in the hopes of someone with authority giving us clearance, the Kusari infected finally made their move by attacking my ship. Fortunately for us, we were assisted by Revenant, who engaged the hostile and ensured our escape from the area. Though engaged, the Order Admiral provided coordinated to a jump hole to Delta, which we took right before the nomad blockading forces cut us off. After arriving at the hole, I waited for Baumann and coordinated with another Order heavy asset, which left quickly in the direction of the fighting. On the other side, we also barely dodged a familiar signature - The Einbeck, likely called to the action by its nomad masters. Thankfully, its ire was not directed at us, and we were able to make our way to the Freeport in-system, using older coordinates provided to us for this mission.

I decided to travel separately from the Fahnrich, using previous routes from Delta. My return to Rheinland space was completely uneventful. The complete databanks of my Disir are now being processed by our sensors and communication specialists, and will be made available to you shortly:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHWAMbERX2k

I have also attached a preliminary communications transcript.

Communications Log

I will be available for additional interrogation after decontamination and some forced rest assigned to us by the debriefing psychologist.

Elias Beist
Korporal der Kaiserlichen Rheinwehr