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ID: Hermann Schmidt

Location: Planet Baden Baden, Stuttgart

To: OS&C Directorate

Subject: RE: Pilgrim activated, update 2

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Frau Cross,

I’ve just had quite the laugh with the Vessel Operations Office on Curacao — would you care to know why? The ship we reactivated is not the Flying Dutchman. In fact, we haven’t the faintest idea what ship it actually is.

Surprised? I imagine just as much as I was. Allow me to share the message I received, so that you may appreciate the situation in full:

Mr. Schmidt,
There appears to have been an unfortunate misunderstanding regarding your request #OFM33432, pertaining to the activation of a Pilgrim Liner TTR-1130 in geostationary orbit above Baden Baden.
To my knowledge, there were only two such vessels within our TE fleet: the Stagecoach and the Dutchman. The former is still on active duty; the latter was supposed to be stationed precisely where you indicated.

Regrettably, it seems both you and I were mistaken.

When you requested the startup codes, I must admit — through my own oversight — I accessed the ship located at the specified coordinates without further verification. After all, it was meant to be the only one. However, when we received the notice regarding the ship’s name change a few days ago, I looked again out of sheer curiosity. And that’s when I realised that the TE-Flying Dutchman had, in fact, never been touched. It’s still there. In orbit. Around Curacao.

In short, I handed you the keys to a ship we didn’t even know we had.

Here’s what I recommend: do not move the vessel from its current position above Baden Baden, and get in touch with the Directorate to find out more. As things stand, the activation procedure has overwritten what little data we had regarding its previous use. There might be something of use onboard, or perhaps in the local archives.
My apologies for the inconvenience caused. Though, one might argue, you too could have checked that the name painted on the hull matched the records.

Do keep me informed — this is one of the more intriguing cases we’ve encountered in the past two years.
Mr. Lucas Derby

In light of that, I'm following the instructions given.
Directorin, are you aware of any details regarding this vessel? Might we obtain access to the local servers on Curacao in order to shed some light on this curious mystery?

Waiting for your feedback,

Unsere herzlichsten Grüße,
Herman Schmidt und das Team von Baden Baden.

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