The S/D Agency Files

[Agmen of Eladesor]

Incoming Secure Transmission

To: The Director

From: Special Agent Max DeVirgo, Director of Intelligence

RE: Operations in Rhineland

Sir -

In order to keep the information flowing, I will be forwarding files as I complete them, rather than trying to make one large report.

There are several common factors to all sectors of Rhineland that we need to keep in mind while operating here.

Namely -


The Red Hessians, Unioners, Bundschuh, and LWB




<error - LWB file not found>

WHAT? Stupid computer... those guys are mostly around Stuttgart, anyway...

Fine, where was I?

Oh, yeah - and just for fun, as remnants of the war, The Wild.


One other thing to keep in mind is that the Gas Miners Guild is hostile to Rhineland.


It's possible that we may get contracts to take out GMG ships, since they're the ones that effectively defeated Rhineland in the 80 year war. This would be in line, or at least similar, to how we treat Kusari ships in Bretonian space.

I've managed to complete a physical scan of Hamburg. (Note that Altona is at Planet Hamburg, and does not show on the system scan map due to scaling issues.)



During the course of checking out Hamburg, I was forced several times to defend myself from attacks by criminal elements. The Unioners appear to have the strongest weaponry in dealing with our shields, short of the Wild. Several times my shield actually was knocked completely down, and three times I actually had physical damage to the Memory due to weapons fire.

I also was severely outnumbered once while checking out the system and was forced to flee through a newly discovered jump hole into Frankfort. I heartily recommend that none of our pilots use the north Frankfort Jump Hole if they can avoid it - the other side is right in the middle of an explosive gas cloud.

It does appear that Hamburg is already home to an office of the Bounty Hunters Guild, so keep that in mind.


As an aside, while traversing the trade lanes back to Hamburg to finish my studies from Frankfort, I noted at least one location where an anti-piracy patrol would be well placed. That will be on my Frankfort report.

I did have to laugh when I heard this while on a tour of the facilities at Vierlande Prison.


There are issues with the military here that should not be spread around.


I also think I have uncovered the real reason behind the trade embargo between Liberty and Rhineland. This at least makes more sense than anything that Liberty has admitted to.


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I have completed partial scans of New Berlin and Frankfort, and I anticipate having all of my report done, with a full recommendation, by the end of next week. I'll be posting updates as I get each system complete, but I'm also going to take my time and be thorough, too. This is very important to us, obviously.

(Hey, I'm not missing the opportunity to drink Rhineland beer and visit a certain young lady here, either.

I may be a widower, but I'm gaining a new appreciation on life.)

End Transmission

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Oh god... The end of days... Agmen agreed with me.