Today, as I was delivering several Hessian prisoners to the Strausberg, I received a transmission with threats from a Hessian known as Emil Meier.
This evidently didn't stop me from delivering these pilots. As soon as I had done that, I went to take a look at said Hessian.
It was a lone bomber, so I didn't see him as a real threat, but I ordered him to leave anyway. He failed to comply and after a while, we started firing. He was able to down my shields and scrape the paint of my Wraith, but he couldn't get a lock on me for long enough to deal damage. As he realised he couldn't win, he fled into the Saarfeld, I didn't pursue him further because I had the feeling several more Hessians were waiting to ambush me.
I believe this shows how desperate the Hessians have become in order to free their brethren, which leads me to believe they are running out of pilots.
I have added two guncam shots, due to a malfunction that was all I was able to salvage from the records.