The miner and his daughter

[Solveig]

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Solveig (pronounced "Soulway") is the only daughter and legitimate heir of the former diamond miner Emil Rosskamm, who held the deed of ownership to a small but profitable asteroid field in the Dresden system. As one of the last independent miners in this system, he felt the full economical and political pressure that Daumann Heavy Construction and especially Kruger used to gain unlimited control over mining and commerce in Dresden - but yet they could not expropriate him in any legal or semi-legal way. Emil, farsighted and cautious as he was, had already planned the escape route.

The day on which Emil Rosskamm was outlawed under wrong accusation of piracy and sabotage, Rheinland House Police failed to track him, as he had left the system on an unknown path, heading to the Tau's. He never saw his homeland again. With him went his five year old little Solveig, unable to understand the haste, the fear and the tears of her father.

As a broken and betrayed man, Emil joined the IMG to assure a humble life to him and his daughter.

When Solveig turned 21, the "Tyr" - ship and home of her father - was found on the rim of Tau-29, without any sign of him or his escape pod. With the help of the IMG, the young woman forged a weapon out of the wreck of the old mining ship. Even though her father had been pacifist all of his life, his daughter inherited the temperament of her mother. The "Tyr" was reborn and well armed for its long way back to Rheinland space.

Solveig managed to enter Dresden on the old escape route her father used years ago. The escorts of the Kruger miners at the asteroid field her family once owned were not prepared for what followed.

A patrol of the Red Hessians found her in the debris she left there. The Hessians took Solveig to their hidden base in the Giftnebel, where she now found a home and a sense to her life again. She fastly gained the respect and trust of the rebells and soon the "Tyr" showed up everywhere in Rheinland and the Omegas under the Red Hessian flag. And it always brought trouble.

Latest reports of the Rheinland Military make mention of her increasing cooperation with vessels of the Neo Vikings and their presuming attacks on bombers, gunboats and even cruisers in the heart of New Berlin.

Even though all news channels in and off Rheinland built an image of thoughtless cruelty and brute bloodthirst around her, the young woman is more than a simple terrorist or pirate. Against the efforts and campagns of the government, doubts are rising on the official version about her fate - and the fate of many others. A large crowd of sympathisers had formed to support the Hessians - in all parts of Rheinland space.

Due to her personal story, Daumann and Kruger vessels are and will always be her favourite victims, while IMG is free to pass her in any situation. Contrary to her image, Solveig never shoots without serious provocation. Even military vessels which flee her will not be hunted in most cases.

Outside the cockpit, she turns into a reserved and thoughtful, silent ghost that wanders the stations and bases of the Hessians and their allies. Solitary and suspiciously as she is, even the outlawed cannot tell much about the personality behind the comrade Solveig Rosskamm.

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<span style="font-family:Century Gothic">Where shall I leave your escape pod when we are done?

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