The S/D Agency Files

[Agmen of Eladesor]

INCOMING SECURE TRANSMISSION

To: The Director

From Special Agent Max DeVirgo, Director of Intelligence

RE: Rheinland Base of Operations

Sir:

I have made an exhaustive study of Rheinland, their bases, the criminal elements, and the economic situation there.

A base summary and list of recommendations follows:

Dresden - The Hessians have a base there. The Wild stage frequent attacks on Bautzen station. This sector has numerous jump holes, including Omega 11, 15, 54, Stuttgart, Frankfurt, and New Berlin.

Stuttgart - The LWB have a base here. They and Hessians stage frequent raids. However, there also is a strong military detachment located at Planet Stuttgart, and with this sector being on the main trade lane run from New Berlin to Cambridge, this would be an ideal location to stage ships to escort AP Manufacturing vessels through the Omega sector.

New Berlin - The capital system of Rheinland has a Junkers Base. Also, with the jump hole to Sigma 13 located here, this system also has multiple attacks from the Wild. The LWB also do have a bad tendency to swarm the jump gate between here and Stuttgart. Bonn Station is owned by Interspace, a Liberty corporation. The battleship at this junction of trade lanes is there not so much to guard the lanes as to keep an eye on what Liberty does.

Hamburg - I've already given a fully detailed brief on Hamburg, the Unioner activity there (note - I did not actually find a Unioner base in Rheinland - it must be somewhere in Hudson or Bering.) Planet Hamburg already has a conducive atmosphere to bounty hunter activity.

Frankfurt - Frankfort is a hotbed of smuggling. Between the Bundshuh base and the easy access to Sigma 13, along with a plethora of jump holes, there is a large amount of pirate activity here. However, this is away from the center of all the houses as well, so Planet Holstein might be someplace to stage - but not to actually base long term.

Munich - This sector is primarily for the elite of Rheinland, especially at Augsburg.

For an operational base, I recommend, in the following order:

1: Planet Stuttgart, Stuttgart System
2: Planet Hamburg, Hamburg System
3: Bonn Station, New Berlin System

I suggest that we recommend to the Rheinland government a vigorous anti-smuggling patrol in Frankfurt. I also suggest that we keep in mind the proximity of Frankfurt AND Munich to certain Sigma sectors, as these are ideal locations from which to launch core missions.

The one advantage that Bonn Station does have is that, the Rheinlanders already view Liberty with suspicion. If we are there as well - it'll allow them to keep an eye on us as well, without stretching their manpower any further than it already is.

Maxmillian deVirgo, out

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