The Enclave

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The demise of the Order 1st fleet

Being son of a rheinland military major, Heinrich Hessel followed his own fathers steps. First having joined the rheinland police and then the military, he is now a lieutenant within the military, flying a wrath under command of the 185th fleet, commanded by admiral Hans J?nger Richter. His father, dead in battle against the unioners, was a memorable, remarkable pilot within the military, having earned medals of honour due to his outstanding actions.
For some weeks, Hessel had indentified a lot of alien activity near the Sigma 13 jump hole in the New Berlin system, not far from the trade lane. These were identified in his scanners as The Wild, a lost rheinland fleet contaminated by the nomads during the nomad war. Having destroyed several of these ships, Hessel remembered about a member of his family, his uncle, Karl Hessel, who served the Order. The cause of his death, five years ago, are shrouded in mystery, and, although the rheinland military retrieved the files about his death, Hessel was never able to get access to these files, as he is not part of the officer club.
A old man barres Hessel from enter through a door.
- I need those files. I have fight the Wild and I need to known what happened to my uncle.
- Sorry sir say the old man, in a very snobish voice you cant enter, as you are not part of the officers club.
- But Im a lieutenant! Ive seem lieutenants in your club!
- Im sorry sir, butwe have rules, you cant join since the president of the club dont want anyone of the 185th fleet in. The reasons are confidential.
In a table in the refeitory of the military in New Berlin, Hessel talks with Kramer, one of his buddies in his wing.
- Personal vendettas, Hessel. They have a personal vendettas against admiral Richter as he rebelled against the admiralty and leaded his fleet against the nomads before the Wild appeared, having taking it to one of the Unknown systems. He returned victorious, but dont received recognition, as he collaborated with the Order and at that time, the military was at odds with the Order.
- How do you known that?
- My father told me. Your uncle died when the Order 1st fleet was destroyed by the nomads five years ago, after Richters expedition. Then a squadron within the Order made deals with the military and now the rheinland government is friendly with this squadron. This squadron is what remained of the five fleets of the Order.
- You said remained? What happened with the other four fleets?
- I dont known. Nor my father knowns that. And the Order is still allied with the corsairs, so - Kramer low his voice we have lots of corruption going on here, alien artifacts smuggling, anything, you cant even imagine
Karl Hessel always complained about the corruption inside the Rheinland government. During the nomad war, was the case about the nomad infiltration. At that time Karl was a youngster serving under the military and was shocked when the nomad infiltration was revealed to the public. This mined his confidence in the military. After that, came the miserable temporary government, and then rheinland was again drowned in a corporative kind of government, like the current one on Kusari, always bowing down to private interests, especially interests coming from Liberty companies. He never questioned that to his superiors, and when he suddenly leaved for the Order, his friends were shocked, and his captain demanded a explanation. He was hunted down by unioners who had vendettas against him, but he soon was welcomed in planet Toledo.
Karl Hessel participated in the war against the liberty navy, where the Order was victorious, and in that war he had become a wing commander. Then one year later the nomads brought several battleships to Omicron Minor, and several nomads escaped from the secret bases in Toledo where macabre experiments were being conducted by orders of the admiral of the first fleet.
Before joining the Order, Karl was under command of Richter, and the explanation he gave to his captain during his departure soon reached the ears of the old admiral. Richter paid attention to such words, and then decided to lead a expedition against the nomads. After that, all is darkened about the destiny of several order fighters, who were captured by the nomads.
Hessel decides to take a drastic action. He will himself attack the Wild hideout, alone and without any support. He takes a sensor with his ship, that he pretends to put in any asteroid near the Wild base. This sensor will get any transmission coming from The Wild pilots.