SCRA Communications Centre

[Beagle23]

Reporting: Sub-Lieutenant William Bishop
Summary: Pursuit of [RM-MND]Hans.Eckhard, Omega-5, 1005 to 1047 Hrs SMT

Reporting the interception, pursuit and engagement of unusual Rheinland vessel during today's actions, as per request by comrade Volkova.

Section One: Pursuit and Engagement

Visual, scan and communications contact was first made with the vessel at 1001 Hrs SMT, when our ships jumped from Omega-52 into Omega-5 to pursue and destroy Corsair intruder Daniela.Ferucci[TBH]. Our wing was made up of CPW-Akula, Lieutenant Warner, Recon-4 and myself. The Rheinland Wraith VHF was already present, holding at 4 clicks out from us, and remained stationary as we engaged and destroyed the Corsair. As Ferucci's ship exploded at 1005 Hrs, Eckhard entered cruise and began to move north. I entered cruise and pursued it, with CPW-Akula and comrade Warner both following close behind; I closed enough distance to intercept it with a disruptor and began firing on it as it continued to run. At 1010 Hrs Eckhard jumped to Omega-55; comrade Warner and I continued pursuit, with Recon-4 now also pursuing and close behind.



At 1014 Eckhard reached a hostile asteroid station which came up as Meerbusch Base; a second rock a few clicks away came up as Recklinghausen Base. At this point, Eckhard stopped running and engaged us with the base guns firing on us in his support. Comrade Warner and I returned fire while Recon-4 appeared to suffer from difficulties and did not engage; see section three for further detail. At 1019 Hrs, Recon-4 was downed and ejected, the damage presumably caused by Meerbusch Base's guns as he lost control of his ship.



At 1026 Hrs, a Hessian fighter co-operating with our op comms, [RHA]Dimitrij.Fjodorow, entered Omega-55 to ascertain our status and provide support if necessary. He too suffered difficulties and at 1030 Hrs Fjodorow's ship was destroyed by Meerbusch Base in a similar manner to Recon-4; the details of this are also covered in section three.

The CPW-Akula entered Omega-55 at 1031 Hrs and headed to our position. It recovered the pods of both Recon-4 and Fjodorow. Comrade Warner and I were ordered to withdraw and, at 1038 Hrs, we successfully withdrew from Omega-55 along with the Akula. We returned to the Omega-52 jumphole where Akula met with the CPW-Havana. Comrade Warner and I made for Zvezdny Gorodok; I landed at 1047 Hrs.


Section Two: Details of [RM-MND]Hans.Eckhard

Communications from the Eckhard were unsettling. I received the following transmissions during our engagement with the Corsair. They were notable in delivery that they were incredibly quiet, almost to the point of being whispers.

[RM-MND]Hans.Eckhard: ***you are starting to hear strange voices in your head....***
[RM-MND]Hans.Eckhard: *** you are not firing on an enemy..***
[RM-MND]Hans.Eckhard: *** the scanners are darkner...you cannot see who are you firing...***

Further whispered transmissions were made on local frequencies during the pursuit and engagement which followed. No standard communication was ever heard from the Eckhard.



Review of guncam confirms the thruster of this Wraith VHF was clearly non-standard, emitting a vibrant violet smoke trail as seen above.


Section Three: Destruction of Recon-4 and Dimitrij Fjodorow

Review of the comm logs of Recon-4 and Dimitrij Fjodorow prove equally unsettling. Actions in sound have been translated to text for the complete picture.

[10:13:44] SCRA|Recon-4: ughh, comrades.. i cant feel my
[10:14:19] SCRA|Recon-4: ohh god i... *blacks out*

[10:17:14] SCRA|Recon-4: *wakes up again* uhhg... noo.. get out!! *claws at skin*

[10:19:02] SCRA|Recon-4: *mumbles to self* no! you cant make me! *snapping sound is heard as his arm dislocates*
[10:19:26] Death: SCRA|Recon-4 was killed by a hostile vessel.

[10:29:40] [RM-MND]Hans.Eckhard: *** hessian***
[10:29:47] [RM-MND]Hans.Eckhard: ***you can see the enemies***
[10:29:59] [RM-MND]Hans.Eckhard: ***they want to hurt you***
[10:30:16] [RHA]Dimitrij.Fjodorow: My head !
[10:30:21] [RM-MND]Hans.Eckhard: ***you need to help the rheinwehr***
[10:30:29] [RHA]Dimitrij.Fjodorow: There is something in ......MY HEAD
[10:30:35] SCRA|Ben.Warner: resist it!
[10:30:53] [RM-MND]Hans.Eckhard: ***you cannot resist it...***
[10:30:56] [RHA]Dimitrij.Fjodorow: It ...... Want ..... That I ...... KILL YOU !
[10:30:56] Death: [RHA]Dimitrij.Fjodorow was killed by a hostile vessel.

Both pilots were recovered alive and were being transferred to the CPW-Havana as I made my landing.

Guncam is available to compliment all results if requested, and was used to uphold the accuracy of this report.