SCRA Communications Centre

[Vogel]

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COMM ID: Lieutenant Konstantin Petrovin
LOCATION: Kaiserlautern Depot, New Berlin System

Privet, Tovarischi.

Intelligence duties have left me a bit busy on the home front so to speak, but I finally had time to go out on a short sweep of the systems outlying Omega-52. I'd just about crossed Omega-5 when a Corsair launched from Cadiz. Naturally I made an abrupt reversal and screamed in for the kill. But the pilot was flying an under-equipped Waran bomber, and seemed intent on not fighting even as I pumped shots into his hull.

Sounded like a poor fatalistic fellow; stated it would be impossible to fight in such a ship. If the situation was reversed the Corsair probably would have killed me, but this one seemed a bit too timid, and smarter than your average cannibal. I graciously left his escape pod alone after I trashed his ship; maybe he'll be picked up before a meteorite gets him?

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Image 1 (Waran Scan)
Image 2 (Comm Log 1)
Image 3 (Destruction)

I continued my sweep into Omega-7 where there was nothing of any note, and proceeded to jump into Stuttgart, hoping to find a pirate or two trying to cut the lanes. I didn't; what I did find was a pair of mercenaries, clearly intent on claiming a bounty on my head. Four million Sirian credits, apparently funded by the Joker. Funny.

In any case, I was expecting another One-vee-Ex furball when one of them, a "Jordy Meller", mentioned that they wanted to take me alone. I questioned why they were after such a bounty, why they had to live their lives the way they did, and deflected a barb flung at the Coalition, but I knew a fight was inevitable. With backup nowhere in sight, I decided to take this person up on their "offer" and treated it like a duel, at which point Meller mentioned "liking my style".

The fight proceeded for upwards of half an hour, the balance of the fight swaying to and fro. Meller was indeed a dangerous pilot, but called the fight off at a point where a killing blow was possible. After all, they "liked my style". The two left me alone after that, not claiming their bounty. Very curious; this is the first instance I've run into mercenaries with any semblance of "honor" in combat, let alone mercy.

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Image 4 (Meller Scan)
Image 5 (Comm Log 2)
Image 6 (Comm Log 3)
Image 7 (Comm Log 4)

But it suited me just as well. I got my Insurgent to Kaiserlautern and turned it in to the Hessian technicians for repair before I set out for home.

Living to fight another day for the Red Dawn.

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