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::::Ubertragung von: Rheinland Militar Lieutenant Hans Putzkammer::::
::::Ubermittlung an: Oberkommando der Militar (OKM)::::
::::Verschlusselung Ebene: Medium::::

Report of action in the Hamburg and Texas system

Guten tag mein dammen und herren,

Today we were called around noontime to deal with the threat of a libertarian fleet approaching the planet of Hamburg. upon receiving the call for reinforcements I launched my bomber from the planet to face a force consisted of one libertine dreadnought, one libertine assault carrier, for hostile gunboats, and a handful of snubbed graph numbering no more than three. Already fighting in the defense of the Fatherland were some reserve fleet members. I took command of our forces, consisting of the battleship's RNC-Munster and |Bismarck| as well as the secondary fleet cruiser RNC-Pegnitz, and directed them to take up a defensive perimeter around the planet. The incoming liberty fleet charged our forces and the battle begun above Hamburg. Suffering the loss of assault carrier early on the libertine forces were beaten back from the planet yet they rallied the remaining forces near the bearing jump gate. Answering the call for reinforcements one primary fleet fighter into reserve fleet fighters were launched from Hamburg: Fliger Joseph Porta, neuer, and another fighter whose name I cannot recall.

Upon reaching the bearing gate the battleships of the secondary fleet open fire in the hostile dreadnought was soon destroyed along with the remaining fighters and gunboats. In the confusion a few hostile gunboats managed to slip away and flee into bearing. We quickly perused the hostiles with the intent of staging a swift counterattack upon libertarian forces in the Texas system before they could call their reserves to bear.

the hostile gunboat, LNS-Defiance, managed to flee into the Texas system and reach the defensive perimeter of Houston before we could successfully catch it. waiting for us there were the libertine cruisers LNS-Fireway and LNS-Vortex along with a few members of the libertine primary fleet in guardians. we encircle the planet careful not to get too close to the hostile installations in orbit. As we were executing this maneuver it was then that the libertarians decided to attack the cruiser RNC-Pegnitz whom was lagging behind the main force. We quickly turned around and managed to beat off the to cruisers and a handful of gunboats who had attacked the Pegnitz.

We moved a bit farther away from the planet and noticed something strange on scanners: the hellfire legion battleship Ven'Gyr leading a small contingent of fighters and bombers. Deciding to take advantage of this moment we contacted high command for a request of more reinforcements. they responded by dispatching the battleship RNC-Wittmund to assist our forces of destruction of the Legion battleship. in the time that it took for the Wittmund ticket to Texas however, several libertine primary fleet bombers had shown up. Once we received reinforcements we immediately began the attack. Seeing such a force arrayed against them, one of the hellfire legion fighters began to beg for Mercy.

We gave them none.

Our glorious battleships pummeled away at the hellfire legion's shields, however by that time the numbers of libertine bombers that had gathered were too much for our meager forces of fighters to repel. They began their assault in earnest. Tactically we were outmatched in the end of the second half of the conflict. Their bombers chewed away at our battleships and while the Captains bravely directed the damage control crews and kept their gunners fire on the hellfire battleship they were outmatched and after 10 minutes of fighting bravely all three perished at once.

With the necessity of covering our battleships no longer a concern to the Rheinland snubcraft we sounded retreat and headed back to Hamburg.

While the Libertonians lost many a craft today, and while those losses were numerically greater than our own, we suffered the loss of three of the Kanzler's most precious ships and I fear that we must admit defeat for today.

Rheinland Military Mid-command Officer,

Lieutenant Hans Putzkammer.

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