Patrol 1 Date: 20/9/818
Directly after mein application to the Military was accepted, I was ordered to the Straussburg for a patrol. I was greeted there by Admiral Voelkel alongside two other Fliegers. Vee vehr sent on patrol in different directions, I myself to Planet Stuttgart. It remained fairly inactive for approximately 30 minutes, until ein Junker came zroo. Upon shcanning his ship I found he had ein Militär Pilot in his hold. I forced him to hand him over and warned him of holding our Pilots in his hold for ze future. I was able to return ze pilot safely zu ze Karlsruhe but just as I was going to get back to mein patrol I was ordered to rally with ze fleet in Hamburg. I vass informed vee vere initiating a raid on Liberty.
We proceeded into Hudson and met no resistance throughout the system. As we approached the Texas Jump Gate, we were contacted of their numbers and location by an undercover MND agent in Texas. We held up until he ensured the gate was clear and then, our great fleet moved through. Once we were all gathered, we headed about half-way to Planet Houston, where we set up camp. It would be another 25-30 minutes until the battle actually started. Although outnumbered 1-3, we managed to hold our ground for a long time.
However their numbers started swelling as we gradually became picked off, one by one. As many casualties as we had inflicted upon them, they made up for in new arrivals. In the midst of it all, I was separated from my unit when three fighters came down on me. My evasive manouvers brought me closer and closer to Planet Houston until finally I was only about 1000 meters out of the Mississipi's range. By this point, the only ones in our great military left standing were I and a Gefreiter. He was made short work of by a couple of fighters, leaving me the last man standing. Realising this, I dodged like I'd never dodged before. In a matter of no time, I had a total of 8 fighters, 2 bombers, 3 gunboats, 2 siege cruisers and 2 battleships ALL trying to destroy me. After 15 minutes of shooting into open space, they were getting frustrated. They called in 3 more fighters, but it made no difference.
However, after another 5 minutes of crazy dodging (and a kill, surprisingly enough!) my ship was finally torn to shreds by a passing Battleship patrol. Luckily though, my escape pod launched me off right on time, giving me yet another day to fight for Rheinland. In my opinion, not a too-bad first day.
My total kill count: 4
Flieger Karl Hoch, signing off.
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