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I have four notable events to report, one will be detailed by Feldwebel Meyer which is a gunboat incursion successfully repulsed by our bomber wing in a matter of minutes, the rest I will elaborate now.
The recently transferred Leutnant Maasyn and recently returned Major Krupinski intercepted a Volksfront terrorist injecting propaganda into the comms of Berlin, which Leutnant Maasyn attempted to reply to in a passive, inquiring manner, apparently enraging the unidentified Volksfront pilot. Following a lengthy debate, the terrorist engaged the Leutnant who was forced to act in self-defense, eventually gaining the upper hand in combat. The competition was fierce, the equipment of both fighting ships unusual, just before the Leutnant could finish off the rebel, a mercenary Arrow-class light fighter arrived to interfere, attacking the ship of Maasyn in assistance of the Volksfront.
As the rebel fled, Major Krupinski engaged and took down the mercenary identified as Simon Garret in a matter of minutes.
Later that day, the Seydlitz, my command cruiser, intercepted a smuggler vessel in Hamburg, outbound towards Liberty with a bunch of alien artifacts, packed into the cargo hold of a Firefly transport. After several warnings to cease attempts of fleeing and comply with the demands to drop, the smuggler summoned its escort, a Spatial-class SHF to engage the Seydlitz. As a response, the gunnery of the cruiser destroyed the unresponsive smuggler ship, designated as Mr. Lawrence, as well as the escort ship, the Tir Anasazi, which salvaged the drifting artifacts and attempted making an escape with them.
The cruiser recovered over 600 pieces of alien material, loading them off at Schatten, rendering them under the supervision of the MND. The artifacts they couldn't salvage, they purged by the cruiser's turret defense system.
Last notable issue: A Zoner capital ship, claiming to defend the miners of Omega-7 was intercepted and destroyed by a wing serving under my direct orders.
The Amon, a Corvo-class cruiser, was found lurking in the mining field near Briesen. Upon confronting with the vessel, the captain claimed he was there to protect miners, shooting pirates at opportunity. His story didn't add up though since there were no pirates nor miners in the area to begin with, therefore his presence was virtually useless for us, though more useful for pirates wishing to use it as their eyes unless the ship was wishing to conduct piracy itself.
Regardless, we ordered the cruiser out of the area on several counts, citing both laws of Rheinland and Omega treaties forbidding the usage of capital ships in the sector. He refused to comply. To prevent the loss of Rheinland lives, we were forced to engage the ship and put it down, we managed to do so just before the Amon hit the docks of Briesen.
For future reference, we gave the ship several warnings and chances to escape, even after being shot at. I don't know what the captain was thinking, disregarding Rheinland laws like that, I do hope the loss of his ship serves as a sign to anyone not wishing to take us seriously.
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