[color=#000000]Source: Battleship Karlsruhe, Stuttgart Submitter: Carl Von Manstein Recipient: Rheinland Military High Command Subject: Patrol NM-24 Report Encryption:High
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This a report about the Patrol NM-24. The patrol started from Battleship Karlsruhe and it continued in Omega-7. When I got there, I firstly reached Freistadt. There I recieved a distress call by a Kruger mining vessel, so I moved to the Ebersfelde Asteroid Field. Inside the field I encounter a Corsair capital ship, which from it's size I assumed it was a Heavy Battleship Class and one Corsair Gunboat. A minute later, 2 Red Hessian cruisers appeared in my scanners. One remained near Freistadt - which seems to be their base of operations in Omega-7 - and one engaged the corsair capital ships. I didn't intervene, primarily because my main aim was to secure the Kruger ships. Half an hour later the Red Hessian cruiser was destroyed.
Fortunately, some minutes later I was contacted by the RNC-Wallenhorst and I gave a full description of the situation. I was ordered to hold the capital ships until RM forces arrive. The Corsairs were busy attacking an IMG Gunboat Class ship, so RNC-Wallenhorst and a bomber, RM-Armin:Stein, arrived in time. Half an hour later the battle ended with the destruction of the Corsair Dreadnought & Gunboat. Our side had zero casualties. Afterwards, I was ordered to return to normal patrol duties. The rest of the patrol didn't have any signifact encounter.
The corsair presence in the rheinland-controlled systems has increased the last weeks, which may be consequential of the Red Hessian - Corsair war.