I started my patrol out of the Karlsruhe. A quick sweep of the Stuttgart system revealed nothing so I proceeded towards the New Berlin Jump Gate. As I was docking I recieved a message from Feldwebel von Marck to make my way to Planet New Berlin. As I came out of the New Berlin JG - Bonn Station trade lane I came upon something most peculiar. An unidentified ship model IFFed as Royal Navy with a Civilian ID. I have never seen this type of ship before nor have I heard of the Royal Navy although I have strong suspicions that it was a Gallia fighter. Unfortunately, the ship was utterly destroyed by the Strausbergs turrets before I had a chance to capture it's image although if given the chance to cross-reference to other images, I may be able to make a match.
After reporting the ship to Feldwebel von Marck I continued to New Berlin. From there, we went back to Bonn where we waited for Flieger Reisinger. As he arrived we took the lane down towards Stuttgart again and upon entering the system, we destroyed some stray LWBs (NPCs). We passed through the system meeting but one Republican ship: Big.Bertha. She was already mooring on Planet Stuttgart so little contact was made. We entered Omega-7 and swiftly engaged our cruise engines in direction of the mining areas. We encountered 5 miners who reported no activity as of yet although soon, as expected, we spotted a Corsair on our scanners. Upon hailing he gave us little response but instead engaged his cruise engines to escape. We pursued him some 15-20 clicks but we were soon called off by Feldwebel von Marck.
As one pirate left, another appeared. A Hessian had arrived in the mining area and was asking for ''donations'' from the good citizens of Rheinland. As he sighted us on his scopes he quickly followed suit to the Corsair and made his way for presumably the Omega-5 Jumphole. We chased him all the way to Freistadt upon which a Bounty Hunter gunboat arrived. The Hessian quickly scuttled off and our patrol concluded as Feldwebel Schoon arrived to relieve Feldwebel von Marck and I.
Signed, Flieger Karl Hoch
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"The rule about bears is their unpredictability."
''I'm a bear. Bear with me.''
''Nothing like a cold bear on a Saturday night.''
