Snubnose

[bluntpencil2001]

Richthofen was furious. Some dirty Hessian scum swarmed his best goddamn Lieutenant, one he considered a friend, in some foolish heroic rearguard!

Apparently the M.I.A status had just been changed to 'Captured by hostile forces'. That was a relief, almost. Those bastard Hessians were known for enslaving captives in the worst of conditions. Jan tried not to think of the sickening mines, people used like cheap, expendable robots...

He was going to get him back, if he had to kill every Hessian in Rheinland.

As he demanded information from the pilots that Erich had saved, his comm. unit beeped. Looking down, he had a holo of a dogtag, with the message 'Proof of puchase'. He inhaled deeply. He knew who had him Lieutenant Hartmann now, so he could contact some old friends... friends in the Order. They had spies everywhere.

Within an hour, he had Juno Kietan's details on screen...

A Cardamine addict, but not a drug smuggler. Registered pilot in the Bretonian Armed Forces (Exemplary flight record, zero fatalities caused and high mission success rate like the rest of her Privateer wing.). Golden Chrysanthemum. Pilot of the Unseelie. Born on a freighter in Hokkaido, unknown to her most likely, since she was brought up as a Samura slave. Escapee. One of the richest women in Sirius, depending upon the stock exchange. Lover in the Liberty Navy. Social security numbers, many false. Real one provided. Favourite colour, manner of speech...

Very interesting. The Order were damned efficient at intelligence, that was for sure. Their network was still as tight as ever.

However, this would not free Hartmann. She could still kill him, even if she did seem soft, couldn't she? She had the upper hand and both she and Jan knew it.

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