COMM ID: Fl.Heinz.Hardt Encryption Level: 'High' Subject: Heinz Hardt, Flieger, Rheinland Military Patrol Report #001
Flieger Heinz Hardt reporting in,
yesterday i had the privileg to join Feldwebel Alaric Kaufmann on his patrol, starting at Hudson Gate, Hamburg.
Report:
Right infront of the Gate we supported Rheinland Police RFP|Obt.Renate.Bommel and RFP|Pdt.Hans.Regenkurt who cought a smuggling/embargo violating Firefly Transport with comm id "GreenKnight". We only assisted in securing and escorting the smuggler to planet Hamburg where we left then.
Next Feldwebel Alaric Kaufmann decided to patrol to Sigma 17 and scout there. The Feldwebel took a route tru the upper jumphole to Frankfurt, in Hamburg.
Right when we arrived in Frankfurt we saw a Border Worlds Transport, comm id "Spock" (see guncam shots), flying outside the usual Traffic in free space. Feldwebel Alaric Kaufmann emidiatly ordered the vessel to stop but the vessel ignored all order and so we went to intercept it. The vessel flew straight towards and tru the Sigma 13 Jumphole. In Sigma 13 we came in Range to fire Cruisdisruptors and managed to brake its cruise but the vessel still did not comply with orders to stop. Because the vessel tried to escape, ignoring all orders, we fired some warning shots but it kept trying to flee and than even started to shoot back at us. I was orderd to engage with all force and we kept firing at it and evading the heavy counterfire till the vessel was destroyed by Feldwebel Alaric Kaufmann. The Feldweble then inspected the remains for any signs of further criminal evidence but didnt find anything worth mentioning.
Just when we wanted to continue our scouting a report came in about multiple criminal Vessels active in Hamburg. Feldwebel Alaric Kaufmann decided to head to there emidiatly so we made it to the gate to Frankfurt and tru. We refitted our vessels at Fulda Border station and took the shortest way back tru the jumphole to Hamburg. In Hamburg we managed to find the criminals, who where already bound in a fight with Rheinland Forces near the Jumpgate to New Berlin.
I stood by, ordered so by my Feldwebel out of "fairness", as he pointed out, but emidiatly took this opportunity to gather intel on the enemy vessels (see scanncam shots). It didnt take long and i was orderd to jump into the fight.
The first thing i noticed was that it is very difficult to pick out the right enemy while 5 other fighters engaging eachother (and me) closely around me. I managed to sort one out for my guns and was even able to drain my enemy`s shield completely multiple times and his hull once almost completly so he had to use a good part of his bots in emergency. Nevertheless, unfortunatly i found myself double outclassed, to some degree in the special weapons used by the enemy and very dominantly in the exeptional maneuverability of the Serie Z Sabre`s vessels used by our enemy`s. So as my counterpart once, i had to use bots more often, slowly draining my reserves till nothing was left. Then it took another minute or two, im not shure, i lost track of time in the fight, and i lost more and more hull untill my vessel was destroyed.
Resume:
My first partol was a very intense lesson for me! Not only did i learn allot about the enemy vessels but, what almost stunned me as disguised reality, i found thouse criminal individuals, who tell every traders they rob how very poor they are and that theyr children are starving, in contrast to theyr cheap propaganda are superrich collectors, who fit out theyr vessels only with the finest of weapon and equipment that money can buy and even beyond that!