Message to: RHA Command
Comm ID: Conrad Egon, Leutnant
Location: Stralsund Base, Omega-54
I have made a discovery today: freighters are not good for dogfighting. My commerce raider was severely damaged not once, but twice as I made my way to Casablanca and back. I also wasted a good deal of money on Purple Goddess weapons...only to realize they deal good damage, but at the cost of absurdly large amounts of energy. I now mount a fully Hessian laser loadout instead, and plan to journey to Liberty soon to acquire a pair of advanced debilitator turrets from Detroit Munitions.
Also, I've found that I can make a good bit of money by hauling engine parts and light arms from Vogtland to Freital, which is exactly what I intend to do. Then I will be able to afford an armor upgrade, and a proper Hessian ID.
Also, I spoke to the engineers at Casablanca about my raider, and they think there are some things they could do to her as well. I'm told they can mount more maneuvering thrusters, but they'll have to re-route much of that power from the shields; and a cruise disruptor mount just for the sake of it. A decent tradeoff, in my opinion. Soon I will return my ship to Casablanca for a refit; it shouldn't take nearly as long as my Marauder.
Speaking of which, I had the privilege of taking one of our new Odin-class VHFs for a test flight today. A wonderful ship, easily the equal of the RM's Wrath. I have ordered one, but the production lines are already clogged with requisition orders...even when others have received their Odin, I shall have to wait, and fly my Marauder in the meantime. Once it's done, of course.
