at ze beginning of ze monz, ze crew of ze Rheinland corvette Eisenach noticed some minor violations of ze law caused by ze Eupen Handelsplatz administration. Due ze affiliation change of SEO|, ze trade of military salvage is no longer permitted on a freelancer installation according to §7.7. of ze Rheinland laws. I already informed Herrn Linhardt regarding ze issues and ze crew of ze Eisenach collected a warning fee from zem.
Ze payment of 100.000 credits were forwarded to ze KPR|Bank.

Ze Daumann installations Arnsberg Research Institute and Ruhrpott Mining Facility had to be reminded about zeir quarterly fees. Direktorin Wolf agreed, zat we should impose an additional fine for learning purpose to remind ze administrators about zeir debt.
Ze fine of 500.000 credits were already paid to KPR|Bank.

Zis leaves only McBoyles Schrottplatz in Frankfurt and ze Stuttgart Station in Hamburg in debt for zis quarter.

I'm back on duty from my vacation on Planet Baden Baden.

My quarterly report to ze Rheinland modular base registry got a razer positive feedback. However, ze government has not yet decided to remove ze Stuttgart station from ze list of approved modular installations, alzough ze owner failed to transfer ze fee for renewal. I suspect zis is again a result of ze bureaucratic process. As you can see from my last report, ze administrators of ze Arnsberg Research Institute and Ruhrpott Mining Facility had to be reminded of zeir obligation to pay ze fee for registration renewal.
Ze undesired learning effect kicked in and in ze current quarter zey were ze first, who transferred ze credits.

Zerefore, only ze Handelsdepot and ze Lichtenberg station are now in arrears wiz zeir payments for Q3.
I told my government contact to inform me in a week about zeir transfers.

As of priorities: I'll stick to solve ze Hammersee incident.

last week I contacted ze owner of ze Stuttgart station wizin ze Hamburg system about zeir debt and I gave zem a final warning to eizer pay off or to face ze consequences. Ze Versorgungsschiff Schwaben was at zis moment also in Hamburg to patrol ze area, while I was at ze Lübeck Border station to coordinate ze operation. Ze deadline for Herrn Katzenbauer ended on Monday morning and he did not manage to clear ze outstanding amount of credits. I was already organizing ze siege, when I received a message from ze governor of Hamburg. Seems he was not willing to spend ze funds needed for zis siege. Zis is kind of ironic, because he was ze one who pushed ze situation before. Furzer information has revealed zat Mr. Katzenbauer is no longer at ze station and apparently took almost everyzing wiz him. Ze remaining, innocent workers will be evacuated to ze Altona station wizin ze next days. We will declare zis installation as abandoned and let it rot away like ze Vierlande prison.

Since zere wasn't anyzing more for me to do in Hamburg, I joined ze Schwaben crew on zeir way back. However, ze moment we entered ze trade lane to ze Essen station, an ion storm hit us. We were catapulted out of ze trade lane sequence, some crew men were injured and 4 of zem died unfortunately but zanks to my new shampoo, at least my hairstyle held. After everyone recovered from ze shock, we found ourselves in a razer dark area of ​​New-Berlin. A few minutes later, our sensors reported ze arrival of a big number of unidentified ships. Of course zey were attacking us...
After I pushed ze lifeless body of ze gunner from his chair, I was able to defeat ze first wave of zem. However, due ze movement during ze combat we came near to an unknown object. Ze closer we got to zis unknown object, ze more enemies appeared. Wiz our supplies running low and ze ship and its crew definitely not suited for such a mission, I ordered a strategic retreat. Based on ze weapons used by our opponents and ze prisoners we took, I believe ze attacker is ze Wild. Zeir presence in ze system is worrying. We delivered ze remains to ze Arnsberg Research Institute yesterday for furzer examination and I am curious to find out what ze unknown object is. I also have to find a safe place for ze prisoners. Somehow I don't want to send zem to Mecklenburg.

Speaking of, first I should check, whezer ze Gallic Gendarmerie finally started ze promised delivery of required workforce for Hammersee.