MND

**ALLIES:**

Rheinland Lawfuls

**ENEMIES:**

Unioners, Red Hessians, Coalition

The MND are the intelligence agency of Rheinland, with primary operations in the Thuringia system.

## Rumors

* Did you know this isn't the first station to occupy this space? During the nomad war, there was some spooky stuff going on here by the old Rheinland Government. There were even high-level nomad experiments going on here. A lot of the work going on in the core levels has something to do with the station that was here previously, though the guys down there never talk about it openly. You know what I think? That they are going over pieces of the old Schatten. That would be one hell of a treasure trove if they could ever garner information about what they were doing here before it was destroyed.

* I was talking to a tech from deck twenty the other day. He says they have made some kind of breakthrough with what they were working on. He didn't say exactly what it was they were doing; something to do with bending visible light. To me, it sounds like they were either working on a gravity well generator or maybe some kind of cloaking device. My bet is on the second, seeing as there were plenty equipped on Rheinland ships during the nomad war. The problem with those is even though they have been mounted on human fighters, no one understands how they work. There are rumors that the Libertonians managed to create one themselves, but it was as large as a battleship and unstable at that. If the techs down below can find out how the smaller nomad devices worked we may just see a golden dawn for Rheinland.

* Ever seen the guards around here? Creepy aren't they? I can't wait to get transferred away from this station. The constant security around here is just too much for me. When they told me I would be working for the good of Rheinland they didn't mention I would have cameras in my bunk and have tests once a month.

* The work here isn't that hard, the problem is getting through station security. Security checks are constantly going on around here. Even if you are just moving from one level to another, you have to go through at least one layer. This is especially true for the core decks.

* Salzungenebel

* Meningen Research Station

* CLASS: KoppelGRAVITY: CLASSIFIEDDOCKING: RESTRICTEDAMENITIES: CLASSIFIEDCREW: CLASSIFIED Meningen is a MND installation located deep within a stable pocket of the Suhl anomaly, tasked with the purpose of studying the effects of the anomaly on defense and communication systems as part of Rheinland's jump project. It holds a multifunctional weapon fixture for weapon tests, where all tests in subspace environments are being carried out. The small installation is fully automated, as the environment is too hostile for long-term human habitation and even a token population would only serve to complicate the already difficult supply of Meningen due to the surrounding anomaly.

* **>>>WARNING: RESTRICTED AREA<<<** A nebula of concentrated gas veils the entire north-eastern periphery of the Thuringia system. The main component of the cloud is a mixture of elemental hydrogen, sulfides and alkanes, along with faint traces of noble gases. No attempts at extraction have been made so far, as it would require extensive refining of the gas, making its use as fuel rather unprofitable currently. The nebula also contains large crystalline structures which are presumed to be the remains of ancient xeno-algae colonies that died out when they ran out of nutrients millions of years ago. These structures represent a unique opportunity for the xenobiologists of the MND to study the objects and extant organisms on site, in search of possible military, industrial, or terraforming uses for the algae. The Federal Rheinland Military and MND chose this location with good reason. Thuringia's nature makes coordinated assaults rather difficult, with the Hohenfeld being an easily defended location and the only known entrance to this system blocked by the military's reserve fleet. The Military and MND also established a combat training ground for special forces here - often seen performing live fire drills, flight maneuvers or experimental weapons tests. Security in the area is maintained by frequent patrols of the Federalists elite forces and an autonomous defence flotilla.

* Hohenfeld

* Jena Station

* CLASS: GreifswaldGRAVITY: CLASSIFIEDDOCKING: RESTRICTEDAMENITIES: CLASSIFIEDCREW: CLASSIFIED Jena Station is the most advanced station currently in the possession of the MND, constructed in the year 820 AS in response to Nomad assaults. The station houses a large squadron of automated combat drones.

* We intercepted a Red Hessian supply shipment crossing the system between the Ostnebel and Westnebel. It was quite a boost in morale around here; normally things are rather glum, but we were able to salvage all manner of goods. Of course, we don't turn in everything we find, they barely pay me enough to feed my children.

* There is a pilot here who wishes to leave our ranks. He has tried to keep it secret but I found out. He wants to become a Bounty Hunter and leave Rheinland. I'm sure it is because he is afraid to fight Red Hessians -- he has trouble killing them.

* My brother is a police pilot in Frankfurt. He says that conditions are worse there. Of course, that is the system that got ravaged by the GMG, but we all lost in "the Eighty." I wish I had been alive to fight in it.

* My family, the Steiners, have grown thin in number. We were once a large group of men and women known as excellent pilots and daring fighters. Now there is just my brother and me left alive.

* We are the guardians to the gates that lead into the Border Worlds. We patrol our side, but dare not go into Omega 7. It is grounds for immediate termination. No lives or ships can be spared defending space that Rheinland cannot even lay claim to.

*NOTE: Page generated on the 28/10/2023 at 17:59:49 UTC*