As the darkness settled in over the rich and teeming with life jungles of Neu-Gutsdorf II and the last rays of the sun lost their chance to shed light upon the landscape, a man stood on a small balcony, sipping from a glass of finely aged whiskey. Looking at the view infront of him, he admired the beauty of the darkness and nature around him.. His already graying hair and clear-cut face, accompanied by a scar across it and a flowing beard, were illuminated by the glow of distant lights, and as his ice-blue eyes lowered their gaze to the view below his balcony, he smiled, baring his teeth.
After tapping twice against the microphone infront of him,which transmitted a muffled sound, he nodded and leaned against the railing of the balcony, then began speaking:
“Guten Abend, meine Herrschaften!..”
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“Wir haben lange auf diesen Moment gewartet, und hunderte, nein, abertausende von Arbeitsstunden hineingesetzt, um dieses Ziel zu erreichen! Und nach all dieser Zeit, nach jahrelanger Anstrengung und vereinter Kraft des deutschen Volkes ist es nun so weit! …
All das Leid, welches wir erdauern mussten.. Die Schmach des Rückzuges, die Verluste in den Kämpfen, doch kaum zu vergleichen mit dem Hunger und der Hoffnungslosigkeit, als wir außer Kontrolle trieben. Wir alle sahen mit unseren eigenen Augen das Elend unseres Volkes.. Die weinenden Kinder und bettelnden Frauen, die Leichen in den Straßen und leer treibende Wracks von Schiffen, zerschellt und führerlos. Meine eigene Frau ist von der grünen Pest gestorben, als ich das Vaterland verteidigte.. Ich habe mir nie verziehen. Doch ich weiß, dass ihr genauso und mehr gelitten habt. Ich fühle euren Hass, eure Wut und Frustrierung, das angestaute Leid.
Jeder von uns hat seinen Beitrag geleistet, und unsere Wirtschaft ist gewachsen wie noch nie zuvor in diesem neuen Land. Die Flottenverbände und Armeen von Kriegsmarine und Wehrmacht sind erstarkt und aufgefrischt, wir sind bereit für jedweden Krieg.
Wir hatten unsere alte Heimat verloren durch den Krieg, Deutschland. Das Land unserer Vorväter und Ahnen. Dann bauten wir uns in GS-16 eine neue Hoffnung auf.. Doch diese wurde durch unsere Feinde zerschmettert!“
He smashes his fist against the railing of the balcony, and small cracks form in the marble.
“Aber damit ist nun endgültig Schluss! Wir erobern uns unsere Heimat zurück! Ab jetzt wird Kugel mit Kugel, Stahl mit Stahl und Blut mit Blut vergolten werden! Holen wir uns, was rechtmäßig unser ist! Für unser Vaterland, für das deutsche Reich im All!“
He takes another sip, then puts the glass aside.
“Es geht zurück nach GS-16! Es ist 8 Uhr, und ab jetzt wird zurückgeschossen!“
As thunderous applause and numberless cheers roared up from below, he smiled again, knowing of what the future held.. His eyes mustered the nearly 100.000 men standing in full combat gear below him on the concrete parade ground, knowing full well that several million more were ready to depart at his word. Behind and around the battalions stood at the ready soldiers in “Knacker” Power Armour, 5 metre tall giants.
With one swift arm movement the man on the balcony gave the signal, and in unison the thousands of soldiers turned in row and started marching, next to them massive tanks rolling out, dwarfing the soldiers like mountains. As the soldiers in line boarded warships waiting at the ready, the man turned on his heels and walked inside of the palace connected to the balcony.
“Broadcast zhe speech across the Reich. Ready the troops, our departure towards G-S16 begins tomorrow before dawn.”
“Jawohl, mein Führer!” A squire nodded and left running.
While the first rays of the moon’s light shone upon the scene, Führer Hans Steinfeld, gazing up into the dark skies, nodded to himself, sated by his performance.. Soon all would be well and balance would be restored. The light sun has died, and like the moon of Neu-Gutsdorf II, the black sun will rise.
//BROADCAST UPON ALL CHANNELS: ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE FÜHRER://
“We have waited long for this moment, and hundreds, no, thousands of thousands working hours put into this goal, to reach it!
All the pain that we went through.. The shameful retreat, the losses at the front, but all cannot compare to the hunger and hopelessness when we spiraled out of control. We all saw the misery with our own eyes. The crying kids and begging women, the corpses in the streets and empty wrecks of ships, destroyed and out of control. My own wife died of the green plague while I defended the fatherland.. I never have forgiven myself. But I know that you all have endured as much and more than me. I feel your hate, your anger and frustration, the accumulated pain.
Each of us did their part, and our economy has grown like never before in this new land. The flotillas and armies of the Kriegsmarine and Wehrmacht have been strengthened and were replenished, we are ready for any war.
We had lost our old home to the war, Germany. The land of our ancestors and forefathers. Then we built up a new hope in GS-16.. but this was smashed by our enemies!”
“But now this ends once and for all! We will reconquer our homeland! From now on every bullet will be countered by bullet, Steel with Steel and Blood with Blood! Let us retake what is rightfully ours! For the fatherland, for the German Reich in Space!”
“We will return to G-S16! It is 8pm, and from now on we will return fire!”
//BROADCAST END//
Mere hours later, deep in GSR space in GS-16, a massive energy surge could be detected by anyone with in a several thousands upon thousands mile radius as in one of the last bastions held by the Reich in this galaxy churns to life, thousands of moving parts linking into each other…. Light started to shine out of the long darkened windows, and, noticeably by anyone remotely close to it, the radio frequencies that belonged to the Reich before its collapse suddenly were teeming with life, but all encrypted and not being able to be triangulated….
(Yes, I am back! No, I am still not a Nazi for anyone who’s new on cosmoteer, this is just a faction I play. I’m interested who even remembers the GSR lol)
