(We meet the Baron for the first time as he has only recently been assigned to the base. Most of the details were filled in from chats previous to this but we hear him reveal how the fact that his craft is red scares off any of the Zeta craft in the sector from his reputation alone.) 

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The Baron: sprechen sie Deutsche?

Russ: (laughs) not really, is this the Baron?

The Baron: ja.

Russ: greetings Baron.

The Baron: greetings.

Russ: how are you tonight?

The Baron: I am doing well.

Russ: oh good. How do you like your time on the base?

The Baron: makes me feel young.

Russ: yes I hear you’ve been going down to Germany and overflying that once in a while.

The Baron: nein, nein, not Germany, not Deutschland.

Russ: oh.

The Baron: fly over Flanders….

Russ: oh.

The Baron: Yvetot.

Russ: uh-huh.

The Baron: Somme, Mons, all over area ja?

Russ: ja.

The Baron: was ist los?

Russ: laptop computer.

The Baron: ahh ja.

Russ: yeah, they didn’t have this back then down there (World War One Germany).

The Baron: nein.

Russ: so which reminds me, a lot of changes in the area from when you last saw it.

The Baron: ja, lots rebuilt.

Russ: uh-huh, so what do you think, improved?

The Baron: different ja?

Russ: different, I'll agree, most different.

The Baron: ja. 

Russ: and we’re honored to have you on the base and very honored to have you in this channeling session tonight.

The Baron: danke schön. Yours headset like I have? A helmet.

Russ: helmet, I have used it yeah.

The Baron: ja. Plug in told to think in……

Russ: English?

The Baron: ja, ja, it is hard sometimes.

Russ: yes, you don’t know English I take it?

The Baron: ja, ja, sprechen sie, ja…….

Russ: ahhh.

The Baron: ein bisschen. So I think in English that I know and ein bisschen Deutschland ja?

Russ: ahh ja, okay.

The Baron: young lady recovering from……..was vagen(?)?

Russ: oh Katrina.

The Baron: ja Katrina but was vagen zie………dogfight

Russ: dogfight, yes.

The Baron: ja. We try this setup but Russian might be problem.

Russ: yeah, they're a little bit different.

The Baron: so, you ask questions ja?

Russ: ja, mostly about your wishing to fly alone.

The Baron: ahh ja.

Russ: it seems a little..........dangerous.

The Baron: nein, nein, nein.

Russ: why?

The Baron: Zetas.......(says some German) Zetas see red…..

Russ: oh okay.

The Baron: and group mind?

Russ: yes.

The Baron: long time history.

Russ: ahhh.

The Baron: “ahh ja” and red (says something else in German)………..

Russ: your red plane.

The Baron: ja and, “uh-uh”.

Russ: they see you they go bugging off?

The Baron: ja.

Russ: your reputation precedes you.

The Baron: ja, ja!

Russ: I see, I see. So if you paint all the ships in Ashtar Command red……

Baron: ahh but…….zwies craft are all red, Zeta attack? Hmm, was vegan Red baron ja? 

Russ: ja. 

The Baron: hmm.

Russ: one of them could be you. 

The Baron: ja but I think trick only work few time, ja?

Russ: yeah, only a few times. It's a good trick though. 

The Baron: little bouncy fräuleina say ask history?

Russ: oh, okay. 

The Baron: okay, ask question.

Russ: okay now is there a difference in tactics with flying a base ship compared to flying a World War Two plane?

The Baron: ja, ja.

Russ: of course there is more things you can do, but the tactics, do they still maintain?

The Baron: basic ja, basic.

Russ: okay, right.

The Baron: but some tactic you’ll never do? 

Russ: right.

The Baron: aircraft on your planet nein (makes shooshing sound).

Russ: right.

The Baron: ja?

Russ: right but you still have things like Immelmanns…….

The Baron: ja……

Russ: Boelcke's Dictum……

The Baron: ja, Oswald.......danke schön.

Russ: thank you, farewell.