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We are indeed aware of your... sizable presence in the system.

Legally speaking, of course, we are obligated to assist Crayter in matters of defense, and this is an obligation some among us are loathe to go back on. They were a great aid to us during the Gallic invasion, after all. But, as I said, we are aware of your fleets. And I'm sure Crayter is aware of the extent of ours... two cruisers, a few refitted transports, and a number of patrol cutters and corvettes.

While we have a legal obligation to aid Crayter, we have a greater obligation to see to our own people. This all comes rather quickly, and some discussion will be necessary, but I have recommended a purely defensive stance. Our vessels will stand guard over Canberra and Kwinana, and we will accept any displaced refugees, but more active involvement wouldn't be strategically sound.

There may soon be input from the Fleet, but this is the Commission stance.

Donna Enma,

It has been far too long since we last heard from Malta. I am glad to know that relations between our two nations are still cordial in nature.

Years ago we were... adopted under duress by Crayter in the wake of the near obliteration of our nation at the hands of the Gallic Royal Navy. At the time they seemed to have calmed down from their roots, and at one point in our negotiations, one of their admirals had even mentioned the possibility of peace with Malta -- a prospect that, because of our historic roots in the cardamine trade, was quite enticing.

Naturally, that admiral later "disappeared" and was memory-holed by their shadowy internal intelligence agency, and their series of replacements began a long, hard descent into chaotic fascism. All we wanted out of them was a relatively safe corner of space in which we could settle our citizens, and what we got was a corner of space that, time and time again, they utterly failed to help us protect.

You are wholly correct; ink on paper means nothing when one of the signatories repeatedly and obstinately refuses to back their pledges in times of need. As a result, it is the view of the Ministry of Relations that, if Crayter fails once again to keep the Tau-44 system secure, and they are forced out by Malta, then so long as Natio Octavarium's civilian assets and citizenry are unharmed in the process, the end state is not an unwelcome one. If we had more fighting men and women and no vulnerable civilians in the system, I'd be right there on the front lines with you commanding the Home Division myself.

While we cannot directly provide military aid to Maltese operations in the system at this time, citizens of Malta may freely resupply, repair, and recuperate on board Canberra Star City. We can also take in any displaced peoples as my colleague from the Commission said. We unfortunately do not have the facilities at Canberra required to anchor capital warships beyond the ones we have stationed for defensive purposes, though if we did, I suspect that a Ranseur resupplying directly from our home station would result in a swift and genocidal act being perpetrated by a Deimos battlegroup.

Hopefully once Crayter is out of the system and away from our civilians we can fight side by side on the front lines once again. For the right side of history, and for the new Tau-44.


Taskmaster-Adjutant Harold Kane
Ministry of Relations, Natio Octavarium

There seems to have been a grave miscommunication somewhere along the way. I've already received the report and frankly, I'm not happy about it. It seems some of our captains didn't get the memo.

I assure you, they will.

The damage to our ship was unfortunate, but under the circumstances unavoidable. Hopefully the crew, who thankfully made it to the escape craft, learn from their error. And from the financial penalties that come with noncompliance.