Matriarch Kiri,

Assault of Wakkanai sounds like a waste of effort in any turn of events. It's a fortress, just siege it and starve it out if it will ever come to it. I also think that rebellion on Kyushu is overly ambitious. At the moment we are sowing, not reaping as I see it.

Hayashi Aiko,

as soon as I am finished gathering your point of view and get the full picture, I will contact representatives of the Imperial Coalition. Naturally, I do not decide anything on my own, this is why my promises contain nothing concrete as of now, it's just consultations. Don't worry they will receive full access to our negotiations when there's a nice offer to be put at the table.

I could not care less about the Order as long as their operations far enough from Malta, our main problem is them running operations in our space, really insulting behavior. They also run a dirty informational campaign against me and my people, but those are mosquito bites. Since you will be informed about our major redeployments, you would also be informed about redeployments of the Order if such shall happen. That being said, I'd suggest we and the Order not being in the same operational sector, and you are the side with abilities to prevent it.

Rhishiri is Tau-53, right? That sounds much more interesting, as Taus is our stomping ground. This will also become a flanking maneuver to Lorraine, as we are the most concerned in any hostile activity in this system for a very good reason. I assume we do not strike until this active Kusari fleet is there? On Malta we prefer to play it safe, society would not accept any high casualties. I also agree that diving deep into Hokkaido is ambitious but may turn out to be costly in the long run.

I would like to proceed and discuss the potential strike to Tau-53, which seems like the most desirable at the moment, in further detail.

Matriarch Kiri,

I am pretty sure that all parties involved will do their best to reach success. I think it is possible that we provide financial and armament for potential operations on the Kyushu surface. But please do not expect Outcast troops setting a foot on the planet's soil to perform any ground operations.

Hayashi Aiko,

With some minor corrections, I see these points as ones that are able to become the basis for the roadmap. I will now present our negotiations to representatives of the Imperial Coalition so we can come up with a consensus on the Outcast side of things. I will invite them to this channel. On the personal note, I will say that we won't cooperate with the Order, best I can promise is that Order vessels will become the lowest priority targets in the areas of operations of the United Front.

I would also love to see the guarantees for our GC allies and Cardamine traffic. That's our essential interest in the region and one of the major reasons for the potential operation in Tau-53.

Just to clarify and made it very clear, the distribution within Kusari is in the hands of our GC friends and Malta commits strongly to back their interests within Kusari. Any threat to GC or their traffic is an immediate threat to the interests of Malta and it will be dealt with accordingly.

Naturally, that would require a special zone in Tau-53 where we could transfer cargo to our GC allies. It would be some sectors around Lentini Outpost that is already located in this system and is being one of our key bases. All traffic that goes to Gallia needs to be safe as well.

Now, it's time to discuss details of the potential operation itself. We have some plans that are to be set in motion in some other place in Taus, so there's a possibility that our attack group might arrive a little bit later. We want to know what forces would be involved and to set up actual plans. Ships, battlegroups, supply, positioning, tactics. This will be interesting.