Mon bon monsieur Commandant Pierre Vaillant,

My name est Miroslav de Gobineau and I am Lieutenant of The Gallic Council, commander du CLN Succube Mignonne. We had a brief conversation near Leeds. It was quite nervous encounter, I suppose, but for now, I am reaching to you with respect and recognition. There might be difference between us, but we are both Gauls and we are both warriors.

And because of that, and because only your neural-net adresse I could find, I am asking you few questions.
Is true that not all Gauls were evacuated from Leeds? I have reports that evacuation is currently in action.
If that's true, Is there any way to help that cause? Those might be people, who are by Our standards are considered "royalists" but currently it means almost nothing. They are Gauls and every Gaul must be saved. After all that chaos settles down, Sirians will be out for revenge and this is OUR, both Conseil and supporters of Roi, duty to defend Gallia from upcoming massacre, so no need to waste people in meaningless bloodbaths.
And finally, that's my personal. What supplies do you need to support your retreat? I might regret that initiative in the future, but I hope that you'll be reasonable to understand, that Marine situation is dire - Tau-31 is blocked and your fleet is in bad condition. My personal help might be not enough but this will be sign of goodwill and that, at some degree, Conseil is ready to accept you and your talents for Future Gallia.

I hope that this message will find its destinataire. If you retain contact with Mademoiselle de Chanteloup, transmit my appui and that I really hope she'll honor her promise to me.

Amicalement, Miroslav de Gobineau
25.08.741 AGS

Mon bon monsieur Commandant Pierre Vaillant,

It's hard to hear about that. Situation is gloomy, I can put it only that way. But it is also refreshing to know that not everyone fell for primal urge to kill and maim. Can't say that about Sirians though but they are not the focus of that conversation.

Only thing I can currently help with, as a sympathizer, is to provide my own specialized blockade-runner heavy-duty large transport, CLT Monastere de Solan, to quickly and efficiently transport big amount of Personnel from planet. It is not really capable of landing on a Leeds because I highly doubt there are transport landing pads left. Most importantly - Sirians won't target Conseil vessel. Presumably. I don't trust them anymore but this might be safest way to evacuate people from Leeds. This needs planning. If there's mooring point, Conseil docking codes won't be very helpful. I might propose, that small freighters are going to transfer people to my bigger transport. That's the only possibility I can see right now.

And about that Amiral's promise. She promised that "she'll return and she'll talk to me". So, I doubt that she's going to break that promise. This will be a hard blow to Gallia, old or future, to lose such a figure.


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Amicalement, Miroslav de Gobineau
25.08.741 AGS

Mon bon monsieur Commandant Pierre Vaillant,

I am going to speak now on mon own behalf. I totally agree with you. I won't say that TOUT Sirians are evil or just 'mauvais'. More over, in the past, I thought about Sirians as 'good guys'. I got quickly disillusioned. Sirius est just a melting pot of conspiracies and power struggle, if there are voices of logic and honor - they are, ben, silenced by a gunfire. Maybe, it's just a war, but no man should lose his dignity in face of a danger. Bretonians lost it, they became power-hungry brutes who lash out at their former allies and friends.

But mon opinion doesn't have any impact. Thing is, mon opinion reflects opinion among Conseillard. I have no idea what is High Command planning to do with ravaging war they are going to inherent but I really hope that Conseil is not going to negotiate with Bretonia from a position of a losing side. Idea of a 'white peace' is popular. That's actually why I am so concerned about fate of a Marine Gaulose forces. If even portion of professional soldiers return from that damned crumbling frontier, Gallia is going to maintain enough power to enforce OUR demands. Also, this might prevent invasion of Paris and I really hope this is the case. Again, that's mon point of view, there's a lot of opinions and suggestions what to do. That's what Conseil is about - voices of everyone has some power to it.

More over, Flotte dispersée du Conseil battlegroup is already stationed in Provence to cover your retreat into Gallia, they are just waiting response from your side. I have text copy of that message in case you haven't seen it and I'll include it with this message. I am not sure how big is that battlegroup but it can be very useful and give you enough time to escape deeper into Hebrides without suffering more loses. I know that this is VERY strange move from your enemies who threatened stability of Gallia for decades but there is one thing that is common between us. We are Gauls. And Gauls won't tolerate Sirians in Gallia. Think about it.

Anyway, I am almost ready for that operation. If nothing interferes with current schedule, everything will be ready at Friday. I'll contact you hopefully directly from orbit of Leeds next time.
What about Mademoiselle de Chanteloup, unfortunately, I know nothing about any 'project' of her. We didn't had any proper conversations. She also included mon communication into her "journal of oddities" which is strangely... funny, I suppose.

J'attends une réponse.



Amicalement, Miroslav de Gobineau
25.08.741 AGS

Monsieur Vaillant, avec tout mon respect.

I am reopening this forgotten communication channel from the past to start over our conversation. It's abrupt end was when we still were considered enemies, today we are not adversaries, at least on a paper. It's delightful to see you and Marines active, alive and ferocious as they always were. I feel both pride for people of Gallia and shame for my actions that led to dissection of this proud nation.

It is actually quite ironic. In the end of this conflict, I became commodore of a Conseil Navy and in the next few days, Pierre LaFlamme was assassinated. One man was holding the Council Navy together and after dissolution of Conseil, many brave men found themselves on the political outskirts. Most of them returned home to live a life they wished for, some of them joined the local Republique defense forces and Gendarmie but I found myself lost. My destiny was entwined with my duty of being officer of logistical divisions that after that turmoil I found myself stranded in place so mystérieux. I feel like I am a criminal. And so, out of desperation, I decided to write to you.

I am still in command of my flagship, CLN Succube Mignonne and have access to my specialized transport, CLT Monastere Solan. This may sound wild, but is there anyway I can help you and Marine with my assets and my expertise in logistical warfare? A soldier must be on a front line and I can't think of myself as a mere merchant, humble citizen or a officer in a Navy I feel ashamed of. I have taken part in doing evil to my own people, separating them and turning against each other and I want to obtenir mon absolution.

J'attends une réponse.


Amicalement, Miroslav de Gobineau
02.01.743 AGS

Très cher Monsieur Vaillant,

It's uplifting to hear your kind words. Merci beaucoup.

Let's shove aside the sentimental talk. I am already doing my best to help you out in that Omicron Tau system (we should it name somehow, to place a claim on it) by utilizing my Succube Mignonne destroyer.

I am currently in developing on my own brand new system meant for a streamlining and improving logistical support for future military expansion or future defense operations. It comes in package with new systematization of logistical routes and facilities, semi-automation of whole bureaucracy and planning process. I am working on it very slowly because, well, I am alone and I am also spending a lot of time on duty. If by any chance there's possibility to provide resources or, well, speed things up to formally introduce me to MNG ranks so I can work on this with full force, I am ready to use it.

More over, I just cracked open old Council archives. There's a lot of stellarographic data of systems outside and inside Gallia, including some terrorist cell and criminal bases, Crayterian rebels systems and AuTaurotte systems. If you are going to focus on eradicating Maltese menace and handicapping Enclave forces, it's a good way to start from AuTaurotte. To be precise, system Tau-23. I remember when I once operated there back when Guillestre was near IMG installation. I have decrypted old data dating 740 AGS. There's Maltese forward base of operations located in E/F4 of a system. More over, nearby is jump hole anomaly leading to Britanny system, in C/D 4/5. I have included encrypted footage of both installation and jumphole anomaly with this message.

This system might be gateway for Maltese and their smugglers. I have outdated reports that they somehow manage to smuggle big amounts of their dirty drug to Brigand criminals and we both know how degrading this substance is. This means, that there is more entry points in Gallia. I can try to get more information from outside sources. Sirians are quite welcoming to transmission codes I use.

J'attends une réponse.


Amicalement, Miroslav de Gobineau
02.01.743 AGS