Lord Brigadier,

Or Lady Brigadier? War might have used to be men's business, but since we have lost millions of good Bretonian men, I believe there are enough women serving now to warrant gender flexibility for titles. But this is not the occasion of my letter.

You have probably already been informed of the events that have taken place in Exeter. The enemy ground forces have withdrawn into the woods and the hills, preferring to fight a guerrilla than meet us on open ground. This means that the towns will soon be under our occupation. In order to save legitimacy, I will, de iure at least, hand the requisitioned territories back to Premier Mehmed Selim. It is my plan to form a protectorate state on Exeter, which we can use to our advantage in our adversity with the Coalition and the Red Hessians. I believe their small navy would best function as a privateer navy, licensed to harass the enemy's logistics and economy deep behind the front lines. Clandestine work is not out of the question, as their nationality will make them hard to differ from regular Coalition personnel.

I am hereby requesting a blanket Letter of Marque for the Crimean Privateers, as they wish to call themselves.