Baron Montluc was it?

It's nice to see that the patriarch of the Montluc Advance Engineering still serves the crown where others have decided to abandon it in her time of need. I take it your company is still legally registered with this Confederacy that I'm hearing so much about these days? I can provide you the necessary legal documents to prove who I am. But first I'll need you to prove to me that you're still loyal, and I'll need you to do that prior to us meeting at your humbled residence planetside.

What I'm going to ask of you isn't going to be easy to swallow, monsieur.

Though, I'll spare those details until after your initial reply.

Baron,

You've been making great strides rather recently with your bold proclamations for your up-and-coming barony, one of which I'm pleasantly surprised about. I'd like to offer an apology on not getting back to you in time with this message. I've been... busy on my end. I'm with the Enclave proper at the moment and we'll be examining my blood against records of my family aboard the Enclave's Valor.

Once this has been completed, you'll have your personal meeting with me on Quillan, as well as my full support for your Barony.

Baron,

I've heard about what has happened with the Barony of Languedoc through a Commandant within the Enclave, and the news reports troubled me. It saddens me that you, your family, and the loyalists that supported your Barony were forced from their homes by the very cowards who claim they know what's right for our people. They will pay for their cowardice, and the people of Quillan will be freed from the Confederacy's tyranny.

Bordeaux is no Quillan or Ile-de-France, but you have my personal blessing in establishing a local barony planet side, and upon securing Languedoc from the Confederacy, your proper barony will be reinstated entirely. We have other matters to discuss once your family is safe within Enclave space, though I'm sure your esteemed company will help boost the morale of the men and women here.

Those loyal to the crown will be rewarded handsomely.

Straight to business despite everything that's happened. Tres bien, earlier I was taken on a tour of the territory the Kingdom currently holds within it's grasp, and it's frankly disappointing. Now, I'm sure you have somethings you're actively discussing with the Enclave command, especially in regards to improving the quality of life here within Hebrides for all of the Kingdom's displaced populace, and I don't doubt that your company can assist us in improving that quality of life. But I want to be crystal clear. We need another shipyard established, and from what I've been told, and personally seen, Issoudun is currently at capacity. A secondary shipyard would lessen that capacity and allow for us to begin expanding our fleet from the meager remains that we have.

I don't care where this shipyard is built. Bordeaux, Roussillon, what matters is that it's built. This should be on the very top of your priority list once you've secured your assets on Bordeaux. In the comms attachment below you can listen to the discussion I had in regards to this very subject. If there's anything we agree on, it's this.

Secondly, Fort Albi will need to be dismantled entirely and rebuilt near the Tau-23 jumphole to ensure the security of Brittany from any would be invaders. While this isn't a huge priority, it will eventually need to be finished. The crews working on the dismantling project have been taking things slowly, and I can only assume it's due to either incompetence from their foremen, or the proximity to Confederacy space that Brittany borders that are keeping these men from completing their tasks. If you need to replace the entire crew working on this, do it.

As for the Roussillon system itself, there are a few stations within the system that were destroyed by the Royal Navy when we invaded the formerly held Council space. These stations are viable sources of extra metal - of which we can use to continue construction on Bordeaux, or for the construction of additional ships at Issoudun. I don't expect your people to get their hands dirty dealing with scrap, so if you wish to contract out that work to a company that is in liking with the Kingdom then please do so, but ensure that you let us know who they are first so that we can thoroughly vet them.

These are trying times for us as a people, Baron, and I'm probably asking for the impossible to be done. But that's exactly what I want. I want the impossible to become possible.

Au revoir.