I'm Lena Atzenbruck. I don't have a title as formal as Minister of the Economy, but I have a good deal of experience in the sector from prior to joining the Platform that could be relevant, so I took it upon myself to address your inquiry.
A lot of people who follow democratic principles against state tyranny in Rheinland and, I imagine, all over Sirius, have been watching the developments in Bretonia with a sense of optimism. What the Mollys have achieved against the Crown really is unprecedented in colonial history, and we're definitely open to networking with a movement that seems to share many of our principles.

You're keeping your cards pretty close to your chest in regards to what it is you're looking for, when you say you're "keeping it simple" you really mean it.
But I wouldn't mind setting up a meeting and hearing what sort of information it is you seek. The way you phrased it, it sounds like you want just a one-on-one with one of yours and one of ours? That's a little strange of a request, usually a meeting like this would involve at least a few delegates for security and diversity of opinion, but either way, we could arrange something.
If you want a location that's between our homes, neutral, not busy with traffic, and not frequented by Corsairs, the list is pretty short, but I'd suggest Madeira.

So, we met with your contact. We have some questions about that, actually.
A civilian who identified themselves as one Tracey Rivers claimed to be the representative Dublin sent to Madeira. They didn't give us any particular reason to doubt this, but we had expected a ship under official Republic flag. After all, the reason we chose this remote location was that it would be safe and private for both of us. So communication was a little awkward, since we weren't one hundred percent certain we could trust this individual.
If that was indeed your representative, I have to ask why you didn't send someone with visible credentials?

That aside though, I'm afraid we have no real news either way. This "Federal Express" company wasn't known to us at the time of the meeting, and all our inquiries since turned up empty. My best guess, a shell company with no physical presence, or maybe the vessel you encountered just made the name up on the spot. Could be intel, could be corporate grey ops, I'm afraid we can't say at the time.

As for the Dublin situation. I have to say I'm surprised that the Rheinwehr actually cleared the legal and financial hurdles to get involved in such a remote location, I guess it really emphasizes just how critical they consider the gold supply.
In a sense, that's good news, since it means they must really be feeling the pressure. I can't imagine they'd be fielding more than a small expeditionary force, but I'm afraid that's as much or more than we can ourselves. Dublin just isn't realistically in reach for us to send anything beyond envoys or small scale individual missions too. The best we can realistically offer is to try and intercept military excursions and corporate convoys in the Omegas when they're heading west.
We'll do our best on that front.
Same goes for the media angle. You're right that if publicized, the exotic excursions of the military would be pretty unpopular among the moderates and fiscal conservatives, we'll see if we can put something together there. It might be hard to trade the actual line of funding for this sort of thing, but we will look around if we can get an inside lead.

Let us know any further developments.