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Good day.

As sympathizers of the Republican side of the Civil War, we have long admired you from afar. Now we find ourselves in a mutual plight: A jump hole to Ontario has opened in Inverness but 60 seconds from Invergordon. Keflavik Depot, our own residence of Valravn Citadel, and Invergordon itself are all at risk. We would like to open talks on mutual defense with both you and the Junkers, to whom we have already reached out. Your presence too is at threat, for this jump hole is itself not two minutes from Fort Ramsey, the heart of Xeno power and the suspected homebase of the traitorous Battlegroup Harmony. We must join together to formulate a defense against this newfound threat.

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Ah, good to hear from you, Director Hornik. I will gladly share more information. We are the remnants of the Commonwealth of Liberty, left adrift by her destruction at the hands of Victoria Knight and her military junta: The Insurgency. When the Insurgency was destroyed by Liberty, our civilians left under Knight's heel on Guadalajara fled to Erie, only to be pursued by the Republic of Liberty when they began their colonial project in Pennsylvania. Those refugees are now imprisoned in LPI internment camps.

Our goals are threefold: We wish to rescue our people from Erie, bring Victoria Knight to trial for her crimes, and the destruction of the "Liberty Free Republic" who succeeded her accursed junta when it was destroyed. Towards these ends, we are indeed currently under the generous patronage of the Technocracy of Auxo, an old ally alienated by the Insurgency that themselves wish to see the return of the Commonwealth.

That being said, our strength has always been in our logistics and relationships, and that was never more necessary than it is now. It is towards this end that we have begun to reach out to supporters of the cause of the Republic of Rheinland. While distant, we share many similar ideas for the futures of our respective Houses. I understand your group is one such supporter, and given the state of the wrecks and minefield in Vespucci left behind by the Insurgency's failures I think it prudent we discuss a relationship moving forward.

As for Keflavik, there too we may have an arrangement—we have been looking for just such an installation ourselves. The Technocracy is generous, but their facilities are limited, and our own logistics, repair, and R&D teams have been cramped. Our frigates have had great success traversing Ontario and the Baffin Corridor, so I have little doubt we could ourselves maintain it, especially as it has no need to be a for-profit venture in our hands. If you are amenable, we will happily put in an offer.

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Wonderful. I will send the news to the Tectarch's department and they can work with your accountant to hammer out the details on price and transfer of the base. We are more interested in using it as a defensive screen for Invergordon, so are happy for you to transfer what equipment you can to other stations if you wish once the current contract is up.

As for the salvage operations in Vespucci, one of our primary concerns is that we ourselves lack regular access to the system due to a combination of LSF satellites and Xeno activity that said satellites seemingly ignore. While this is rapidly changing, the first step is to establish a foothold. Fortunately this already exists freely for your people in Tijuana Freeport, though we ourselves lack access to it. Your ships, however, can begin the process of surveying the wreckage in-system, while we provide support from another regional operation post that I cannot disclose for the safety of all involved, yourself included.

That said, given your existing defensive pacts, would you care to join us for a meeting on the defense of Inverness? With both Liberty and the Xenos on our doorstep, Delta squadron or their managers and directors should be involved in the planning process.

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