Greetings, dear Order agent. I'm Hyakujo, a humble guildmember in the GMG administration, here in Naha station. Most certainly you have become aware of the latest incidents occurring around our businesses in Hegoland, and now this attack on the Rheinland Border station that watch over us menacingly.
While we at the lower ranks of the Guild are shocked as everyone else about the attack, we are concerned about the silence of the Guildmasters about the incident. I assure you that by my ancestors name that the Guild does not support or promote deadly attacks on inhabited stations, but a few among us have wondered if the Guildmasters were really "unaware" that the conditions for the incident were there.
Rheinland media has released some images about the incident and attack, and shown some images of the craft present. Indeed, most of them were Benzaiten models of the latest generation. Everyone with two eyes and five years of life will recognize that those are GMG made vessels, and that few outside of them would be able to get their hands on so many in good shape.
Well, that's the thing. A few investigations have shown that of a 3 thousand or so fighters produced over the last 4 years, a "few hundreds" have been creatively deducted from our active lists, due to "defects" or scrapping. I believe many were supposed to be diverted in pieces for organizations that the Guild is keen in supporting, like the Dragons, or even the Order. But the amount gone from our lists doesn't add up to the number of convoys and shipments we "contributed" to them. I fear that someone has been using our system to provide to another party.
More recently, the Rheinland Police has issued some arrest warrants and reports of takedowns of people suspected to be involved in the case, most of them people with links to the Guild. This has also some mysterious tones.
The most bizarre of it is, that most of the names are of people MIA from the Guild in the past years. Of about 20 names I've reviewed, only one was a former Paramilitary pilot, and the rest were regular personnel from various sectors of the Guild. Most names and photos were from people who were declared missing on expeditions in the Crow nebula, and a few were ones that did return after a few weeks of working in remote extraction sites, but quit their jobs at the Guild soon after returning.
There is little more I can do out of my post before the Guild starts clamping down on our efforts. I'm not sure if there really are people within the Guild committing these acts. I hope you can use these few pieces to assist in making the whole picture clear. The Guild reputation may well depend on your efforts.
One last thing. It seems this paramilitary pilot, Agano, was in contacting with a few people in the operation site in... Kurile. There maybe something or someone left there that can give us the whereabouts of these people.
Godspeed.
Taiheiki Hyakujo, of the Gas Miners Guild
⧫ Akabat
⧫ Omicron Mu
⧫ 18/10/824
⧫ FROM: The Order Overwatch
⧫ TO: Taiheiki Hyakujo
Fulda investigations
I have to admit that you alone have managed to gather most of the incident than both Houses and The Order combined. For that, you have my thanks.
The Order's own supply of Benzaiten craft were never pressed into service, the few limited fighters we received thanks to you are still undergoing evaluation tests well behind the frontlines. As of now, all of the Benzaiten-class space superiority fighters are accounted for and none are reported missing. Use of the Benzaiten perplexes us as well, our initial expectations were 817-819 early models of Karasu and Kaichou fighter and bombercraft that were common on the black market. We initially suspected blatant BDM black flag operation aiming to build up support for war or simple Core machinations. After all they are the most triggerhappy organization with access to the NEMP-like weaponry, Freeport 11 be witness to that.
Truth is likely far more sinister. Both certain elements within Rheinland and Core have to gain from the invasion but the data you provided fits well with modus operandi of the Nomads or to be more precise: the secretive terror cells of their infested brethen, the Nomad incubi occupying human bodies. We lack solid evidence to prove it in eyes of Sirius. It is unclear whether attack itself was carried out by the commonly named "Wild" or goons equipped and hired by such an element. We command technology that can determine possessed status of such individual, the downside being that such an individual must be captured... in one piece. It also has to be one of their ringleader or entire mission may turn to a fiasco. If you and your men can aid us in acquisition of prisoners, entire Sirius will be in debt to you.
Watch your back, Hyakujo. Whoever is behind it has some ties and entries into the Guild but does not have its wellbeing in mind. Do not hesitate retreating to Order space should they ever got a trail on you. Your faithfull ally.
Grand Admiral Michal Golanski
Black Fleet, 1st Battlegroup "Wargods"