From: Major Thomas Wallace, Gaian Guard Subject: Battlegroup Harmony Source: Handayan Outpost, Magellan Encryption:High Priority:High
Greetings.
I am Major Thomas Wallace of the Gaian Guard. Time is short, and a variety of outside factors caused me to lose a large part of it. Therefore, I shall move on directly to the point.
A couple of days ago I have been notified about a distress call. It's sender was a group of Liberty Navy soldiers known as the Battlegroup Harmony. They were a major factor in the eruption of an internal conflict within libertonian armed forces. The Liberty officials were succesful in silencing most information about it, and as such I am fairly confident you have not heard of it yet.
Although I'm sure that Liberty's internal affairs are of little, if any, concern to you, I believe there is a way the Empire could possibly benefit from them. The battlegroup I mentioned is in a dire need of assistance, and are devoid of any major allies within Liberty or its surrounding area. The distress call was in fact a call for talks to any parties interested in lending them a hand.
As a result of these talks, Admiral Victoria Knight, the officer in charge of the battlegroup, expressed a degree of interest in cooperating with the Empire. Although they are devoid of any logistic capabilities, the battlegroup is still a perfectly able combat force, and they do see mercenary work as an acceptable mean of sustenance.
Additionally. my departure from these talks was accompanied by a join Auxesian and Hellfire force engaging in combat with Harmony envoys. it would seem that both battlegroups are at odds with each other. This state of affairs could potentially offer a chance of cooperation between the Empire and Harmony against a common enemy.
I am hereby asking the Council whether the Empire would be interested in opening talks with the battlegroup, possibly establishing an exchange of services.
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Transmission Authentication Confirmed - Elder Hector Beltran, Consul of The Brotherhood
Saludos, this is Beltran from The Brotherhood.
Well now, this was unexpected.
You don't hear everyday about a splinter group within Liberty forces, not that we really care about it but still.
Good thing that you contacted us about it.
This indeed looks interesting and the Empire would like to hear more from them, specifically about what do they want from us and what they can offer in return, with more detail.
Keep up the good work senor Wallace.