From: Nora Rees Brennan. To: Gallic National Intelligence. Subject: A deal.
Good evening, agents. At least it is evening according to onboard clock.
I am Nora Rees Brennan, an elected spokesperson, if you will... for our collective, better described as a cell. I have been pondering over a report on my kin meeting a duet of your agents. I will be honest - it sparked... curiousity. My curiousity, and that is all what matters for the moment.
Intelligence sharing can be a breeze. A simple matter of introducing means of steady relay of information from our network to yours, where I believe the old but reliable personal contact will be the best course of action, but if you would prefer... discreet data bursts are also an option. I will leave the choice of preferred method to you.
Now... deployment to our bases is a tad more complex matter. As you could surmise from speaking to my kin, in our current situation we greatly value our discretion. Our smugglers and our patrols take great precaution measures ensuring Crownies don't get to on track and discover us. It comes as natural that, were I to give my consent for deployment of your agents on the base, I will be expecting the same considerate behavior. Beside that, some areas of the bases would be out of reach for your agents too, and I would expect these limits to be respected.
In case we would not reach the compromise on the subject... there would be an alternative proposition I have in mind, but let's work with what we have for the moment. Let me hear out your thoughts so we would move on with the discussion.
Name: DUKE Identification: Gallic National Intelligence Encryption access:EYES ONLY Location:REDACTED Subject: An Agreement
Madameoiselle Brennan,
It is a pleasure to hear from you and your organization. Having discussed with the rest of the Directorate, we have come to an agreement that we will offer two modes of information delivery and the choice of which to use will be at your discretion. We would be glad to send a courier to meet with one of your own on a neutral station, Halifax would work well for your people I believe though we have some discreet contacts on Holman and Freeport Six that could also take any such deliveries.
As far as your terms for deployment of our people to one of your bases, we have no issues with what you have laid out for us. We intend to keep our presence on any station you allow us access to at a minimum, and would use the utmost discretion when sending any of them into Bretonia in general. We have a third party that would be able to supply our people, and we would also use that party to get our people there in the first place. Of course any additional supplies that those ships could carry would be provided to your cause.
Any restrictions about access to certain areas of your facilities would of course be up to your discretion, at most we would simply need to have our own neural net access, which we would be glad to allow your own technicians to set up for us. Unless you have any other points to bring up, I believe we have an equitable agreement, and will send out a transport with our people on it once you determine a time for this to take place.
From: Nora Rees Brennan. To: Gallic National Intelligence. Subject:RE: A deal.
Duke,
Apologies for my delayed response. There has been... an occurence that have caused me a gush of anger, and I prefer not to communicate while emotionally unstable. That rant aside...
...I'll get to business. I recognise Holman would be the best candidate for our goals, if I can say something with absolute certainty about the IMG it is that they do not take kindly to Blueshirts and whatever infiltrators Bretonians could've had there were expelled when Aland crisis erupted. Local folk shouldn't mind our men hold a private conversation there every once in a while.
Pick several operatives of your choosing - most cunning and ruthless you have among your ranks. Bretonia have shown they have respect for no values. Not for freedom, not for life, not for people and not even for memories of the dead. My last wish is to see men who'd have no qualms about slaying a deranged blueshirt had it come to that.
Let me know when they will be prepared. I will meet them at Holman and lead them past the patrols myself. Amenities will be prepared for them at their new assignment, of course.
Name: DUKE Identification: Gallic National Intelligence Encryption access:EYES ONLY Location:REDACTED Subject: Holman
Madameoiselle Brennan,
I have already sent a ship to await your people at Holman, the captain of the vessel merely awaits contact with you, their ship should stand out slightly from the those typically seen on Holman so once you are ready we can proceed from there. I have also taken the liberty to send along a small cosignment of goods to be shared among your people as a good will gesture. The Directorate looks forward to the begining of a fruitful relationship with the Assembly.
From: Nora Rees Brennan. To: Gallic National Intelligence. Subject:RE: A deal.
Duke,
As for the moment I may not personally guide your agents but a couple my men are en route and will be the guides to lead your agents. You can hardly miss our ships too. We are not short on hands here but are very short on time as Bretonia is preparing for the counterattack on Dublin and it partially falla to us to give them a warm welcome.
We also appreciate the material support, and will put it to good use.
Name: DUKE Identification: Gallic National Intelligence Encryption access:EYES ONLY Location:REDACTED Subject: Mull Base Operations
Madameoiselle Brennan,
My apologies for the delayed response, there have been some recent developments in Gallia that have taken my time away from me. I merely wish to provide a follow up in regards to the meeting with our agent as well as to inform you that we have already started sending recon parties out from Mull to survey the Newcastle system. Our records on Newcastle in general are several years out of date, so we will be proceeding with a slow methodical observation of the system. As a part of our standard operating procedure I will be attaching a transcription of the flight log from our transport below. Have a good day.
[30.06.2024 16:40:23] Veiled.Premise: Salut.
[30.06.2024 16:40:38] RPA|Nora.Rees.Brennan: Hello there.
[30.06.2024 16:41:15] Veiled.Premise: You are the one I am meant to be in contact with, oui?
[30.06.2024 16:41:45] RPA|Nora.Rees.Brennan: I suppose. Though a transport is not quite what I expected.
[30.06.2024 16:42:19] Veiled.Premise: Yes, that is understandable. A transport such as this is rather more discreet.
[30.06.2024 16:42:28] Veiled.Premise: Plus, it can carry everything we need to.
[30.06.2024 16:42:49] RPA|Nora.Rees.Brennan: I understand. Well, let us proceed, then - this intersection happens to see some occasional traffic.
[30.06.2024 16:42:58] Veiled.Premise: After you.
[30.06.2024 16:43:05] RPA|Nora.Rees.Brennan: I wager you won't object to a little detour.
[30.06.2024 16:43:15] Veiled.Premise: Not at all.
[30.06.2024 16:43:59] RPA|Nora.Rees.Brennan: We will not be taking the gate. Our jump hole is not far.
[30.06.2024 16:45:25] RPA|Nora.Rees.Brennan: In the time before our rendezvous, we have established one thing.
[30.06.2024 16:45:38] Veiled.Premise: Oh?
[30.06.2024 16:45:54] RPA|Nora.Rees.Brennan: Bretonia's preparing for their impending return to Dublin. It won't be long before they make their move.
[30.06.2024 16:46:11] Veiled.Premise: Ah, very interesting.
[30.06.2024 16:46:16] RPA|Nora.Rees.Brennan: We anticipate in the coming couple weeks.
[30.06.2024 16:46:30] RPA|Nora.Rees.Brennan: That's beside the fact they involved foreign military in their scheme.
[30.06.2024 16:47:16] Veiled.Premise: They involved foreign military forces?
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[30.06.2024 16:47:56] RPA|Nora.Rees.Brennan: Liberty stays out of this, but I had reports of sightings of Kusari and Rheinland ships in Dublin, assisting the Armed Forces.
[30.06.2024 16:48:04] RPA|Nora.Rees.Brennan: I've no doubt of their credibility.
[30.06.2024 16:48:43] Veiled.Premise: That's quite remarkable considering the recent straining of relationships between Rheinland and Bretonia.
[30.06.2024 16:49:23] RPA|Nora.Rees.Brennan: I can only assume that straining didn't stop this from happening.
[30.06.2024 16:49:30] RPA|Nora.Rees.Brennan: Even if it was just a single gunboat.
[30.06.2024 16:50:01] RPA|Nora.Rees.Brennan: Either way... we anticipate the attack in the coming couple weeks and are steeling for it.
[30.06.2024 16:50:12] Veiled.Premise: Well, the issue has rather been with Bretonian corporations attacking Gallic ones in Cologne and Stuttgart.
[30.06.2024 16:50:24] Veiled.Premise: But yes.
[30.06.2024 16:50:28] RPA|Nora.Rees.Brennan: My hands, too, usually are full with managing Mull's production lines.
[30.06.2024 16:51:19] RPA|Nora.Rees.Brennan: It is just a short distance from here. Let's move.
[30.06.2024 16:51:58] Veiled.Premise: If things are as dire as you believe, GGallia may be able to offer some assistance, though it would at best be a token force.
[30.06.2024 16:52:19] RPA|Nora.Rees.Brennan: There we are. The Mull base - home to Molly ingenuity.
[30.06.2024 16:52:41] Veiled.Premise: Rather larger than I was expecting.
[30.06.2024 16:52:59] RPA|Nora.Rees.Brennan: They undoubtedly are. Bretonia's eager to secure their primary source of income, and other Houses - a steady supply of Gold.
[30.06.2024 16:53:10] RPA|Nora.Rees.Brennan: It will get rough, so we will take any help we can get.
[30.06.2024 16:53:43] RPA|Nora.Rees.Brennan: You should have the necessary clearance. Please proceed at your convenience.
[30.06.2024 16:53:55] RPA|Nora.Rees.Brennan: My men aboard will show you the storage and the living quarters.
[30.06.2024 16:53:58] Veiled.Premise: Well, if you do not mind confirming everything through our already established channels.
[30.06.2024 16:54:15] Veiled.Premise: Then we could send a small force once that is established.
[30.06.2024 16:54:20] RPA|Nora.Rees.Brennan: Not at all, but I'll need some time to gather all the data.
[30.06.2024 16:54:27] Veiled.Premise: Of course.
[30.06.2024 16:54:37] RPA|Nora.Rees.Brennan: It will not take more than a couple days, though...
[30.06.2024 16:55:03] Veiled.Premise: We've already heard through our IMG contacts that Dublin is going to be very busy soon.
[30.06.2024 16:55:05] RPA|Nora.Rees.Brennan: ...either way, make yourselves comfortable. Don't hesitate to petition me as necessary.
[30.06.2024 16:55:19] Veiled.Premise: Much appreciated.
[30.06.2024 16:55:23] RPA|Nora.Rees.Brennan: Until then.
[30.06.2024 16:55:24] Veiled.Premise: We'll proceed now.