To: Corin Frei, UPSA | From: Hunter Wolff

[Aaron_Cianci]

From: Hunter Wolff, on assignment at Pacifica Base, Bering System
To: Corin Frei, Arbeitsdirektor, USPA
Subject: The justification for war
Encryption: Heavy

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Arbeitsdirektor:

You may not remember me. My name is Hunter Wolff. I recently had the distinction of escorting your liner during peace negotiations between you, the Lane Hackers and the Gaian Guard, with the Hackers negotiating on behalf of Battle Group Harmony. Since those discussions, I have seen no internal notification to all Union forces regarding the status of negotiations, and I have not been privileged to any communications regarding their status.

If I am going to continue to serve the Union to the best of my ability, I need to know what is going on. I have done my best to investigate on my own, to identify the causes and contributors to this conflict, but nobody seems to be able to give me a straight answer. This is why I am coming directly to you, Herr Frei. I do not believe anybody but you can answer my two most pressing questions regarding this conflict:

1. What is the status of our attempts at securing peace with Battle Group Harmony, via the Lane Hackers?

2. Beyond the Union's decision not to deliver the Hel cruiser ordered and paid for by Harmony, of which I am already aware, what are the casus belli for this conflict from both sides - not only the Union's, but Battle Group Harmony's, as we understand it?

I realize it may be unorthodox to share this type of information with a junior pilot, Arbeitsdirektor. However, when I joined the pilot corps back on Munich, there was no information about this conflict, and what we were doing here. My parents are from Leipheim, and they are third generation ship builders. I would still be there if I had half of their talent, but instead I serve the Union as a pilot. My family has always stood for the Union's core tenets - the value of Union technology and our ability to improve it, and our desire for equality for the working class of Rheinland. In order to fight this fight, I need to know how this conflict relates to those tenets, and our end goal of continuing this fight.

Please respond at your earliest convenience. I understand you are busy, but I hope you will take the time to reply.

Respectfully,
Hunter

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