Radio Free Liberty

[The Lane Hackers]

20th January 827 A.S.

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Coming to you live from the beating heart of Sirius, to confront the lies and propaganda of the corporatocracy. This is Sam Wilson and you are listening to Radio Free Liberty.

Today with us we have Jake Atkinson, for those of you who don't know Mr Atkinson he is a former Rogue and a man with profound knowledge of Liberty's underworld. Welcome.

- Thank you Sam.

- Okay I am going straight for the main question. What is going on?

- Insanity, Sam. Insanity and madness. That's what is going on.

- Yeah we have all seen the news. Enforcer Dixon, literally the Rogue Boss' right-hand man released thousands of slaves on the streets of Pittsburgh.

- Yes their monetary losses are huge but they want to hurt the Outcasts. They know they need the labor urgently before the cardamine harvest season arrives.

- Why would they want to hurt their allies?

- Allies? Ha! Do you know they blocked the Outcasts from joining the Alliance?

- No, it can't be true.

- Oh yes. The Rogues have even blocked the Outcasts from using their bases.

- This is suicide Jake!

- Yes it is. But the man behind all this doesn't care. His name is Corin Frei.

His Excellency Corin Frei

- The undisputed leader of the Unioners?

- Yes. Amy Hawthorne is the nominal Boss of the Liberty Rogues but she is just a puppet of Corin Frei. He is the one pulling the strings, he is the one whispering in her ears. How do you think she became the Boss?

- Lord Moka resigned. Wait. That's now what really happened, right?

- Finally you start connecting the pieces Sam. Corin Frei organized the coup on Lord Moka because he needs the Corsair Empire. Without their support the RHA/Coalition forces will be unstoppable. He needs to be useful to the Corsairs and turning the Rogues against the Outcasts is an excellent way to do that. Outcasts rely on Liberty for their labor, for the majority of cardamine sales, for many things.

- Do you have any sort of proof for that Jake?

- Yes we know the level of control Corin Frei exerts on the Rogues. We know that after the Lane Hackers privately contacted the UN leadership and ten minutes later we had Enforcer Dixon threatening the Hackers with consequences for moving against Frei. Frei is insanely influential.

- So Frei's control over the Rogues not only helped him get on the Corsair Empire's good graces but also to turn the Rogues against the Hackers who were pushing him to return their old Flagship which he allegedly stole from them.

Corin Frei performing his act again

- Yes, Sirene. It was a brilliant move. Killed two birds with one stone. With Corsair help, he defeated the Hessians in Munich and neutralized the Hackers in the north. Even the Professors had not seen this coming.

Do you know the ancient wisdom 'Appear strong when you are weak and appear weak when you strong'? This is exactly what Frei did. He presented himself as a drunkard with anger management issues. No one considered him as a threat. It was all a ploy.

- No wonder why he enjoys unprecedented levels of power within the Union, he doesn't even have a second. Thank you Sam. Your insider perspective is valuable for both our listeners and myself. What do you think will happen now?

- I can only talk about my former home, the Rogues. It's going to get ugly Sam, I foresee a Civil war coming soon. The Rogues are free folk they are not going to put up a Rheinland boot on their necks. As soon as more realize what is going on, they will revolt.

- Hopefully that won't impact the daily lives of law-abiding citizens. The last thing we need is gang wars on Manhattan's streets. Thank you for joining us Jake!

- Thank you for having me Sam.

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Authored by @Spike Lester