I have been enjoying a drink on Mactan, when I got a small little notification by our Spyglass Network about increased movements by various entities around Hudson. Took a trip down to Texas, reminded me about the chaos surrounding Bering I've read about in our database.
With the Rheinland Civil War over and everything, I got curious what the Unioners - seeing as they were once something like a business partner to us - were up to.
Long story short: I've made my way to Bering and stumbled upon a "Hel"-class Cruiser in close proximity to Pacifica.
Turns out the good sir on the other end was more than willing to tell me how the Unioners have fared since Gunda Rhiel disappeared.
Briefly said, their new leadership was even more incompetent and at some point around the end of the Rheinland Civil War signed a letter of forgiveness offered to the Unioner movement by the Rheinland Government. Consequentially, they appear to have lost or disassembled all of their warships of Rheinland Military origin. Furthermore, the movement crumbled into splinter groups. The commanding officer of the "UN]-Black.Arrow" is the new Direktor - namely a certain James Hollywood - of a group that refused the truce with the Rheinland authorities and engages into their usual activities of the pre civil war era.
For a detailed conversation log, please look at the attached file.
I feel like this meeting here - given our current hostile stance towards the Unioner movement - can be seen as valid fulfillment of the Espionage criteria.
Mister Hollywood showed interest in re-establishing contact with the Lane Hackers and the Professorship.
If the Professorship deems me worthy, I wish to request to handle this matter personally in pursue of fulfilling both the Barter and Diplomacy - or in case the Professorship does not wish to re-establish contact with the Unioners on a business level - in pursue of the Subterfuge and Infiltration criteria.
[30.01.2022 17:20:46] LH~Goldfinger: A Hel. Almost a rare sight.
[30.01.2022 17:22:29] LH~Goldfinger: I mean, I cannot really hold it against you, dear radio operator. Taking a nap next to one of your fortified installations is -
[30.01.2022 17:22:35] LH~Goldfinger: not exactly something I'd call foolish.
[30.01.2022 17:23:03] LH~Goldfinger: However, I'd be most pleased if the ability arose to uphold a conversation with you.
[30.01.2022 17:23:13] LH~Goldfinger: I know, you might not be pleased with our presence.
[30.01.2022 17:25:49] UN]-Black.Arrow: ?: Whaaaa. A hacker.... Hello.?
[30.01.2022 17:26:02] LH~Goldfinger: Ah. Back from your break, it seems.
[30.01.2022 17:26:04] LH~Goldfinger: Greetings.
[30.01.2022 17:26:32] UN]-Black.Arrow: Sorry the coffee was bein' made. What were you on about. I think I own you a conversation.
[30.01.2022 17:26:58] LH~Goldfinger: Indeed. Call me a fool, given our organizations last chapters.
[30.01.2022 17:27:19] LH~Goldfinger: But if all I know is correct, contact broke apart after the outbreak of hostilities.
[30.01.2022 17:27:24] UN]-Black.Arrow: Not at all. Our Ligas had some hickups as well. Please... Fear not.
[30.01.2022 17:27:32] LH~Goldfinger: And nobody shed a tear to keep you in check.
[30.01.2022 17:28:03] LH~Goldfinger: Call my visit the desire of a status check up.
[30.01.2022 17:28:10] UN]-Black.Arrow: Well the Unioners are far from perfect as well. As of right now.
[30.01.2022 17:28:29] LH~Goldfinger: Hmh. Where did.. wait, I'd have to search through the files.
[30.01.2022 17:28:41] LH~Goldfinger: You know, your de-facto leader.
[30.01.2022 17:29:00] LH~Goldfinger: Didn't hear a single bit about him whatsoever. What happened, if I may ask?
[30.01.2022 17:29:15] UN]-Black.Arrow: Rheil? Or one of his puppets?
[30.01.2022 17:29:19] LH~Goldfinger: Rheil.
[30.01.2022 17:29:33] LH~Goldfinger: Or was it Rhiel?
[30.01.2022 17:29:36] UN]-Black.Arrow: Went mad. He has an odd habit of leavin' us all to die.
[30.01.2022 17:29:39] LH~Goldfinger: I honestly would have to double check that now.
[30.01.2022 17:29:44] UN]-Black.Arrow: I couldn't give a flyin' f*ck.
[30.01.2022 17:30:01] LH~Goldfinger: Sounds like something went wrong.
[30.01.2022 17:30:04] LH~Goldfinger: Really wrong.
[30.01.2022 17:30:10] UN]-Black.Arrow: It fuckin' did.
[30.01.2022 17:30:22] LH~Goldfinger: Tied to that whole Vierlande topic?
[30.01.2022 17:30:30] LH~Goldfinger: Apologize my curiousity.
[30.01.2022 17:30:51] LH~Goldfinger: With the events surrounding the Insurgency and Harmony, Unioner affairs fell below the table.
[30.01.2022 17:30:59] LH~Goldfinger: So there is quite a lot to catch up, I assume.
[30.01.2022 17:31:11] UN]-Black.Arrow: No. Are you familiar with the current situation within Rheinland?
[30.01.2022 17:31:33] LH~Goldfinger: Your civil war came to an end. Your political landscape is more confusing than ever, to be blunt.
[30.01.2022 17:31:52] UN]-Black.Arrow: ?: That's a nice way of puttin' it.
[30.01.2022 17:32:03] LH~Goldfinger: That's just staying objective.
[30.01.2022 17:32:21] UN]-Black.Arrow: Let me help you with the missing pieces of the puzzle.
[30.01.2022 17:32:28] LH~Goldfinger: I'd greatly appreciate that.
[30.01.2022 17:33:16] UN]-Black.Arrow: The war ended and we were given the opporunity to be delted from all criminal database and for all of our so called "sins" to
[30.01.2022 17:33:19] UN]-Black.Arrow: be forgiven.
[30.01.2022 17:33:57] LH~Goldfinger: So basically throwing your ideals out of the window for a "legitimate" future, I take it.
[30.01.2022 17:34:09] LH~Goldfinger: Such forgiveness doesn't come for free.
[30.01.2022 17:34:16] UN]-Black.Arrow: And just when the war hit it's peak, Rheil left us. Us and the Arbeitsdirektorat. All alone with an unexpirenced leader.
[30.01.2022 17:34:30] LH~Goldfinger: Hmh.
[30.01.2022 17:34:42] UN]-Black.Arrow: Yes. The biggest fraud is that they made it seem like we are the ones that need to be forgiven.
[30.01.2022 17:34:52] UN]-Black.Arrow: Well... As I was sayin'...
[30.01.2022 17:35:00] LH~Goldfinger: And your new leader got persuaded to believe that deal?
[30.01.2022 17:35:32] UN]-Black.Arrow: Our leader left us to be led by somone who's hand would later be guided to sign the reintergration papers.
[30.01.2022 17:35:35] UN]-Black.Arrow: Yes indeed.
[30.01.2022 17:35:51] UN]-Black.Arrow: ?: They weren't wrong when they told us you guys are smart.
[30.01.2022 17:35:52] LH~Goldfinger: That..surely put the entire movement into an odd spot.
[30.01.2022 17:36:12] LH~Goldfinger: Last I recall you possess older types of Rheinland warmachines?
[30.01.2022 17:36:19] LH~Goldfinger: I doubt they'd accept them staying in your hands.
[30.01.2022 17:36:20] UN]-Black.Arrow: Well it was all opposed by the only other member of the direktorat at the time. The ligadirektor. Certain mister J.
[30.01.2022 17:36:53] UN]-Black.Arrow: Don't worry. We dissassebmbeled those. They're all tucked away in warehouses all around Sirius.
[30.01.2022 17:37:30] UN]-Black.Arrow: Well so what happened a few weeks ago.
[30.01.2022 17:38:09] UN]-Black.Arrow: Most of our workers got fed up of this intergration bullshit and we decided not to let our history be forgotten.
[30.01.2022 17:38:53] LH~Goldfinger: As it was to be expected.
[30.01.2022 17:38:54] UN]-Black.Arrow: So we dusted off the old ships and headed out of our bases to show the Rheinland government once more that we're no fools to
[30.01.2022 17:38:56] UN]-Black.Arrow: their games.
[30.01.2022 17:39:44] UN]-Black.Arrow: And this mister J. was in charge of a certain attack on Imperial's shipping and ALG's property that took place a month ago.
[30.01.2022 17:39:55] LH~Goldfinger: Ah, a sudden strike to show them not all Unioners bowed to the new agreement.
[30.01.2022 17:40:11] UN]-Black.Arrow: All over planet Hamburg and New Berlin. It was...
[30.01.2022 17:40:13] LH~Goldfinger: Makes me hope for you that none of your bases were compromised during that phase.
[30.01.2022 17:40:13] UN]-Black.Arrow: It was...
[30.01.2022 17:40:20] UN]-Black.Arrow: Beautiful.
[30.01.2022 17:40:46] LH~Goldfinger: And a clear signal.
[30.01.2022 17:40:51] UN]-Black.Arrow: They were not. We have nothin' else to lose. We already lost all of our ideals and history. All by a simble signing.
[30.01.2022 17:41:58] LH~Goldfinger: Good to know. So I take it the Unioners are still in a recovery phase.
[30.01.2022 17:42:04] UN]-Black.Arrow: So that's pretty much what happened to the Unioners in the past half a year. What about y'all?
[30.01.2022 17:42:16] UN]-Black.Arrow: We're gathering men faster than you would think.
[30.01.2022 17:42:22] LH~Goldfinger: A good sign.
[30.01.2022 17:42:31] UN]-Black.Arrow: But yes. Currently we still have more ships left over then men.
[30.01.2022 17:42:55] LH~Goldfinger: And regarding us? Business as usual, one could say..
[30.01.2022 17:43:30] UN]-Black.Arrow: Understandable. Noone was wonderin' where the 'hackers went. We're used to you workin' from the shadows.
[30.01.2022 17:44:09] LH~Goldfinger: A method which proved to be of great wisdom.
[30.01.2022 17:44:34] LH~Goldfinger: Seeing the rather instable nature of Liberty's underworld and surroundings, it is not advised to act openly too much.
[30.01.2022 17:44:35] UN]-Black.Arrow: I would certainly agree.
[30.01.2022 17:45:36] LH~Goldfinger: We've picked up that somethings brewing nearby; in Hudson.
[30.01.2022 17:45:48] UN]-Black.Arrow: Well should you have the appropriate rank I would like for you to forward a message to your high command.
[30.01.2022 17:46:08] LH~Goldfinger: I'm in the position to inform them.
[30.01.2022 17:46:52] LH~Goldfinger: But yes, originally I've planned to figure out what exactly is going on in Hudson. The spike of activity in our network is -
[30.01.2022 17:46:54] LH~Goldfinger: unusual.
[30.01.2022 17:46:58] UN]-Black.Arrow: Please inform them of the current situation that the Unioners are in... Please let them know we would like to establish ties
[30.01.2022 17:47:04] UN]-Black.Arrow: With the 'hackers, once again.
[30.01.2022 17:47:17] LH~Goldfinger: Take it as a sign of friendliness that I tell you this. It might concern the Unioners or not, I cannot tell at this point.
[30.01.2022 17:47:24] LH~Goldfinger: But it might be worth observation from your side too.
[30.01.2022 17:47:35] UN]-Black.Arrow: Shall we head there then?
[30.01.2022 17:47:37] LH~Goldfinger: I'll let them know about this, no worries.
[30.01.2022 17:47:56] UN]-Black.Arrow: One more things. I will trade you the 'hunter pilots for your cargo.
[30.01.2022 17:48:07] UN]-Black.Arrow: I believe those pilots deserve a better home.
[30.01.2022 17:48:14] LH~Goldfinger: Ah, I assume you wish to get your overzealous rookies back.
[30.01.2022 17:48:18] LH~Goldfinger: Good point.
[30.01.2022 17:48:30] UN]-Black.Arrow: You're quick.
[30.01.2022 17:49:11] UN]-Black.Arrow: Been a pleasure.
[30.01.2022 17:49:14] LH~Goldfinger: Appreciated. I already feel sorry for them.
[30.01.2022 17:49:25] UN]-Black.Arrow: I hope to hear from you soon.
[30.01.2022 17:49:27] LH~Goldfinger: Hunters always get the nice interrogations.
[30.01.2022 17:49:49] LH~Goldfinger: Hopefully, I'll let the Professorship know that they may expect a message from you.
[30.01.2022 17:49:51] UN]-Black.Arrow: Enjoy it then. Safe skies.
[30.01.2022 17:49:53] LH~Goldfinger: Oh, one last thing.
[30.01.2022 17:50:00] LH~Goldfinger: Whom did I have the pleasure with?
[30.01.2022 17:50:30] UN]-Black.Arrow: ?: Ah the one mentioned before. *laughs* James Hollywood. The Direktor of the Unioners.
[30.01.2022 17:50:44] UN]-Black.Arrow: Glad to meet you. *salutes*
[30.01.2022 17:50:58] LH~Goldfinger: Oh. I was pleased to make your acquittance then, Direktor.
[30.01.2022 17:51:05] LH~Goldfinger: We'll meet again.