To: <"Independent Miners Guild">
Reg: ""<Rocky Business>""
Hello again.
I've largely been preoccupied with local matters, but what jolted me to revisit this line of communications are the recent rumors floating around. Word is that you've been outlawed in Liberty, to be treated no better than the average Gaul. That's not exactly good for the business we had planned, subtlety has gone out the window and that renders any potential exploitation of Hallam infinitely more difficult. I really wished you'd have handled the USI a little differently, I understand why you did what you did, but it feels like the consequences outweigh the benefits of crapping on them.
You're being rapidly walled out of the Houses in direct proximity to your operations and I'd consider you naive if you still trusted the Crayterian Republic after what they tried to do. Which let me remind you, only failed because of swift intervention by both us and the Hackers. You need to reevaluate your current posture and consolidate forces around the most vital stations or settlements held by your organization at present. Liberty and its vassal state, the CR will come for you eventually, Bretonia too once they sort out that broken back of theirs. Though I wouldn't be surprised if after all this war that they forget what a spine is.
Now I can help secure your holdings in Coronado and harass the competition. An agreement can be hashed out with the Hackers to prioritize House employed lackeys as the greater threat to the Independence of the Independent Worlds. I'm going to drop a few suggestions on you that might as well be bombs, these aren't going to be easy decisions to make but I think they're vital given the current circumstances.
Number one, screw both the Republics. I need you to consider a complete takeover of Pecos for the sake of your own security. I don't mind fighting a guerrilla war against all of Crayter's standing military, we've lived through much worse facing the full fury of everything the Republic and its associated underworld have to offer. Evict the competition and then turn the planet into a buffer against you and them, a freeport welcoming of everyone hated by both Liberty and the CR. Obviously keep people that hate you off the lawn. This'll act as a major deterrent to any attempts at reclamation, irregulars pose a great threat when in sufficient numbers, even against a traditional military, or rather especially against a traditional military.
Number two, a full diplomatic shake-up is in order. You need to completely reconsider who your friends and enemies are because it's beyond clear that previous foreign policy just isn't going to withstand present turbulence. With your almost universal status as outlaws, you might want to consider abandoning your previous lawful image and taking to a full alliance with parties such as ourselves.
Lastly, any blackmarket connections you have can and should be exploited, hoard guns, ships and fuel. Literally anything that you can trade for and which would prove crucial to the upkeep of a resistance should be stockpiled to weather what'll prove to be an incredibly volatile situation. The end of this war is just going to lead to the beginning of another.
Our adversaries are yet unaware of the internal changes i am currently putting in effect. They mostly match your advices, as i doubt the Guildmasters could've came up with a better solution.
I believe we have a lot to discuss, and a personal meeting should be in place. There are two options i see - i either welcome you at our holdings on Pecos - or we meet in space on the time and date of our choice.
Suit yourself with whatever option you feel like following more.
To: <"Independent Miners Guild">
Reg: ""<Rocky Business>""
Miss Kyoko.
In person will suit business like this just fine. It's also going to be quite nice to be planet-side for once. I'll bring a few people I trust for second-opinions, of course. Will this be a joint meeting between all your prospective allies or just between you and me? Once you clarify that I can make arrangements and be there within a day's time.
To: <"Independent Miners Guild">
Reg: ""<Rocky Business>""
Miss Kyoko.
In person will suit business like this just fine. It's also going to be quite nice to be planet-side for once. I'll bring a few people I trust for second-opinions, of course. Will this be a joint meeting between all your prospective allies or just between you and me? Once you clarify that I can make arrangements and be there within a day's time.
It seems unnecessary to drag distant parties like Red Hessians - and probably even Mollys - into this local conflict. Vast distances, lack of interest and certain odds will not allow them to take a part in the warfare either - except, perhaps, supplying our troops with vital supplies.
We could, however, use the expertise of the Lane Hackers and their boner for assorted bootlickers to lend us a hand. Not sure how good this is going to be, though, but giving them an invitation would not hurt.
To: <"Independent Miners Guild">
Reg: ""<Rocky Business>""
Miss Kyoko.
I don't mind the prospect of a Lane Hacker representative being there, they might be a little vain but they usually carry a level of expertise that can't be properly substituted or copied by the average amateur. I wouldn't be opposed to other representatives, within limits obviously. Inviting third-rate assholes like the Rogues or the Junkers will be met with my very vocal dissatisfaction.
I will leave them the formal invitation and see if they are going to express any actual interest in lending us a hand, or will prefer to abstain even prior to the discussion. We only need to decide on the date, and you mentioned that you could be there within a day, so tomorrow, on 7th of September, at 16:00 SST should fit you well.
I guess i have to order my finest suit to be delivered from Jakarta - it does not really fit a lady to appear on public in a battered military uniform.
To: <"Independent Miners Guild">
Reg: ""<Rocky Business>""
Miss Kyoko.
We'll be there. And I'd personally prefer the uniform, gives you an air of personality and strength. More than fitting for a woman in your current position, both in the literal and hierarchical sense. But I've digressed to trivialities, I'll leave you to your work and hope for a positive and mutually beneficial outcome to this meeting.
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