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Good evening, Krsnik.
You do not know me, but I do know you. Your plan within Bretonia was vicious, cunning and above all would bring your organization to a position of power in the negotiating table with the House of Bretonia.
But I am not sending you this message to discuss that. I am contacting you to open a channel between two players that sometimes may need information and assets from unconventional contacts that would not be possible in any other way.
Liberty, Kusari, Gallia, Bretonia and Taus are the corners of Sirius I involve myself in. Ones in a more official manner, others less so. You, for what was gleaned, are more fixed in the Omegas, extending your reach to the Houses around you.
And in a manner of opening the channel between us two, I come with a request: Blueprints for the Coalition "RK08" Hybrid Engines. Designed by Xing. Not in production due to their very high cost and little visible gains. A design that now sits inside an archive, without any value to the Coalition but of value to me. Also, something less problematic, the blueprints of the "Scythe" family of weapons that flooded your region in the past months. Core, Zoners and Order have been seen using those and without a doubt, the Coalition has them in their armories too.
As evident in a relationship of this sort, you may ask something in return as well. Within reason, of course. After all, greed is mankind's great motivator. Something I personally abhor, but that is usable to control and predict. And I would hate to see you fall in those categories.
Given my lack of a hubris, patronizing my stratagem to halt the Gallic advance is a waste of time. Despite this, I have to at least consider your offer of cooperation, especially with uncommon information on the line. Your demands are steep, especially when I know nothing about you and who you might be working for. My loyalties are obvious, you remain a question and I only associate with people that provide me with all the answers I need in order to put my trust in them.
How you found out about the hybrid engine designs is beyond me, but they have long since been modified to be more economic than their original prototypes, seeing use throughout the Coalition Military. The technology of the Reapers were a spoil of war, one we were quick to learn the secrets of to begin our own production of them.
The bottom line is that if I know nothing about you, I cannot cooperate with you.
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Good evening, Krsnik.
Fair enough. Although trust is something of an alien word in this world of ours. So it is something of a falacy to speak of it. What you want is security, leverage that guarantees your safety and what of is discussed between the two of us.You want to know my name and my face when you alone shared none of those.
As you work for the Coalition, I work for Bretonia. I work for Liberty. I work for Crayter. I have been hunted by Bretonia. I have been hunted by Liberty. I have been hunted by Crayter. And in the end, I work for them all, free in my own volition and designs. I too have been hunted by yours in the past, and then they decided it would cost them too much.
And I have been at your Volgograd, walked your warrens and been inside your Kremlin complex. How is HWE, these days? Still controlling you with mental reconditioning and explosive chips? A degrading manner to live for your State and people.
I am someone that turns the hunt around. And I am one willing to share my ways. But as you, I will not share my name or my face. I will share a beginning. A boon. Knowledge as it were.
Crayterian Battlegroup Nemesis is relocating to the Taus, leaving their post in Magellan. Only two squadrons remain active in the borders of Bretonia. Also, a ressurgence in the leadership of the Outcasts is afoot. No names known at the moment.
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For obvious reasons, our dealings henceforth are encrypted under clandestine security protocols and are.. less than official. I assume the two pieces of information you just fed me with are in fact inter-connected, a withdrawal of Crayterian forces to meet this potential resurgence from Malta.
You've made your point, I see the usefulness of this partnership. Though I still find it brash if I were to so easily trust blueprints that highlight the Coalition's unique technology into the hands of a complete stranger, one whom is more than definitely sporting an alias rather than a real name, which you indirectly admitted through your own words.
Guns, especially those with their origins in the Edge worlds, such as the Scythe have becoming increasingly easier to obtain, I will still prefer a Kalashnikov, but I understand the reasons why people choose tachyon-based weaponry over other alternatives. Having said this, I feel we can proceed and you can carry on with what you had to say.
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Good evening, Krsnik.
A solid and sensible decision on alternate encryption methods. An extra layer of insulation, security and deniability is always welcome.
As for the pieces of information I have just given, make no assumptions. For they are the mother of all mistakes. I still need to have confirmation on the why the Crayterians decided to pull the Nemesis battlegroup but I believe it has nothing to do with Outcasts and the rumors of a shift in power. I will make overtures in the near future and see what is what in Omicron Alpha and Malta. Santorio is particularly beatiful this time of the year.
As for more knowledge, have one not known to many. Sigma-21 is vied by Rheinland, Kusari and GMG. That much is known. What is not known is that none of them were the first to that system.
Infected. And I saw them with my own eyes. So, tread lightly and silently in that region of Sirius. One must be the eyes in the shadows, not them.
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The beasts from the Omicrons certainly enjoy having their infected servants do their bidding in and around potential flashpoints, I can't fault them for it entirely, it's clever attrition of a larger force, but humanity remains the superior species at the end of it all.
I can get you your desired weaponry. I don't want money or any material thing in return, just your occasional boon and supply of information. By now you've more than definitely worked out that I am in fact an individual and not just a slave to the propaganda. I have my own agendas and wishes for the sector as a whole. Though I'm afraid native Coalition propulsion technology ending up in the hands of a third party would be much harder to pass off than edge worlds equipment.
With that out of the way, we've established some common ground between ourselves and an adequate sense of reliability, at least in my eyes.
I trust you'll keep in touch, Frau Xei.
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Good evening, Krsnik.
It is good we have reached common ground and in exchangeable terms. I understand your concerns about the engines, even if I failed to acquire them from you. You are protecting yourself in a place where there is little. I can relate. As for your own agenda.. I am willing to give you an advice. It is up to you if you choose to think on it or not.
Agendas are politician dreams, and wishes only exists in fairy tales. You are neither. You have a mission. That you chose for yourself. Embrace it as one and you will be able to focus like you have never seen. A mission is what makes you professional, effective and aware.
How do you wish to transfer the weapon blueprints?
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Excuse the delay, my training regiment received a recent revision, I was required to get accustomed to it and thus decided to prioritise doing so before making good on our arrangement.
Feel free to verify the validity of the schematics, but I believe I've paid you back with equivalent goodwill. I intend to keep this channel open between us for future cooperation, you've proved yourself a useful source of information.
Consider this idle curiosity.. but who is "Red Witch"? Her files occasionally surface in the archives of the mission board and the values of her claims rival mine. Personnel of that quality and calibre are hard to come by, judging by the fact that they no longer file claims I can only assume they no longer work for us.
Get back to me when you can.
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Good morning, Krsnik.
The schematics are being verified as I write this, but I trust that there is no ill will from you. It is merely a safety precaution, protocol that that I force myself to follow.
As for your latest query..
That is a dangerous question, Hunter. With a even more dangerous answer. An extremely dangerous answer.
But I do have what you seek. Curious however how that information is locked from even someone with your rank. Information in our field of work is paramount to increase our survivability. I suspect you know my price.
I've become acutely aware of the fact that every man, woman and beat in the sector has a price. But your demand for the engine blueprints isn't one I can meet. Either we need to establish an alternative compensation or merely admit that our demands fall into deadlock and neither can grant the other's request without feeling at a loss.
So tell me, Bretonian hiding behind a false name. What do you want in return for information on the "Red Witch"? I dislike not knowing about former assets, especially one I could learn from. Perhaps I'm following your advice after-all, my mission is unending self-improvement.
You seem to be very fond of parroting the same phrase, I'll chalk it up to habit.
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