To: Lane Hackers - LH~

[Reeves]

To: <"Professor-Provaceuteur Yoshida">
Reg: ""<History>""

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Mister Yoshida.

That's very kind of you to say, I won't be letting the remark go to my head, but it's refreshing to be taken seriously and given due credit. When all this is over and the Commonwealth is dead we should sit down together for whiskey and cigars, preferably at a table made out of the Ravager's hull.

I'm not the kind of man to make big and empty promises, but what I will do is put plans in motion. And I'm positive you'll find action more compelling than any rehearsed dialogue. The only favour I'd ask of you, is that when the time comes station a ship equipped with a jammer at a secure location in California.

Trust me, you'll know when the time is right, anyone with a clear view of the sky will bear witness to the end of an era and the Renaissance of Freedom.

With this in mind, you can consider me as being committed to toppling the Legion. I'm interested in your thoughts on the matter of strategy in this situation, and I'd value any advice you have for me, especially if you disagree with anything I've just told you.

""It's time we bared our fangs""

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[Yoshida]

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I don't disagree with anything Mr Morreti. It appears you have dreamed exactly how to plan your revenge on the Legion, down to tiny details such as sharing whiskey and cigars with a Lane Hacker Professor at a table made out of the Ravager's hull. That would be one of a kind indeed.

As for the mission specifics surrounding the reconquest of Vespucci, you do not need to have much information. You see, in this grand undertaking, a number of factions have volunteered to fight with us, entities which, as you suspect, are not in good terms with the Xenos. It would thus be very indiscreet of me to disclose their plans or battle movements. Rest assured however all these entities will attack different sectors and will act independently during the invasion, at least until the outcome has been decided in our favor. They will not interfere with us and we will not interfere with them.

We would like you to assemble your forces in Pennsylvania, I believe you have a hideout somewhere in one of those fields. Then, at a pre-arranged time your forces will jump to Kansas system where they will meet some of my men. After that, for security purposes, your ships will be invited into our communication network which monitors all internal and external communications and receive further instructions based on real-time intelligence. I hope that you will bring enough men with you Mr Morreti, your commitment to this war will be monitored closely by the Professorship and of course rewarded appropriately as hinted in my previous message.

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"There are those who lack ambition. Who lack ability. But if you possess both then it is your role to reign over this world."

Ageira Dossier _•_ Hanáchi Syndicate _•_ Cultism _•_ Ascension _•_ Theosis

[Reeves]

To: <"Professor-Provaceuteur Yoshida">
Reg: ""<History>""

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Mister Yoshida.

I respect Freedom above any other tenet of life, so if you don't want to give me more details then I won't press for them, at the same time I'd greatly appreciate it if you chose to trust me with such information so I have the benefit of hindsight to increase operational efficiency.

In any case, the Xenos have fought their war for centuries now. Serpentis is a wing with a storied history of fighting the forces of the most well armed House in all of Sirius, the fact the Xeno movement even exists today is a monument to their relentless determination. A challenge that I found worth my attention. You'll have our help, from all of us. If it can fly, I'll dispatch it.

People write us off as being reckless, inefficient, poor and incapable of threatening even a micro-nation. This gross underestimation is why we are powerful. Bring enough spiders and snakes together, and they will tie down even a lion.

""Liberty or Death""

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[Reeves]

To: <"Professor-Provaceuteur Yoshida">
Reg: ""<History>""

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Mister Yoshida.

I've given our plan a great deal of thought. Needless to say I think I've come up with improvements. I recognize brute force as an effective tool when faced with a direct challenge, but life doesn't always work like that. The Legion is a foe with heavy assets and even if their pilots are brainwashed and misguided by a Government no better than Liberty's, they still fight with conviction.

What happens when you slam a fist into a metal wall? A purely rhetorical question. I resent giving the Legion more credit than it's due, but we might very well end up with naught but a broken hand by the end of this. But the mind is a wonderful thing, Mister Yoshida. And I've got a counter to this in mind.

I'll reserve the nuclear option for a more viable candidate for fireworks. The Legion must be addressed with delicate strikes, and great care should be taken to ensure that they are none the wiser of our betrayal. This is why I'd be trusting your men and our operatives with this task. A series of intricately woven traps can be laid, the bait being a stranded Xeno squadron pleading for help from their Legion brothers. When the response arrives, we crash their communications and sanitize the area of their ilk.

If we do this enough, we could stand to significantly whittle down their forces. That is of course assuming our ruse avoids discovery. In the event of such an operational failure, I have a contingency in mind. Something I know the Legion would never turn a blind eye towards. Despite their selfishness and inability to recognize critical faults, the pilots of the Legion and even those in its command structure fancy themselves morally superior and heroic. It's this hero-complex that stands to be their undoing.

And by that I mean unrestricted strikes against civilian targets, settlements and transport vessels. Whether or not you like getting your hands dirty, the tactical benefits that we stand to gain from this avenue of strategic thinking are too valuable to simply be written off under the pretense of constructed moral codes. And as history loves to remind us, the winners are the authors of all records.

""Liberty or Death""

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[Yoshida]

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Wise words, Mr Morreti.

While you are naturally overestimating the strength of the Legion against our combined forces, you correctly understand that sacrifices are needed to be made in order to achieve our goals. Whether we like it or not, that is the way of things.

The Lane Hackers are ready to initiate activities of unrestricted warfare against civilians when we have information that the Legion might be operating in the area. However this will not extend to Ageira ships as their employees regularly leave the company and join our movement. I would like to ask you to honor that commitment as well.

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"There are those who lack ambition. Who lack ability. But if you possess both then it is your role to reign over this world."

Ageira Dossier _•_ Hanáchi Syndicate _•_ Cultism _•_ Ascension _•_ Theosis

[Reeves]

To: <"Professor-Provaceuteur Yoshida">
Reg: ""<History>""

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Mister Yoshida.

Assaults on Ageira won't even be necessary. The Legion has a civilian population ripe for targeting. Not only do they represent nothing of value to either of us, but any attack on Commonwealth vessels in any region would prompt an immediate attempt at response by the Legion. America Freeport in Kansas is one such example of an artery that houses a civilian population. And it is likely the most efficient weak-point for us to exploit.

Guadalajara itself plays host to a substantial pocket of civilians, but it would be unwise to draw Legion forces back into Vespucci, it is also especially difficult for me to theorize the best course of action when the details you have provided me with regarding the operation are vague. An assault on the "Freeport" would pull garrisons away and render Vespucci vulnerable.

It would be bad PR for either of us to rough up Liberty's working class with no good reason. And if we control our optics we might even prompt sympathy for destroying such a vile terrorist organisation. How amusing that would be. Nonetheless, I would appreciate being given more details.

""At least consider it""

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[Yoshida]

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The Legion has no civilians Mr Morreti. Over all these years they have not gained remotely even the sympathy of one of Liberty's Big Three. They are isolated and politically stale. No family would ever abandon their civilian life to join a terrorist organization. Not in substantial numbers at least. All these so-called "civilians" are a creative manipulation of numbers and in some cases Hellfire personnel with civilian clothing.

In any case you are asking for information and I'll provide you as much as I can without compromising the security of my allies. The Unioners are dispatching two battleships, fourteen cruisers, thirty seven gunships and five fighter airwings exclusively for Kansas operations. While I cannot disclose their exact location or objectives I would strongly recommend to reach out to the Unioners, gain their trust, and together coordinate a massacre on the so-called America Freeport.

As you have correctly pointed out this will prompt a strong and swift response from the Legion, decisively weakening their Vespucci defences where the main assault is going to take place.

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"There are those who lack ambition. Who lack ability. But if you possess both then it is your role to reign over this world."

Ageira Dossier _•_ Hanáchi Syndicate _•_ Cultism _•_ Ascension _•_ Theosis

[Reeves]

To: <"Professor-Provaceuteur Yoshida">
Reg: ""<History>""

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Mister Yoshida.

I'm happy you've chosen to clue me in some more on exactly what's going to go down on the Legion's day of reckoning. But I was hoping your choices in cannon-fodder would consist of more than Rheinland's biggest failure. My problem with the Unioners isn't even their origins, it's their gross inefficiency. Were I to order my men to fight alongside them, I'd be sending them into a battle that they would be pulling all the weight in. There's also the fact that the Unioners are more likely to kill themselves than they are to kill the enemy.

I can trust your men to be competent, but I'm afraid I can't extend this to the Unioners. The only good fascist is a dead one, especially if they fly glorified coffins and have potty-mouths. Having us attack the Freeport wasn't part of the established plan either, you told me to prepare my men for an insertion into Kansas and not a siege operation. So am I to understand that you've changed the strategy of the reconquest?

Having said all of that.. I can see this working but only if the Professorship is around to keep the Unioners on a tight leash and whip them in the right direction. But otherwise I'd be throwing men into a blender while Miss Riehl espouses her failed attempts at literature.

""How do we make this work?""

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[Yoshida]

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I thought better of you Mr Morreti.

"Rheinland's biggest failure" as you like to call them is putting up an impressive fight in Bering, employing every tool in their hand against the LSF-Auxesia invasion forces. They are not the most intelligent people you will find, that's true, but you should reconsider some of your views.

It is also surprising to hear the nationalist Xenos are accussing someone of being a 'fascist'. Especially when that someone is going to play an important role in securing us the victory that we all need against the Legion. You are a practical man Morreti, don't let ideology blind you from your goals.

The Lane Hackers are already scrutinizing the Unioner moves and I have personally thwarted more than one crises in order to keep them into this war. As for the battle plan, it remains unchanged. Your forces will accompany ours into Vespucci, however I am sure you can spare a few wings on the assault to America Freeport. Firstly because the Unioners are unfamiliar with Kansas while your men have excellent knowledge of the region. And secondly because the Unioners will be reluctant to endanger their forces, and some encouragement from your men might be necessary.

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"There are those who lack ambition. Who lack ability. But if you possess both then it is your role to reign over this world."

Ageira Dossier _•_ Hanáchi Syndicate _•_ Cultism _•_ Ascension _•_ Theosis

[Reeves]

To: <"Professor-Provaceuteur Yoshida">
Reg: ""<History>""

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Mister Yoshida.

You're right about one thing, we do need their muscle.. at least for now. And just to make sure they make the most efficient use of it, I'll split a contingent of fighters and bombers from our main force to accompany them during the misdirect. The quicker we can inflict damage on the station, the more recklessly the Legion will rush in to save their hides.

Regarding Bering, I've been keeping a close eye on the fireworks. The Unioners have been targets of opportunity for us along with their friends in the Rogues. I've made it clear that our attacks will stop if the Freeport in the system is returned to its original owners. We've inflicted mild casualties thus far, more of an arm-twisting than an actual offensive.

Naturally, the diplomatic complexity involved in our colorful combined operation is concerning at best, but I'm going to take for granted that our coordination will keep everyone's strings taught. If I haven't said it before, the real challenge is going to be making sure that infighting doesn't break out before the Legion is actually dead. A twitching cockroach can still conjure up a second-wind and flee while the shoe-bearers whack one another.

Your first and second point should be reason enough to get them to shut up and work with us rather than against us, so I'll tone the aggression down to a feasible level and wait until the time comes. I can't promise my men will be very happy seeing the Unioners anywhere near Liberty, conflict between us is rather inevitable.

""Keep me posted""

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