Your recent outstanding work alongside Core assets has been most appreciated, not least by the higher-ups but also by myself and my loyal crew. As an additional incentive in the way of defending civilization from the various groups in the Omicrons attempting to destabilize the region, we will be covering, or more precisely offering, a 15% bonus on all confirmed capital ship routs and a 50% bonus on all confirmed fightercraft kills, in a perimeter of ten clicks from Core installations in the Omicron Delta and Kappa systems and within the Omicron Theta system, until further notice.
This paperwork is to be filed over this neural-net commlink and be updated every end of the month. As an addendum, it is my personal request also that Aegis make preparations for a covert wing able to assist The Core in the Omicrons against organizations not yet considered hostile by your standard diplomatic sheets.
To: William Alexander
From: The Aegis Initiative
Re: Outstanding Work, Outstanding Rewards
Anastasia Focht - "Vela"
Good evening, Mr. Alexander.
As ever, your constant supply of work and prompt payments are appreciated by the Initiative, and this latest incentive no less so.
Of more curiosity is your addendum to your communication. The Initiative is amicable to this proposal, and has assigned myself to deal with you on this particular matter of covert operations. Few organisations in the Omicrons see us in a good light, Mr. Alexander. With that in mind, I would ask you to speak plainly as to what targets you would have in mind for us. Bear in mind, too, that such matters do not necessarily come cheap. You are a resourceful man, though and given your track record, I don't foresee this particular aspect being a problem.
It is a pleasure to speak with you on behalf of The Core. For now, with the intent of keeping talks short and to the point; how well does the Aegis Initiative view the intelligence groups of the Houses? What of the military branches of Rheinland, Kusari, Bretonia and Gallia? Further, would the Aegis Initiative be willing to utilize ships with freelancer identification -- or if chance allows, pirate or unknown identification -- to conduct intelligence gathering for The Core on the workings of groups such as and including the Bundschuh movement, ALG, IMG, House Corporate Entities i.e. Kusari & Gallic corporations? As a last note, though one still related to my previous question, what is Aegis' stance on setting up and operating an autonomous network of informants amongst the unlawful groups of Rheinland and Kusari, due to their proximity to the Omicrons, with the intent of safeguarding space ahead of planned Core/BHG convoys into House space?
I do believe these questions will offer you plenty to think away at in the time you are not busy blowing people up for another paycheck.
To: William Alexander
From: The Aegis Initiative
Re: Outstanding Work, Outstanding Rewards
Anastasia Focht - "Vela"
Good afternoon, Mr. Alexander.
I apologise for the delay on our response, I have been preoccupied of late. Nevertheless, I regret to inform you that we are Bounty Hunters, not agents of information warfare. We are, of course, very good at what we do, however subtlety is not our specialty. Remember that not all of us come from a background of high education and military training or experience.
Should your own intelligence gather information on a suitable target, however, then we would gladly talk about acting as the scalpel. I feel it is only fair, however, to inform you that if it comes to acting against our existing employers among the houses, there may be some hesitation.
I understand the hesitation you may have towards engaging in hostilities against possible benefactors of the Bounty Hunters Guild and by extension those of the Aegis Initiative, as do I understand the motives behind putting down my previous request. You will find that this communications channel will be updated with the demanded targets as needed; however, still, the main bounty board will make do as far as important targets are concerned, for now.
To: William Alexander
From: The Aegis Initiative
Re: Outstanding Work, Outstanding Rewards
Anastasia Focht - "Vela"
Mr. Alexander,
Given the seeming abrupt end of your alliance of convenience with the Maltese, are we to consider our services engaged to prosecute this particular target?
I'm afraid us Core people, at least the ones in the military arm, such as myself, hardly ever operate on a black-and-white system of approaching affairs out here in the Omicrons, unlike the people in the corporate branch, which largely parrot whatever the Houses say. What I can tell you is that you'll receive contracts on the spot when the Outcasts do make an appearance, but beyond that we need them in our operations in Theta, Gamma or beyond just as much as we need you. Where Aegis cannot appear, it is likely the Outcasts will instead and they never disappoint as far as knowing the priority target - Corsairs. I have no intention of changing the status quo as far as such impromptu cooperation is concerned. There exists, however, an exception; if you see any Outcasts within some twenty or so clicks of Nauru or other Core installations, feel free to shoot first and ask questions later.
On the topic of contracts, you will find the Neural-Net account of Vela has received a transfer for the work done in Theta. This is as much as I could divert for now, but I assure you there is more to earn in the upcoming weeks.
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