Encryption Level:#High#
Location:*#Encrypted#* Target ID:IMG
Comms ID:Jean Trouve
Subject:New Allegiance
To The Guild Master/Masters.
This transmission comes with hopes of progress and improvement.While you might not exactly know us..Well maybe you do.I am contacting you on behalf of the Société libre.We just recently came out of...lets just refer to it as "hiding".We encountered few of you vessels and bases within the Tau's and found that we have a mutual enemy in the Outcasts.
While the joint military operations will benefit both of our groups,Logistical point might also be raised in the future.
In any case I would like to request a formal Alliance decree between Société libre and the IMG.Within the decree we would request the basic's as docking rights,open trade and joint operations within the Tau systems.Any other details can be worked out at your request.
**** SENDER:Samuel Rose - Independent Miners Guild ****
**** TO:General Jean Trouve - Société Libre ****
Greetings, General...
my name is Samuel Rose, I represent the Independent Miners Guild.
Your communiqué came to my attention today. You must forgive me, because my knowledge of gallic history is not vast, so I must confess I don't have previous knowledge of your group...
It would be good to have some new friends to help with the sniffers, of course... These outcast have been a problem here since forever... And we seem to be outnumbered lately, with the junker pirates and all... So, yes, it would be nice to have a few extra ships on our side now and then.
But we must proceed with caution from here on. For a number of reasons. The most important ones right now are two:
- The Guild needs more knowledge about your group and your intentions in the Taus. The guildmasters won't make deals with people they have little information about.
- These days, our main theater in the Taus is 23, which is being little by little dominated by Gallia. So, if your group don't have good relations with the gallic government - and I dare say it might be the case, given your group's name - that might be a problem.
So, in fact, we need more information about the Société Libre.
Encryption Level:#High#
Location:*#Encrypted#* Target ID:IMG
Comms ID:Jean Trouve
Subject:New Allegiance
Bonjour Monsieur Rose
Thank you for you quick response.I can understand that we are not known that vastly,Simply because we chose to remain hidden.But times has changed and we are emerging our selfs from the shadows.
Now to answer your questions.
Firstly let me tell you a bit of who we are.
Société libre was once a division within The Council.Due to some problems that the division faced we broke away from The Council HC.While we still to some degree work for/with the council we have our own goals,fleet and personnel.We are a more peaceful group and try to resolve things in a different matter,this is also why I am contacting you.While we are a bit short supplied,we do what we think is best for our group and the people of Gallia.
Secondly about the Gallic's or as we call them "The Crown" within Tau23.
We are at war with The Crown...But we do not wish to endanger your operations,staff or Bases in the area.
There fore we propose not to dock on any base of the IMG within the Tau23 so that IMG can remain neutral within the system and no to not request any military assistance against The Crown.
Our Alliance will be solely for the war against the Outcast and Logistical support.
If the Guild has any other suggestions they want to add regarding Tau23 feel free to let us know,as we wish to improve our relation with the IMG.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Regards
Signed
Jean Trouve
General & Chef
**** SENDER:Samuel Rose - Independent Miners Guild ****
**** TO:General Jean Trouve - Société Libre ****
Hello again, General.
First, my apologies for the delayed response. I have been flying down to the omegas in another matter, and only returned to the Taus this morning.
Well, your understanding of the Tau situation makes my job easier. Indeed, docking at Java would be a problem. But your ships could easily dock for repair and supplies in one of the other bases of the area, namely Falkland in T-37 and Jakarta in T-39. As we don't have your vessels transponder codes in our 'unwanted guests' database, your IDs should be neutral to our automated docking system, and therefore docking should be already possible. Needless to say, your pilots should not lead gallic ships to our stations, specially in Tau 39 and 44. In need of a base to safely retreat in case of attack, Freeport Ten, in Tau 37, is a good option.
The other issue is about cooperation. You say, General, that you are willing to assist us in the "war against the Outcast". That makes your stance towards the sniffers very clear. But, please, let us know of any specific situation with the Outcasts that you think that might be significant. That helps clear the Société Libre's image in the guildmasters minds.
And that leads to another point... Recently, a group allied with the Outcasts started actively aiming IMG assets in their pirating activities. They are a junker group called the Junker Marauders. Contrary to other junkers, like the Congress, they only hide behind the junker name - tolerated in most parts of Sirius - just to mask their piracy and other criminal activities. They often act together with the outcast, and they have increased their activity recently, and are really starting to be a pain in the...
Anyway, would you be willing to assist us agains this yet another criminal group acting in the Taus, these Marauders? That help would be very welcomed also.
About the Logistical support you mention, I imagine that the access to our bases is a good start. What else would you require from the Guild? Any specific supply order that your group might be prevented of aquiring can be requested by an individual order, then our operation specialists can decide if we can fulfill it and what will be needed to complete the request.
From our part, besides the secrecy and the access to our bases for supplies and repairs, what else would you ask of us? I am afraid we cannot do much in terms of ship numbers, but perhaps some information exchange on the activities in the Taus could be more helpful. So, do you have anything else in mind, General?
In any case, we should mantain this only between both our groups, and with a little time and effort perhaps this cooperation can lead to some good...
Encryption Level:#High#
Location:*#Encrypted#* Target ID:IMG
Comms ID:Jean Trouve
Subject:New Allegiance
Bonjour Monsieur Rose
Firstly apology accepted Monsieur Rose.We all have business that needs attention above other things,so I can relate.Thank you for contacting us as soon as you could.
Now about the issue with bases. While our pilots needs to flea from large GRN fleets.We do not wish nor do we want to in-danger the lives of other civilians nor the lives of our allies crew and staff.Your concern has a valid point but I assure you we wont make use of IMG bases when trying to lose some GRN snoop dogs.We have our ways of loosing such chasers without docking at a station.
The next thing is Société Libre's image as you say?We do know trust is earned and not just for free.We will try and keep comms open with IMG and their field agents.My people's safety is also in danger by this "sniffers" and they are a thorn in our side.We will keep the IMG in the loop of any updates we come across.
Now to hear the junkers committing open piracy on the IMG is also troublesome.Though we have had few encounters with this Junker Marauders,We have had some other dealings with the junkers.We found our self somewhat on the same side against the Crown.But should it come to choosing sides...we do not side with pirates.While we want to remain neutral towards the junkers in general we will assist the IMG should they come under attack or need our help with this group called Junker Marauders.
Now Concerning the logistics side.For now access to your bases(besides said Java station) will suffice as you have commodities we need.We might need some extra logistical support in the near future for some of our outposts.The outposts will be within the Tau's and in some more reserve area's for safety reasons.So the IMG wont be seen supplying these outposts.Our logistics core does not have access to other house spaces yet,where the IMG might have....But let us leave this conversation for another day.
We don't want much,just the guilds friendliness and support(even if it is somewhat secretive).But exchange of information would indeed be helpful..Our concern is that the Crown nor the Outcasts does not expand into the Tau's.
As for any extra ideas?No at this point I do not have any ideas.We will contact you should some proper ideas arise.
This agreement will stay between our two groups I can agree with you there.We also have allot of safety priorities as you can imagine.