--==== To: Daniel Artura ====--
--==== From: Adam Spire ====--
--==== Location: New Berlin ====--
--==== Local Time: 03:21====--
--==== Visual Link: Connected ====--
--==== Header: Recent events. ====--
Daniel. I am sorry to contact you at your home, and sorry I had to search old records that I am sure will cause the local police to look my way. In truth, you are most likely the only one I can trust. You're blunt and objective if not stubborn and forthright. Either it's how they modified you to be or an inherit trait.
I am sure by now you have heard the broadcast from the Rheinland Chancellor and my initial reaction was caution. I don't know how many times I have heard of peace and working together and rebuilding just as redefined words for getting ready for another long war. With talk of Nomad infested personnel and unfulfilled promises, I hope you and I can come to an agreement that many would like to exploit this news to their advantage and destroy the peace before it begins.
You offered me to serve Rheinland as I have before and I have honestly considered this. Before it worked, it helped, but me and my freelancers drew more and more attention to Rheinland. My past involvement with IMG and the CR brought down more conflict and escalating battles into an already war weary Rheinland. I cannot undo the mistakes of the past but we need to move forward otherwise there may be no second chance. I and those with me must remain Freelancers. If we do not, the people will see us as just another arm of the government they already have troubles addressing.
So I hope that offer of helping you and the police force still remains. I would however think it best if we did this slow. You and I know that people on both sides will take advantage of the situation and make this new peace into a pirate's playground. As freelancers We can go places the regulars may have a hard time going to. We can again be that independent source of information that can lead to an arrest or the prevention of something worse than smuggling.
Where do you believe our ships will do the most good? I suspect efforts will be made with gateway to repair the jumgates and lanes to and from liberty. With increasing issues in Hamburg I would like to pick up where I left off on Planet Nuremberg for a possible evacuation platform. Also in the Omegas, there have been increased pirate activities as well.
I will do the job of re-registering my ships to you. As well as register with the main house's bounty boards so that we can cross into other space and track down and stop those who will undoubtedly make this road to peace, a lot harder.
I'll be here on New Berlin and await your response.
For Rheinland
Sometimes, when all you want is to gain your freedom, you must be willing to risk it all.
PRIORITY: Low ENCRYPTION: Low IDENTIFICATION: Daniel Artura SOURCE:Artura Residence, Toruz City, Planet Stuttgart COPY TO:Personal Datapad SUBJECT:"HOLD YOUR FIRE WOMAN!"
--Shots fire out over Daniel's head as he looks angrily at the screen--
Be with you in a moment Spire!...
--Daniel scuffles a bit over a piece of debris before throwing a small can, ducking down before a flash of white fills the screen, connected with yells and assorted commottion--
I said hold your fire dear!.. Spire is on the line!!.... What?... What do you mean Calub hit his head?... Well I told you four to hold fire.. Alright I'll be there in a moment.. Forgive me Spire we're in our training practices with the kids..
--The commotion dies down as Daniel walks over, looking down at a small kid in plating holding his head as two more tend to him, then looks over at his wife Veris as she waves at the camera holding a small first aid kit--
Hun.. Before next session we install lighting into our helmets to make sure of our hold fire calls register... Anyways..
--As Artura walks away and empties his clip, his gloved hand turns the camera around to look face to face--
I understand your concern on the matter Spire I seriously do. Another reason my family has been having our training excersises lately.. The pups have grown so fast they're looking like ten year olds. But when it comes to Chancellor Neumann, I actually had the chance to speak with her personally with Polizeidirektorin Carsten over matters of security within the Polizei and Rheinland. Will admit she was a bit surprised that a seven foot tall canine was second in command of our Polizei, but as she said "Considering the threats our House faces, I'll take whatever help we can get" I wont lie to you Spire, I myself even pushed for the cease fire with Liberty more than once. It's a waste of resources and lives for both fronts, and I'm tired of seeing such waste and coffins draped with our flag over them continuing to come from the battlefield.
Taking into notion the work you and your men did regardless of the outcomes was something I admired, but that was before the Mistress of Death, my wife, took me in. And I would see nothing less than your pilots return to assisting us Spire. It would honor me if you did just that. THese may be different times but considering the times as they are I'll gladly take a man or woman standing beside me in assistance than one against.
But as you asked on where you believe you would do most good... Our border with Liberty have been quiet asside from the Hudson distaster which looms over us, I'm more than sure you've read the holo-feeds on what the system could become. Right now our attention has been solely focused on the Omega's and new incidents coming from the Sigmas. I can't go into detail in the latter but just be careful. As always you and your men will always be welcome to refit and supply on Nuremburg as before whenever you see fit. Just send me the bill and we'll work things out.
--==== To: Daniel Artura ====--
--==== From: Adam Spire ====--
--==== Location: New Berlin ====--
--==== Local Time: 18:43====--
--==== Visual Link: Connected ====--
--==== Header: Transmission response ====--
Caught the dim flashes of gunfire over the comm screen and was about to turn it of until he mentioned something about "practice."
I still never got the jist of the experiments that involved you. Some of those that came out of that project have done a lot of good and others went off the reservation.
I'm heading to Mannheim Station tomorrow and try to setup a communications link to the other Kruger ships out there if possible. Then next week I'll be heading back to the
Elbich Mining Facility. In between those times I'll contact the bounty board on the Rheinland network and submit the ships we have here in Rheinland.
If what you're saying is true, then I'll let Jake Hudson scout the Sigmas and report back. Just hope he's still not on the Order's Shoot on Sight list. No point in taking risks out there.
I will let you get back to your family and I'll try to pick up the pieces here and contact you if we have any issues.