Priority: Very High
To: [named parties]
From: Admiral Sir George Richard Hall, BAF
Location: HMS Norfolk, Cambridge System
Defenders of Sirius,
The Gallic Royal Navy have attacked the Republic of Liberty. Their ships are attempting to make a beachhead in the California System. The defense of California is very strong. This means that Gallic forces in other regions are thinner.
We must capitalize on this, not only for Liberty's sake, but for our own as well. I advise all available forces to strike in the Tau-23, Tau-31 and Edinburgh Systems and cut as many Gallic supply lines as possible. I urge the Outcasts not to fire at Gallic Council or Crayter Republic ships in the areas.
Another message to the same parties is about to be sent. It is fake. It is also decryptable by the Gallic Office of Naval Intelligence methods.
Small diversion attacks in the Leeds System are encouraged.