[To]: SIS Defence Intelligence Staff
[From]: Jonas Hudson, SIS
[Subject]: Field Report
[Encryption]: High
Status report:
After responding to a call of some action in Leeds, to which I arrived too late to join, Skirka took me on a trip out to a secluded area of Edinburgh. A recent patrol had apparently just discovered an abandoned installation out there. We determined that this unoccupied derelict must have been a Trading Hub in some previous generation, and could be perhaps hundreds of years old. It does not seem 'alien', and may be left behind from the first settlers to Bretonia, as records from that era do have gaps. But, it is still habitable and structurally stable, so we also could not ignore the possibility of using the base for military purposes. Therefore we would like to assign a contingent of Marines to hold the base and begin moving in crew and supplies to reactivate its primary systems. I'm sure the strategic impact of operating another base capable of mooring capital ships in Edinburgh goes without saying.
We are requesting access to a liner to move in the troops and staff to get things going. I'll keep an eye on things in the meantime, as it is not far from my usual patrol paths anyways. Once operations have been established, we'll begin a classified program to supply the facility and bring in corporate actors like BMM, Bowex and/or the Merchant Navy. Everything will be covered under the OSA, as it seems prudent to keep the base's location on a need to know basis for the time being.