Sender: Lord Inquisitor 'Scorpion' Recipient: The Brotherhood ; Custodi Topic: Old ties
I understand it's been a while.
At least since the last time a favourably toned transmission went back and forth from Order and Corsair transponders. The occurrence of which I'm sure makes you curious, but I'll "cut to the chase" and spare you the details that won't fully interest you.
There was a recent development in the Order's stances upon a foreign entity. Specifically those freaks who dubbed themselves the 'Outcasts', these fiends live lives of a certain.. predicament to our objectives, specifically the fact that cardamine reliance makes one an inevitable host for subversive uses of the alien puppet-masters.
We naturally oppose this, firmly and with every intention of doing so with weaponry. But we will be faced with double-sided opposition from both our own people, as well as the outcasts and their various drug-addicted minions, this is naturally not something we can withstand alone and as such we're calling on an old friend in hopes of a favorable set of terms.
Provide us safety to dock, refuel and maintain our ships, there aren't many. And in return we will be weapons for your benefit. If our mark condones the usage of orange dust, we will render it lifeless. For the time being, we will limit these operations towards just the Kingdom of Bretonia and the scourge themselves that supply this glorified narcotic. But we will work for our security.
It is not often we receive any contact from the Order, but the news of their alliance with the Outcasts is grave indeed.
The Custodi welcome you, Scorpion. Any assistance in our struggle against the Bretonians and the Outcasts is appreciated. Our forces are currently stationed in the Omegas and the Sigmas, and you may count on assistance from the Andromeda and Perseus battlegroups whenever you would require any. We cannot promise more until you prove yourselves.
Yours sincerely,
Ίκαρος Αυγουστόπουλος
Icarus Augustopolos
General of the Custodi
Sender: Luciano Vasquez, The Brotherhood Location: Planet Crete, Sparta Encryption: El Unbreakable Recipient: Lord Inquisitor 'Scorpion' Topic: Truth and Lies
Saludos 'Scorpion',
Like our hermanos, the Custodii, we are willing to welcome those that take arms against the Maltese threat, however just as you mentioned, it has been sometime since there was any relations between the Order and the Corsair Empire, let alone concerted cooperation together. Yet the prospect of the Order and Outcasts working together is a worrying one, and we will need as much info as you can provide, to ascertain the extent of their cooperation. And more information about yourselves would go a long way to fostering trust between us. Till then, you may use our stations Cadiz, Lagos and Cuitadella to refuel and resupply your ships, as these 3 stations are well placed to enable raids into Bretonia, the Sigmas and the Omicrons, so you should have plenty of chances to strike our mutual enemies, but make no mistake senor 'Scorpion'- we expect results, and if you can't deliver.... well I don't think that needs explaining....
Sender: Lord Inquisitor 'Scorpion' Recipient: The Brotherhood ; Custodi Topic: Old ties
Your terms for safe harbour have been noted. Death and information will be rendered in return.
We are servants of the Enclave dedicated to Setesh,
a deity as old as the tales of Earth and perhaps older than even this. We were taught one thing for a majority of our lives, oppression and rigid terms of operation. If an Inquisitor of this cell failed their duties then they were subject to less than favorable torment to rectify such shortcomings mentally.
Having suffered through this for so long, yet surviving,
we refuse to be brainwashed once more into being compliant with the one thing that we were weaponoised against. Our terror and trauma will now be spread as far as our blackened wings can soar, we buckled once, we will not ever again.
We are still surprised that you haven't noticed the openly different behaviour between both the tainted organisations that were aforementioned. We will put the teachings of our former masters to use to provide what you have requested.
Would you prefer trophies hacked from the bodies of our targets or gun-cam footage? Perhaps we'll just tender both.