It has been a few cycles since we have spoken and I come with a question. Your presence in the Taus would give you a better understanding of what is going on, particularly who is causing a fight against the Gallic Royal Navy. I need a name (if there is one) of an Organization hell bent on disrupting the Royal Navy, much like the Hessians do Rheinland Military or the Hellfire is to The Liberty Navy. Do you have anything?
To: Fourth Octavarium Fleet, Octavarium Intelligence Commission
Subject: Really mate Encryption:Eh... probably. Location: The Spider's Watch, Canberra Star City, Tau-44
With all due respect, captain, have you not been paying attention to the news for the last... seven years?
Until our neighbors stop their invasion of Sirius, they are our enemies. And by "our", I mean effectively everyone in Tau. Crayter, Malta, Octavarium, presumably the Chrysanthemums but I'm not entirely certain there.
While I can't speak to the motivations of the other parties, Gallia has an unfortunate history of attempting to murder our civilians, and then attempting a second time in retaliation for their prior failure.
You should probably stick to your own work. That you have to ask this tells me that any involvement you have here will likely be as someone's puppet, whether you realize it or not. And I'm out of strings at the moment.
Respect is something mutual between two parties and quite frankly over the course of our relatively short relationship I have ensured respect has been given I ask the same be returned when someone is asking a simple question. My reasoning for asking this question is out of my own curiosity mostly due to the fact that I have taken an interest in disrupting Gallic Operations within Gallic space. I have had a very rough three months and a lot has changed within myself and my mission. While my top priority will always be The Nomads, I have also shifted my efforts to those who act like they do, If you understand where I am coming from TaskMaster...
I will kindly ask you once more, do you know of any resistance groups within Gallia that is dedicated to the disruption of the Gallic Royal Navy and their operations. I want to ask a few questions because I hate going in blind.
Identification: Taskmaster Harold Kane Affiliation: Natio Octavarium, Fourth Fleet
To: Jonathan Kalh, Scarabwhatsit
Subject: The Taus are Alive with the Sounds of Gunfire Encryption:Chicago Deep Dish Location: Canberra Star City, Tau-44
Captain Kalh,
Trying to enumerate the whole of the resistance movements within Gallia itself would require more time than I have with which to write and more fingers than I have with which to count, so I will explain the three main, organized movements.
Of these three factions operating against the Gallic crown, the largest criminal organization among them is the Gallic Brigands. They are however more like your common spacefaring criminal than they are a proper revolution, though they operate against the Crown and its loyalists, so they may be of some interest to you.
The next is the Maquis, a group of, erm... "freedom fighters", let's call them. My understanding is that they are primarily linked to an organization called the Council, primarily through former membership and origin, though still current in allegiance and zones of operation. However, the Maquis are not afraid to commit acts of terrorism to impede the objectives of the Gallic crown, even if it involves sacrificing enough civilians that each person killed in their activity ceases to be a tragedy and becomes merely a statistic.
The aforementioned Council is a large government and military scale organization that seeks to overthrow the crown directly and install a democratic government in the House of Gallia. It is by their hands that the minefields separating Gallia from Sirius were breached, and that the Sirius-Gallia War broke out before Gallic forces could build to a point that we would have all been subjugated months into the fighting. They are the only one of these three organizations capable of fielding capital-class warships, and the only one capable of holding entire solar systems.
Keep in mind that these are all very insular groups. It is my understanding that they have been exposed to Sirius not out of intent, but out of necessity and circumstance. They may not trust you at first, especially what with the name you've made for yourself throughout the Border Worlds.
Godspeed,
Taskmaster Harold Kane Fourth Octavarium Fleet, Home Division