From: Field Marshal Lukas Keller
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I will confess. As an atheist I believe in nothing other than the spirit and resolve present in us as a collective people. However, at the same time I cannot help but feel strangely compelled. As if something so much greater than me has made the way forward infinitely clear. An epiphany of sorts has struck me like an ion-storm would an unshielded escape pod.
I'm not a talented public speaker, nor am I a poet trying to publish his amateur works on the neural-net. But it feels as if I have scaled a great peak and that now I look down from this certainly deadly height, this grand perspective of complete and total overview. And I recognise now more than I ever have in my life, exactly what it is that I fight for.
I fight so that my children, our children, can centuries from now live in a sector that does not suffer from the diseases of today. Borders, classes, nationality, greed and tyranny. All scars on the Paradise that I hold so dearly in my soul. I see a vengeful Kingdom in Gallia snuffing out the world around it over a now centuries old vendetta that I am certain has long since lost its relevance in entirety. I see a desperate Kingdom, committing crimes of desperation but crimes nonetheless. Bretonia.
In an effort to provide for your people, you've abandoned the one little sliver that I once respected you for having. That in the face of overwhelming oppression, you endured and did not stoop to the same. But now you have. You have let desperation turn to greed, you have allowed the idea of nationhood to overtake your humanity. You treat the lives of those around you that would resist your encroachment as obstacles to your righteous fight for survival. But let me be the first to tell you, that even if you win this war, even if you send Gallia reeling back across the border and rise back to supremacy. The spirit of the Bretonia that I respected is dead.
We live in a truly strange sector, where blessed are the fornicates, bending us down to be their whores. Blessed are the rich, forcing us to labour and deliver them more. Blessed are the slothful, wrathful, the vain. Blessed are the gluttonous, feasting us to famine and war.
What of the pious, the pure of heart, the peaceful, the meek, the mourning, the merciful, the righteous, the charitable, the truthful, the dutiful and the decent?
All doomed by our desires. But at the very least, now I realise. Now I know for certain. That I want the people I love to not have to endure the tyranny of the Houses. That my children and the children they bring into this world after them live in peace and share all of the worlds around them. Imagine that, even if the idea seems outlandish to you. A world without Nations, without possessions. A world where we live for today and do not fight over the centuries that have passed or the centuries that lie ahead of us.
To the Kingdom of Bretonia. I do not recognise Omega-49 as your territory. I do not recognise this illegal occupation of homes as just. And I will not order my men to die to protect it for you. This was a decision borne out of compromise, a compromise of your ideals. Of the very thing that made you better than the tyrants marching upon your Home. I will not trade one evil for another. Consider my endorsement of the Sydney Accords rescinded and void from the first instance. The Kingdom that it was originally signed with is no more and I have no faith in this new Bretonia.
If the Kassel is sunk. Then I will sink the Stirling. If you turn your back on the Independence of the Guild, I will turn mine on your newfound Homes that you appropriated from hundreds if not thousands of peace-loving families. You cannot have your cake and eat it too, you cannot ask me to look the other way and to only provide token support to the people around me. You cannot expect the sector to ignore the rising body count while you deliberate ways to win a war.
My legacy, the one I want to be remembered for, the one my Mother.. my Father, my lover and her son would expect from me.. this isn't it. And I refuse to go down in history as a man that stood by and complied with the rising dark tides of this century. My legacy will be peace and unity.
And I am prepared to die for it.
Sirius Coalition Коалиция Сириуса
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"Knowing Humanity - We will be duty, bloody and unavoidable."
Rodrigo Tejada : [USER-ID] Imperio del Corsario ~~
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This.
This is what it takes. Assaults on the grief-stricken, invasions of the peaceful, theft of that which is not theirs. While the Imperio may have partaken in this thought pattern in the past, at the very least we've offered life. Survival to those who sacrifice unwillingly to ensure that we too live on. How regretful it is, but at the same time necessary.
I do not condone these acts. For years, si, the Guild has fought back against the Imperio, but in my heart I have always held a great respect for my enemies, even if they themselves do not for me. Theft of minor goods is one thing, but that of an entire station. I cannot allow this.
I will not.
I have sympathy for the Zoners for losing their homes to the Bretonian Imperialist Regime under the false 'Queen' Carina I. I've fought tooth and nail for their vengeance. I will not allow this act to befall these stubborn, yet peaceful miners.
Though I fly for the Imperio, and though I still call her my matron and her people my fuel forever onwards, I hereby pledge my support to end this Imperialist regime. There is no greater dishonor in theft. Experience from the centuries past has given us this clairvoyance. Now, we must teach this to those who would make our mistakes.
Now we must prevent this calamity from befalling a House with prestige to rival it's own ego.
Adios.
Rodrigo Tejada ~~
Capitán de la Flota de Creta----
C.N.S. Marbella----
On behalf of Sirius Coalition Commissariat I must say - it is a welcome change of course. Our branch have honored the will of a Premier and The Army in picking their 'allies in a time of need', and the Bretonians were clear to operate in Omegas without our interference. At first the results of this co-operation have been impressive and effective nonetheless as the time has passed their cruelty have been more and more obvious. They cared for their own ignoring the lifes of other's which is ruined in a process. Typical capitalist way of living, which they could not overcome.
Assault of Aland Shipyard has put us all in difficult situation. Both IMG and RHA are our closest allies in the Omega space were in desperate need of an assistance, and we couldn't provide. My men and women have send me several reports about Bretonian aggression against civilians in Omega 3, but their hands were tied up to resolve the matter. We even stopped to patrol this system at all to avoid conflicts, which has of course risen up the Corsair presence in the area.
That is all ends now, I assume. Let us all remember this time as a yet another proof of the Houses' crimes against freedom and unity. We must become one mighty fist to stand up against the oppression of the Capitalism. Dividing us from our allies to weaken us will not happen. Shall The Army need the Commissariat - we will be there for you. Shall the Hessians and Miners need us - we will be there for them. And shall the Bretonians pick us as the next target for annexation - we will stand up bravely, united and certain of our victory. Because we fight for the People, and thus - we cannot fall.
We can now all witness how these 'Sydney Accords' were nothing but a means of keeping the Red Banner at bay while the Bretonians put the People of Gran Canaria's freedom and security in jeopardy in the wake of the 'Kingdom' being like a beast against the wall, willing to do anything in order to survive the Gallic onslaught.
As a Gaul myself, I say: the centuries-long vengeance motivations behind Gallia's very own bloodthirsty campaign are now old and stale, yet there are still a huge number of my own housekin that still believe that ugly, sorry excuse for a King. I for first never reckognized him as such, and never will I.
With the recent assaults from the Armed Forces over Aland, we were pushed in a pickle of a situation where we couldn't provide valid support to our allies in the area, namely the IMG and our fellow RHA comrades-in-arms due to these 'Accords' keeping us at bay.
As comrade Dubovik pointed out, this is yet another proof of the Houses' crimes against the People's Freedom and Unity. This is something even I cannot condone. I join my voice in saying that I as well do not reckognize the Bretonian sovereignty over Omega-49 and Gran Canaria.
Just like you, comrade, I once thought Bretonia as a stalwart steward against the odds, yet what I see now is a fading Kingdom sunken in utter desperation, a shadow of its former self, willing to even take the independency from a once allied Guild that supported them even in the most dire of times, to backstab its own allies in order to find a way to survive the war. This cannot come to pass. This will not come to pass!
I will stand at your side, Comrade Keller, as I always have done. I will fight alongside you, and even die alongside you should Fate decide so.
My duty, as is our duty, is to the People and for the People! And for the People, I pledge myself body and soul to support you in your endeavours at the best I can provide!
In short: count me in.
For the People's Republic and the Revolution!
- Michel De Grasse
The times ahead will be tough, they will try us all but we all stand resolute in our resolve. We shall overcome this threat as we have many in the past. No longer shall we watch idly by as the Kingodom of Bretonia continues it's forced expansion, no longer will we watch civillians being forced from their homes in the name of the Crown.
I stand with you, Comrade Field Marshal. In life and in Death, I shall fight by your side to face the tyranny that is spreading and I shall do what is in my power to combat it. The legacy we leave will not be one of observation, but one of action.
Field marshal.
Allow me to introduce myself. I am Lokria, figurehead for those Zoners resisting the Bretonian Occupation of Gran Canaria.
It is heartwarming to see that another of the Blind Queens Allies have seen the folly of her actions and have chosen to rise against her.
Alot of what you have said rings true for many, we seek to remain neutral and peaceful to all, to live our lives away from the suffering and adversity of politics found in the houses, to move away from the segregation of class and wealth, to etch our lives.
The Bretonian's have crossed too many lines in their desperation, taking and attempting to take what is not there's in order to continue their struggle, for they face nothing but struggle against the Gallic war machine.
As much as i want to make them suffer to their core for what they have done, we cannot loose sight on what they face.
The Bretonians are a desperate people, to full of pride and are making many mistakes. I want to push them out of Omega 49 and return control of Gran Canaria to my brethren is true, but i want to get Bretonia back to the table of Diplomacy.
They Require aid in their struggle this much is obvious but they refuse to compromise, using what Military weight they have to get what they want and this is bringing more pressure onto their forces. They Believe they hold all the cards
We are making the statement we will not just roll over and just allow them to bully for what they want, to do the very things they have been fighting against. Had they continued to be diplomatic they may have found aid in all of us, instead they make new enemies. We will continue to resist them until they either realise the mistake or one side looses.
Your support in this would be a great boon to morale for the Resistance, any support you can offer us will be greatly appreciated.
⧫ Akabat
⧫ Omicron Mu
⧫ FROM: Lena Karin Holt, Admiral of the Order Overwatch
⧫ TO: Receivers
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We here at the Order are happy to see this communique from you, Field Marshal. We have several assets in the Omegas assisting the IMG in the defense of Aland, for we will not stand idly by when a House encroaches upon neutral entities like they shouldn't even exist. Bretonia has turned into the monster they swore to fight, and will be treated as such. You, the IMG, all those aiding in the defense of Aland can count on our ships backing them up when they are there. We won't let this station fall.
Admiral Lena Holt
Black Fleet, 3rd Battlegroup "Shadow"
This Galaxy is vast; its wonders and beauty are almost unfathomable. But the galaxy also hides dark secrets, some of which have lain dormant since the beginning of time itself. There is a danger in secrets, both in seeking and in knowing. Some things are meant to be hidden from view. Some mysteries defy understanding, and sometimes even the things we think we know are untrue. Some secrets should remain untouched.
From: Anatoliy Grachov To: Field Marshal Lukas Keller Location: Lanzarote Station, Omega-49 Encryption code: R2H-0M84 Priority: Yes Subj: Bretonia Took you long enough to realise that you were fighting on the wrong side. Better late than never. Wonder how long it will take you to start acting.
Oh, and I just received a mail from my comrades at the Security Cell. They don't recognize the Sovereignity of Bretonia over 49 aswell. Opa.
Grach
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(10-13-2023, 12:51 AM)Haste Wrote: This is a feature as most Discovery players would not receive a response from women.
Sender:Elder Juanez Buonocore, The Brotherhood Location:Classified Encryption:Open Recipient:Omega Public Broadcast / Keller Topic: A las ratas rojas
Dios mio!
At first I thought this was some spam but this is far more amusing!
The treacherous Coalition strikes again si?
Your words are sweet like honey coating a heap of cagada of hypocrisy.
Tell me señor... where was the Coalition when the Bretonians invaded Gran Canaria?
Where was the Coalition and it's cucaracha amigos when the Bretonians blatantly violated neutral space?
Where was the Coalition when Bretonia engaged in full scale warfare in a no fire zone?
Well I remember...
You loco payasos were right besides them, spewing mierda about hunting down every last Corsair in the system.
Mierda about killing every last Zoner who dared to resist just to take over their land.
You and your Hessian pets flying side by side engaging my forces and el Zoner resistance.
At least a true hombre with true cojones would admit his mistake to the fullest and admit his intentions.
This is not about helping innocent Zoners, this is about gaining power for your own petty little excuse for a state!
At least the Corsair empire never pretended that the battle of Gran Canaria was about anything else than securing the lives of it's people.
You wish to fly alongside my warriors to uphold the protectorate?
Muy bien, get on your knees and ask for forgiveness you backstabbing coward!