Time is of the essence, so I'll keep it brief. The Covenant of Auxesia in spite of Bretonia's lockout has deployed assets and garnered support from local elements to assist in the evacuation efforts of non-combatants. The First Meros is in position to provide covering fire to vessels leaving the surface, and will be conducting strikes throughout the area to disrupt Gallic activities in order to give you a larger window. Please provide me with any information you feel is necessary in order for our combat efforts to be more fruitful.
[To]: Keeper Leviathan, Auxesia
[From]: Jonas Hudson, Leeds Resistance Forces
[Subject]: Leeds Siege
[Encryption]: High
Greetings Keeper Leviathan
Thanks for your offer of assistance, its true we are in a desparate situation in Leeds again. Personally, I'll be glad to see whoever can make it to Leeds and wants to fight do so. Sadly I can't do anything about the government's stance, but I think for the immediate future the siege in New London will be where BAF has its focus. I'll take whatever help you can bring though.
So please do take out any Gallic vessels or ground positions you can. For the time being, I'm even willing to grant you access to our secret space stations in the West Leeds Smog Cloud. Since we're in that deep of trouble I'll take the chance to trust you with the location. They're at grid 7C. I'll add Battlegroup Auxisa's tag within the hour, make sure it reads as friendly before approaching, as its weapons platforms are hard to see in the thick smog. You can moor there for resupply and repairs while operating in the system. Please just respect other parties that might frequent the area in our support.
*Hudson looks off to the side for moment to swig a flask, his voice becomes raspier than before*
And heck, any Gauls you do take down, make sure to get some good pictures. That sort of thing always goes down well in Bretonia, and perhaps with the Admiralty. As to Leeds, evacuations will continue when they can. Sadly with the unrest on the surface and general breakdown in government, its the worst state its been since the invasion. Its looking pretty bad unfortunately, with the BAF and LN tied up in New London, we're running out of options to deal with this crisis, and it is unnerving to say the least. There may yet ways out, but it seems we're praying for a miracle to save Leeds, and possibly New London too. If the planet is wasted by Gallic forces, we'll take whatever resources we have left and throw everything we have into whatever retaliation we can muster. I'd suggest any sympathetic parties do the same.
Please let me know if you need anything more, and good luck yourselves.
The state of the Government is indeed unfortunate but not unexpected given the duration of this war and the toll its taken on the Bretonian populace. I once again find myself faced with them making additional questionable decisions in the face of battle, but I digress.
I started making contact with several local groups to help coordinate the evacuation efforts. You should start seeing an influx of freighters over the next few hours, as my contact had to issue a general order for the ball to get rolling. I'm also working on a few more contacts that might be able to provide support. With any luck we can expedite this process.
I won't lie to you, Hudson. The situation up here isn't much better. The Royalists seem to be moving into position to conduct surgical bombardments. Their intent remains unknown but I speculate they're aiming for fault lines. The Gallics have us almost fighting each other, and Bretonia hasn't exactly made a lot of friends in the last little while that are eager to jump to the rescue so support may be slim. Rest assured I intend to do what I can to alleviate as much pressure off of your evacuation efforts as possible. I can't promise that it'll be much but I can sure as hell make a lot of noise and attract a lot of attention.
The Achlys is currently withdrawn to conduct field repairs after Bretonia otherwise abandoned us to the mercy - or lack thereof of the Royalists. It'll be a little while before we can get mobile again, but even we're flying alone here.
If necessary I can deploy some forces to establish another corridor to the evacuation sites if need by. I can't offer much. Two squads at best, but if you require the ground support I'll have them hitch a ride on a freighter heading down.
[To]: Keeper Leviathan, Auxesia
[From]: Jonas Hudson, Leeds Resistance Forces
[Subject]: Leeds Siege
[Encryption]: High
Well thanks in advance for anything you can do. I'm actually not on the surface at the moment, as it's become too unsafe to stay planetside now. We only land for the time it takes to load and unload. But all civilian and freelancer traffic grabbing refugees are welcome, and we'll do what we can to assist. Just in case, we've still been dumping medical supplies like Med Stasis Bands and Pharmaceuticals before taking on refugees for the trip out.
Ironically, over the last few months I moved a large amount of munitions, military hardware and marines to the ground to get in the fight. Not to mention thousands of Envoys to work with the civilian population. Now they are cut off and I may not have time to evacuate the marines before the Gauls strike. Some envoys may make it out with the other civilians, but most are likely trapped now. I'll also evacuate the marines if possible, but for now refugees are taking precedent. I'd advise you to not send any major forces to the ground, as things could go south quick, but that's at your own discretion. You may want to keep them out of sight of the BAF security forces though. *chuckles* However I would advise any freighter taking on refugees to carry at least 2 armed guards as panic has been causing some civilians to be less than orderly, and in some cases, storm ships.
Lets try to get as many civilians out while we can and sort out the rest later. Thanks again for organizing more help!