To: Dir. Prem. M. Selim, SIS; From: Gov. Gen. Cdre. E. Hall, BAF

[Thunderer]

Message Class: Textual
Encryption: Rooibos
To: Director Premier Mehmed Selim, SIS
From: Governor-General Commodore Elizabeth Hall, BAF

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My good friend,

I have been notified of your meteoric elevation and I congratulate you. Coincidentally, I also have a task to christen (or whatever you Turks say instead of it) your newly acquired office with fire. There is intelligence to be gathered.

The situation in Dublin is difficult and I have information from within the government that the current cabinet might not survive it. Its faces might change very soon -- including Prime Minister Hacker himself. It is now privy only to you and the Steiners that I intend to run for that office. But I need to clean this Stirling stigma off of me. I need a military success in the middle of this crisis.

I would like the SIS to scout for small modular installations owned by the enemy in the immediate neighbourhood of Exeter. The smaller and weaker, the better. I need a quick and decisive victory that will picture me as a beacon of light in the middle of this crisis and raise my popularity. I assure you that you and your state on Exeter have interest in me becoming the new prime minister. That position will allow me much more liberty to satisfy its necessities.

I hope that I am not being too demanding? This is only a suggestion, I remind you, not an order. A suggestion that I put trust in our friendship you will not share with anyone.

Commodore
Governor-General of Exeter
Representative of House Steiner
Bretonian Armed Forces

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[conmann35]

Identification: Mehmed Selim, Premier and Purveyor of the great game of Sirius Recipient: Commodore Elizabeth Hall, Governor-General of Exeter and confidant of the Bretonian Oligarchy Location: HMS Raglan, in defensive formation with construction ship Fenland. Priority: High Encryption: High Food: Tea, Scones, Martinis Privyet, or as my ancestors might have said before their subjugation into the Coalition, merhaba. I figure I ought to start distancing myself from my own political enemies, and, thankfully for me, certain Communes on Volgograd (and various other certain sources involving Hispania) have done wonders for minority culture. Nor can Communism keep everyone from their religion, best they try to eradicate it. But I digress. This appointment came as quite the surprise to me too. I'd love to know what has compelled the Steiners to step into Bretonia's shadow and effect such a sweeping change in policy. Maybe, maybe, it's a growing need for divergent factors that the usually monolithic Bretonian Government fails to provide. As for military matters, well, we're trying our best here with what we have. The post-royalist bootlickers and their Pepe-backed allies seem to have a propensity for deploying large, high tonnage groups of capital ships, in spite of the severe economic drain operating so many warships in enemy territory must be inflicting upon both the fledgling development of Gaia, and as for the Corsairs, more children must be starving thanks to Ladron's insistence of keeping more than the usual raiding assets in place. I'm not sure if they even have the means to build the sort of soft target you're looking to knock down, Hall. Then again, it hardly costs me anything to take a few agents and myself, suit up, and effect deep recon. Of course, this is a very mutualistic exchange we have here, since the Armed Forces have all the battleships, and the Intelligence Service lacks such decisive-battle implements.

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Vagrant elder
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[Thunderer]

Message Class: Textual
Encryption: Rooibos
To: Director Premier Mehmed Selim, SIS
From: Governor-General Commodore Elizabeth Hall, BAF

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Have the scouts been dispatched? I have received no notification.

Commodore
Governor-General of Exeter
Representative of House Steiner
Bretonian Armed Forces

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[conmann35]

Identification: Mehmed Selim, Premier and Purveyor of the great game of Sirius Recipient: Commodore Elizabeth Hall, Governor-General of Exeter and confidant of the Bretonian Oligarchy Location: HMS Raglan, New London Orbit Priority: High Encryption: High Food: Tea, Scones, Martinis My deep recon has been quite busy, I assure you. I imagined a certain level of implicity here, but alas.

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Vagrant elder
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[Thunderer]

Message Class: Textual
Encryption: Rooibos
To: Director Premier Mehmed Selim, SIS
From: Governor-General Commodore Elizabeth Hall, BAF

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Thank you, Selim. Now we have something to work with.

I deem Vostok an easier target. Novgorod is guarded by the Katz Fleet. They might be hurt, but they are still potent when compared to the Exeter garrison and also a few astronomical mines further than Vostok, and that may be just far enough not to receive reinforcements from the Ark Royal Fleet on time. It does not seem like the Katz Fleet can move much and reinforce 52, but the ships from 52 may very well reinforce the Katz. Vostok it will be then. Tomorrow we attack Vostok. It will be a powerful message to the Coalition too: Vostok tomorrow, Mykolaiv the next day. I will assemble my garrison, do try to have some of your units ready to reinforce.

Commodore
Governor-General of Exeter
Representative of House Steiner
Bretonian Armed Forces

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[Thunderer]

Message Class: Textual
Encryption: Rooibos
To: Director Premier Mehmed Selim, SIS
From: Governor-General Commodore Elizabeth Hall, BAF

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Director Selim,

I would like to know if the Service has any journalists or news agencies on its payroll.

Commodore
Governor-General of Exeter
Representative of House Steiner
Bretonian Armed Forces

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[conmann35]

Identification: Mehmed Selim, Premier and Purveyor of the great game of Sirius Recipient: Commodore Elizabeth Hall, Governor-General of Exeter and confidant of the Bretonian Oligarchy Location: Planet Exeter, Secure Facility Priority: High Encryption: High Food: Tea, Scones, Martinis You know I haven't been in the chair long enough to be fully immersed in the minutiae of the Service's secondary assets, Commodore. Either way, recon drone data is developed for your use, and if I were to think of first takers, wouldn't this be something the Bretonian Broadcasting Corporation would cover? If that won't do, maybe mister Hunt or mister Statham, who have been Victor's servants for much longer than myself, would know of appropriate, independent news agents. I also have some questions to forward to the BAF armaments division, regarding the Raglan. But, one thing at a time is best.

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Vagrant elder
Get assimilated today

[Thunderer]

Message Class: Textual
Encryption: Rooibos
To: Director Premier Mehmed Selim, SIS
From: Governor-General Commodore Elizabeth Hall, BAF

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Director Selim,

The BBC does not deal with propaganda. They are nobler than that. That might be the purpose of state journalism in your place of origin, but here it is information and not propaganda.

However, I know of a certain tabloid that could perhaps be willing to publish anything, even half-truths, for the right amount of money. They are called SBN, or Sirius Business News. I must, however, ask you to contact them instead of me, as my last contact with them resulted in a malware infection of one of my government servers in Chateau d'Or. The SIS should be much better equipped to deal with cyber attacks than a government administration office.

I would first like you to tell me if you are willing to do this, and only if you are I will expose the details of what needs to be published.

Commodore
Governor-General of Exeter
Representative of House Steiner
Bretonian Armed Forces

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Identification: Mehmed Selim, Premier and Purveyor of the great game of Sirius Recipient: Commodore Elizabeth Hall, Governor-General of Exeter and confidant of the Bretonian Oligarchy Location: Planet Exeter, Secure Facility Priority: High Encryption: High Food: Tea, Scones, Martinis Commodore. I always wondered, what is the purpose of News outlets, if not the controlled release of information, credibility of said information notwithstanding. That said, a news outlet propagating malware (intentionally or otherwise) perhaps isn't that reliable and assuredly without sufficient clout for impact. I'd say it would be a last resort, if there isn't any better alternative in the time frame.

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Vagrant elder
Get assimilated today

[Thunderer]

Message Class: Textual
Encryption: Rooibos
To: Director Premier Mehmed Selim, SIS
From: Governor-General Commodore Elizabeth Hall, BAF

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Director Selim,

SBN is very popular among the commoners of Bretonia. The entire Kingdom gossiped about your field marshal's wedding when it was scheduled to occur and reported by SBN. There was a petition of 13,000 signatories that Keller should be granted Bretonian citizenship which was published by them and it was because of their pressure that I had to yield and grant him what he wanted. Do not underestimate the tabloids. They are the open back door to the hearts of the common people.

Treat them well, and they will give you glory. Treat them poorly and they will ruin you.

Commodore
Governor-General of Exeter
Representative of House Steiner
Bretonian Armed Forces

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