I know you've likely formed an impression on me, whatever it might be by now. I've had this whole approach wrong since the beginning, I should've taken this approach to reaching out to you instead of showing up at your doorstep with dozens of junior agents around. You were right, it didn't set the tone and I was left to play a part I have never played before.
Civil Servant will tell you the same, I'm not one for talking any further than I need to. With that in mind, I'll get to the point of this.
I was wrong to make all these requests of you, I apologize. Despite the position you are in, it's a terrible start to trying to make something work between us.
I'm going to propose a new deal instead, not in vain hopefully.
- Bundschuh and MND forces avoid fatal conflict with one another whenever possible by all means necessary.
This is to ensure we aren't fighting in the first place, I will leave the Bundschuh operations alone. Be aware I cannot make demands of conglomerates in Rheinland other than the MND. So areas that are considered restricted still pose a large risk to you from groups that answer directly under the Kaiser, such as the Military and Police.
- Full Transparency on potentially dangerous events will be disclosed to the Bundschuh.
I will handle this personally, when things - including the Kaiser - are about to go haywire and threaten the house I will notify you directly.
- Cooperation against entities that threaten Rheinland. Within reason to preserve the existence of the MND and Bundschuh.
We can cooperate against groups like the Corsairs, Unioners, Red Hessains, and others that we can attack within reason. I understand the meat of the problem for you is largely what exists at home. But for obvious reasons the MND cannot start another civil war, and without us... well Civil Servant can surely tell you what will happen then.
These three points outline my emphasis on this. I was there for the Civil War, I understand Rheinland has never been perfect at the top. But I very fiercely opposed the idea of what we have now. Unioners being injected into the Military like VENOM into the bloodstream. I still see eye to eye with Civil Servant on this, I know it might seem counterintuitive to you that I am where I am despite my opinion. But I still have an obligation to protect my home from very real threats deep within. I can, with patience and precision, set things into motion that might undo some of the damage that has been done to my home.
This is where I stand on the matter, I have fought side by side with the Bundschuh in the past. I don't see why I should make an enemy out of you now. I hope you can see my reasoning on this.
Name: Erich Klugmann Identification: The Platform, Gloaming Flotilla Encryption access:HIGH Location:[ERROR] Subject: RE: New Deal
Direktor,
Please excuse my delay in replying to your entreaty; its contents have been the subject of a substantial amount of intra-sect debate and discussion over the past several months.
Your proposals are, admittedly, surprising after our first several encounters. But assuming they're genuine, they're about as generous as could be offered between two belligerents who fundamentally don't share the same sort of societal visions.
That said, the component cells of the Platform (Gloaming Flotilla, Damnatio Memoriae, Black Flame AKA BFS-Klaxon) are for better or worse willing to entertain a Pact of Non-Aggression with specifically the Buro der Marinenintelligenz under the terms you've offered.
On our end and as a show of good faith, that entails:
- No unfounded accosting of spaceborne BDM| assets provided they are outside any field or nebula containing a Bundschuh station, excepting to engage a mutual hostile force such as that of the Wilde, Corsairs or Unioners.
- The Platform, conversely, will not enter Sektor-7 nor the Hohenfeld without prior permission; any operations or transits within legally proscribed Thuringia and the Westerwald will be as quiet and brief as possible to avoid uncomfortable suspicion being brought up.
- To the latter end, we will of course be more than willing to "play out" our respective hostilities over comms should it be necessary to put on such a display. All Platformers are being informed to de-prioritize and/or withdraw from actual combat with Buro forces in hypothetical future larger-scale engagements where both our own might face off from one another.
If this is acceptable to you, then I look forward to attempting to make the best of a series of unfortunate extant political differences. With your permission I'll also open this transmission to my colleagues Civil Servant and Commander Howe for their own current or future input.
This is agreeable, and as per our agreement, there are a few developments I must fill you in on to ensure this doesn't shatter to pieces.
Civil Servant and I are former colleagues, you know this, I don't know how much he's decided to tell you about me.
Just know that I'm just as human as the rest of you, CS wiped my very existence from, well... existence. There's a plethora of people trying to unveil who I am, if they find out, they most certainly will be able to lean on me in ways that would render it impossible for me to help. To summarize, identity nearly got CS killed, it caused my predecessor to vanish, and the one before him bought into the pro-unioner regime.
If I vanish, any chance of peace will likely fade with it.
With that aside, there are a few other things you should know:
- There's an MND division that's surfaced that calls themselves "Division 7". I have no idea who these people are at all, there's never once been a "Division 7" in the Buro or in the MND. We are on the cusp of monumental change, as I'm sure CS has informed you - this is a prime moment for sabotage. As far as I'm concerned, you should exercise extreme caution around this group until I can unveil who and what they are.
- The IMG has become a problem I cannot ignore any further, we both see the imperfections with Rheinland. But you've also told me you have a distaste for the Red Hessians, the IMG have been blatantly helping the Red Hessians for over a decade. This must come to an end for me to discern myself with the IMG's presence near Rheinland. The imperial government - strangely enough - is attempting to compromise with the IMG as we speak. Two titans that have undone what this nation once was are now licking the boots of the IMG. I don't know where you stand with them, I'm not for conflict, but as I said - I cannot ignore this any longer. If the IMG were to turn their guns on the Red Hessians, I would be in a better position to make something favorable for us both happen.
- CS has likely briefed you on Tennsdet and the possibility of events in Thuringia, it is not my intention to destroy the station. The math and tests so far indicate it will not be harmed, but the area surrounding Valhalla shipyard will become... extremely hazardous very shortly. Please exercise caution and avoid the Salzungenebel at all costs.
That's all for now, I will continue to uphold my end of the deal as the situation develops.
Name: Erich Klugmann Identification: The Platform, Gloaming Flotilla Encryption access:[TRACE ERROR] Location:[ERROR] Subject: RE: RE: RE: New Deal
Direktor,
Firstly, well-done helping us in repelling the Corsairs in Sigma-15 as of late; the fact they split their armada so thoroughly for one Monument-class dreadnought makes one wonder how they continue replenishing their losses of materiel and crew, given strategic blunders of this scale.
I'm afraid to have to say it, but the Bundschuh's disposition towards the Independent Miners Guild is considerably better than towards nearly all other mining polities and corporations across Sirius. Please understand that this is in no small part due to the Guild going out of its way not to treat its rank-and-file employee-base as resources no less disposable than fuel or minerals. Not-at-all coincidentally, this is also, as you may know, one of the prime draws for similarly mistreated miners to sign on with the Hessians movement.
Please allow me to re-elaborate that both organizations' viability exists largely because of the alternative they provide to the cruelties and stratification of Daumann and Kruger, and that while one is obviously far more militant than the other, their similar type of origin means that they will by extension naturally cross-pollinate both membership and ideology. The primary hypothetical avenue to lessen the appeal of either organization from a Rheinland-Nationalist perspective could be to reign in the excesses of the State's megacorporations, but history has shown that it's simply not possible without war. The Bundschuh of the initial Federal Republic tried, and failed. The vagarities of Capital are simply too ingrained with the Nation-State for such a system to be "reformed".
While I've long held the opinion that the Hessians' loss is the Bundschuh's net gain, unfortunately to hypothetically "destroy" the Hessians as a polity would actually benefit the Corsairs even more than the Rheinlandic State, I believe; considering the Omega-5 stalemate has not stopped the Cretans from also sending assaults through the Sigmas, and as far as Dublin, from what we've learned. They would likely begin compressing and replacing the Hessians to Rheinland's south and west, assuming the Coalition wouldn't absorb the Hessians' remnants and that "role". Your offer for "something good" is as intriguing as it is vague, but I cannot claim I'm willing to harm the IMG more, from an ideologue's standpoint, than to offer a strategic lecture to a captive audience, presently. My apologies.
I've been briefed on Tennsdedt and the Suhl, yes; as has the majority of The Platform. Still, much of Thuringia is seen as CS' and the Damnatio's "turf", informally speaking, and unless the Wilde or some other threat surfaces in force that will likely remain the case for now. Still, CS' briefing stated that Tennsdedt is likely to receive some sort of collateral damage, to the point he suggested beginning evacuation procedures. I would like to request further details as to whether or not this is true.
Finally, just yesterday we received a very vague and somewhat signal-warped message from a claimed lone representative of "DIvision 7", ironically bearing identification of an "Anti-Infiltration" branch. I will attach the transmission we received and have yet to reply to, to this one, for your appraisal.
MESSAGE: //im still using this template, suck it darius
Guten Morgen,
Hans Turing, Division 7, Marinenachrichtendienst, pilot of the Brunnling. You don't know me, and I certainly don't know you. However, I greatly appreciated your warcry of "For Rheinland" in that sortie against the Corsairs, and your fighter craft were pleasantly skilled.
So, I'd like to know you.
Hauptinspektor Hans Turing Marinenachrichtendienstes Division 7, Anti-Infiltration.
I have an ever-increasing stack of evidence against this new division that has erupted from nowhere just a month ago. While it is deeply troubling and infuriating - it's expected.
I gave "Civil Servant" my thoughts on the Emperor's visit. I hope this hasn't rattled the truce we've struck, I knew conflict was inevitable despite my attempts to minimize it. With that said, however, there was something deeply disturbing that came of the visit more so than the Emperor's speech in Gallia.
There were an overwhelming number of Scorpion Drones that were seen in Cologne & Zurich as well as infested Rheinland Military warships. Scorpion drones are hybrid alien ships that have a history of being extremely lethal - more so than the nomad vessels themselves. Typically they travel in numbers, and that was certainly true during the escort mission.
With the old cabinet gone as a result of this, the Defense Ministry has made my plans for Thuringia their top priority. The plan is mostly the same, the differences mainly affecting me and no one else. So for now, we need only leave this "Division 7" with the idea that nothing is changing. There are benefits to you answering that message and playing along, but there are also no losses if you decide to ignore it entirely. The choice is yours, but know that my suspicions based on the evidence provided are that these are alien infiltrators. If you would like the evidence I have received, I will gladly pass it to you.
[12.04.2024 19:42:29] (=)"Seven-of-Swords": CS: Hmm.
[12.04.2024 19:42:43] (=)"Seven-of-Swords": CS: Sometimes It feels like that. [12.04.2024 19:43:25] Entity: ***'the 'gathering' expands...
[12.04.2024 19:43:33] (=)Lancette: Ummm hello?
[12.04.2024 19:44:07] (=)"Seven-of-Swords": CS: Felice. Uh--
[12.04.2024 19:44:18] (=)"Seven-of-Swords": CS: Old-- Well, I don't know about friend.
[12.04.2024 19:44:33] (=)"Seven-of-Swords": CS: And I don't think he's too welcoming to being named.
[12.04.2024 19:44:42] Entity: ***an 'accomplice' (?) [12.04.2024 19:45:07] (=)Lancette: Fair fair wouldn't want to anger them...
[12.04.2024 19:45:28] (=)"Seven-of-Swords": CS: When I told you to ditch that Order ship to not annoy them, maybe I made the right decision.
[12.04.2024 19:45:46] (=)"Seven-of-Swords": CS: I think we'll be seeing more of them in Thuringia.
[12.04.2024 19:45:59] (=)"Seven-of-Swords": CS: And no, Felice is more like my... Neighbour.
[12.04.2024 19:46:04] (=)"Seven-of-Swords": CS: In arms.
[12.04.2024 19:46:30] (=)Lancette: Sent the Order ship to ALG for them to scrap it.
[12.04.2024 19:46:43] Entity: ***'others' perhaps... -my- interest is satiated.
[12.04.2024 19:47:27] Entity: ***awaiting 'possibility'... a passageway.
[12.04.2024 19:47:32] (=)"Seven-of-Swords": CS: Here?
[12.04.2024 19:47:40] (=)"Seven-of-Swords": CS: For whom...?
[12.04.2024 19:48:42] Entity: ***-not- whom... rather where. (contemplating) but -whom- as well
[12.04.2024 19:49:04] (=)"Seven-of-Swords": CS: Then we're both waiting answers from this rupture.
[12.04.2024 19:49:28] (=)"Seven-of-Swords": CS: Thuringia is fradgile, volatile... And certainly doesn't need to seep its horrors over the rest of Sirius.
[12.04.2024 19:50:13] (=)"Seven-of-Swords": CS: Horrors and history of this place, both Human and Nomad... And... Well, Sentenels. /If they come back again./
[12.04.2024 19:50:25] Entity: ***'outcome' in flux. nagging/pulling different directions, different possibilities.
[12.04.2024 19:51:08] (=)"Seven-of-Swords": CS: And that nagging and pulling will be increased. I have no doubt corporate parties have interests in exploiting--
[12.04.2024 19:51:16] (=)"Seven-of-Swords": CS: The power of this system if they were to get their hands on it.
[12.04.2024 19:51:17] (=)Lancette: What would be the best outcome?
[12.04.2024 19:51:46] (=)"Seven-of-Swords": CS: ... I don't know.
[12.04.2024 19:52:00] Entity: ***all risk-benefit assessments will 'fail' to perceive -escalation-
[12.04.2024 19:53:12] (=)"Seven-of-Swords": CS: Yes well, there have been several ethics ignored in this system for the prize of progress. Although--
[12.04.2024 19:54:03] (=)"Seven-of-Swords": CS: I think some risks like staying here are worth it. We have to keep an eye on what damage is being done--
[12.04.2024 19:54:31] (=)"Seven-of-Swords": CS: Because its obvious to me, people aren't observing the damage, and violating this void until it shatters.
[12.04.2024 19:54:52] (=)Lancette: So the hope of the Buro keeping the corpos out is gone?
[12.04.2024 19:54:53] Entity: ***chronicles of imminent -collapse- [12.04.2024 19:55:22] (=)"Seven-of-Swords": CS: The corpos will accelerate the damage done here. Mostly to satisfy their grand illusions of attainable power.
[12.04.2024 19:55:43] (=)"Seven-of-Swords": CS: I wouldn't be surprised if I saw Vipers experiment mounted to Military ships within a few years. [12.04.2024 19:56:10] Entity: ***no -power- rests here.
[12.04.2024 19:56:39] (=)"Seven-of-Swords": CS: Even the power of the Northern Temple? Or the one that fractured Gotha?
[12.04.2024 19:58:09] Rheinfalke: Oh, is it now? Well. You should probably be more worried about that Unknown contact on our scanners, no?
[12.04.2024 19:58:31] Entity: ***as for -many- mistakes of the Makers... it comes -ruinous-.
[12.04.2024 19:58:37] BDM|Hauptcharakter: Probably. I've got enough guns to go around.
[12.04.2024 19:59:10] Entity: ***the 'gathering'... contains more -unwanted- 'elements'...
[12.04.2024 19:59:14] (=)Lancette: The makers?
[12.04.2024 19:59:15] (=)"Seven-of-Swords": Yes.
[12.04.2024 19:59:59] (=)"Seven-of-Swords": CS: Felice?
[12.04.2024 20:00:08] (=)Lancette: Yes CS?
[12.04.2024 20:00:27] (=)"Seven-of-Swords": CS: Just... Potentially be ready.
[12.04.2024 20:00:44] (=)Lancette: Got it.
[12.04.2024 20:01:05] Entity: ***So -be- it... playing hide'n'seek.
[12.04.2024 20:01:38] (=)"Seven-of-Swords": CS: /Thuringia my home, my tomb./
[12.04.2024 20:02:28] Rheinfalke: Hey, MND. You got an angry space cloud... there.
[12.04.2024 20:02:54] (=)"Seven-of-Swords": CS: Falke.
[12.04.2024 20:02:59] Rheinfalke: It's chasing you.
"Entity" Based on what I know so far is a new type of alien that moves differently than the collective. It's capable of calling upon more powerful nomads than it to do its bidding. It attacked me and several others that oppose whatever agenda it has. Based on conversations with the Order, they understand it to be a much older and more powerful form of the nomads. Its intentions for Sirius at large involve removing us from existence.
The Bundschuh housed the people responsible for undoing the Alien influence in Rheinland during the first nomad war. While political ideologies have strayed, the foundation of the Bundschuh has always revolved around the opposing deeds that inadvertently lead to the alien influence of an entire house.
I've done my best to uphold the same prospect since I was appointed Direktor of this agency, but time and time again in recent weeks it appears the people I once believed shared the same prospect have - in reality - fallen victim to it.
I'd recommend you take a much closer look at Civil Servant.
I've pushed for peace for a long time, with you, with others that I believe were worth the effort. Even if by the wrong means at first, the end goal remained the same.
I will NOT under ANY circumstances coexist with these aliens in Rheinland. Make no mistake when I say I have the tools and the means to eliminate them with extreme prejudice. This policy - I hope - should have no application to you or the rest of the Platform at large, but it looks to me that it may very well soon be applicable to Civil Servant.
I'll let you decide what to do with this, but next time I will take action.