Sender:Siobhan 'Diamondback' O'Shea Recipient(s):Lord Commander Samuel Locklear, Hellfire Legion Priority:MEDIUM Encryption:HIGH Subject: Questions and Answers
Locklear,
It's been a while since our last formal contact, since I ain't counting chance encounters on spaceborne operations. I'm sure you're doing fine, since you looked like you came out of that last furball in one piece, so I'll skip the preamble and get straight to the point. Points, actually, since I got two main things that I'm wanting to bring up.
First of all - I'm sure you might've either heard or guessed already, but the Alliance has all but gone under. Stracke's MIA, presumed dead, and the rest of the boys and girls under the banner fractured as Ouray went back to being as disorganised as ever. I've not been taking the last few months off on vacation, though - the Retribution took a pounding on Stracke's last sortie commanding it, and his crew dragged it back to base with half the systems offline and a great big hole torn straight through the thing. It's taken weeks to get her looking even a little bit presentable.
Unfortunately, we don't have the facilities here at Ouray - or anywhere - to refit her the way she needs. Her power core is on its last legs, her turrets are lucky to output half the power of what they should be, and her electronics suite barely keeps the damn headlights working. Whatever it takes to get it, Locklear, I need to negotiate a week or so of shipyard time and space aboard a Commonwealth facility so we can get her up and running again. I ain't so sure what you'll be wanting in return, but you'd best let me know. This gunship's more than just a bigger warship than we're usually used to - the thing's come through a hundred times more scraps than I have in one piece, and there's not a single Xeno here who's happy at the idea of her rusting to pieces.
Secondly, and on a completely different note, I want to know what you think about this transmission. Me and the boys weren't sure what the hell to make of it - for starters, the bitch is a Rheinlander, from the sounds of it - but I was pretty curious to see what your take'd be on the thing. On one hand, we were figuring that we can just go about business as usual and give both of those boys hell like we always do, but I thought it'd be smart to at least check if y'all have taken an official POV on it. I hate the words I'm hearing but I ain't in the know enough to judge if they're worth listening to or not.