Samura has taken the initiative to restart its superconductor research and development onboard Nansei Research Complex, scaling back anti-matter research in favor of negating Liberty’s embargo on vital materials for Kusari’s jump drives. Pulling it’s strings within the Bretonian crown, the Empire has leveraged the Dublin Campaign jump bridge to request the best materials Bretonian smelters have to offer. And while such a move has not been without opposition, security guarantees by the Kusari Office of Intelligence have put all but the most ardent opponents on the back foot.

Meanwhile, the Liberty Security Force has not been idle, despite some setbacks on the home front. The LSF have launched a number of undercover operations of questionable success rate in the past year, with one exception. Prior cooperation with the Blood Dragons which allowed the delay of the jump bridge has developed over time into a solidifying, yet cautious, partnership. The local LSF Directorate has marked a number of high end weaponry for export to the Dragons in exchange for an enhanced and determined campaign against Nansei. These shipments, taken straight from the production lines of the vaunted Detroit Munitions, should allow to draw attention away from the Galileo Flashpoint, and delay the jump drive program.

Activity within Kyushu, the Taus, and Galileo will surely reach a high point as blockade runners scramble away from law enforcement patrols while Samura convoys battle against motivated "pirates" and Dragon raiders. Bretonia has tightened enforcement within their territory and has issued an advisory of unsafe travel conditions within the Tau region. However, with existing commitments on the Dublin front and fresh Omega developments, it is unable to operate more than token patrols in the defense of its new partners in trade. With substantial incentives provided on both sides of the contest, only time will tell which investments will pay off when the strategical battlefield will turn tactical in the systems bordering Galileo.