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☠ Signal source: Free Republic relay, Liberty
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Sender:Alliance Commander "Cobra" Recipient:Nicole Hayes Subject:Re: Asylum
We're ready.
But you only have a few hours before the thing burns itself out from being hooked up to a jury rigged power source. It's a damaged com-sat of Legion design, was knocked offline during the Navy's operation in Kansas. It'll get the job done, it's just not going to last once activated.
You only get one shot at this.
"Liberty or death."
-"Cobra"
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☠ Incoming transmission.
☠ Signal source: Free Republic relay, Liberty
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Sender:Alliance Commander "Cobra" Recipient:Nicole Hayes Subject:Re: Grand Expose
Is tact really this rare?
You could have, at the very least, changed into clothes that would fit the image of you being a former naval officer. Instead? This looks like the insane ramblings of a Denver "squatter" strung out from a heat stroke. If you wanted to make it easy for Liberty's counter-intelligence to refute information like yours, then you've been successful.
What I wanted out of this was a genuine threat to Liberty's internal security.
But it's safe to say this won't achieve that. It'll be drummed out by the cattle content to consume mass media that will cite all of this as false because some old fool in a uniform says so.
Our relay will burn out from internal damage in roughly 12 hours. By then, this will become a dumping ground for slapstick comedy, given the lack of any apparent credibility.
"Liberty or death."
-"Cobra"
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COMM ID:Nicole Hayes TARGET ID:XA Commander Cobra SOURCE:<ENCRYPTED>
Yeah, because I bet that you would be just as well put-together after having fled. I don't have my officer uniform anymore, these are basically the only clothes I do have, and those dark circles aren't going away. But, I guess you can afford to be picky when you're leading the Xeno Alliance, huh?
I gave you what I promised. If you wanted it to be any different, you could have said something sooner. Instead, you get to work with what you've got. The information is all there. Use it. Substantiate it. This isn't over, it's going to keep going for a long time, and the best thing you can do is hammer the point home to give it some f*cking credibility.
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☠ Signal source: Free Republic relay, Liberty
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Sender:Alliance Commander "Cobra" Recipient:Nicole Hayes Subject:Re: Grand Expose
Afford to be picky?
I have to assume background radiation from all those screens has rendered the polished marble orb behind your eyes inert. I've been fighting this machine for a lot longer than you have, and with significantly less in the way of resources and external support.
You wouldn't have even gone through with this attempt had I not barked at you. But don't worry, I won't bother you any further.
You can resume your scheduled programme of being a cornered rat. I'm through with you.
"Liberty or death."
-"Cobra"
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☠ Incoming transmission.
☠ Signal source: Free Republic relay, Liberty
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Sender:Alliance Commander "Cobra" Recipient:Nicole Hayes Subject:Re: Grand Expose
Goddamn it, Hayes.
This isn't about you. I don't care about your personal reputation or appearances. This is about Erie and the campaign required to put things back to the way they were. That much ought to be common sense, along with the fact that the presentation of information is arguably just as important as the information itself.
Good presentation is what would have compelled people besides that Rogue from Buffalo to look at and comment on your exposé, and that builds traction, which if substantial enough would undermine Liberty's occupation of the planet. Otherwise what's the point?
You can be as offended as you want to be - the point stands.
"Liberty or death."
-"Cobra"
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COMM ID:Nicole Hayes TARGET ID:XA Commander Cobra SOURCE:<ENCRYPTED>
Are you through with me, or not? I'm not going to push you out, but you're not exactly making it easy to work with you.
If you want to work with me, you can start by treating me with some decency. I'm fine with admitting my faults, but you've been slinging abuses at me non-stop and I'm not going to put up with it. Either stop that or get out.
Once we've got that out of the way, we can talk strategy. The fact of the matter is, this is how I sent the transmission. Could I have done better? Sure, I could, but obsessing over that sh*t doesn't give us anything to work with. So instead of throwing a tantrum, take it and work with it, like a professional. This is about Erie, like you said. Act like it.
Contact me when you're ready to engage with me as an equal. This isn't going to work otherwise.
☠ Incoming transmission.
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Sender:Alliance Commander "Cobra" Recipient:Nicole Hayes Subject:Re: Grand Expose
You're inconsequential at the moment.
That isn't an insult, it's a fact. When you decide to revise your current position of being far removed from what will be a primarily armed conflict going forward, then I'll consider whether or not cooperating with you is worth the test of my patience it proves to be.
And you don't need to remind me that Erie's liberation comes first, I'm acutely aware and fully committed. Can't say the same for you though, because if I need to remind you what's at stake and of the promises you made then you evidently don't care to begin with. Your convenient hypocrisy in that regard doesn't bother or offend me, I've never thought highly of you, but the Zoners do deserve better than your long distance sympathy.
A pack of Rogues are currently contributing more to this ongoing struggle than you are, you - a decorated naval officer that expects respect. That just isn't how it works in the underworld, and you've already made me look like a fool once.
Contribute equally if you expect to be treated like an equal.
"Liberty or death."
-"Cobra"
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