Subject: Cooperation
To: Xeno Alliance Communications
From: Cmdr.Elect Leyshon
Location: The Accord
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Stars greet you,
I am Commander Elect Leyshon of The Accord, speaking for the remnants of the Three Star Concord militia. I have been authorised via passed motion to reach out to yourselves regarding cooperation and coordination for an operation recently proposed by our mutual friends on Pinnacle.
We have had the fortune of fighting alongside your members in Magellan, the opportunity to take refuge at Leyte under Captain Thrass' approval, and have recently been based at Milford with Councillor Barnett's support after our recent journey into the Core Worlds. Needless to say, the militia's members are hopeful we can continue this trend. I agree with them that there is much to be gained by doing so.
I wish to speak to a representative of the Xeno Alliance on the following matters:
Mooring permissions at Fort Ramsey and other Xenos bases.
Training and outfitting of the fighters amongst the militia. There are roughly eighty crew and twenty-five 'marines' aboard the Accord.
Ongoing co-ordination in efforts to support Pinnacle's cause.
This is an unprecedented set of requests but it isn't unwelcome.
And I'm happy to accommodate what you're asking for. Why the sudden shift though? If you'll permit my curiosity. Most Militants choose to stick to their own methods.
Subject: Cooperation
To: Xeno Alliance Communications
From: Cmdr.Elect Leyshon
Location: The Accord
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This is a surprise, Commander. We had thought our communication be delegated to an adjutant or councillor. You must think serious of us... or perhaps you are so bored you need distraction. Grateful either way.
Our path began in Delta, defending Freeport Eleven at a time of great conflict. Freeport Nine stood as a monument to Cretan aggression. Freeport Eleven came under frequent attack from those beyond the Edge. The Three Star Concord was founded in an attempt to protect the station from the malintent of alien and invader alike. Short-lived was it. The refusal for diplomacy gave us rage, and when the founders of our militia disappeared we elected to take that bitterness to the void.
Times have changed. The Phoenix stand vigil over Freeport Eleven, and push against Cretan expansion. Maltesan overtures as entitled benefactors faded. Kin speak of disregarding that heritage. Yet, important lessons were learnt. Freedom is not free. There can only be peace with the covetous when the knife is worn openly.
We are not of Erie, but we see a kindred suffering in what is taking place there. We are not of your Free Republic, but we see the costs you pay to call it so. Those who signed the Accord choose to be their own people, but they choose solidarity in paying freedom's price together. Even those born at the void's edge recognise community as a source of strength.
What say you to that, Commander? Shall we chart our course?
Honestly? I am a little bored, yes. I was hoping there would be a second colony war by now but what we have instead is a cross-border foreplay session that's beginning to encroach on the territory of voyeurism for all involved.
And I gave up on the "popular" notion of peace a long time ago. What we have isn't peace - it's mass delusion garbed in virtue and outsourced murder. Innocence makes for a convenient headline, but a jury of your peers still passes the sentence, even if they refuse to swing the sword.
In our world we consider that cowardice.
Freedom isn't free, and it's entirely meaningless if you aren't willing to kill for it. Of course a vast ensemble of talking heads will decry you for it, but when separated from the shoulders all tongues fall still, and knees bend.
I've seen plenty of people walk up to what they perceive to be a podium and then balk at the corpses providing the vantage. We don't sell moral superiority - these things hold no value to the institutions we seek to kill.
So if you're prepared to do whatever it takes - then you've called the right people.
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