To: Hellfire Legion [all]
Encryption: Upsilon-Five
Subject: Changes
This is Lord Commander Kinnaird speaking.
As you have no doubt been informed by your squadron leaders, this day is the last day I shall address you with the title of Lord Commander. For various reasons, and after pressure from several members of Legion High Command, I am stepping down as Lord Commander. I pass on the title to Admiral Markus Brass, an energetic and passionate warrior who I feel will be a strong figurehead to lead the Legion into the new year.
As is the way of previous High Commanders, I am taking the formal rank of Fleet Marshal. For now I will remain a member of the Legion, as an advisory attache, and as a diplomatic representative to some of our more distant contacts. I have unfinished business to attend to; personal projects that may in the future serve the Legion in its quest.
Legionnaires, it has been an honour. Together we have known victory and defeat, bloodshed and battle. Those who live by the sword will die by the sword, and I would not have it any other way. Remember always the words of our motto: