From: General Joseph Garcia
To: The People of Omega-49
Priority: HIGH
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It is with great sorrow in my heart that I must confirm the terrible events that unfolded yesterday. The SCRA was led to believe that the locations bombarded were a Corsair Military Base and were filled only with Corsair Ground Troops. The discovery of a network of underground bunkers also reinforced this belief. It would only be later that we would discover the tragic truth of what happened. It is always a disaster when innocent lives are lost and I will forever hold this moment on my conscious.
The SCRA remains committed to the Coalition Protectorate of Omega-49 and we will do everything in our power to ensure that something like this does not happen again. That being said, I'm afraid that withdrawing from Gran Canaria will be impossible as of this moment. With the Corsair bombardment of a settlement built by the Sirius Coalition to house Bretonian Refugees, we can only ascertain that they will indiscriminately attack anything that they believe to be associated with us. Furthermore, with the declaration by the Brotherhood that they are deploying ground forces, as well as our own intelligence, we believe that they are preparing for a planetary invasion to capture Gran Canaria for their own purposes.
We cannot and will not allow the Corsairs to do this as it is both a threat to us and a gross injustice to the peaceful Zoners living in this area. We will ensure that the Corsair threat is permanently ended in this region.
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