Akabat, The Order war council

[Omicron]

Rheinland

The catalyst behind Nomad War itself was house of Rheinland. War orchestrated by alien infiltrators, planning for biggest devastation brought onto humanity since Sol war itself. Struggling nation in midst of revolution caused by continuous decades of unrest among both intellectual and working classes. From a map, Rheinland looked nothing alike. Access to resource rich Omegas fueled not only molochs of houses own industry but also entirety of Sirius itself. Highlighted systems of interest were Frankfurt and two worlds deep within Walker nebula: Omega 55 and 58. While Frankfurt was point of interest only solely for Rheinland’s main site in Nomad’s research. According to Order intel, it was the first location to succumb to infestation prior to Nomad War due that all material gathered from edge worlds was shipped to the site. Bundschuh, basing on information provided by The Order operatives destroyed original Shatten - at the time ‘nursery’ to six Nomad battleships. Entire strike turned out to be the last to entire flight - including Bundschuh leader at the time, Claus Botzler.

Omega’s were newer development. At the time uncharted to human factions, 55 and 58 also lacked any prospect for either long term colonization or minerals worth extracting. Fall back point to remainder of infested fleet from 800 A.S. war, giving Wilde a safe spot out of The Order’s reach at the time to slowly regain their numbers. Before The Order realized scope of the threat, Wilde homeworlds were way too fortified to assault and cleanse. There were two separate entries for “Omega 58”, both showing completely different worlds. First recon flights known revealed monstrous gravitational anomaly, attracting dust and interstellar material towards center of the system. It was known that Wilde attempted to build a jump gate of Nomad design, incidentally also being source of anomaly itself. Second set showed irradiated wasteland orbiting neutron star, images captured from RHA-Order-VWA combined operation.

“Rheinland is by far, the most prepared house when it comes to countering Nomad influence among their own ranks. Learning upon mistakes of the past, they have developed contingencies second only to our own. While it does not mean immunity, as more and more pilots of the Militar succumb to Wilde, there is little to clean up among their ranks by our own hand. Unfortunately, they are inherently hostile and vary to our activities. Amid our... legal status within house, peacekeeping agencies often resorted to bend their own laws in favour of placing sometimes near impossible obstacles. The so called unlawfuls are not oblivious to the threat, Widerstandsarmee always standing by our side when it comes to tracking and neutralizing of alien threat in Rheinland."

Bretonia

Fourth house, realm of Bretonia ruled by monarch Carina. Remarkably least volatile prior to Tau war, Kingdom now faces direct threat to its existence, according to data provided. Combined with neighbouring worlds not necessarily under Queen’s jurisdiction, map provided many more points of interest than any other presentation so far. Drake (Known also under designation Tau 117), Coronado, Chester and Newcastle are all under most imminent danger by extraterrestrial source. Citing provided intel one by one: Drake is newly established Das Wilde stronghold, holding direct jumpgate connection to Coronado - Colonial’s current home. Even more threatening was full blown Nomad colony in Chester operating under cover of dark matter cloud, interfering with ships electronic devices. As for the Newcastle…

“This photo reveals Bretonian research station, taken up close by one of our undercover operatives. Sunderland as it is named is utmost highly secured sector of Bretonian space. While we never been able to bypass draconian security measures yet, we know this - alike Schatten for Rheinland - installation is not only main site for xenoarcheology for the realm but… also directly connected into massive piece of Daam K’Vosh architecture. Behind sealed doors of lower decks, Bretonian high ups believe to find a weapon that will defeat crown’s enemies. Unlike some more supportive elements within structures of other nations, Bretonia - if believing BIS own words and actions - treats The Order as a threat second only to Gallia. So far, both overt and covert agents of mine are always step or two ahead in the game. BIS itself never mounted any operation aimed against our own ‘shop’ here in Omicrons.”

Admiral Golanski prepared to deliver the final note to signify why he is sharing this with everyone else. Seeing he’s got everyone’s attention, he continued to deliver the punchline behind The Order's concern in this corner of Sirius.

“Nomad activity in Newcastle increased tenfold previous year only. They have the key and knowledge to turn this artifact against Sunderland itself as Bretonian internal instruments remain either deaf or too arrogant to listen to reason. Are there any questions, before we will move on to the easternmost fringes of Sirius sector?”

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