The Orange Treaty (Outcasts, Lane Hackers, Golden Chrysanthemums, Liberty Rogues)

[The Liberty Rogues]

Mort's pale face appears on a separate holoscreen, the man starting to speak, only to have his voice sound out in a choked mess, causing him to cough softly, before continuing.

Fine, fine. To be frank, I keeping my boys busy wolfing through what is left of Moka's old territory to see if there is something worth repossessing there. Quite a bit, actually.

I was pleasantly surprised to see that the Chrysanthemums have indeed established a nice little base not far from the connection between Shikoku and Galileo. I am also happy to see that the base is not used a lot- an easy thing to fix. I have already moved many of our ships there and will be operating in Shikoku for a while, now that core Liberty systems are a mess again with a new influx of undesirables.

Come to think of it, I personally contacted them about it, stating my intentions. What I got back from the new Sisterhood was some sort of wannabe tough talk and a little show for the camera, as well as a wave of useless assurances that they are going to increase the cardamine flow towards our side as well. I am not impressed.

After telling them that we are going to make sure of that with or without their presence and parting ways, we ended up having to save them a few days later in Shikoku anyway.



If you really want my two cents, here's some. Those girls might be better trained and armed than most of my boys in Liberty, but I do not think their little group can handle any loss they will eventually suffer at the hands of the current forces in Kusari. The new Sisterhood of theirs, or whatever it is called again, is simply too small of a movement within the Chrysanthemum hierarchy, as far as I can see.

I would suggest we wait and see if they are still around in a month, before we bring them in on our current projects. Help them if they are worth the expenses and mold them to our liking, so that once they are ready to join us, they are ready for it and useful.


As for this new Maltese group, I will need to withhold my judgement until I get a bit more information from my boys back in Liberty. All I can say is that they are very active in the area and tend to, quote, keep an eye on things, whatever it might be.
So far, they have attracted the attention of the local forces enough for them to elevate their status from ''whatever'' to ''decoys'' in my eyes. That might change in the future.







~Mort