To: Sonja Kerensky

[Sonja]

Transmission; Start
Identification: Agent Sonja Kerensky
Location: Office Red Oscar
Encryption: Secure

Mister Maria,

I'm glad that you could get back to me on short notice. It was me who spoke with your pilot, Lia, And yes, you are correct. Desperate times do call for desperate measures, although our view is that it isn't unreasonable to want to pursue all avenues of possibility to find the desired outcome, regardless of the amount of desperation involved. It's with this attitude in mind that we sought out your colleague, although in reality I grabbed any Outcast I could find. Your Lia just happened to be there.

As to my inquiries about the Nomads and about Gallia as well, these are two separate matters. I inquired about the first because the our view is that the more enemies that the Nomads have, the better for everybody. My question was more aimed at obtaining information regarding the disposition of the Outcasts in terms of those who are for, against or ambivalent regarding the aliens. In this regard, thank you for filling me in, although I had hoped that it wouldn't be skewed towards those who did the worshiping.

Concerning the second matter regarding Gallia, we were more observing out loud the interesting strategic position occupied by the Outcasts. At this stage, you have no reason to even consider any intervention, let alone on our behalf.

Agency 404 and I contacted you with the express intention of querying the first issue, that of your orientation to the nomads. Traditional wisdom dictates that Liberty would prefer the Outcasts to be as weak as possible to discourage the influx of Cardamine through our borders. However, it is not difficult to observe that we live in times dictated by necessity rather than tradition. As a result, the Agency believes that we would prefer a vastly stronger, unified Maltese Nation. One that is, at the very least, uncooperative with any aliens that may or may not make themselves known to you.

Of course, unified Outcasts also presents the possibility of increased Cardamine flow into the rest of Sirius. Frankly speaking, the Agency has taken the view that the only problem with Cardamine is that it enters Liberty, rather than the normal position of it being inherently evil wherever it exists. To be clear, that's just the Agency's point of view, and does not signal any shift in how our government views it. The "war on drugs", and all that. Besides that, dealing with smugglers already ranks as one of our lowest priorities.

The Agency is eager to offer support to aid those Outcasts that do not worship the Nomads. Our first priority is to ensure that the enemies of all humanity, as we view it at least, are as isolated as possible.

So, with all that bluster out of the way, what we really want to know is this:

In exchange for working towards this outcome, are you willing to accept assistance from Agency 404? What forms would you prefer this assistance take?

I am happy to meet you personally to discuss this issue, if you wish to take it further. Like you, we also do not have a preference as to where negotiations take place.

Kind regards,

Sonja Kerensky