To: Vereinigte Widerstandsarmee

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Message Received

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To: Guildmaster Keiji Namura
Sender: Oberst Dr. Annika J. Haupt
Origin: WGS Ostara, Sigma Cluster

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Sigma-13 Incident

Representatives of the Gas Miners Guild,

Let me excuse the impersonal way of communications first. I would use a video communication, but the sending array aboard the Ostara is currently in repair.
I would furthermore like to extend my thanks to your backup, as well as making sure that Aktivist Feinen has made it back to Bruchsal. If it hadn't been for your assistance, we'd surely have breathed our last out there.

Our ships were located in the area to check on a recent buildup on Corsair activity in the area, only to have a run-in with a Hogosha-employed suspected smuggler. It was then we got intercepted by the Outcasts, who decided we'd be easy pickings and engaged our vessels. I too noticed the alien weaponry aboard the ship, although I was at the time too busy to really react to it. As for anything the Outcasts have let slip - there was sadly not anything of note. The usual banter about how this area was part of their space, and an overly aggressive attitude.

On the subject of cooperation I do fully agree. You can be assured that you have my full cooperation in defeating this incursion. If you require anything that we can provide, you only have to ask.
Let me end this conversation with a request, however. As of recently, the Widerstand has experienced heavy Corsair raids, culminating in them even establishing a spearhead within house space. To combat this threat, I have begun forming the Geyer Combat group, a unit devoted to disrupting the corsair supplies to the base. The commanding vessel of this squadron is to be the WGS Ostara, a cruiser-sized vessel, to be able to effectively base and supply a larger raiding force. As this operation will most likely have to take place in and around guild space, I would like to ask permission of you to operate the Combat group as freely as possible, without interfering with Guild presence, of course.

In hope of further cooperation and a favourable answer
Dr. Annika J. Haupt, Oberst and commanding officer of the Vereinigte Widerstandsarmee

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