To: Ezrael Vertiga

[Militant Intervention Branch]

ᔕᓬᘉᗟᓲᘉᘜ ᖶᕼᓰᔣ ᓋᐻᙓᖆ ᕬ ᔤᓬᘳᕫᖆᕮ ᘉᙍᖶᙔᘎᖆᖽᐸ ᓱ'ᙢ ᖇᓬᗩᒫᒹᗂ ᕼᓏᑸᓾᘉᘜ ᘉᘎ ᓍᖶᕼᗴᖆ ᕠᓵ ᕼᕢᘳᖽᐸ ᖶᕼᓮᔕ
ᗩᘉᗂᙛᕢᗂ ᕼᘍᖆᙦ'ᔤ ᗂᓎᑧᖆ ᗥᗋᖶᕢ ᘜᕮᖶ ᓲᖶ ᙞᙍᖴᓎᖇᘿ ᓵᖶ ᕲᓬᒸᓬᖶᙍᔤ

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Captain Vertiga,

As usual, we've taken a... Unique approach to investigating these individuals. You're correct about who they are, though. There are some details missing, but we gave them what they were asking for as a necessary risk to gain access to information and acquire a closer look at their vessels in person. The Eidolon was dispatched to escort one of our logistics vessels which handled the trade off. Like you, we received raw data, but the location of the aforementioned station as well. We hoped to find more there, but you had beaten us to the punch.

We had attempted to install a tracker on the crate, but they were smart enough to host the meeting in a nebula. While we might be professionals at subterfuge, there are some things that technology can't survive. Either the nebula itself interrupted the transmitter or they found it, in which case judging from your testimony and the testimony of others, I imagine they would've paid us a less friendly visit. It's likely user error, in which case I'll need to chastise rookie operatives.

I digress.

If you're willing to work with Zeta Section, pooling our information into a case file may shed some light on their activities and allow the more seasoned operatives and analysts to determine a possible contingency in case their activities lead to catastrophe. It'd streamline communication on this matter and you'd be privy to additional intel and Covenant Paramilitary support.

If that's of interest to you, I can begin compiling a case file.

- ZZ-0001 "Pike"

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