To: The Core/APM; From: Bretonian Office for Trade and Industry | Aland

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»ID: Supreme Guildmaster Nathan Archos
»Location: Durban Station, Omicron Rho
»Subject: Aland
»ENCRYPTION: INVINCIBLE

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Sir Henry Fairfax,

Oh no Mr. Fairfax, they must have misunderstood me. What would we get from blasting Aland to pieces? We're not that savage.

Otherwise yes, our intention was to construct our capital ships and send them off into operations within the deeper Omega systems. If the current military garrison cannot increase in size, then we may have to rescind the offer of the Thresher so that we can ensure Aland is adequately defended at least for the short-term until the transition period has finished. Then later on we can look at distributing parts of the local battlegroup to the Armed Forces. I assume we would still have some protection by the Armed Forces as well?

-N. Archos
Supreme Guildmaster, The Core

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