Never tell the truth when a lie will do.

[Markovnikov]

ID: BIOMETRIC TAG RECOGNIZED
KEY: MAGPIE

You have done well to establish a presence on Barrier Gate in Coronado. You will need to continue your extracurricular activities to build your reputation and to fund your operations.

The appropriations committee has allocated a single lump-sum equivalent of 50,000,000 Rhein Thalers in Maltesian Lira to facilitate your efforts to establish a sustainable revenue stream - but beyond this, any substantial logistical support will be limited to HRIMFAXI.

The last verifiable intelligence briefing we received in the area has detailed a power keg of political tension within the region. We need you to maintain observation of the situation so as to ensure our knowledge of the situation. You will also need to put down roots with some of the adjacent organizations so that we can rapidly re-facilitate relations once the war is over, or if we need to enact Fall Gelb.

Your current general orders are as follows:
1. Maintain a self-sustainable cover;
2. Gather intelligence on the surrounding region and report back;
3. Create and maintain working relationships with the underworld elements in the region;
4. Maintain lines of communication to await further instructions;

If you are able, we would like for you to accomplish the following:
A. Locate and secure operatives CROW and RAVEN - they were dispatched to your operational region before the outbreak of the war, but have fallen out of contact;
B. Establish safe houses in Cortez, and Inverness for future operations;
C. Establish a safe escape vector for Fall Gelb;

Good luck, MAGPIE.


K.S.