Internal Memos

[Capt. Henry Morgan]

Kelly, Victor,

I'm sure you've noticed it in your security briefings, but it looks like the Enclave has taken their toys and gone home. Naturally, I'm not too pleased that they'll evade a well-deserved guillotine for their actions at Leeds and elsewhere, but their departure takes a lot of pressure off of us. It also opens up some opportunities, particularly concerning our claim on Roussillon granted under the Leviathan Accords. I'm forwarding Aquila's scouting report so you both can get up to speed on the current state of the system.

Kelly, their report indicates that Rodez is salvageable and could serve as a base for our own efforts in the system. I'd like your people to confirm that, and make preparations to move forward should their assessment prove accurate. A full colony would be ideal eventually, but naturally that'll take time and effort, both in recruitment and construction. I'm perfectly happy to start with a more modest structure. Rome wasn't built in a day, after all.

Victor, the presence of a Maquis battleship, along with other heavy assets, is concerning. I'd like your people to check in with them, see if they'd be amenable to making a deal. We don't have the forces to push them out, and I'm not eager to get us embroiled in any more conflicts now that we've had one major one end. If they are, and their terms are reasonable, we can move forward. If not... well, we'll just have to deal with that when we get to it.

Oh, Victor, one last thing. Have you had any results from the Reyes investigation? I'm not entirely comfortable having an assassin about, even if they did us a favour.

Consul Riley