Boucher upon reading about DeGrasse starts to grind his teeth. DeGrasse will always be tied to the greatest disaster in Maquis history. The Mazagran massacre.
On one hand this was the turning point where perception of us, the Maquis, shifted in the public eye from the deluded Council attack docks to someone who actually can be fighting a just fight against the greater evil. I have always seen it ironic that some believed the propaganda that called the Maquisards "terrorists" and "the mad ones" in relation to The Council. The so-called "compromising moderates" nuked their own people in such an overkill manner that nothing will be able to breathe on Tolouse for generations. They assaulted, gassed and finally used the putian DeGrasse we helped to save many times to destroy the headquarters we were told we can build in the open, with tradelane access. We could have trusted our Council friends that wanted to reward us for all our service right? My family was lost that day, and now the symbol of Council betrayal, Confederate and Union oppression and the wrong ways of compromise with the devil himself stands in our way once more.
From a strategic standpoint we should try to capture it too. But FUCK THAT, FUCK IT, IT has to be gone, wiped from memory for what it stands for. That it is being held in a system with public support most favourable to us, with few defenses just means it will be that much easier. There is plenty to take, yes, two entire fleet remnants are just floating there, ready to be scrapped, and DeGrasse's escort are bound to be floating by too. The Front's military and Support arms people can have their way with them and take as many as they can. But DeGrasse belongs to the hardcore Maquisards, those repelled and betrayed by the Council, to use their flaming rage on. Yes, when the raiding party is gone, and the rusting and unwanted battleships take their long journey to be attempted to be made operational at Caussade, me and my most loyal will have their way with the symbol of threatchery. The Lorraine Uprising will provide plenty of time not only for that, but for me to stand on the bridge of DeGrasse. To see the world from the same perspective as the fucking spineless cunts did when they decided to wipe those I held so dear with no remorse in the name of "compromise" that actually meant personal gain and comfort. I yearn for the feeling of my pain leaving my dark heart as I plant the explosive. I can't wait for the day to come. And it is nearing swiftly. He remembers that he is the so called "leader" of The Front although he never asked for it, and proceeds to do what is necessary:
"Halpert of the Starflier Silverstone, you have really out-done ourself this time - even if we had open access to the system we would not be able to collect information with such impeccable detail. You have pleased us, this is exactly the rusting Council technology the Union wants to discard but that is beyond prescious to us we were looking for. We can't wait to work with you some more"
He then sends a communication to the fellow leaders of The Front:
"Balian, Amiral Louis Guillaume - the time will come soon for the people you lead. Please command your units to begin the move onto Chambery and Eplessier and Brigand bases that surround Champagne quietly. I can't promise you the exact time and date of when the Lorraine fireworks will begin, but when they do you must use the time and space provided for you wisely, swiftly and decidedly. The Pamiers fleet will soon be complete once more and The Front will pose a threat not only when striking from the darkest shadows"
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