Very well. If you are looking to avoid fights, perhaps you can help us with some intelligence work instead. Information regarding the movements of our neighbours will be priceless. As well as the movement and intentions of the Order's minions, such as the Xeno Alliance, or the Fifth Navy Fleet, or Crayter - to name a few. We also need intel on Nomad incursions and attacks, if you happen to find good information, we can pay, primarily information pertaining to those "beam" brood of "Nomads" you may hear about in Liberty.
Now, I must urge a point, you - yourself - do not need to do the work directly. Go befriend Freelancers, they can be good at misdirection and gathering the words that spread around in Liberty - be warned that this also works against you too.
As for upkeep... Unless you have forgotten our terms; you are independent, now that you are no longer a part of the Insurgency, you are free to use our drydocks for maintenance. If our bays are full or you cannot book in, the Junkers port is an alternative. That is, if you don't mind them eyeing up your ship to sell information about.
Regarding Inverness. It has been undergoing certain fortifications by us within the recent years. With the Liberty Navy on the doorstep, our stance has shifted to an orange alert. Crayter will occasionally lose a few vessels that try to explore too far, and Bretonia has attempted to send agents into the sector. Naturally, we managed to quell them.
We're doing what we can to keep our civilian populace safe. Though we are not many to begin with, we can only hope that time will be our ally.
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