Ad Victoriam

[Crayter Republic]

Ryo moved back in his seat and leaned forward. Putting his elbows on the table with hands joined together. He let out a sigh knowing everything he is about to say will annoy him.

"You are entirely right Mr. Steiner. We have plenty of our own intel on them. We've had few successful operations into the Inverness system, mostly due to how quickly we are met with harsh resistance. We've scouted Valravn Citadel, their main base of operation and home. Though it's outdated, we know it's overall structure and defenses."

Ryo then throws his hands up and scoffs.

"Then there's the thousand theories on who are their allies! We've learned that the Insurgency was once allied to them but broke ties over something. Rheinland warships sighted moving through Crayter space trying to avoid detection, and even engaged a border patrol at one point trying to keep their presence secret. Raising suspension there could be another cell in Rheinland space. Our merchant ships encountered them in the Omicron systems." Raising his voice he realized he was getting ahead of himself and took a moment to collect his thoughts. He stood and proceeded to the hologram staring intently. "It's impossible to wipe them out on all fronts, but if we can take out Valravn it'll crimple them and insure they don't remain a threat in the future. From what we've understood is that they've digitalized the conciseness. A drone get's blown up they just inject that mind into a new body, but if we take out their hub it can possibly stop the cycle."

Ryo saunters back to his seat but remains standing. Looking at the captain.

"I don't mean to insult you, but we don't need ships. We've taken significant loses over the past few years, but ships are replaceable, it's what we're good at. What we lack is manpower. Tau-44 is still crippled and we are making slow progress recouping from the orange hammer. That is our top priority is at the moment, once that is done we can shift our gaze outward of our borders."

Kase knew he was taking a big risk. He meditated over it as he sat back down, and awaited the Bretonians response.