A rodeo on New Pecos

[Victor Steiner]

As he had suspected, the Admiralty's grand plan of deploying support forces for the invasion were woefully insufficient, Bretonia would have to deploy adequate combat forces and risk a disaster like the one befallen in Vespucci or call it off. They needed help and there was no way in hell Liberty was going to get involved, the Crayterians were likewise probably unwilling to commit more men to the fight. If you have a list of these allies, or those who could respond in time to aid them, I'd like to see it. As for the supply lines that would have something to do with the Corsairs. I've made contact with a handful of individual Cretan pilots who would want nothing more to settle a score with them. I don't know the exact nature of why but they have been passing information along to us about Auxesian movements in Rheinland. I have my agents investigating at the moment.

He paused to finish his scotch before taking a cup of tea, setting it aside while it cooled he leaned forward and placed his hands on the table, getting a little more involved in the conversation. There are...developments in the Taus and...potentially...how shall I say, uncomfortable relationships that might be formed between the Service and, well the Maltese. I am fully aware you and yours don't care for them but there seems to be something that might come about from allowing a specific individual through the region unmolested. This was not a conversation he was looking forward to.

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