To: Erich Klugmann

[Petitioner]

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COMM ID: Augustus Howe
TARGET ID: Erich Klugmann
SUBJECT: History Repeats
ENCRYPTION: HIGH
PRIORITY: HIGH

xxxMr. Klugmann,

xxx My name is Augustus Howe. I am the captain and commander of the Battleship Klaxon, formerly of the Liberty Navy's Secondary Fleet and currently of the Liberty Insurgency. I would be surprised if you had ever heard of me, but anyone who has ever paid attention to politics certainly knows you, as one of the most high-profile members of the Bundschuh Party in living memory. Assuming you are still alive, I'm quite certain that you will have an easy time guessing what this message is about. The Insurgency is on its last legs, and standing orders are for those unwilling to die in a pointless last stand to disperse wherever we are able. Myself, my command staff, and most importantly, my crew have all decided that seeking refuge elsewhere so that we may somehow continue the fight is the only option.

I have heard little of you, or of the Bundschuh, in recent years. While the Insurgency has been isolated, we are not so cut off from Sirius as to render us unaware of the broad strokes of wider geopolitics. Rheinland is now formally an imperialist entity; Bretonia continues to collapse and crumble; Manhattan's illegitimate forces have surrounded Erie and are beginning to ramp up what is tantamount to a cultural genocide; all this and more means that the majority of the galaxy is in a major refugee crisis. The Bundschuh have a long and storied reputation of being the refugee's first advocate and defender, dating back to even before the Nuremberg Crisis.

I am sure that there are a great many things you and I disagree on personally, but I doubt that the current state of Liberty being reprehensible and unacceptable is not among them. Whatever has become of you, I am here today to plead for your help in keeping my ship afloat and my crew fed. Even so much as a referral to another party would be appreciated. Liberty's people cry out for liberation, and yet her last revolutionaries are lost, trapped, and alone. I pray that you, one of the most famous of Sirius's armed men, are willing and able to throw us some kind of lifeline now when we need it most.

xxx Forever in service to Liberty and her people,

Augustus Howe
Commander, INS Klaxon
Insurgent Naval Forces

Important: This communication remains the property of the Liberty Insurgent Navy and is subject to the jurisdiction of the Martial Law Communications Restrictions Act 829 AS, Section 7. If you have received this message in error, you are requested to contact the sender and delete the communication.

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