To: Commodore Martin Beck; Subject: Oversector Command

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Priority: High
To: Commodore Martin Beck
From: Admiral Sir Jacob McIntire KBE
Location: HMS Elephant, Cambridge

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Commodore Beck,

thank you, I hope I will not disappoint. I like to believe experience can make up for the lack of youthful energy I once brought to the table.
Trust in your talents is my advice to you. I have worked alongside you for almost a decade and I have no doubts you are capable of more than field command if you set your mind to it.
Either way you will find the south is one of the theatres where there is not a lot happening between strategic considerations, which now have become my responsibility and operational command. You will most likely not have to deal with a rapidly evolving situation like the one in Dublin on your own. Also, should you ever feel you need it, you can always ask for my advice.

yours sincerely
Sir Jacob McIntire

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