Eavesdroppers: Tomoe

[Soban]

Greetings Miss Tomoe,

Regrettably, dispatching our seasoned marines that far poses both logistical challenges and political risks; their presence could hand your detractors fresh ammunition. However, we maintain recruiting centers on Erie, where a growing number of Zoners, much like those already aboard your vessel, are rallying to our cause after growing weary of life under an oppressive government.
If you wish, I can arrange for mediators, Erie-born and sympathetic, to travel to Bethlehem Station and help defuse the situation.

In the meantime, I recommend severing non-essential communications with Liberty authorities; experience suggests they will either ignore your appeals or contact you only when they want something—if they don’t resort to Corsair-style coercion first.

Jonathan Cayran, out.