To: Crayter Military | From: VADM Uhmen, TGA One

[The_Godslayer]

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Incoming Transmission
Liberty Security Force
External Threat Division
Senior Agent Excelsus

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Evening,

I'm not a diplomat, so you'll have to excuse me for not speaking diplomacy.

First, let's address the state of information so that we can all get on the same page. The listed goals for the Crayter Military for the operation in Inverness were a failure, yes. Very rarely does a plan survive first contact. Not all of LSF's listed goals were, though. The Tuscaloosa, Tallapoosa, and their assorted fighter squads have breached the Moray Ice Field minefield and have secured the low orbit of Planet Sudbury. The LSF has also confirmed the general nature of the Inverness hive, which should give you time to draft up countermeasures and battleplans, so that we don't "drag you in underprepared again".

As Vice Admiral Uhmen explained, the Akhetaten Task Group's purpose in the operation area is primarily information gathering, information suppression, and hostile force suppression. Residents in the area are listed as Suspected Nomad Controlled. This includes the Technocrats, the Freeport, and the Junker Shipyard. The only one of these three to not give us trouble is the Junkers, so I recommend keeping that status quo as much as possible. Those who work with the Nomads are the enemies of Liberty, so any targets causing problems can be fired upon at will. Task Force Akhetaten does, in fact, have the allowance to shoot everything that moves. As has also been stated, they simply haven't brought the firepower necessary to do so.

The secondary purpose of their presence is to secure an additional return line for the Tuscaloosa Battlegroup. The choices for extraction of the Tuscaloosa, after the Xenos attack on the California Jump Gate, are the California Jump Hole, the Colorado Jump Hole, and the Inverness Jump Hole. The Debris Seas near the Colorado Jump Hole are widely frequented by Lane Hackers. I remember the Spyglass, I'd rather not confront Lane Hacker elites while holding sensitive research data from Sudbury. Seems like a recipe for once again experiencing how everything is stronger in Liberty, even the criminals.

The California Jump Hole is usually swarmed by Xenos. TacOps lists two possible outcomes: If the Xeno Alliance is not compromised by aliens, then the Alliance at large, Alliance Commander Cobra, and Fort Ramsey are most likely gravely wounded in the popularity front. They threw a lot of bodies at that engagement at the Jump Gate, and buried most of them, too. Far more than just Fort Ramsey could deploy. It's one thing to die for your own people, it's another thing to die for someone else's. If the Xeno Alliance is compromised by aliens, their control over people supersedes the need for public relations. Either they have no hope of pulling the same thing off again, and we can easily breach the California Hole to return, or they could easily repeat these attacks until there's not a single Xeno left alive, and we run the risk of a repeat of the California Gate.

The Inverness Hole is a frequent battleground for Technocrats and Xenos. Slipping through unnoticed would be difficult, but breaking through two sides already worn down by combat isn't. TacOps predicts that in that event, Auxesia will deploy a wide variety of stolen heavy capital assets that they've amassed over the years to blockade the West Avlemore Nebula. This is where Task Force Akhetaten and the wider Liberty Navy and Crayter Republic's assistance comes in. The further we push that return line for the Tuscaloosa out from the West Avlemore Nebula, the better off we are. The listed threats will be the Zoners and Militants of Freeport 14 and the heavy assets they can deploy, the rogue Battlegroup Auxesia and the heavy assets they can deploy, the Xenos Alliance, and the constant threat of Nomad Jump-Drive ambushes and the heavy assets they can deploy.

On the topic of the hive in Inverness, Jump-Drives. We have confirmed that they conduct ambushes with Jump-Drives, which means any area nearby is considered under threat. That includes Coronado. If you haven't already, you should probably begin some extensive military expansions. Any and all points within the system are considered at risk for an ambush. I'm certain Universal Shipping and Interspace Commerce can provide you with what you need to step up your military production.

Last, but not least, in the meantime, I expect the Crayter Republic is maintaining a close eye on Jericho. Securing both Sudbury and Jericho can only make our two homes all that much safer. With not only the possibility of constant alien attack, but also Auxesia's notable desperation for alien technology and suspected alien subversion, the necessity of the Crayter Military to maintain rapid response teams fitted to handle particularly heavy assaults should not be taken lightly.

With Liberty and Justice for all,

Excelsus,
Senior Agent,
External Threat Division

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