To: Unioners of Pacifica

[TheSauron]

Incoming Transmission

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From: Flora, Gaians
To: Unioners of Pacifica
Encryption: Yes
Subject: Catching up

Arbeiter Riehl.

I'm glad to hear I am yet to become too wrinkly to talk to. And I'm sorry if my communication gave off the wrong impression, but I am not quite that freelance. The Guard is no more, sadly, but I have the Eye and the Shield on my uniform all the same. Guard or no, the Gaians at large are thriving, that I can tell you. Edinburgh is free of the Gallic curse, the Insurgency is dead and buried and our ranks have swelled like never before. It's not all sunshine and rainbows, of course, but we can hardly complain.

That being said, I do find it prudent to mention that Pacifica and Skye have hardly become any closer. In the physical dimension, I mean. While we'd be glad to help the Unioners out in light of our past work together, our options are a little limited in this regard.

Still, let me know what you need, and we might be able to arrange something. It's only fair, given I'm reaching out for a favour myself. But I'll leave that with your man.

Freibeuter Kruger, Schiffswerftmeister Krämer.

I'm pleased to make your acquaintance. I'm glad to hear the Unioners are doing well. It seems to be all the same across the sector, in way. We get to breathe, in peace, now that all the wars are finally over. But I digress.

Mister Kruger, I suppose the answer to your question is a little bit of both. I mentioned the Whirlwind for a good reason. She has served us well in the years since her commissioning, and that she serves us still is a testament to Unioner worksmanship. And it just so happens that Unioner worksmanship is what I am in need of. And maybe a drydock to go with it.

A couple of my friends have come to be in posession of a Bulwark class. Once a smuggler, or so the Junkers told us. Got shot up real good while crossing the Glenridding. The crew managed to limp back to Trafalgar, where they promptly ditched the ship. It is now in our hands. Far as our own technicians can asses, the ship's broadside was chewed up by at least five Witherer salvos, with a nice helping of Nova torpedoes to go with it. We've been able to patch up the hull and the port engine well enough to get the ship mobile again, but that's about it. The reactor had to be ripped out wholesale, we're running it off a spare Percheron core at this point. The ship also needs a structural assessment from someone more familiar with the design than us.

And all of the above is why I am reaching out to you. Far as we are aware, it's your people, on Alster, producing these things for Bristol. We would like to get her flying again, but there is little more we can do. We are not familiar enough with the design to properly assess what needs work, and Torshavn firmly informed me they're out of suitable replacement cores. Normally we'd take this to Bristol directly, but they don't seem too fond of us. I can't imagine why.

Is this something you could help me out with? Not pro bono, of course.

Regards,
Flora

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One MD Admiral