To: ex-Direktor Viper

[Wesker]

(VIPER)

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Büro des Marinenachrichtendiensts
Encrypted Video Transmission

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.......● RECIPIENTS:.........Order Section 8
.......● CARBON COPY:....--
.......● SENDER:-..............VIPER
.......● LOCATION:............[SCRAMBLED]
.......● PRIORITY:..............█ █ █ █ █ █ █
.......● SUBJECT:..............RE: Reappearance

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Good Afternoon:

Thank for resuming communications, previous communications were beneficial for both parties and I hope they will be the same going forward.

The circumstances of my disappearance are difficult for me to recollect, I was kept in stasis after being shot down for a little over a year if I had to guess. The date I was awoken from sedation following my discharge from stasis was quite some time as well. Nursing me back to full health was a miracle in and of itself but the side effects are apparently a poor recollection of the events leading up to it. I had left for personal reconnaissance following the successful destruction of Valhalla shipyard, I closed in on the scene and can't remember much after that. Either I was shot down there, or somewhere else entirely, I awoke in Omega-49 - very far from home.

The Buro has deliberated over my position and whether or not I am fit for full duty. They've found no reason to distrust me, no signs of infection, no compromised intelligence - nothing. My value to the Buro more so than a Director has always been in Rheinland's R&D department. I've a much more conservative approach to the department than my predecessors, some of our donors dislike it, but the Bundestag and our current Director finds it reason enough to trust me.

As Director I had several outlying ties to various individuals and groups in Sirius that helped me safeguard Rheinland from alien threats primarily. While we have several human adversaries, those responsibilities have always been delegated to different departments. Alien threats are a priority for Rheinland given the result of nomad war we both are painfully aware of.

While I am no longer in control of the Buro's combat doctrines, large-scale diplomacy, and personnel delegations; I am still in control of R&D and overseeing potential Alien threats as they arise.

Cooperation with the Order is irrefutably the most important of relationships. The Bundestag's dependence on APM and IC make open cooperation impossible for the Bundestag and Overwatch, but that doesn't mean we can't cooperate, at least I see it that way.

Getting up to speed, it seems like the same Harbinger we spoke of before is still at large. A division of the Bundschuh called the "Platform" has personnel encountering it still, the Bundschuh historically claims to be a close ally of the Order. I'm still gathering evidence on this matter, but I'm curious to hear if you've seen anything similar recently. The Bundschuh - while influential Sirius wide - are held up primarily in Rheinland, where they seek to make their goals a reality.

Any insight on this matter would be appreciated.

From,

Viper,
Büro des Marinenachrichtendiensts

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