To: Melusine || T.Thorn

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Sender: Thallia Thorn
Recipient: 'Melusine'
Subject: Contingencies

Location: 'The Solace'
Source: Marseilles Communications Relay

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Hey Andrea,

I'll ha...handle things with the Platformers, d...d...don't worry. I'm not proud of how we found ourselves in th...that situation. Apart from reaching out to Civil, pr...probably best I keep an eye from afar. Ironic really... but that's life.

Mhm. These scrambled IFF 'unknown' folks have b...been popping up. Starting near Ithaca after a battle in Earhart. Some nomad craft were engaged with Libertonians. I thought I'd help them out, and th...then on the scramble out fought off some Rheinlanders. Military hardware I th...think.

Most recently was Tau-31. A squadron of Kusari Fighters that were then later jo...joined by Rheinlander bombers. That was a close call. A few near misses the Voyager just about scraped through. That was just before those Outcasts showed up looking for their missing persons. We're of the mind these 'unknowns' took them out.

Do you remember the time in Vespucci, early in our knowing each other, when 'Entity' tried to dissolve out the hull of the Aletheia and, whilst we were on the run, we had those 'Unknown' IFF Bretonians turn up near Halifax? It's been a lot like that. A DS-2 isn't going to cut it. I've been keeping an eye on a few deals for a Montante. Little room for the more intensive kit but ur... it's starting to feel necessary. Given it's on Barrier, might be a good time to meet with those friends of yours there?

Yeah... I mean, even just the security of working from within House space with all their resources would be a real dream but it's that control element, you know? Understandably th...they'd want to know everything. A bit risky, not sure how to walk that line without the risk of them co-opting my work. Or, frankly... just imprisoning me. I'll need to be careful about who I approach on that front. Gallia would al...almost be ideal but you're right. Why'd they care enough to help? What does working with the Order look like? Have they got the means to produce what we mi... well, I guess right? All those capitals vessels must come from somewhere. You think they'd let me work freely, or be just as hands on?

You look terribly tired, Andrea. You so...sound drained too. You're usually co...c...cool as a cucumber, and you've only looked this tired before when something real bad has been happening. Something like Andry. Is something up? How about we meet up at Barrier? Have a ch...chat, grab some noodles?

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