>>>: "Mrs. Miyasu"

[Pheasant]

file.attachment: [bird-nncomm.nbxnt] message2 ::> LSF STND NN ID - ███████ ████ ::> Transmission Origin - ███████, ██████ \\...connecting to external unknown network: prvt.koi.terminal.9030(private encryption)(SN:48572957211) \\...severing trackers... OK \\...attempting uplink handshake... OK \\...connected \\...decrypting packet contents... OK \\...decompiling archive data... \\...▒ \\...▒▒▒▒ \\...▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ \\...COMPLETE Madam Miyasu. I'm sorry to hear Kusari isn't faring much better. The situation here is beginning to reach a fever pitch - the presses are going off the rails, the Net Stock Market's agitated, and so are the people. The tension is palpable in the air we breathe, and on some rare occasions while I'm off-duty, I've even noticed discourse between the locals from Kusari confronting and being confronted by my fellow Libertonians, as they both blame each other for the approaching catastrophe that is likely to drag both of our colonies into ruin. The people are scared. And frankly, so am I. Just today, we've received some... sort of press reporter, one Jiro Hajima. He came unannounced from Kusari on behalf of Samura to inquire about the state of Liberty and kept asking about the all too famous "leak" on the Neural Net while we were keeping an eye out on the Colorado checkpoint. Just a publicity stunt of some sort, surely. But this has left me and another colleague of mine totally stumped, given the current circumstances. This was later followed by a Kusari freighter appearing at the Checkpoint, and he had nothing but slander and vitriolic hate for us while I was trying to simply run some standard inspection routines. It is a travesty to think about. Relations between our Houses might just be... beyond repair. The situation is extremely dire, and we are one major incident away from what is likely going to turn into an all-out conflict, and should things truly escalate, the complete end of this entire side of the Sirius Sector as we know it. We need to do something about it, and fast. I'll put it all on the line if we can somehow prevent the clock from striking midnight. I've considered pushing for the... simple suggestion of proposing peace talks, but it's likely that it might fall on deaf ears. Liberty does not approve of the ace in the hole that belong to Kusari, and Kusari doesn't like my House's ruthless and exploitative capitalistic MO. I... I don't know what to do, ma'am. This is downright terrifying. Failure is more than likely, and our odds at preventing this are... ...Please, ma'am. Consider my proposal. If you have any contacts we could make use of to help prevent this disaster from happening, use them now. Important: This communication remains the property of the ███████████ █████ ██████ and is subject to the jurisdiction of the Neural Net Communications Act 807 A.S, Section 30. If you have received this message in error, you are requested to contact the sender and ██████ ███ ██████████████.