Bretonian Armed Forces Defense Intelligence Staff (DIS) (iRP) (AO)

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To: BAF Command
Comm. ID: Knight-Admiral Andrew Stuart
Security: EXTREME
Subject Matter: Opening Another Front by Extending Letters of Private Reprisal

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This plan is still in something simliar to a theoretical stage at present, so please bear with me for but a moment, my most esteemed colleagues.

As we well know, the barbarians are at the gates, and will soon find a way into our beloved nation. In spite of valiant defences, there is only so much we can do without aid. Liberty seems unwilling to get involved in another conflict, and Rheinland seems to support our aggressors, after a fashion.

So, yet again, I am forced to come up with an unorthodox contingency should things get any worse...

So far we have successfully experimented with Letters of Marque, issued to myself and my subordinates... as well as long-term mercenary contracts for the likes of the Mandalorian Mercenaries.

I believe I have a more extreme, yet possibly effective answer...

The Bounty Hunters' Guild.

Now, I apologise, but hear me out...

The Kusari don't give the Bounty Hunters free reign of their home, despising them as foreigners, forcing them to stay on Deshima station. We can play this to our advantage.

By offering monetary incentives, as well as playing up their interest in the war(they will lose vital business if Kusari expands, as the Kusari aren't as welcoming as ourselves), combined with giving them the right to annex territories for private gain, we may be able to create an allied force on Kusari's unguarded rear, splitting her forces in order to create a window for ourselves to regroup.

I know this may sound like insanity, but the plan is only in its preliminary stages. At present, I am engaged in clandestine negotiations with the Guild's leaders. If this doesn't go through, I could still pay them to keep Deshima quiet and let the Blood Dragons build up strength.

Any objections?

-Stuart out!

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