I must say i have a higher opinion of SiNTech. However, this is now out of my control as a higher power has decided on the appropriate course of action. My opinion would be to keep them at least neutral until we deem it necessary to change the status. Its called surprise i think, and our ranks are too thin to be declaring hostilities left right and centre. As it stands, the majority of allies are bogged down in conflicts, discussions at the diplomatic table and general activities. This means, of course, that we cannot fight so many on our own. SiNTech has never shown any hostile intentions in the past, just a desire to help out the populations surrounding its bases. To be honest, this doesnt concern me. If they claim that a virus to kill *us* could be developed "easily", i suggest we beat them to it.
As i understand, the virus injection plan on cambridge was simply an experiment. How about we conduct a similar experiment over the opposite side of the planet, perhaps in the jetsteams. While SiNTech scientists deal with that, send some bombers in with medium payload napalm and high explosive ordanance and bomb that place back to the stone age. Im sure its not hard to find out where they hide if we dont know already.
I say on this subject, that if they know a way to poision us, the threat is too serious to dismiss as a bluff. We must strike very hard at all SiNTech targets now or return status to normal. A long drawn out conflict with SiNTech is not feasable from a tactical point of view. We do not have the resorces or the manpower to know everything that goes on.
In the mean time, i shall insert some helghan antibiotics and antivirals into a reserve tank that i am in the process of purchasing from a junker on yanagi. Its just being tested by Ultrasound to make sure it has no microscopic cracks in it.
If we have any in our service who are adept at analysing our changes physiology and they are trustworthy, my advice would be to set them at work defining the weaknesses in our immune system, if any, and then devising a virus to *cough* kill us. Have it tested on samples of Helghan blood on a wreck somwhere remote, and if a cure can be found for the weakness, have it developed and stockpiled straightaway.
This is all i have to say on the matter at this time.
