KNF High Command (FO)

[Kusari Uchugun]

Operational updates: Emergency Level Three.

All pilots without a priority one assignment are called to the Myoko for defence readiness.
You all now know of the incidents leading to this heightened state of alert:
Liberty Navy have been provoked into a recent display of strength in the Kepler system.

Doubtless other targets will try to draw you there and trap us into a situation of engagement with liberty forces.
We must be patient and ignore the words and devices they may set to ensnare us. All officers are to remain on our side of the line, north of Ames research station.

Any forces beyond this line could provoke further escalation of the already tense atmosphere, and lead to a fire-fight, which in turn could become an interstellar disaster capable of crippling our House.

We must stay within the letter of the law, the only appropriate time to fire would be if a Liberty capital ship violated [color=#FF0000]Shikoku space and refused our warnings and requests to turn back. Furthermore I would not lose any of you to Liberty fire, those of us who remain have become a precious commodity to our House.

If our ancestors watch over us, we should expect only probing incursions beyond the line and into Shikoku from secondary fleet forces (something that a lot of you are already familiar with).
Anything more than reconnaissance sorties from Liberty primary should be treated more seriously.
I pray that this is nothing more than the rattling of sabres: reminding us of their strength and proximity. Yet we must still be ready for even the most dire outcome.

I do not ask you lightly, to stay your hands for as long as possible: I know it is difficult in tense and suspicious situations such as that reported by Ishikawa; but I must ask you to show the same restraint and control for the duration of this crisis, arigatou.
At this time I am reminded of the ancient words of Sol from Sun Tzu '€œFor to win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill.'€
Bakuryō-chō taru Kaishō Takahashi,
Kusari Naval Forces.

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