An Announcement from the Campaign HQ of Nort Bannen

[Garrick]

A reporter in the crowd of other reporters waves her hand at the aide on the podium.
'€œSir if you don'€™t mind, I have a few questions for the secretaries.

First off, we'€™ve heard rumors that the Kusari forces might be pulling back due to the new threat from Gallia, do you know if these rumors hold any truth, has there been any less Kusari military activity in Leeds? If the Kusari are pulling back, does the government intend to reclaim the lost areas of Leeds system or maintain its current defensive stance in this system?

Second, what would our stance be to this new threat emerging from Gallia? I believe Gallic type scout ships have been seen in Dublin, Edinburgh and Leeds. How does the government intend to withstand an assault from yet another invading force as our resources are continually attacked and plundered?

Third, the hostile system of Dublin, I believe you have touched a bit on that issue. The Corsairs have increased their activities in Dublin lately as well as some sightings of SCRA ships. The pirate group commonly referred to as '€œthe Indians'€ are very active in this system as well as other pirates and even Gaian'€™s. How does the government intend to help the beleaguered miner'€™s in this system? More police or military patrols, maybe an additional capital ship somewhere near Graves station as the jump hole located somewhere around there seems to be an entrance way into the system for hostile marauders. I have heard a lot of reports from government ships attempting to help in this system, but I believe the problem is that the hostile ships usually outnumber our defensive ships allotted to this system. There'€™s just too many of them for the local forces to contain.

That is all for now, thank you for your time and if I have any more questions, I'€™ll direct them to your office secretaries.'€
With that she blends back into the crowd.