To: Mara Arin

[Ganimed]

*** From: Mara Arin, stationed at Battleship Hood

*** *** [color=#CC6600]To: Clarence Rowe

*** *** *** Affiliation: IMG, Research and Exploration Division, Recruit rank

Greetings Mr Rowe. I would like to thank Mr Degroot on assisting me with Ms Tantalo as without his help, the „chat“
we had could have turned a lot different. Allow me to set the scene: once I arrived in Omicron Theta around 22:00, I
was contacted by Ms Tantalo and told to follow her to Omicron Gamma as she wanted to show me something . She
described it as something personal and of great importance, which was suspicious, but I took the bait anyway. Under
heavy escort of Mr Flanders and Degroot I was sure nothing bad could have happened, but I was completely wrong.
After traveling for about ten clicks into the system we saw a dreadful sight of 20 different ships, ranging from
fighters to battleships, all fighting between each other. SCRA, Corsairs, Hessians and even Freelancers like Ms
Tantalo and her AI drone were firing upon each other creating a complete chaos. At the same time few RoS pilots
sighted us and were kind enough to oversee my wellbeing on which I'm very thankful and if not for them, we might
have never returned to Java station safely. We evacuated the system soon afterwards per my chief security officer's
advice, Mr Flanders, and went to the nearest Freeport where we awaited Ms Tantalo to come and explain herself.

Soon afterwards, Ms Tantalo came joking around, saying „this is the way Corsairs perform their welcome dance“
which I found quite inappropriate for the situation we were in. Six heavy fighter and bomber class vessels were at
the ready to dispatch Ms Tantalo if she was to turn aggressive, but thankfully, she is still a stable individual and
refrained from offensive actions. She went on to state that she did not expect SCRA to show up, but it made her job
of killing Corseirs easier. I tried to begin the therapy, but she quickly turned the subject on Mr Degroot and how it
was funny I decided to bring him along. I went on with the story that I'd like to put her skills to good use, alluding to
recruit her for a better cause, just as a front, so I could get to her more quickly and begin the therapy. It was also
interesting how she didn't ask too many questions about how I contacted her, but I guess she concluded it was by
your grace after seeing Mr Degroot. We made an effort to overpower Ms Tantalo psychologically by attacking her
points of view like why it's better to kill Outcasts then Corsairs and how she doesn't hunt slavers for unknown
reasons. As expected, she succumbed to the pressure defending herself with arguments like „I fight those I feel
needed to be brought to justice“ and switching the subject by saying Mr Degroot has something that belongs to her.
When I attempted to uncover her deeper motives for behaving like this, I've failed as she quickly derailed the
conversation until almost an hour later where I tried to explain how I'm not here to recruit her, but to help her deal
with her past which is clouding her judgment. She made no attempts to further explain and justify her actions,
clearly hiding behind the mask called „Lumen“, giving me no arguments that would led me to believe what she was
doing is right. She continued saying we're trying to recruit her, missing my point completely and pulling a veil of
shadow between us. At that point, Mr Flanders and I pressured her further at which point she broke down
completely and stated „you should stop wasting your and my time“. We left her stating the offer to help her still
stands and let her mumble around 23:00.

The patient is providing ample resistance without clear arguments which indicates she is either hiding something or
is lead by feelings instead of reason. After pinning her down on multiple fronts, she simply defended herself with
switching the subject and later stating this was all a waste of time. This indicates we were very close to breaking her
shell and uncovering her true motives behind the mask of „Lumen“ . It is clear that those motives lie within her past
as every patient that has a need of hiding behind a false identity has some overpowering issues with which he
cannot deal with. It is my professional opinion that if I was able to uncover her motives, which are clearly a product
of her personal feelings, that I could repair the damage and restore her true personality and a voice of reason. Until
then, she will be lead by powerful feelings such as anger, fear and pain, clouding her judgment and impairing her
cognitive skills.

This might all seem far fetched, but I cannot do anything more then stay optimistic she will accept my offer and
consent with the therapy. Without her prior approval, there is little I can do as the patient needs to want my help if
I'm to help her. I'll attach the whole conversation log, so you can judge the situation for yourself.

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