Inside the Tortured Sister

[Not Espi]

The Sovereign absorbed the discussion carefully, while thinking about the important variables at hand. Hessians, Coalition, Infestadas, supply chain, docking, quarters... Cadiz had enough issues to deal with already, and now some of the crew would have to be relocated. Maybe to Leon - It's just a few hours of cruise flight. Or Fes - Roughly same. It would do. He still didn't like having a part of his garrison sent away to make room for Yamakazi's men, who would even limit themselves in Cadiz defense... Although for justified reasons.

Commander, I understand you are not a man of trivialities, so I'll be brief. I can offer you bay slots for a dozen fighter-sized ships. We will move part of the garrison to Fes, he made a slight motion with his hand towards Elder Montoya with Juan's approval, of course. Maybe they can help with the Hessian situation there and keep some of the devils from attacking Cadiz. All of this will of course increase our upkeep on both bases, so we will have to get our hands on as many resources as we can. The shipments you stop on your raids could be helpful, and so I wouldn't mind if you let any Corsairs nearby know, that you raided a convoy on coordinates X-Y-Z in system S and there are leftovers. I need you to understand, that we have very limited means of production, and it's complicated to get resources from here to Cadiz, even if there was something to deliver. Cadiz is a self-sustaining base at the moment. But not self-sustaining in the usual context. We are keeping it operational by having just enough pilots to gather what we need from the surrounding systems. When some of these will be relocated, we will have to raid more, meaning more flight-hours, which brings me to another point.

How long will you be planning to stay? I don't need an exact answer now - just an approximation. We have some spare goods in storage, but they can't hold out forever. It would also be good if you would bring some resources as a supply buffer with you. Food, water, oxygen, fuel, ammunition - the standard, necessary stuff.

There are other issues we can discuss if you can accept what I offer. We would get to them at another time. Perhaps when you arrive to my base.

Espi leaned against the slacker of his chair, expecting a response.