Bretonian Armed Forces Defense Intelligence Staff (DIS) (iRP) (AO)

[Deneth Aleski]

**INCOMING TRANSMISSION**
**TYPE: TEXT**

PRIORITY: [color=#FF9966]Urgent, for immediate dissemination
ENCRYPTION: Secure (Protocol classified)
IDENTIFICATION: Commander Deneth Aleski
TARGET: Bretonian Armed Forces Intelligence Staff, Senior officer corps, Junior NCO's
SUBJECT: SOP for Operation Aighneacht (Submission)

OPERATION "AIGHNEACHT" (SUBMISSION)
STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES
For immediate dissemination to all pilots and senior officers of the Bretonian Armed Forces with authority to give orders in a battle situation

Foreword
The reasoning behind this guide is to inform all ranks of the BAF of Operation AIGHNEACHT, its goals and the means necessary to achieve said goals. This SOP will outline several tactics and principles which will guide this operation to success.

Reasons justifying the operation and Objectives
On Saturday, March 19th 819 A.S. at 1400 hours Standard Dublin Time, the HMS-Audacity, with the Honourable Fleet Admiral James Ralston on board, was headed to the Dublin system to meet with local representatives of the Molly Council under a flag of truce, to discuss partitioning of the system.

Once there, however, the Audacity, along with its escort wing, was treacherously engaged by the ruthless terrorists that are the Mollys. Despite the best efforts of the protection squadron, the HMS-Audacity was fatally struck and subsequently destroyed. Much of the Audacity's crew remain unaccounted for, they are presumed dead. The Fleet Admiral escaped with his life, but was severely injured.

This unprecedented act of war and defiance will not be tolerated by the Bretonian Armed Forces. Our objectives are laid out as follow, in order of importance:

• Terminate the Mollys. Their defiance, contempt and sheer hatred for Her Majesty and her Agents will no longer be tolerated. They are to be nullified by all means necessary.
  
• Restore lawful order in the Dublin system. The eventual elimination of the Mollys as an entity will bring us closer to that end.
  
• Disrupt Molly mining.
  
• Empower and protect BMM (Bretonian Mining & Minerals) mining operations and assets.
  

Strategy and Tactics

• Force. Irrationality does not respond to diplomacy or rationality. It responds to fear only. When confronted with Mollys, there is to be no room for diplomacy and no quarter to be spared for them. They are terrorists and wish for nothing less than your death. Putting them out of their misery is the moral thing to do.
  
• Intimidation. Dublin is under MILITARY LAW. When in the Dublin system, you ARE the law. If the law states that Mollys are to be terminated, then let it be so. All other revendications are to be dismissed at once.
  
• Boldness. Your enemy is ruthless, amoral and bold. As an officer of the BAF on the field, reciprocate their approach to war by any means necessary. There is no room for moral concern.
  
• Retribution. To the extent that fairness on the field of battle is preserved, all Molly activity is to be terminated by utilizing superior and overwhelming firepower. We are not only ridding our Kingdom of an old irritant, we are also sending a message.
  
• "Help a brother out." The BMM is our most reliable corporate ally operating in Dublin. Assist them without delay or compromise, should they require it. Taxation against BMM will not be tolerated and is to be met with indiscriminate hostility. The IMG is permitted to operate within their ZOI in Dublin.
  
• Know your history. The Mollys are a TERRORIST organization. Behind their story of ethnic struggle and veneer of "martyr" rhetoric, lies a soul darker than anything this Kingdom has ever faced. Bold, amoral, cunning and ill-intentioned. Know better than to fall for their heartfelt stories.
  

Miscellania
The defense of Leeds takes precedence over Operation AIGHNEACHT. The aim is to step up armed BAF visibility in the Dublin sector, without impacting our capacity to defend Leeds and repel Kusari raids.

A great deal of inventiveness, improvisation and discretion from our senior officers will be mission-critical. The lack of an overarching, global strategic plan will make Operation AIGHNEACHT a significant tactical challenge. However, if our corps of loyal senior officers abide to the points shown above, victory will come eventually, but surely.

Bretonia will prevail.
Carina, Regina, Imperatrix!

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Wilhelm D. Aleski || Paul Speer