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Hm, this is a bit of a touchy subject that seems to have resurfaced now in the Omega 7 crisis.
This is off the record, but it's necessary that our men and women understand it:
A subfaction of IMG operating in the Omegas was not content with the overall course that the IMG| had chosen, which was too much focussed on avoiding confrontation. They started corporate conflict with Rheinland corporations, fighting a violent struggle in the mining fields.
IMG| tried to act against them, diplomatically, then militarily, but these efforts were not really a great success due to a combination of special reasons. The captains of the ships decided to take their IMG ships (the capital vessels included) and joined the Hessian cause, which was much closer to their violent means than the IMG's strategy. The IMG| issued orders to get these ships back, but they were never executed with great vigour since it's no use searching these ships in the nebulae of the Omegas where Hessians have the best knowledge. There was also no necessity to risk the diplomatic relations with the Hessians, who share some roots with IMG.
Having these IMG ships in the hand of Hessian marauders (their point of view) around Rheinland has been used by Rheinland as a casus belli against IMG, I was told. That might well be so.
I also know that inside the IMG there is a group that more or less secretly sympathises with the actions of the Red Hessians and thus has no big problem with their actions against Rheinland corporations and their fleet.
Perhaps the recent developments in Omega 7, the bombardement of Freistadt by Daumann and the whole move of Rheinland might make that sympathy for the Red Hessian cause even larger. There is news that Freistadt evacuees joined the Hessian agenda in significant numbers.
What we do: Try not to cooperate openly with Hessians. We are law-abiding miners, at least as long as the Rheinland law's eyes are looking at us directly. Accept their aid, but keep a healthy distance that allows us to deny any direct involvement with them.
Jack Henderson, Dublin Hood, out.
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