One. I've assigned a salvage crew operating out of the FRS Grave Robber to comb the sea and bring back their findings to the Freeport.
Two. I've placed a gunship, the FRS Broadhead commanded by Layla Remington, on detached duty to oversee security and enforce the NFZ.
The crews of both ships will make frequent use of your accommodations and watering holes, hopefully that helps liven the place up. I'm told the Grave Robber has already hauled back quite a bit of salvage and scrap to be sorted through. Hopefully this doesn't prove incovenient.
"Liberty or death."
-"Cobra"
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My contacts tell me that a garrison was deployed by the local polity, they're called the Steel Circle and are based out of a local Fortress City as their defacto regional capital in the Free State of Ontario. As a word of warning, they make for poor conversation, have immensely controversial opinions in terms of politics and economics - but they can be trusted to maintain an ironclad grip when it comes to dealing with squabbling outlaws.
I'm told they've done just that on at least three occasions now. Some with lethal force and others through detention and subsequent removal from the premises. If you've been getting noise complaints from anyone laying over on account of this then I apologize on the garrison's behalf. If this proves too troublesome for you, I'll use my sway in the LFR Assembly and some favors I can call in to have the garrison leave. But they might just be more help than harm provided you pass along a few compliments.
It's your call, I'll help either way.
"Liberty or death."
-"Cobra"
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Really appreciate the muscle you've sent, things have definitely quieted down here.
I gotta say, it was a little hard at first to communicate the kind of uh....atmosphere we wanted with those Steel Circle types. You know, relaxed and loose but not open for damage. But actually, they turned out to be pretty chill once we got the general idea across. I'm not great at not talking, but I avoided talking politics per your advice. Really not my kind of topic anyway.
Although, speaking of politics, what's with that incredibly serious Rheinlander who came to visit? Kloogman, was it? He stopped at the Freeport after and had a drink, but pretty much just paid his bill and left after. I looked the dude up on the net after, and it turns out he really is kind of a big name down there. It's pretty cool to get international customers.
Anyway, we have some chickens now! They make the grow ward a lot more lively, and now we got protein that doesn't come in a dehydrated powder! And we've gotten some more scrappers bringing in stuff, some of whom are yours. So business is going pretty well.
Yes, he's apparently a prominent ringleader of the Bundschuh. He came all the way here to make contact with us and see what the prospects were of developing an understanding were, in the interests of a campaign to liberate Erie that is.
As an aside, and in the interests of transparency - although you probably noticed the skirmish around your establishment recently. I'm told it was a clash between our forces in the area and the technocracy. A technocrat was pursued to the installation while under warnings to leave, and repeatedly refused to comply. This led to an extended skirmish that saw technocrats jump into the system along with patrol units of our own militia that responded to reports. The ensuing engagement saw ships on both sides disabled until an eventual technocrat withdrawal upon recovering their operative from the system.
The garrison reports minimal disturbance and no damage to the installation itself, having the presence of mind needed to react quickly. But that really is the Circle's only redeeming quality.
Competence.
While I don't expect conflict in close proximity of the Freeport to be a regular occurrence, I've clarified that our forces are to not engage foes that do not qualify as an existential threat to the LFR, at least not if they are discovered as already being within the established NFZ. Pursuits are an obvious exception, and showcase the willingness of certain visitors to use the Freeport as a hu-, hrm, perhaps not a human shield but you get my point.
By existential threats to the LFR, I of course mean Liberty's armed forces but this definition can be expanded to include targets of the non-human variety.
This unprecedented excitement aside, I wouldn't mind an occasional care package of fresh eggs.
"Liberty or death."
-"Cobra"
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And we approved of it being built beforehand. In hindsight I should have been to notify you so I apologize for that oversight but I imagine you understand things are quite chaotic right now. It belongs to an independent construction company that goes by the name of Bristol. Actually, I stand corrected - they're a cooperative.
We'll make sure there's no trouble regardless.
"Liberty or death."
-"Cobra"
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Yeah, I've been in contact with them. Seems like they'll be good neighbors.
Apparently they want to dismantle or alternatively repressurize Toronto? Pretty ambitious plans. I guess we'll see how that goes.
Hopefully they'll end up buying some of our stuff in the process.
There's LSF patrols sniffing around, and next thing we know, the gate's been turned back on and there's a whole ass Liberty operation poking in.
I really thought they'd given up on this place for good, was that just wishful thinking?
They haven't shown any particular interest in the Freeport, but that could just be a matter of time.
So, do you have any idea what's going on here?
There's a DSE carrier and what looks like an LSF battlecruiser group setting up shop, which kinda suggests they're here to stay. Are they rebuilding Toronto or Hamilton, do they have any other plans?
If you have any more info, please let us know.
It preceded the "waking up" of some kind of structure on Sudbury. Safe to assume that anyone within a system or two picked up that signal and is on their way over to investigate. Sudbury's orbit is effectively a warzone right now between half a dozen different interest groups.
As far I can guess, that's what the LSF is here for too. So just keep your head down and they might not even notice you're there. Don't worry about us - we're doing our best to hold out and keep Sudbury contained from people who really can't be trusted with whatever this thing is.
Just keep me posted on things from your perch and if you need anything.
"Liberty or death."
-"Cobra"
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So that's what that was? We did get hit by some kind of EMP that fried some of our electronics a couple weeks ago, but none of us are astrophysicists and since it didn't repeat itself, we shrugged and more or less forgot about it.
"Active warzone" and "LSF involvement" definitely don't sound like something we'd want to get involved in, but I'm not gonna lie, a mysterious structure on a forgotten planet has got me curious. And if whatever's going on there has the potential to cause system-wide electronic interference, it's clearly going to affect us, so I can't really stay out of it entirely.
Anyway, thanks for the update. Please do keep me in the loop, and let us know if we can help with anything.
Like I said, we probably don't have any personnel that can help with the sciencey side of things, but if you need materials or facilities or anything, call us.
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