To: Armsman

[Belmont]

Section 8

Sender ID: Captain Emrys Belmont
Receiver ID: Operative Armsman
Subject: Briefing - Tohoku

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Operative Armsman,

You have new orders:

The Blood Dragons have observed a concerning increase in activity around Heaven's Gate Fortress in Tohoku. It appears that the Kusari Office of Intelligence and Naval Forces are experimenting with Nomad technology on a large scale, going as far as to construct apparent replicas of Nomad structures and employing Nomad power conduits. Whether this newest activity is related to Kishiro Technology's ongoing jump drive experiments is currently unknown. Regardless, it is highly disconcerting and indicates that alien infiltration of the KOI and KNF is even further advanced than the Order's estimates suggested.

High Command on Fort Carthage and the Blood Dragons have devised a plan to disrupt the Kusari project by surgically assaulting and eliminating the Nomad power sources powering their alien research. Section 8 Command intends to join this operation. As such, you are being redeployed to Ryukyu Base in Tohoku and assigned to the joint Battlegroup Ozu on secondment.

Your primary objective will be to aid in the destruction of the Nomad power sources. Your secondary objective will be to disrupt Kusari logistics and intercept Naval Forces and KOI patrols.

Operative Warlock is currently posted nearby in the Sigma region and will join you shortly. The Unto Nightfall is being redeployed to Sigma-59, from where she will observe the operation and - if need be - reinforce Battlegroup Ozu directly.

I'm counting on you, Armsman.

In service to humanity,
Belmont

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