To: "Seven-of-Swords," RNC Hyaene

[Goddess Astra]

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From: Special Constable Eileen Harding, CDI.

To: "Seven-of-Swords" (CO), RNC Hyaene (CO)

Topic: Reading Material

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"Seven-of-Swords," RNC Hyaene--I never got your names, but, to your commanding officers, I guess? We met last night, you two were, um, cleared for a VFR flight to Planet Leeds. I hope you remember me. You gave me some reading material to look at, some papers. I had to hand them off to the inspector's office at the end of the shift, but I, um. I had some time to look at them while I was recovering from my injuries, after that fight in space. I hope you all got out okay. Anyway...it was heavy reading. It wasn't actually the first time I've heard about the Daumann workers in Omega-11. I went to a, er, decent university, and so there was a lot of political discussion among the students. So Daumann came up at least a couple of times. Still, I never knew just how bad it was, and I've never read it so raw from the source before. I did a little bit of extra digging, too. You're part of the Bundschuh movement in Rheinland, right? I think that you might actually be one of the only news sources there that isn't somehow influenced by the Imperial government these days. So, I...er... Sorry. I've never spoken directly with a...political group like yours before. You're basically considered criminals all across the Houses, even if that's...er, I don't know if I agree with it. It's one of those things where people say that you resort to methods that are unacceptable, or that you're...terrorists, but I... I don't know how much I can say here, but...is there a way I can help? Anything that wouldn't get me in trouble, that is? Rheinland is one of the worst places in Sirius to live right now, at least from a personal freedoms perspective, and...you know me. I want to help people. I doubt that there's too much that I'm able to do from my position here in Bretonia, but maybe there's a small way I could make things easier for the people who are suffering? If you have more, um, reading material for me, then you can send it to me any time. Thank you. Yours sincerely, Eileen Harding | Special Constable | Civil Defence Initiative | Bretonian Police Authority Special Constabulary | Unit 24, Stanbrook Hall, Millgarth Street, Wharferdale City, Aberavon, Planet Sprague, Omega-3. BW0101 WD56 3LO. | Web: https://nn.CivilDefence.police.br | Mail: eharding@cdi.police.br | Tel: +7755631 230234 230 | Attached files (0) N/A

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Name: "Advocate"
ID/IFF: The Platform
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Location: [TRACE ERROR]
Subject: RE: Reading Material

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Miss Harding,

I'm pleased to hear from you again. I apologize that we did not introduce ourselves. I am Advocate, whom you spoke to on the Hyaene, and my friend is named Civil Servant. I'm glad that you found the literature educational, though I'm sure none of us are pleased that such dark facts should be the case.

All of your assumptions are correct. We are indeed members of the Exiled Party, and the governments of Sirius consider us to be terrorists. This is not without good cause, for what we do poses a threat to existing power structures not only within Rheinland but across all Sirius and Gallia. The state, as an institution, must seek us out and destroy us as if we were virids and they were antibodies -- though in fact, the roles they and we play are just the inverse.

If you wish to assist us in some measure, or to be more abstract and less incriminatory, if you wish to promote the cause of freedom and individual sovereignty within Rheinland, I would at this time ask little more of you than what you do now. Apply your statutory discretion in the application of the law. Consider, as we previously intimated, that not all laws are truly there for the benefit of the people you seek to protect, but perhaps may have been enacted for a less civic purpose. Deftly threading the needle between conscience and obligation is no easy task, but to do your part in your own homeland contributes to a more just community of humanity all throughout the stars.

I do wonder, however, where one might come across material similar to that which I gave you and your fellow officers, which describes the situation in Bretonia rather than Rheinland. I've not had occasion to visit myself, but I hear that Sprague is an unpleasant place these recent years. Maybe you know someone who could help enlighten me? Perhaps Miss Montgomery knows someone in Croyton.

Regards - "Advocate"
Cell of the Damnatio Memoriae
"Flowers Freed From Frost"

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