Originally by: Vasiliyan

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Exuro Mortis has declared war on The New Order.

That's the fifth war this month. Four different sets of mercenaries, And this time, it's an entire alliance versus a single, small, industrial corp. We've managed to fend for ourselves so far, but the damage is leaking through our hulls to our spirits. We can make more munitions, but it's much harder to build morale in the face of odds that rachet up against us like this, to be so overwhelming. One of the reasons is that we don't know who we're really fighting.

Strange, isn't it? Every merc we've spoken to so far has made reference to a mysterious client with unrealistic extortionate demands centering around our starbase. They say they too are in the dark as to the true identity of the client, or what offence we have given them.

I doubt extortion or "empire piracy" is the real motive. It would surely be more profitable to roam belts for a few hours ransoming victims than to hire multiple corps of mercenaries camp stations for days. This feels more personal than that. It has escalated as far as the (brief) deployment of a Dreadnaught against our starbase, clearly intended more as a tactical manouver to draw out a paniced fleet than a serious attack. That can't be cheap.

The other possibility is that somewhere there is a smoky room in which our name is being passed round on a list of possible Empire targets. If so, there must be other corps on the list. Perhaps they would be interested in collaborating with us?

We want to bring the war to a swift, decisive and above all final conclusion. We are willing to negotiate, but only to the true face of our agressor. No surrender to faceless cowards.

Serious advice and offers of combat assistence, alliance membership or intelligence gratefully recieved. Frankly, I'd rather fight in 0.0, if it were our home territory.

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