TO ALL LEAGUE OPERATIVES.
The Marauder threat is a problem shared by all systems in the Badlands Cluster, but their main offensive action seems to be concentrated on the Mwari system, closely followed by Hoffer's Wake, Eureka and Kompira. We have analysed the past attacks and established that there has never been a simultaneous major attack in more than one of these systems. This probably means that there are five major Marauder squads at work in the Badlands cluster. One each in Mwari, Hoffer's Wake, Eureka and Kompira, and a floating strike force operating in the other systems. A force this large, capable of sustaining this kind of activity, needs both a base of operations nearby, and an effective logistic infrastructure, two things that the Marauders have been able to conceal from us.
Most troubling is our inability to locate the Marauders' base of operations. We have located and destroyed over a dozen installations under their control, but these have clearly been nothing but staging posts, and despite our best attempts to surprise the inhabitants of these stations, they have left no evidence that could shed some light on where their main base could be.
This is why I'm sending out this mail, to make sure everyone keeps their eyes peeled when they're out in the Badlands. This Marauder HQ must be out there somewhere, and the Marauders cannot be so fastidious in covering up their tracks that not one clue has been left. A force as large as this has to leave some trace to its passing, especially when almost all of the native population is openly hostile to their presence.
Things to look out for are: large convoys of cargo ships carrying goods a long way from home, signs of activity on disused stations, ship activity well away from the usual routes, and all the other obvious stuff. Also pay attention to the inhabited parts of systems for odd goings-on. It is quite possible that the Marauders have hidden themselves so well because they have the support of one or more legitimate factions in the cluster.
Be suspicious.
Keep your eyes open.
Natashia Blake,
League Militia