Cal,
Thanks to your actions in Eureka we are starting to see food shipments returning to a sensible level. Marauder raiders are still intercepting some shipments, but enough is getting through to let us to commence the second stage of our joint operation with the MCA.
As I mentioned in my previous communication, the MCA have a sizable fleet of warships concealed in numerous repositories, but years of constant warfare against the Marauders has taken a grim toll. They have far too few surviving pilots and crew.
This is my proposal: you have met with numerous factions around the Badlands, and in your own words all of them have an axe to grind with the Marauders. This is their chance. We need you to talk to these factions and persuade them that by working together, we can put together a force capable of inflicting a crushing defeat on the Marauders. By forcing the Marauders into a full-scale open conflict, we can negate their main advantages of stealth and surprise.
So talk to all of the factions and get them to pledge crew and pilots to the fight. We need the manpower, our strategic division estimates that we need about five hundred crewmembers to crew a fleet capable of making an impact upon the Marauders. Of course, our chances of success would be improved even further by having a leader capable of not only holding these disparate forces together, but of inspiring them to fight with one heart and one mind. Alas, such people are rare at the best of times.
I will try my best through traditional diplomatic channels, but I think applying some direct pressure may get us more results. Time is of the essence here, the MCA are still being attacked by the Marauders, and each day we waste the weaker they become. I'm relying on you Cal....
Good luck,
Natashia Blake,
League Militia