To all those involved in the liberation of Mwari,

We, the people of the Badlands, took an important step today. As one people we acted together and in doing so we have seen-off the Marauder menace and forced them to retreat to lick their wounds. But we cannot take this opportunity as an excuse to rest, for this is just the first step of a much larger journey.

We have shown the Marauders that we are capable of working together and fighting together. Together, we have become a force to be feared. But we must not lose sight of the fact that they are still out there. They have not gone away.  Right now they are working to an agenda that none of us are party to. They are still operating from a base of operations that has yet to be located.  We know from bitter experience that they can bounce back. When they do, they may be stronger and more aggressive. For that reason we must be on our guard at all times, we must forget our differences, put petty squabbling behind us and work together to track down the Marauder to his lair, and crush him finally and utterly.

After today the Badlands will never be the same: for the first time in the history of the cluster, we have discovered that we have become more than just a collection of bickering factions. It is possible that we will defeat our common enemy. Perhaps one day we may be able to lift the Badlands out of the ghetto in which it has festered for so long, and make it a place worthy of the pride of our ancestors.

To the future,

Franklyn Hoffer