"I believe most of our time will be spent in-system. We have several weapon systems that need to be placed on the orbitals around Ares and on the surface.<br/>We need our affairs in order soon before the Red Crusade comes our way. On Luprecal IV, myself and a few aquaintences of the Cortez Dynasty made some<br/>movies detailing our successes out here on the Frontier. Purely, for profit, and the story is grossly over embellished. Well, an Arch-bishop on Luprecal has<br/>seen fit to launch a Crusade our way due to the movie.<br/><br/>"Honestly, I think that bastard Krozer is just wanting to make a land grab for himself now that we've done the hard work of killing most of the Reavers out<br/>here. He may preach the glories of the Empire, and he may actually mean it, but I disapprove of his followers' methods. They would hurt Ares more than help<br/>it in the immediate term. Something I dont want the Reavers to exploit. Therefore, we need to explore the Chiconahui Nebula soon and map it completely,<br/>and give the routes that head toward Omeotech and the Reavers.<br/><br/>"Im sure you've had your fairshare of factions and clics withing the Navy, Harlock, but for the most part you are all still of the same mindset. You and your<br/>crew are going to be getting a crash course in Trader politics and business practices very soon. We may deal with people, because any business is always better<br/>than no business, but you'd better be ready with a pistol if things turn sour, and not before then."<br/><br/>It was a bit longer than Baromir intended. But with most of the movers and shakers of the Cortez dynasty here, it was as good a time as any to let them<br/>know how the winds would be blowing soon. A cold war was brewing, but neither the Red Crusade nor the Cortez Dynasty wished to start the conflict in<br/>earnest or else be damned by the other and the Emporer's stewards. So they would jockey for position, and try to gain the upperhand through anything<br/>other than direct conflict. With luck, Baromir would see the Red Crusade in a two or three front war and severely weakened by the time Cortez was ready<br/>to cast his eye on the worlds 'begrudgingly' given to the Crusade to cultivate.