ORDERS TO COLONEL VYKTOR KRATEK
HIS EMINENCE SCOLAR VISARI,
Colonel Kratek
I was gratified to learn of your safe withdrawal from the command center at Diortem - even if the circumstances surrounding it were disappointing.
That the ISA resorted to mercenaries for the rescue of their commander only reflect the desperation and moral depravity we expect of our enemy. But they should NOT have been allowed to succeed.
Still, I'm prepared to overlook this failure - you have a far greater prize in your possession after all. You must return with it AT ONCE to Helghan.
The facility has been built to the specifications you requested, and the best scientific minds on Helghan await to do their patriotic duty. Their work should begin without delay. All the resources of the state will be placed at your disposal.
Metrac had assured me we were unleashing a whirlwind in Southern Vekta. Too soon it appears it may have blown itself out. If this is so, the prize you carry could be vital not just to the future of the war, but of our people.
For Helghan!
—Visari