>>39554129First thing we need to know is the date. I did lore diving and found nothing about the ironclad, but I am going to date this whole thing to 1118 in the new protectorate timeline shown here:
>>39522999I assume that we will get some V7 knowledge involved here.
To give you our reasoning, I did archivereps and found out that the Kronies tried to make a protectorate out of us before Risu. That's our motivation and perhaps we have some older ties as Holobirds and all. When the Risu protectorate was set up, we diplomatically protested against it but it was ignored. I am sure that you could have sent the same which was also ignored. As we see infinity rightfully given the Casus Belli earlier as a threat to us, we are undermining the protectorate from the day we figure out of it, with success that is likely mixed. I assume V7 would inform us of the ironclad preparing to go to demeter so that is when our secret operation can begin.