Houston, NCT
Inside the Presidential Office, Mad Dog was reviewing the formal opinions of the Minister of Dipolmacy, Richerd Zeso wrote against military action, seeing that no major loss of life was seen at Freeport, this could be allowed to pass given that the potential to gain a trading partner with access to great technology, without any more bloodshed was too promising to forego. The Grand Marshall of the Commonwealth countered in his memo, that military action was necessary and prudent to eliminate such a isolated threat. Rangers had already activated missions in the area, surveying the vicinity of the bunker opening, uncovering locations of air ducts and searching for secondary escape routes. Maddox saw the militaries efforts as prudent. He officiated a action plan.
The Bunker, NCT Territory
1st Battalion, 2nd Brigade was stationed nearby at Angleton. This battalion was dispatched to join the Ranger platoon already on site. They would arrive, Weapons Company would build defensive positions overlooking the entrance, ready to unleash a barrage of cannon, machine gun and sniper fire on the entrance, while the Reconnaissance squad joined the rangers in searching for the bunkers other external accessories, air vents, sewage pipes, escape hatches, water filters, etc. 1st Company would join Weapons in overwatch, while 2nd would provide additional assistance in the search while 3rd and 4th took up positions surrounding the area, to either intercept incoming reinforcements or to develop a second line of defense. HQ and Medical Detachment would form a Operations Base in the area, supported by 3rd Companies 2nd Platoon. Meanwhile, Weapons Company laid a number of land mines surrounding the entrance, while moving boulders and dirt to block up any escape hatches found. After a day or so, with everything in position, a fireteam of Rangers went down to try and make contact on the Intercom, their message, surrender now, or suffer consequences.
Victoria, NCT
The San Antonian ambassador was greeted by a NCT police checkpoint, emerged at the first sandbag wall was Sgt. Vermillion, wearing the standard blue police uniform, with a football breastplate underneath, providing some added protection. Vermillion called out, with a police issued single shot shotgun slung across his front.
"Greetings traveler, state your business."
Upon learning the traveler to be a ambassador from San Antonio, he was promptly brought to Victoria, where the regional governor could decide to send him onto Houston or not. A short, 8 minute call was made on the phone to the Foreign Ministry in Houston, where he was granted permission to give the man a police guide to Houston. Two police officers on horseback would now accompany the ambassador to the capital city.
A Message To The Free State of New Iberia, Louisiana
Esteemed ruler of New Iberia,
On behalf of the National Commonwealth of Texas, I'd like to offer your state, Commonwealth protection. As such, we find it of prudent nature in our time that we come together as nations, in the face of raider activity on our northern border. There is nothing else to do other than to see the writing on the wall, your state, with only some 75 men at its disposal, do you believe that you could resist thousands of raiders? No, however, with the assistance of my grand, military, your competent militia may stand a chance, to protect your homes, families, ways of life, and not become slaves to a deranged maniac. Please, I ask you to consider accepting this offer of annexation, and allow my nation to protect yours, and protect your people.
Respectfully, President of the National Commonwealth of Texas, Maddox