[b]Governor Primus Stertinius Lucius
Varectian Province of Delos, Late Spring, 88 B.C.
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The Governor Lucius had received several letters over the past few weeks. As they sat upon a Tyyrhian wood desk with Primus looking upon them, many remained simple notices, though among them lay a letter of intrigue from none other than a personage of the Senate, word from the far reaches of Lacedonia and most worryingly, news of the raid led by none other than the Thecian General Sericles at the head of a band of mercenaries within his own province of Delos.  

A provoked response was most swift. The thunder of thousands of men marching echoed across the plains and deserts as the [i]Legion X Delosia[/i] marched south to reinforce the 5,500 Auxilia already stationed on the province border. Further unlawful attacks made by the Thecians of Sarecia would be met with the utmost of military force and resistance. While Primus Stertinius Lucius remained the [i]Legatus legionis[/i], he would remain within the province capital to send word to the Senate while his second, the [i]Tribunus laticlavius[/i] would take temporary command. One, Caius Albanius.

Shortly following the departure of the 10th Legion, ships set out bearing letters for the Senate and governors alike, each bearing a seal of Lucius.

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[i]The Most Venerable Senate,

I write to you with most troubling news, while I am given pause to further increase the burden on our most venerable Senate, I write to you to inform you of a most blatant and unjustified attack on our nation's resolute borders. The Thecians of Sarecia have disavowed any friendship that might have been when a Thecian force of mercenaries led by one General Sericles attempted to raid the lands of Delos. Had it not been for the valiant Varectians who arrived to meet this foe they might have succeeded in this goal but alas they was replused. I write to you to inform you that as Governor of Delos, I am taking steps to avoid such a dishonorable attack again by raising more men for the colonial garrison and the reinforcement of her border.

I request what the Senate would have me do in retaliation. 

Primus Stertinius Lucius, Governor of Delos and Legatus legionis of Legion X Delosia

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[hider=To Julius Conrad Velos]
[i]Governor Conrad,

Your word is well received, while the dishonorable dogs might circle us and number many, we remain a bastion of light and a bulwark of the Republic. It is indeed good to have friends and allies and I pray you receive the support you are looking for, for the betterment of the Republic. We must however trust in the Senate that they will do what must be done.

Your comrade in arms, Primus Stertinius Lucius, Governor of Delos and Legatus legionis of Legion X Delosia

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-- Primus Stertinius Lucius raises 3,000 Varectian Auxilia in the province of Delos. [-30 Vects]
-- Governor Primus Stertinius Lucius reports to the Senate of the raid carried out by the General Sericles of Thecia.