The Key to the City

Your efforts have been exemplary, but these self-proclaimed cartels must defer to the Assembly and restore order. Exclusion from caste and society is no excuse. Perhaps suggest that it would be a simple matter to march on the quarter, or simpler still to withdraw infrastructure support. A tunnel breach would be most unfortunate, but current policy direction prohibits any deals that would legitimize cartel operations. Downward pressure on certain elements of our society has proven useful in shoring up the economy with an excess of affordable labor. It also encourages enlistment in the Legion of the Dead, the one accepted path to partial redemption and a vital force on our weakening front lines. This model suffers when criminals create their own hierachies with alternative methods of social advancement.
Every stone has a face that can't be carved, a side that must be earthward. We need their so-called Dust Town, but it would be inadvisiable to include that in your negotiations. We have the utmost faith in you, Capt-- (The rest is obscured by bloodstains.)
--From a confidential Assemly directive, regarding proliferation of cartels.
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