Talk:Confederacy of Independent States/@comment-11135771-20150305180927

An FTL transmission is sent down to Reed via an orbiting relay satellite.

{Admiral Reed, this is admiral Atkins of the Enceladus Aerospace Fleet. We are... deeply, deeply sorry for our inability to help the Confederation at your time of greatest need. Distance and a lack of widespread FTL communication technology meant that we only received the news after the attacks, and ships we sent to investigate saw only indistinct chaos. But I'm not calling to try and justify our failure to assist an ally in need. I've scrambled a full half of our fleet to help wherever we can, able to provide humanitarian aid and fire support as necessary. Just tell us where you need assistance and I can have ships there within the hour to deliver supplies, or mere minutes for military support.}