It is the beginning of the end for the once close alliance between us and the Steel Vipers, their expulsion from the Innersphere by our new Falcon allies have thrown the Vipers into a crazed frenzy attacking friends and foes with little regard for reason or over arching strategy. While in recent times the we have ignored minor trials against our Homeworld assets as unplanned opportunities to sharpen our fangs this latest raid is obviously targeting critical Wolf Infrastructure and this we cannot allow to go unpunished. With some reluctance I have dispatched a battle group to New Kent with the orders to disrupt the Vipers supply lines, hopefully the Vipers see reason and we can yet salvage our alliance lest they distract our focus from the true goal, the Innersphere...

Personal Journal
Khan Vlad Ward
August 23

The Vipers after a successful raid against our Eden factories have returned, apparently they did not even jump away with their prize instead they lay in wait for the next shipment of supplies to the factories and are striking at them as they arrive. I have ordered the Eden garrison to disregard their Bachall and ready an appropriate response to the raid and added more targets to the Battle group already assaulting New Kent. This madness with the Vipers is spreading, already several of their allies are turning against them, soon they may even face the entire Kerensky Cluster, at this point we should begin moving away from them as well least we get dragged down in their wake.

Personal Journal
Khan Vlad Ward
August 30