(OOC: Response to Admiral Cole)
"Unfortunately, no, our knowledge of military loyalties is fairly limited," Thatcher said, "Especially in regards to how that affects the apparent provenance of a second rebel group. That said, however, I think we can be reasonably certain that the bulk remains at least nominally loyal to New Providence."
(OOC: Response to Ambassador Watson)
Thatcher grimaced bitterly. "And there, you've nailed my predicament right on the head," she said, "The 'element of surprise', as you put it, was lost the moment certain members of the Tytorian Parliament decided to play political games with another country's civil war. To put it bluntly, my hand was forced. That said, there's not much my government could have done in regards to communicating with Centralia. See, the Patriot Party regime has been firmly anti-Tytor since it first took power, and they expelled our ambassador back in 2002, though we've maintained the embassy since for the benefit of Tytorian expatriates. Our last formal communication with the Centralian government was an official notice in 2006 that the country was shutting down its embassy in Tsargrad, and they have routinely ignored attempts by the Tytorian government to reach out to them ever since." She sighed wearily. "In short, I'm not sure there's all that much we can do at this point, beyond maybe establishing a no-fly zone, but again, we don't have sufficient intel to determine who would be affected. Certainly a full-scale military intervention ought to remain off the table until we actually know more about what we would be getting into."