Nerva,
The news of your mission to eradicate the pirate threat has caused celebration here in Utica and in Cyrene. You arrival will be indeed welcome in this part of the world. I have ordered all available naval resources to be on high alert and at your disposal. Additionally I have dispatched my Quaestor, Tergus Lupus with the Utican fleet to meet you. He has with him, our latest intelligence information regarding pirate actvity. They seem to be staying away from the major cities as I have ordered them fortified, instead focusing on the smaller fishes villages that are so vital to the African economy. It has been long since I heard from Caius Valerius Flaccus or from either Consul. Any news you have regarding their well-being or the well-being of Rome would be greatly appreciated. I have heard that the traitor-tyrant has died in Greece and must say that was met with celebration here as well. This entire civil war has been perpetuated by his greedy ambition and it is my hope the Quintus Tullius Flaminius is a man of far greater sense.
I wish you luck and look forward to your triumphant arrival in Utica.

Regards,
Catulus Aemilius Albinus Princeps Senatus,
Proconsul, Africa et Cyrenaica