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}}'''VN Strategic Communications''' (Also known as '''Valter-Norbert Strategic Communications''' or '''VNSC''') is a private Cryrian data mining and consulting company. It was originally formed in 1992 by retired Ambassador Erik Valter and former CID officer Hans Norbert. VNSC initially served corporate clients by gathering data and intelligence in high-risk markets such as Southwest Gondwana, and did not rise to prominence in the public eye until the 2010s when the rise of social media and its purchase by Cryrian aristocrat Saga Tynam allowed the company to significantly expand its operations. VNSC describes itself as a "Public Relations Consultant," though its detractors labeled it as a private intelligence agency after it gained publicity during the Lindström-Rahar Scandal. It is believed to have developed close ties with the Cryrian Conservative Party as well as governing institutions like the Royal Family, military, and security forces.

In 1987, Erik Valter retired from his position at the Cryrian Foreign Ministry and opened a private consulting firm called General Image Solutions. GIS was later hired as a political advisor for SerramaliGazny PresidentChīrén, Manjitwho Rahar,was at the time the Governor of the Gazny Autonomy in [[Älemsi Negdel]]. butGIS ultimately dissolved in 1990 after a failure to comply with Cryrian lobbying and foreign agent regulations led to crippling fines and lawsuits. Valter ultimately avoided criminal prosecution and retired to his Honningfjord estate.

About three years later, Valter was contacted by a former colleague who had later transferred to the Cryrian Intelligence Directorate, Hans Norbert. Norbert himself had been hired by Ellesborg Mining Cooperative, which sought to secure rights to newly discovered lithium deposits in areasÄlemsi ofNegdel. northernNorbert's Serramaltask thatwas hadto previouslynavigate beenthe deemedhighly toocomplex politicallyand unstabledecentralized toÄlemsi operatepolitical in.system Norbertand hadascertain beenits taskedstability withand ascertainingcommitment theto Raharforeign administration'sproperty claimsrights. surroundingTo securitythat in the regionend, and he invited Valter as well as several other regional specialists from the Cryrian Foreign Ministry and intelligence agencies.

Norbert further recognized a rising corporate interest in mineral rich SerramalÄlemsi Negdel, which was growing increasingly stableopen to foreign investment in the decades following the CivilFirst Yeralik WarCrisis. He proposed a reformation of Valter's old business venture, but one which would cater to multinationals seeking assurances and information before entering these risky markets, rather than to local governments themselves. This resulted in the formation of VN Strategic Communications, which proposed itself as a go-between and consultant for foreign business interests looking to expand in Southwestthe Gondwanaregion. In its early years, VNSC would heavily rely on retired Cryrian government personnel who had gained considerable experience and contacts in the country due to Leidenstad's positionlong ashistory onewith ofand theclose few governmentsproximity to maintain relations withAmrakh MaragoGazarv. Over the subsequent decade however, VNSC expanded beyond its initially niche area and greatly broadened its geographic portfolio, particularly after the Ellesborg Emergency in 2010.