Just FYI I don't want to correct anyone too much because this isn't a Quest or anything and I want everyone to have relatively organic assumptions when dealing with this thread without too much bias from me influencing things.
Well association just means association. So knowledge of dealings with NOD has come out but, like I said before, you can still go into the other thread and suggest other options since these threads (and whatever future Gallia Procurement ones I make) will be happening at roughly the same point of time.