This mission is aimed at attacking our funding base. As you know, the local governments balance between cooperating with the big factions (and by extension, the Star Gods) and respecting the needs of the population and the voice of the Mutant Alliance. Here, a faction aims at coercing (i.e. threatening) one or another local govt into being 'tough on crime' and taking more direct steps against felons like us. Our enemies are the big Factions, and by extension, the Star Gods themselves, so you can bet on the targeted local govt to eventually succumb, sever any ties with us and stop paying us protection money - forever. Our best shot at stopping this is shooting down the Courier with dignitaries. If this fails, the mission will succeed.