"Marcus Maecēnās Salviō suō:

tū habēs bonam fortūnam, mī amīce. cūr Recentiī sunt in Britanniā? quid quaerunt? ego ā Pompēiīs eōs abēgeram sed nōn ā Lapide abēgī. nunc fortasse volunt nōs in Britanniā, quae est longē dē Rōmā, adiuvāre. sed quōmodo dēbēmus Recentiōs ā Septimō Aemiliānō agere? sine Sextō, quī erat dūx, Mīlitēs Lapidis sunt dēbiliōrēs et Societās Potentium est potentior. Recentiīne fortasse volunt potentiam habēre? ita vērō, quis nōn vult potentiam habēre?

tū dēbēs Recentiōs in tablīnum dūcere et dēmōnstrāre potentiam vēram. Tiberius Caecilius quoque potest nōbīs servīre sī cupit. mitte custōdēs optimōs ad Septimum et apprehende eum. Septimus, quī est dūx novus, epistulam ad Tertium mīsit. Tertius sē in Alexandrīā cēlāvit. ego Tertium Aemiliānum quaerō quod volō Mīlitēs Lapidis perdere.

valē."

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Operatives, now would be an opportune time to review all of the forms of "sum" (sum, esse, fuī - to be). You will recall that sum is an irregular verb with forms that do not follow all of the normal verb rules. Fortunately the personal endings do conform to your expectations.

Present Tense

Imperfect Tense

In the perfect and the pluperfect, even though the stem is substantially different, sum retains all of the standard endings. Consider the following:

Perfect Tense

Pluperfect Tense

For a full overview of the verb "to be", operatives are advised to view this video briefing from latintutorial.com.

Operatives, the Demiurge recommends that the LAPIS team brief on the situation in Egypt  in the first century CE. This information may give you insights into the power structure that Salvius and the Societās Potentium follows if we are indeed correct in the early analysis.