**** Incoming Transmission ****
From: Danny Sutherland, IMG Defense forces, Tau sector
To: Commodore Jack Fraser
Subject: Tau space
Encryption: High
Sir.
Enough is bloody well enough. I'm talking to you as one Armed Forces washout to another, but at least I had the decency to A: not turn to piracy and B: Know who my trice damned enemies are. Your forces have taken it upon themselves to hit the IMG en-masse. And then have the gall to complain when we called in some heavy support to put your trice-damned cutthroats back in their place.
I know you lead these hotheads. I know they ain't regulars. I know they're meant to put the squeeze on every Kusari supplier they find. Well, we ain't among them. And thus far we've considered you lot just another cog in the Bretonian war machine - and as such let you be.
I'm sure you will have mr. Patterson's report by now. Comoros was a warning. A show of force that was cut short by an ion storm. Leave us be and we'll leave you be, to frag Kusari at your hearts content. Keep harassing us and see where it'll end you. We're a neutral entity in this war, but we're not above agressive defense. Behave like common pirates and be treated as no less. Does the Queen truly approve of you lot attacking neutral miners? And don't try to dismiss this as disobedience. Four strikecraft and a gunboat amassing in under two minutes. That smells of a planned event.
Yea, I'm angry. 'Cause I didn't think I'd be shooting at those I once served with. 'Least I can say in all honesty I didn't start it.
Regards,
- Danny Sutherland.
Ps. Yes, I still smoke a synth stick a day.
**** Transmission Closed ****
Wide awake in a world that sleeps, enduring thoughts, enduring scenes. The knowledge of what is yet to come.
From a time when all seems lost, from a dead man to a world, without restraint, unafraid and free.
Mostly retired Discovery member. May still visit from time to time.
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**INCOM** ID: Sir Jack Fraser, Duke of Norfolk
HMS-DAGOBAZ
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Dear Mister Director/Guildmaster,
It seems there is some misunderstanding.
I am the Acting Fleet Admiral of the Bretonian Armed Forces, Commander of Her Bretonian Majesty's fleets, and head of the Leeds defensive front.
The Interdiction Wing have been declared Rogue by the Bretonian Government, I have stepped down as the Lord Privateer in direct protest over their actions which are illegal, and dastardly.
My men will arrest these blaggards at the first opportunity, I can assure you of this. however they operate outside of our primary theatre of operations, and we really have no ability to rein them in when they are in the Taus... perhaps you should direct your complaint to the Kusari Emperor... or even good old King Chuck, who have parked ships in your systems with the intent to curb stomping your civil liberties.
The current Lord Privateer is Lord Moore, self proclaimed King of Spain, you should try contacting him in the future.
Oh and you should really refer to me as 'Your Grace' it is only polite, as I am a Duke.
As ever, in service to Her Majesty,
Her Majesty's Most Diligent Interdiction Wing
Bretonian Armed Forces.
**ENDCOM**
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**** Incoming Transmission ****
From: Danny Sutherland, IMG Defense forces, Tau sector
To: Commodore Jack Fraser
Subject: Tau space
Encryption: High
Your grace, then,
The ships of both Gallia and Kusari aren't the ones that are shooting at us, the occasional Hogosha aside. But if these curs are not acting in name of Bretonia anymore, then my earlier message was a bit harsh. Dogs of war going of the leash, I get it.
We'll let the folks Tauside know these are to be marked a threat on-sight.
Regards,
- Danny Sutherland.
**** Transmission Closed ****
Wide awake in a world that sleeps, enduring thoughts, enduring scenes. The knowledge of what is yet to come.
From a time when all seems lost, from a dead man to a world, without restraint, unafraid and free.
Mostly retired Discovery member. May still visit from time to time.
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**INCOM** ID: Sir Jack Fraser, Duke of Norfolk
HMS-DAGOBAZ
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Dear Mister Director/Guildmaster,
The best way to sum up these... individuals is as sufferers of Kusari War Syndrome.
They have been pushed around, most are from Leeds, many still had family on LD-14... They see this as a fight for survival... and then they see the IMG held at gunpoint by a battleship parked outside the gates of Holmann Station. It is too much for them... Up suddenly isn't up any more, down isn't down. There are no good or bad people, merely everything that gets in their way must be punished.
Grief is a terrible weapon, and Vengeance their only goal.
A beaten dog will only take so much before it turns feral.
These are my former compatriots, friends, and collegues, and I wish they could find their way home, but lost as they are, it's a long way to go.
Be merciful, if you must put them down do so.
As ever, in service to Her Majesty,
Her Majesty's Most Diligent Interdiction Wing
Bretonian Armed Forces.
**ENDCOM**
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**** Incoming Transmission ****
From: Danny Sutherland, IMG Defense forces, Tau sector
To: Commodore Jack Fraser
Subject: Tau space
Encryption: High
Your grace,
I ain't a guildmaster. Just one of the folks that tries to keep the peace in the maelstrom that is the Taus. So far without much success. Not much in the ways of ranks among the IMG militia. You don't tend to need ranks when you're just fighting to survive. You're saying these guys have cracked and decided to go blast everything they see? I can get things becoming a bit too much from time to time. If we manage to capture any of them alive, I'll see if we can't send 'em back to Bretonia. I'm sure the Cambridge medical folk have some facilities to knock some sense back in them. Can't make promises though. Safety of the mining folk is our first priority.
Regards,
- Danny Sutherland.
**** Transmission Closed ****
Wide awake in a world that sleeps, enduring thoughts, enduring scenes. The knowledge of what is yet to come.
From a time when all seems lost, from a dead man to a world, without restraint, unafraid and free.
Mostly retired Discovery member. May still visit from time to time.