A couple of Marauders encountered something in Kyushu that was quite disturbing and raised concerns.
We know that you employ Junkers (I'm not sure on how a big a scale though), however it seems slightly strange that said Junkers would be working with Samura, a general enemy of Junkers due to their Kusarian ties.
Quite simply though, we just wish to know what business you have in Kusari. What are you doing in Kusari exactly?
We are increasingly getting pressure from the Hogs in Shikoku and NT, so I was looking around for options.
One of my Skippers, Mr. Bailey from the Tinkers.Pride, noticed a new and half-Independent Samura subfaction that seemed to be a little more willing to trade than to shoot.
So we are currently granting them acces to Tinkers Haven, for the purpouse of letting them haul the scrap themselves.
Fits us if Hogs start shooting Hogs, but I fear it wont get that far.
At the moment I suspect KTA is a smaller subsidiary of Samura main firm, lead by a Kusari family eager to rise in power and wealth. It makes sense to wait and see if they will ceep the same indifferent angle towards us as the official Samura Bosses.
Do you have any intelligence that suggests something else ?
Kusari politics is a ritual dance with sharp knives, with only so much space to moove.
I enjoy sending a new dancer into the fray and giving him some sharp knifes, as long as I give him no sword to damage us.
I would try contacting the Chrysanthemes too, if I could reach an old friend there at the moment.
One thing you should know about me, personally :
I nearly got selled to a Hogfarm myself, escaping the Slaver ship only through a mutiny.
I don´t really understand all Kusari kultural nuances, but I know enough about them and their history.
And I earned my own independence by scrapping Hogs along the way.
Jep, we allow KTA to trade at the Haven, as we ceep our friends close - and our enemies even closer.
Come over to the Haven and join me with a cold Rheinbeer,
I´ll glady discuss the curent situation up south with you.
Mr. Masters ?
I just recieved a very angry com message from one of my Skippers, Bailey from the Tinkers.Pride.
We have no worries about meeting any JM| vessles and see you as friends, but there seem to be mounting difficulties here.
The Captain described me the situation with the words that he felt like being summoned before some schoolmaster and being told he´s a bad boy.
The Pilot of the JM|-Tentacle.Grape seems to be holding such a serious grudge against Hogs in peculiar and Kusari in general that he did not even find the time to fly from Shikoku to Kepler gate over to Kepler to have a decent chat. Instead he manuevered his Wrecker Gunboat so as to take cover against the weapon platforms firing at him from the gate behind the shields of the Serenity flown by Cp. Bailey, and was attacking and killing rookie Kuari ships near the gate. I hope you don´t have a serious prob with shieldtech on your Gunboats recently ? We would be happy to help.
We understand the anger and hate against the Hogs only too well, and we share it to quite an extent.
But we are trying to better life for all of us, so we seek to find non-aggressive solutions to the old strife.
It would be better for all Junkers if we could weaken our foes by getting them divided, instead of getting divided ourselves because somebody is to occupied with killing and threatening to notice that he is just threatening an ally.
To make my point clear :
We do not react well to hidden threats like :*this does not give a good impression of your Group*
We cherish loyality and integrity, and we do not see any sense in destruction.
We will always defend our family and friends, our allies - and our ideals.
But we seek a peaceful solution first. And we will never be supportive to mindless slaughter.
[15.09.2014 08:12:59] T&T/.Tinkers.Pride: Cpt. Bailey : Well met and good flight.
[15.09.2014 08:13:01] 2014-09-15 08:13:04 SMT
[15.09.2014 08:13:01] JM|-Tentacle.Grape: Cut the engines buddy.
[15.09.2014 08:13:12] 2014-09-15 08:13:15 SMT
[15.09.2014 08:13:12] T&T/.Tinkers.Pride: Oh... Am I getting setup by allis ?
[15.09.2014 08:13:43] 2014-09-15 08:13:46 SMT
[15.09.2014 08:13:50] JM|-Tentacle.Grape: I cant say I approve of your dealings with Samura.
[15.09.2014 08:14:02] 2014-09-15 08:14:05 SMT
[15.09.2014 08:14:02] T&T/.Tinkers.Pride: With Samura ?
[15.09.2014 08:14:07] 2014-09-15 08:14:11 SMT
[15.09.2014 08:14:07] JM|-Tentacle.Grape: Yes.
[15.09.2014 08:14:09] 2014-09-15 08:14:12 SMT
[15.09.2014 08:14:09] T&T/.Tinkers.Pride: Ah, you mean with KTA ?
[15.09.2014 08:14:14] 2014-09-15 08:14:17 SMT
[15.09.2014 08:14:14] JM|-Tentacle.Grape: Indeed.
[15.09.2014 08:14:36] 2014-09-15 08:14:40 SMT
[15.09.2014 08:14:36] T&T/.Tinkers.Pride: Well, they trade. We trade... we are no freinds, but we do trade, jep.
[15.09.2014 08:15:42] 2014-09-15 08:15:45 SMT
[15.09.2014 08:15:42] JM|-Tentacle.Grape: You know the Hogosha, right?
[15.09.2014 08:15:48] 2014-09-15 08:15:51 SMT
[15.09.2014 08:15:48] T&T/.Tinkers.Pride: What is this... come and take a drink at the Haven if you want to talk, this is getting ridiculous
[15.09.2014 08:15:59] 2014-09-15 08:16:03 SMT
[15.09.2014 08:15:59] T&T/.Tinkers.Pride: Of course I know about the Hogs
[15.09.2014 08:16:15] 2014-09-15 08:16:18 SMT
[15.09.2014 08:16:15] T&T/.Tinkers.Pride: Thes threaten us, so we seek others to haul stuf
[15.09.2014 08:16:19] 2014-09-15 08:16:22 SMT
[15.09.2014 08:16:19] JM|-Tentacle.Grape: You know Samura makes their ships, right?
[15.09.2014 08:16:37] 2014-09-15 08:16:40 SMT
[15.09.2014 08:16:37] T&T/.Tinkers.Pride: Ships are traded all over Sirius
[15.09.2014 08:16:51] 2014-09-15 08:16:54 SMT
[15.09.2014 08:16:51] T&T/.Tinkers.Pride: And stop taking me as a shield agains the rookies here
[15.09.2014 08:17:03] 2014-09-15 08:17:06 SMT
[15.09.2014 08:17:03] JM|-Tentacle.Grape: I'm doing nothing of the kind.
[15.09.2014 08:17:09] 2014-09-15 08:17:12 SMT
[15.09.2014 08:17:09] T&T/.Tinkers.Pride: I suggest we continue our talk in epler
[15.09.2014 08:17:15] 2014-09-15 08:17:18 SMT
[15.09.2014 08:17:15] T&T/.Tinkers.Pride: Kepler
[15.09.2014 08:17:50] 2014-09-15 08:17:54 SMT
[15.09.2014 08:17:50] T&T/.Tinkers.Pride: You do, you take up position behind me , getting mebetween the guns of the gate
[15.09.2014 08:17:55] 2014-09-15 08:17:59 SMT
[15.09.2014 08:17:55] T&T/.Tinkers.Pride: WHAT is this ?
[15.09.2014 08:18:33] 2014-09-15 08:18:36 SMT
[15.09.2014 08:18:33] T&T/.Tinkers.Pride: We are frinds of JM, and you bug me and treat me like some dumb dude
[15.09.2014 08:19:09] 2014-09-15 08:19:12 SMT
[15.09.2014 08:19:09] T&T/.Tinkers.Pride: now come ever, its clear space here
[15.09.2014 08:19:20] 2014-09-15 08:19:24 SMT
[15.09.2014 08:19:20] T&T/.Tinkers.Pride: come over
[15.09.2014 08:19:25] JM|-Tentacle.Grape: Busy.
[15.09.2014 08:19:44] 2014-09-15 08:19:48 SMT
[15.09.2014 08:19:44] T&T/.Tinkers.Pride: *sigh* buisy shooting noname rookies ?
[15.09.2014 08:20:43] 2014-09-15 08:20:47 SMT
[15.09.2014 08:20:43] T&T/.Tinkers.Pride: Sorry, Pilot : As far as I know Hogs are our enemies, and they threaten do exort and pirate us.
[15.09.2014 08:21:23] 2014-09-15 08:21:26 SMT
[15.09.2014 08:21:23] T&T/.Tinkers.Pride: We are friendly to all ho do not shoot us, and KTA is neutral, we might even get them to work against the Hogs
[15.09.2014 08:22:09] 2014-09-15 08:22:13 SMT
[15.09.2014 08:22:09] T&T/.Tinkers.Pride: So excuse me, but I have no time and nerve for a heroes dream of bloood and espionage. Its trade, nothung else
[15.09.2014 08:22:25] 2014-09-15 08:22:29 SMT
[15.09.2014 08:22:25] T&T/.Tinkers.Pride: I now know your stance, and we respect it.
[15.09.2014 08:22:34] 2014-09-15 08:22:38 SMT
[15.09.2014 08:22:34] T&T/.Tinkers.Pride: *flys on*
[15.09.2014 08:22:52] JM|-Tentacle.Grape: This does not give a good impression of your group.
[15.09.2014 08:23:46] 2014-09-15 08:23:50 SMT
[15.09.2014 08:23:46] T&T/.Tinkers.Pride: you would rather have us ly
[15.09.2014 08:23:51] 2014-09-15 08:23:54 SMT
[15.09.2014 08:23:51] T&T/.Tinkers.Pride: lie ?
[15.09.2014 08:24:16] 2014-09-15 08:24:20 SMT
[15.09.2014 08:24:16] T&T/.Tinkers.Pride: We work for a better life for us all. Constructive, not destructive
[15.09.2014 08:24:33] 2014-09-15 08:24:37 SMT
[15.09.2014 08:24:33] T&T/.Tinkers.Pride: Hate does not pay any bills
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[15.09.2014 08:32:49] Death: KTA|CV-Ryuuzaki was put out of action by JM|-Tentacle.Grape (Gun).
I must quickly interject, I need to know two things.
One: What is being traded to KTA/Samura from Tinkers Haven?
Two: What are KTA/Samura doing with it?
As far as I know , KTA is a Samura subfaction.
So it´s a susidiary firm under influence but not under total control of Samura main corporation.
Question 1 : Scrap.
Question 2 : KTA is no ally of T&T, but it´s a trade partner who currently sees T&T as the only acceptable trade partner in Liberty.
We agreed to let the KTA| tagged ships get docking access at the Haven so they can haul scrap themselves,
because we have a rising problem with the rectutation of Skippers willing to fly the Colorado <> Shikoku Corridor.
And we try to bypass the increasingly hostile reaction froom Hogosha ships towards us and our traders by finding an acceptable compromise.
We are not talking about high tech , informations or military components here.
We are talking about normal, basic commodity trade.
Scrap up to Kusari. Rice, Pearls, Helium3 , Samarium and sometimes even Optronics or Plutonium back to Liberty.
If some side really is better of for the trade it´s Liberty and the local Industries around Texas, Philadelphia and New York.
Still , there is repeated talk about a Trade Embargo from Kusari to Liberty, and Hogosha are keen to enforce it for their own reasons. A liberal and possibly open minded family is the best option for continuing trade.
And nope, an embargo would not help us. Neither Junkers nor Freelance traders.
It might give us more profits in a short term view, might perhaps even get Liberty involved into a trade war.
And I might suppose that prospective chances for some bucaneer style trade war might sound interesting,
but it would also mean a long term diminuation of trade and commerce in Liberty.
Less ships, more convois with escorts. More power for the big companies able to support this sort of trade.
And more power to our enemies, the Hogosha.
You know how Samura works. If they can not buy something, they send in their Hogs.
So we let them buy, let them trade.
And carefully see to it that they see no necessity to outfit or supply the Hog Clans with more than base support.
What we have to do with it ?
If Hogs see more profit in shooting you might get more targets, but we are traders. We only loose in the deal.
If Hogs on the other side can only get rich through Cardamine and Slave trade we can show them as what they are :
A corrupt and lying bunch of greedy and arrogat Slavers sticking so deep in the `casts Ass that it´s a wonder they don´t all piss off to Malta permanently.
And THEN you have legitime Targets !
I know that you have different interests and views , and as Cpt. Bailey said to the Pilot at Kepler gate : We accept that. But we will not just stand aside and be silent if somebody is intent at starting the next war. We can not just pack up and fly to another System. Texas is our home, and Liberty might be a pithole full of corruption, but that can only suit us. Money is cheap.
Where will we all fly if some hotshots manage to get a Rheinland <> Kusari <> Gallia alleigance under way ?
Down north to the `sairs ? Bretonnia is bleeding, Liberty is not as healthy as all Donughts and Bigshots always tell everyone ( we both know that, after all we use the loophooles ) and Rheinland is only to eager to find any help against Liberty it can get.
Sorry for the rant, but as you see I´m not at the least interested in an escalation.
And I personally hate the Hogs dearly. But getting more strife, morer hate, more blood will not destroy them.
Only by cutting them off from Samura support and THEN cutting them to ribbons can the Hogs be purged from space.
So, you do indeed export scrap to our enemies then? Tell me, did you know that the scrap the haul will be simply used to manufacture ships and equipment that in turn will be used against Junkers? I'm not just talking about the Hogosha here, I'm talking about the Kusari Law Enforcement too.
At the end of the day, KTA answer to Samura. They fly Samura colours, use Samura ships and dock on Samura bases. Although you claim you are not an ally, assisting the enemies of Junkers against other Junkers, even if it's indirectly, is just as bad.
And on top of Scrap to Kusari, you export items out of Kusari, in turn support the house itself? You did not specify here, I would like to be given clarity.
How do you carefully see that the scrap your mind does not end up being used in the hull of a Hogosha ship? I would like clarity here too.
You seem to think that the Hogosha are involved in the Cardimine trade? To my knowledge, I believe they have a strong distaste for the stuff. On the subject of slaves however I do not know.
Your goal seems futile. I doubt Samura would turn to you over the Hogosha, a well established partner of all Samura, over a small Texas scrapping company. You also seem to forget that in contrast you have an absolutely tiny amount of influence in Kusari in comparison to the large influence the Hogosha have.
I strongly feel that right now you are being used. I suggest that you pull out now before it's too late.