You can call me Vikki. I'm what you would probably call a pirate but that is all a little bit irrelevant to this conversation.
I've come across a bit of information that you might be interested in. What may be more interesting is that Mr Alan Shepard the CEO of Gateway Shipping seems to disregard the gross misconduct of one of his employees. Mr Shepard is trying to defend his employee's actions rather than reprimand the misconduct as was recommended by the charming Mr Stark, Director of Gateway's Operations & Security.
In any case I present you the same information which shocked Mr Stark, and seemingly does not cause Mr Shepard any troubles. The most important lines of audio dialogue are highlighted for your convenience but the complete log is available for your inspection:
[28.07.2017 12:55:28] Argent.Vixen: V: Hey honey.
[28.07.2017 12:55:34] Gateway|-GSE-Tempest: Shmykov: Good day
[28.07.2017 12:55:55] Gateway|-GSE-Tempest: Shmykov: Hope you don't do bad things
[28.07.2017 12:55:56] Argent.Vixen: V: Been much interesting happening around here lately?
[28.07.2017 12:56:05] Argent.Vixen: V: Hah, me? Of course not.
[28.07.2017 12:56:30] Argent.Vixen: V: Just making sure traders get through here safely. Lot of dangerous people around the Omegas, you know.
[28.07.2017 12:56:36] Gateway|-GSE-Tempest: Shmykov: Well, so what are those folks doin' inside your cargo?
[28.07.2017 12:56:47] Gateway|-GSE-Tempest: Shmykov: Good from your side
[28.07.2017 12:56:53] Argent.Vixen: V: Just making sure they get back to the Freeport safely.
[28.07.2017 12:57:04] Gateway|-GSE-Tempest: Shmykov: So deliver 'em
[28.07.2017 12:57:27] Gateway|-GSE-Tempest: Shmykov: Or I can help you to deliver, gimme 'em, please.
[28.07.2017 12:57:37] Argent.Vixen: V: I will, next time I visit there. Better they sit in my hold for a couple of hours than get eaten by Corsairs, wouldn't you s
[28.07.2017 12:57:46] Argent.Vixen: *say?
[28.07.2017 12:58:18] Gateway|-GSE-Tempest: Shmykov: Would be bad
[28.07.2017 12:58:40] Argent.Vixen: V: I'll let them off at the Freeport, or hand them over to the BPA, otherwise they stay right here...
[28.07.2017 12:58:48] Argent.Vixen: ...where I can ensure their safety.
[28.07.2017 12:59:36] Gateway|-GSE-Tempest: Shmykov: I insist
[28.07.2017 12:59:48] Argent.Vixen: V: What are you up to by the way honey? No convoy to escort?
[28.07.2017 13:00:31] Gateway|-GSE-Tempest: Shmykov: I saw you, came closer and wow, crew in your cargo
[28.07.2017 13:00:55] Argent.Vixen: V: Yeah. And?
[28.07.2017 13:01:36] Gateway|-GSE-Tempest: Shmykov: That is not good according you are a pirate
[28.07.2017 13:02:09] Argent.Vixen: V: Well, the way you "insist" on me handing these unfortunate folk over to you...
[28.07.2017 13:02:24] Argent.Vixen: V: ...the only one sounding like a pirate is you, honey.
[28.07.2017 13:03:08] Argent.Vixen: V: Last I heard, hauling companies don't have the authority to give out orders in Bretonian space.
[28.07.2017 13:03:13] Gateway|-GSE-Tempest: Shmykov: You wanna tell me you grabbed 'em in space?
[28.07.2017 13:03:37] Argent.Vixen: V: I did, but it's none of your business either way. [28.07.2017 13:04:49] Argent.Vixen: V: Out of interest, I assume you shot down that IMG pilot in your hold?
[28.07.2017 13:05:10] Argent.Vixen: V: I mean, you would have dropped him off at Aland, if you had good intentions... or even the Freeport. [28.07.2017 13:05:18] Gateway|-GSE-Tempest: Shmykov: Of course I did
[28.07.2017 13:05:47] Argent.Vixen: V: Huh, well there we go, a self-admitted hypocrite.
[28.07.2017 13:06:16] Argent.Vixen: V: I'd suggest you go about your business, and stop pretending you're some sort of BPA special operative.
[28.07.2017 13:06:34] Gateway|-GSE-Tempest: Shmykov: I am just a citizen
[28.07.2017 13:06:53] Argent.Vixen: V: Yeah, and one that attacks innocent miners?
[28.07.2017 13:06:59] Argent.Vixen: V: So you're a criminal.
[28.07.2017 13:07:56] Gateway|-GSE-Tempest: Shmykov: Sorry
[28.07.2017 13:08:02] Argent.Vixen: V: Yeah, thought so. Laters honey.
[28.07.2017 13:10:11] Gateway|-GSE-Tempest: Shmykov: Be a good person
[28.07.2017 13:10:12] Argent.Vixen: V: Huh, never thought Gateway were a bunch of brigands. Guess I was wrong, eh?
[28.07.2017 13:10:31] Gateway|-GSE-Tempest: Shmykov: Release 'em on freeport
[28.07.2017 13:11:01] Argent.Vixen: V: Unlike you, I have no captives in my hold, just passengers.
[28.07.2017 13:11:17] Gateway|-GSE-Tempest: Shmykov: Sure you don't
[28.07.2017 13:11:20] Argent.Vixen: V: I think I'll be fine without moral tips from the likes of you.
[28.07.2017 13:11:24] Gateway|-GSE-BWS-Ace: Charles: So this is the bugger here?
[28.07.2017 13:11:57] Argent.Vixen: V: Good luck with your piracy, hope the BPA catch up with you, honey.
[28.07.2017 13:11:58] Gateway|-GSE-Tempest: Shmykov: He has passengers in his hold
[28.07.2017 13:12:08] Gateway|-GSE-BWS-Ace: Charles: You may aswell dock now
[28.07.2017 13:12:12] Gateway|-GSE-Tempest: Shmykov: They are on their way
[28.07.2017 13:12:21] Gateway|-GSE-Tempest: Shmykov: Told him to do it
[28.07.2017 13:12:24] Gateway|-GSE-BWS-Ace: Charles: Because If you don't
[28.07.2017 13:12:34] Argent.Vixen: V: Huh, another one of your pirate friends. Doubt you'll respect the Freeport NFZ.
[28.07.2017 13:12:34] Gateway|-GSE-BWS-Ace: Charles: I'll make sure you are dead
[28.07.2017 13:12:49] Argent.Vixen: V: Yeah, sounds right. Bye scumbags.
Just a little reminder here in case you missed my original transmission on this channel. Couldn't bare to think I'd failed in my "civic duty" to you lovely people.
Thank you for provoding this valuable piece of intel on the Gateway ship. The Guild is carefully evaluating your findings. As we are always trying to keep track on recent developments and shifts in diplomacy, even small incidents can be telling. That's why I would like to show my gratitude.
Please give me a recipient name, shipname and bank account, so your intel gathering effort can be rewarded.
Yours sincerely,
Jack Henderson
IMG Operations
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While your offer is awful nice I'm not very inclined to engage in any transactions over the neural net right now. Your "buddy" Mr Shepard has put a $50 million bounty on my head and I don't know what sort of connections he might have inside Interspace Commerce.
If you're serious about sending some credits my way for my info I'm happy to take you up on the offer. But I would rather arrange a rendezvous and an exchange in Sirius Credit Cards.
If you're game for a face to face I'd be happy to meet you or one of your (hopefully equally) hunky mining boys in space honey.
Let me know. Either way thank you for the offer Mr Henderson hun.
I'll see whether this bounty of 50.000.000 credits that you mentioned is really necessary, as the case seems to have cleared itself up rather easily - at least it appears to me like this. As for your payment for providing interesting information, I do not see a problem with handing over your reward in credit cards.
How about a meeting at Freeport 10, Tau 37? Contact me on encrypted sky-P3* channels to arrange for a meeting to make sure that everything is in place and no one is wasting precious time.
Yours sincerely,
Jack Henderson
IMG Operations
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