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Transmission rerouted from: Howard Lovecrepe, Freeport 10, Tau 37
Quote:Good day sirs and madams of the EDGE battlegroup.
I'm talking to you as the currently designated Zoner representative of Freeport 10. You see, we've been receiving conflicting reports about your activities in the Taus, or more specifically, regarding your use of the Freeport here. Far be it our job to pry into your private activities, but when the safety and reputation of me and my fellow residents' home is called into question, I'm afraid questions have to be asked.
Of course, the most important question is, how does our Freeport play into your activities, and what do you plan on using it for? Anything besides that is mere trivialities in comparison. If you wish to open further dialog, it can of course be done via this channel. I've already briefly talked with the EDGE|Perun; this is more a continuation of those talks. We hold good relations with our neighbors as one of our highest priorities on Freeport 10, and as our neighbors, that includes you. I hope we can conclude this business quickly and on good terms.
Thank you for your time.
Howard Lovecrepe, Freeport 10 rep.
Quote:Greetings mr. Lovecrepe,
We at the EDG Enterprise feel very strongly, that the reports to which you refer are a bunch of lies and blackmail fed to you by the wicked Outcast nation. We are not now, and haven't ever used the Freeport 10 as a staging ground for our operations, nor have we ever violated the NFZ of the Freeport (which can't be said about our adversaries). At this moment, we have two Manta fighters docked on the Freeport, which were damaged in a skirmish, and are currently in cue for repairs and service by the Freeport's technicians.
As for our activities in the Taus, the Enterprise is currently performing a recon mission of the Alpha-Tau passage, in order to gather information on the Outcast-IMG conflict. We have no plans on using the Freeport 10 in the future in any different manner than occasional repair and resupply of our ships. However, should the Enterprise come to an agreement with IMG and deploy an EDG (Emergency Defense Group) in the Taus, we will then address the Freeport authorities with a request to discuss Freeport docking rights of certain individuals.
Should you have any further queries please don't hesitate to ask, we will monitor this channel.
With regards,
Walter Sobchak
Quote:Thank you for your prompt reply.
All I can say is I am sincerely grateful for the tact and consideration your company has exhibited in the choice of its docking points. I do wish to note that so long as your purposes are not military, your captains, crews and pilots are more than welcome aboard to buy provisions, visit the bars or seek entertainment. You have the same rights and privileges as any other visitor.
I must remind you however, that doing the above then unmooring and moving on to Alpha would be constituted as 'staging', even if you had not refueled or rearmed here. Also, after you have concluded your military activities, it would not be permitted to immediately dock on the Freeport for repairs or flee there to escape hostiles. I know you have reaffirmed that you do not do this, but these are merely the rules that all our guests must abide by. Oh, and it would be easiest if visitors came across in shuttles or fighters - recently we've been having increasing trouble mooring larger ships.
Again, thank you for your time.
Howard Lovecrepe, Freeport 10 rep.
Transmission rerouted from: Samantha Ross, The Pryce Institute, California
Quote:Greetings,
I am Doctor Samantha Ross of the Pryce Institute , a small multi-field research concern, operating primarily out of Liberty and Bretonian space. After making several inquires, I was able to determine to which organization this communication should be directed. Allow me to add that those I spoke with, spoke quite well of your company, something I have good reason to do myself.
A day ago, one of our research vessels, a modified transport of the "DL" borderworld series, was attacked somewhat off of Planet Los Angeles, after a disruption of the trade lane to Planet Mojave. The attack had apparently been directed specifically towards that vessel, for reasons that remain uncertain, pending further investigation. At the time of the lane disruption and attack, the vessels hold was nearly three fourths empty, the remainder small amounts of various materials used by our organization, much of which is of little value to those outside technical fields.
The Outcast ship, I am told it is called a "Sabre", and his cohort, had been gradually increasing the severity of their threats toward our vessel, without any apparent demands, and it had become obvious to the transport captain and crew that the Outcast intended destrution of the ship regardless.
By apparent happenstance, a member of your company arrived at the point in the lane. The Outcast, who was suffice it to say "displeased" with the interruption in his intent to murder, gave warning to the EDGE| employee, whom to our considerable gratitude, elected to stay by our side. Shortly after, the Outcast, now perhaps having to deal with something other than a lightly armed transport, lost patience in his game, and ordered his cohort to open fire on our transport, as he followed suit. While indeed, there was considerable damage, our Captain was able to just barely make it to Los Angeles. We noted there was considerable activity in the ships wake, as a third criminal arrived to attack your employee. We are uncertain to what degree your operative engaged, but we do attribute the survival of our vessels' crew directly to his arrival and presence.
The two primary reasons I have initiated this message, is first, to express the deepest thanks and eternal gratitude for the efforts of your operative, for saving the lives of many wonderful people, to say nothing of my own life.
Of the greatest importance to myself and the others here, is to inquire as to the fate of the pilot who helped us. The forces arrayed against him appeared significant, and I truly hope he survived the encounter. I am told the transponder identification of the vessel was "EDGE|Raiden".
Please communicate to us the status of the pilot, and what, if any, damages were incurred, either to your firm or the pilots personnel property.
We await your response.
Quote:Greetings,
I am pleased to hear that the crew is all right and in one piece, i hope your ship will be repaired soon and ready to fly again. It's always a pleasure to hear words of gratitude from people whom our Enterprise managed to protect from criminals, be it directly as in this case, or indirectly through hunting the pirates in their zones of operation. Rest assured we will continue to do so, and hopefully one day the honest working men and women of Sirius will begin to notice more and more, that there are people out there, who relentlessly fight for their safety everyday.
With regards, Walter Sobchak, Executor
Pilot of the "Raiden"
Quote:This just hit my desk today, and that is a few days ago one of your ships was detected by the crew of a weapons platform tasked with guarding the New London jumphole in the police high security zone of Poole.
The ship in question, one EDGE|Ea was contacted by one of my officers about being in the system which is fully well known to be out of bounds for all but the police and on special occasions, the Bretonian Armed Forces.
The EDGE vessel also claimed to be, the leader of the EDGE PMC. Tell me, if you are the leader, and you know fully well that poole is out of bounds, what kind of example are you setting for your newer recruits?
You were detected leaving the system via the Omega-50 Jumphole, for what reason did you find it appropriate to use our Highest security Zone as a thoroughfare? And don't give me the "its quicker that way" rubbish.
We arrest hundreds of trade vessels that try to do the same, so tell me why you shouldn't also be doing time on Newgate for this?
Until an answer is given, No Bounties may be claimed from The EDGE| PMC on our Bounty Board.
That will be all.
Sir Henry-George Whitehall
Quote:Jack Payton opened the comm-link and turned on recording devices. He took a letter from a nearby table and started reading it keeping official tone.
- Dear Sir Henry-George Whitehall. This is Enforcer Jack Payton. Executor Walter Sobchak is unavailable at the moment. We would have probably responded earlier to this message if it was send directly to our official Communications Channel and not to our office on Sheffield Station, which is closed during the Easter.
- I will be frank with you, Sir. I've consulted one of our lawyers, Alfred Strauss is the name, and he said its a won case. Pardon me being blunt about this. You have neither identification codes nor proper visual footage of our vessel breaching your restricted space. If you decide to take a legal action against Emergency Defense Group Enterprise, we will deny any knowledge about the vessel you're referring to. Also I would like to stress that our Fleet Database contains information and statistics about each and every ship carrying the company's transponder. Basic information is disclosed to lawful and neutral parties with which the Enterprise has ongoing diplomatic and commercial relations, which include Bretonia Police Authority. If a ship is not on that list, then it does not belong to Emergency Defense Group Enterprise. No ship in our database matches description presented in your evidence. As for the alleged communication with Executor Walter Sobchak, without a proper authentication codes anybody could claim to be a leader of this or that group. Lack of proper identification codes of the vessel makes even more plausible scenario that Emergency Defense Group Enterprise is being framed here by a third party. Furthermore, if you will insist on claiming that Executor Walter Sobchack, while flying a ship registered to Emergency Defense Group Enterprise, entered restricted space of Poole System and therefore committed a crime, we will be forced to issue a formal complaint to the Bretonia Government as well as to press charge of malicious falsehood before the High Court on New London. I hope Bretonia Police Authority will have no further doubts concerning this matter.
After reading the letter Jack Payton put it back on a table and breathed a sigh of relief.
- Now let us cut the crap and be honest for a moment. You, Sir, obviously have no idea who we are and what we do. When a police officer or navy pilot is captured by pirates he usually ends up beaten in cargo hold and is shortly after ransomed back or left in a pod. When you become a bounty hunter there is no turning back. If a bounty hunter has no guts to eat his gun or cyanide candy upon capture then he will soon regret it. Corsairs tend to hang you naked on a hook and cut out pieces of you slowly. Some of them even eat them afterwards. This isn't really so bad, as you generally die fast due to massive bleeding and following hypothermia. Lane Hackers are far worse. They use neural amplifiers to inflict insane pain on you until you completely lose it. We had reports of whole transports full of catatonic zombies that were once bounty hunters. I think I don't need to further explain what Liberty Rouges or Outcasts are doing to our captured brothers. While the mission of the Emergency Defense Group Enterprise is clear, motivations of our Employees are more complex. Few bounty hunters live long enough to see their retirement pension. You need to be really crazy to choose a career of a bounty hunter. Don't make any mistake. We are no saints. Some of us are ex-criminals who escaped prosecution by joining the Guild, while the others are adrenaline addicts who just can't live without the thrill of battle and constant fear of death. Some of the people who join the Guild are greedy bastards and do it just for the money, while the others feel the need to punish themselves for whatever imagined sins they committed. However, some of us, and I believe this is the case of Executor Walter Sobchack, are motivated by a healthy will of revenge and will do anything to track down and kill their targets. Such strong motivation is the only thing that keeps our employees alive in the Border and Edge worlds. Without it they would not survive a week in this hostile environment.
Jack Payton paused again and took a deep breath.
- Now, if, and I highly stress the conditional tense, our member indeed breached the no fly zone of Poole system, then I am pretty sure he did it as a last resort to track down a dangerous target. If this really happened, then, well, you have our apology and assurance that it won't happen again. However, don't expect us to crawl and beg for mercy. We kill pirates and terrorists, and we will keep doing it whether Bretonia Police Authority pays for it or not. Personally I hope there will be no further misunderstandings between us and our fruitful cooperation will thrive again. Kind regards, Enforcer Jack Payton over and out.
Jack Payton closed the comm-link and turned off all recording devices.
- Thank you Payton. - said a man sitting behind the chair outside of the recording arc of the camera.
- This was the last time I am cleaning up your mess.
- I am sorry Payton. But I could have done it myself.
- Yeah, I know. You would just tell them to shove off. No, it is enough you ruined our contract with Kusarians. Can you imagine that it is generally bad diplomatic move to tell a guy you want to work for that he is contemptuous xenophobic buffoon?
- I will try to keep it in mind Payton.
- And one more thing, no more frakkin flying after drinking, you understand me?
- I promise Payton.
- Now, tell me Walter - Payton's tone of voice changed from authoritative to cheerful - How the frakk you managed to fly through a system beset with dozens of automated defenses in an unarmored Starflier and how much Vityaz owes you for doing that?
<div align="right]written by Guszaban
Quote:Mr. Jack Payton,
Thank you for so quickly responding to this matter.
For the record: The Bretonia Police Authority wish to commend you, and your fine group, in your ongoing assistance in ridding Bretonia of pirate activity. Although your methods differ from our own, you have proven a valuable ally in the fight against Corsair activity in our realm.
We apologize for any alarm you may have experienced while we temporarily suspended our contract with you. Whenever our sensors in Poole system pick up an unregistered ship, our standard policy is to immediately investigate the matter and determine first hand if our sensors were indeed accurate. As it stands, we were unable to visually identify any unauthorized ships in the Poole system and our investigation is unresolved at this time.
This does not mean that our contractual relationship must be suspended indefinitely. Sensors have been known to be faulty at times. They are not always accurate. First hand sightings are far more reliable and these are what we use as evidence in a court of law. Given that we lack this evidence, we must conclude that there is not sufficient grounds to terminate our contract with you and bring up legal charges against you. Therefore, we will resume our contract with you as before.
Be advised however, that we will file away these sensor logs. I'm sure that they will never need to be used in any legal proceedings in the future. Anyways, please continue assisting us as you faithfully do, in maintaining law and order within Bretonia.
Yours,
Rex Easly
BPA Deputy Commissioner
Off the record: Listen Jack, I want you to tell your Executor that our sensors have never failed us in the past. We know what happened, you know what happened. My desk is loaded with reports, I'm starting to drink heavily and I don't have the time or patience to deal with this crap. Keep your men away from unrestricted areas and I'll be a happy man. Am I clear? Now that we know a little more about the systems you like to frequent, we will keep a closer eye on you in the future. I'm confident that you will make sure that this won't happen again.
Rex out...
Quote:I am really happy that we understand each other. Payton over and out.