Transmission to: Whom it may concern
Origin of Message: Omega 52, Coalition Customs Office, Cape Verde Station
Priority: Urgent
Ladies, gentlemen, and any combination thereof. My name is Commissar-Captain Nikolaus Al-Rashid, and I m the man responsible for the enforcement of the Rules of the Road in Omega 52. Now, its come to my attention that several of you appear to think that Omega 52, and Cape Verde station, are your own personal playgrounds that you can waltz through whenever you feel like it. This is not so. There are several groups that have permission to use the system as a route for trade, and thats it. If anyone else is caught in that system again, you will be given One (1) warning to leave, and after that you shall be vaporized. The Grand Admiral has informed me that he has no tolerance left for those who trespass upon Coalition Military space, and is willing to forgo the No firing on Civilians policy for the purposes of defending our sovereign space.
Now, this is the list of Groups and Individuals that have permission to use Omega 52 as a trade route:
-Trader Red Afonso, for services rendered.
-Any Trading Vessel who presents the appropriate evidence that it is a Covert Revolutionary support ship.
-The Vessel 'Blubba-Squat'
The Following groups have permission to use Omega 52 as a route for the passage of their own forces, and may dock to refuel and resupply if neccesary. Confine yourselves to the Civilian Levels of the station however, or there will be consequences.
-Any Warship of the Phantom Empire
-Any Ship of the Order's Black Squadron
-Any member of The Angels
These Groups may ask for permission to pass through, but may not dock. Inform the SCRA Pilots on duty your reasons for passing through. If its for the purposes of piracy, or if you engage in piracy in or around our system, expect to receive a rather explosive welcome the next time you pass through. If for any reason the pilot on duty feels that you are not trustworthy enough to be allowed through, leave immediately of have your face re-arranged by the guns of the Coalition.
Fighters only of the Unioners**
Fighters only of the Bundschuh**
Fighters only of the LWB**
Fighters only of the Red Hessians**
Fighters only of The Order**
The Following have proven themselves untrustworthy, and may not enter the system under any circumstances. If its a trading vessel, warn them to leave before opening fire, if not, blast them. I cannot imagine anyone being bothered by a few less idiots in the world.
-Vessels of the Jupiter Guild
-Anyone the SCRA would normally shoot
-Trading Vessels
-Vessels of the TAZ
-Any Zoners
Now, anyone who has any questions of problems with that may send me a message in reply. If you wish to gain exception for your ship, please present a full route, alignment, ID, and any previous dealings you mayve had with The Coalition. Must not be accompanied by bribes, threats, intimidation, or any other un-interesting crud.
Yours, Commissar-Captain Nikolaus Al-Rashid, Commander of Omega-52 Coalition Customs Office.
Transmission Ended
*Really, really old agreement between gentlemen.
**Includes player factions of same tag
from: guardship Persephone II, freeport 11
to: scra
"due to the friendly tone, i hereby request the Fringe aka. Sanctimony to be removed form the ships allowed to pass your system. - the route can easily be altered and it appears that the offer to aid your cause was not needed anyway when it was originally offered.
have it your way, coalition, you missed out a good business opportunity by acting in an utter inappropriate way towards a faction that would mean you no harm, - in the very contrary ... even offered economical assistance for your cause.
i will instruct captain Richard Bach of the.Fringe to alter his course to avoid omega-52 in the future and to cut any diplomatic contacts to the coalition.
thank you for your attention
E.Tate out"
Incoming transmission from Lanzerote Base - Omicron 49
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Al-Rashid,
"-The Trading Vessel Reckless Abandon (The Captain has lied about its route, and is carrying cargo for the Alliance. Shoot it down with extreme prejudice)"
Interesting. Care to elaborate on my lying about my trade route? No, on second thought, don't bother. I would no doubt be subjugated to reading another half-truth cranked out by some hung-over apparatchik from your ministry of misinformation.
So I guess this means no more plutonium "samples" on my return run for you Bolshevik throwbacks. Your loss, comrade. I guess I'll just have to cope with the tedium of the longer route by counting all the money I'll be saving.
In light of your recent threat against the structural integrity of my ship, I will indeed be giving your glorious little workers' paradise a wide berth. However, if any of your heroes of the the revolution threaten my ship and crew outside of O-52, I will have a hefty bounty slapped on the offending party faster than you can say leningradskij oblast.
This message has concluded. You may go back to polishing your medals now.
Elias Elonen, Captain of the Reckless Abandon
Transmission to: Elias, Tate
Comm ID: Commissar-Captain Nikolaus Al-Rashid
Very well gentlemen, as you appear to be as ignorant as I'd suspected from the begining, not only are you both barred from Omega-52, if you're spotted in conjunction with alliance forces in the future, your souls will be decorating the starscape.
And, please. Send hunters, send as many as you like. We'll be here to welcome them with the best pilots this sector has seen, and a wall of red death. I look forward to it.
Al-Rashid out.
//i know you say blacksquadron only but is that a typo or can indies of the order pass through
Trasmission to: Those who need to know.
Comm ID: Commissar-Captain Al-Rashid
Ladies and Gentlemen, it has come to my attention that Vessels posing as Zoners are running supplies for the Alliance Houses. As such, the only vessels authorized to pass through Omega 52 are as follows:
Groups and Individuals that have permission to use Omega 52 as a trade route:
-Any ship carrying the tag of the Temporarily Autonomous Zoners, including Traders and escorts smaller than a Gunboat.*
-Trader 'Red Afonso', for services rendered.
-Any Trading Vessel who presents the appropriate evidence that it is a Covert Revolutionary support ship.
The Following groups have permission to use Omega 52 as a route for the passage of their own forces:
-Any Warship of the Phantom Empire (May dock for re-supply, but confine yourselves to the lower levels of the station)
-Any Ship of the Order's Black Squadron
-Any member of The Angels
These Groups may ask for permission to pass through, but may not dock. Inform the SCRA Pilots on duty your reasons for passing through. If its for the purposes of piracy, or if you engage in piracy in or around our system, expect to receive a rather explosive welcome the next time you pass through. If for any reason the pilot on duty feels that you are not trustworthy enough to be allowed through, leave immediately of have your face re-arranged by the guns of the Coalition.
Fighters only of the Unioners**
Fighters only of the Bundschuh**
Fighters only of the LWB**
Fighters only of the Red Hessians**
Fighters only of The Order
Anyone feeling that they're being maligned, mistreated, or anything else, feel free to send a message, and you'll likely be told to off yourself. Anyone with a legitimate concern, bring it forward, but don't eexpect "Zoner Neutrality" to help you, we've had enough of that.
For the Coalition! Al-Rashid out.
Transmission Ended
Incoming transmission...
Sender: Lloyd Black
To: Commissar-Captain Nikolaus Al-Rashid
People lately seem to be getting stupider, as you also have seen, and this is endangering Zoner stations. So, I'm requesting passage through Omega-52 for my fighter.
Expected routes pass through Omega-49, Omega-50, Omega-52, Omega-5, Omega-41, and Omicron Theta, to reach Freeports 5 and 11.
My ship is a registered Zoner vessel, and I have had no previous encounters with your group. It's a Viper MkII, so I obviously can't do much supplying for the... why do you call them an "alliance" anyway? Look at them, squabbling over rocks and crying about imagined insults like idiotic children!
I don't expect this to be a free personal favor, naturally, and I'm willing to provide some service or supplies you may need. Someone needs to teach these damned kids a lesson.
End of transmission.
*Encryption Enabled*
*Comm Channel Opened*
*Sending Transmission*
From Sofiya
Comm Id: Sofiya Tolstov.
Hail Commissar-Captain Al-Rashid,
You may or may not have noticed me flying about recently, but all you would need to know is that i support the coalition 100%, but am not ready to fly under its name.
So, i humbly request that you can give my ship safe passage within your system, and also use it to resupply.
I understand if you do not wish for me to be about, but i promise you, you will trust me eventually, sir.
Sofiya, Over and out.
*Ending Transmission*
*Comm Channel Closed*
*Encryption Disabled*
**** Begin Transmission ****
[Static slowly replaced by loud country music with lyrics from Houston]
Um, pardon me partner, but my convoy and I picked up faint transmissions of your message while traveling through Omega 5. If you have a chance, I'd like to 'ere your opinions on us .:j:. Congressman. *scratches head* I don't reckon we du much buizness down 'dere but I rather know how your Coalition feels about us, just in case one of my pilots wanders off into Omega 52.
Sorry for taking up your time,
and hope we do some buizness in the future,
.:j:.Lonewolf
[The country music quickly fades out and is replaced by static]
**** End Transmission ****
//ooc Please bear in mind Rudio is the offical contact for any diplomancy with the Congress. I'm just preventing us from having any misunderstandings.
Comms ID: Hanz Kleener
Pacifica Base
Commissar-Captain Al-Rashid
I am requesting permission for a comrade trader, 'Blubba-Squat' to be given access for one teran calender month to pass through your borders (Omega 52). The ships current skipper has been a staunch supporter of the Unioners and I would appreciate your help in this.
Hanz - out.
...Comm ends...