Hacker:
I am Audaz Alarcón, Alpha Explorer of Malta Hyperspace Starfleet and, contrary to you, an unfortunate situation would be necessary for us to contact you; this is a good time for it.
First of all, when I received this communication, I had to speak with my Observadora Julia López to verify if this was a joke of some sort; unfortunately to my surprise this was a real comm from a real Lane Hacker. I was going to redirect it to her, so a diplomatic response could be ensured on the matter; but circumstances are such, that I have to make my position clear with my own words.
I am baffled at the necessity to form a special “agreement” to secure the use of weaponry that other Maltese have been implementing without extra steps. This type of bureaucracy reminds me of the same “corporate lapdogs” you usually fight with; and I am starting to wonder if you are returning to your own roots. On a personal level, I have no problems with Hackers using some of our tech, as it is basically a guarantee for Orange operations throughout Liberty; moreover, Maltese generosity has been such as there is already a variety of arsenal at your disposal, in our homeworld and allowed facilities. Of course, it would be absurd to assume that we have been behind each negotiation made between Outcasts and Hackers to correspond each favor; what I mean is that we are not closed to share if that helps the Orange Dream and, by extension, you.
Additional to this, the Asesinos are a special squad of Maltese that have fallen into disgrace for different motives and they have been given a second chance to prove that their skills outweigh their debaucheries. Their operations are restricted to certain areas and their provisions are limited to what they need. Having said that, if one Asesino obtained your weapons; I can only applaud his resourcefulness and initiative for acquiring different components that can help him on the raids ahead, and perhaps blame him for the lack of taste on such acquisition. Truth to be told, I do not care if the Asesino invested his last credits with a Hacker quartermaster on a completely authorized transaction or obtained them through a third party; it is better to see those weapons being used in the support of our goals, in the hands of a Maltese, than to see them gathering dust in a secluded station. To be honest, this seems an internal Hacker problem regarding inventory; I thought that logistical issues were trivial concerns to Hackers, as data gathering experts that should know how to organize exabytes of information. If several of your weapons go missing and your databases were not complete enough to validate their final destination; it speaks lowly from your part, not ours. All of this brings me to the next point and the reason that my response required to be a bit more extensive than usual.
Several weeks ago, I have made talks with the rest of Dons and we are not satisfied with the performance of Lane Hackers displayed in the recent quarters. Cardamine has not flowed enough from your side; as the other intermediaries have been more active than you during these times. Our organization has cooperated enthusiastically with the other groups, but Lane Hackers have been absent for a while. To make things worse, the last time I saw you as a group,
you were fighting each other. So, in retrospective, I do not see how I can offer you a positive consideration; if Hackers have been so negligent with their doings and the Inner Circle shows clear signs of power fracture. Time passes, nothing happens and I receive this comm. What do you expect? An apology? Please.
So, the weapons themselves. Right. As I like to say in these situations: Cease this line of thought, because it will only involve unnecessary tergiversation and no progress to each side.
Do not waste our time.