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[29.07.2023 13:47:23] RPA|Ghost: Woah.
[29.07.2023 13:47:26] ND)-Formorian: H: Morning!
[29.07.2023 13:47:33] RPA|Ghost: Alright there?
[29.07.2023 13:47:49] ND)-Formorian: H: Sorry, we, uh... Were intending to take this to your actual holdings in Dublin proper, but we heard there was trouble.
[29.07.2023 13:48:22] RPA|Ghost: Oh, just a tad.
[29.07.2023 13:48:48] RPA|Ghost: BAF and Bounty Hunters prowlin' about.
[29.07.2023 13:49:02] ND)-Formorian: H: Well, we don't mean any harm, obviously - Not that this relic could offer it.
[29.07.2023 13:49:34] RPA|Ghost: I'd offer to escort you, but I gotta fix up some battle damage on my ship.
[29.07.2023 13:49:50] RPA|Ghost: Got bruised up something awful.
[29.07.2023 13:50:27] ND)-Formorian: H: No trouble, and our apologies here, to hear that. The Crown's really going out of its way to try to shore up its ego -
[29.07.2023 13:50:30] ND)-Formorian: - As of late, feels like.
[29.07.2023 13:50:58] RPA|Ceithearn-5: Everydays an uphill battle, so any assistance is welcome in my book. Just mind yourself by Kilrea, yeah?
[29.07.2023 13:51:24] RPA|Ceithearn-5: Many of us got family on station. Somethin' worth fightin' for you know?
[29.07.2023 13:51:48] ND)-Formorian: H: We - "New Dawn", that is -- We're raising what we can to support the Pennsylvanian Resistance, especially now that it's --
[29.07.2023 13:52:15] ND)-Formorian: H: - Escalated. Not sure how Klugmann feels about your folks, but he hasn't warned us ~against exchanging goods.
[29.07.2023 13:52:18] RPA|Ceithearn-5: Hah, heard about that. The balls on them Zoners. Are they Zoners? Or is this just some ploy by Liberty to excuse more Military?
[29.07.2023 13:52:40] ND)-Formorian: H: Well, Klugmann in his speech said something like, uh...
[29.07.2023 13:53:00] ND)-Formorian: H: "Liberty's military needs to justify its own existence between wars", or something.
[29.07.2023 13:53:33] RPA|Ceithearn-5: Liberty needs it to exist, ain't got no state without the force to keep it.
[29.07.2023 13:53:51] RPA|Ghost: Bril. Maybe Bretonia will get caught up in that and leave us alone.
[29.07.2023 13:54:00] ND)-Formorian: H: Oh, yeah; no arguement there - But I'm not the political theoretician of this little group.
[29.07.2023 13:54:37] RPA|Ceithearn-5: Ain't big on politics myself, just don't like it when my goverment stops acting in my interest.
[29.07.2023 13:54:59] ND)-Formorian: Hargreaves: Name's Hargreaves, I was actually a Bowex employee once upon a time. Even back then, didn't see any harm -
[29.07.2023 13:55:06] ND)-Formorian: - In just leavin' Dublin to your folks.
[29.07.2023 13:55:53] RPA|Ghost: Nice to meet someone friendly for a change.
[29.07.2023 13:55:55] RPA|Ceithearn-5: The Crowns' the real problem here, best to just leave it. Don't give it power.
[29.07.2023 13:57:07] RPA|Ghost: So, wait, who's this Klugmann chap?
[29.07.2023 13:57:29] RPA|Ghost: Sounds like a Rheinlander.
[29.07.2023 13:57:30] RPA|Ceithearn-5: And what're your goals? Supportin' this resistance? Why?
[29.07.2023 13:57:35] ND)-Formorian: H: Oh, well... Long story; he used to be a Bundschuh leader maybe seven-odd years ago -- ~We, aboard here, also used to be -
[29.07.2023 13:57:36] ND)-Formorian: - Bundschuh.
[29.07.2023 13:57:45] RPA|Ghost: Explains the IFF.
[29.07.2023 13:58:31] ND)-Formorian: H: I personally was more loyal to the man himself than the strict politics at hand; he's the sort that'd give you the shirt --
[29.07.2023 13:58:37] ND)-Formorian: - Off his back if you were freezin' to death.
[29.07.2023 13:59:05] ND)-Formorian: H: ...Anyway, bunch of us and other Bundschuh followed him to the Sigmas when he had some sort of crazy new idea.
[29.07.2023 13:59:30] ND)-Formorian: H: Group of old ships like these that only a junker could love, wanted to do "anarcho-communism."
[29.07.2023 13:59:47] RPA|Ghost: Brilliant idea.
[29.07.2023 13:59:56] RPA|Ghost: How'd it go?
[29.07.2023 13:59:57] RPA|Ceithearn-5: Not heard of that one.
[29.07.2023 14:00:01] ND)-Formorian: H: In practice I guess that mostly just meant trying to be fair, decent, maybe pirate all sorts of folks in the Sigmas.
[29.07.2023 14:00:30] ND)-Formorian: H: Well, he said it wasn't really "successful"; but those goals of his were damn lofty. He wanted to try to wrest away--
[29.07.2023 14:00:58] ND)-Formorian: H: Some of the production capabilities of H-fuel, Cardamine, Cryer's drugs... Try to make them more "accessible" --
[29.07.2023 14:01:02] ND)-Formorian: - To those who needed them.
[29.07.2023 14:01:28] RPA|Ghost: I'm guessing their owners didn't appreciate that.
[29.07.2023 14:01:31] ND)-Formorian: H: Even though it was pretty "rough", all things considered -- Few of us actually went "hungry" or anything.
[29.07.2023 14:02:03] ND)-Formorian: H: And, yeah... Unfortunately, couldn't do much more than try to disrupt and seize shipments.
[29.07.2023 14:02:28] ND)-Formorian: H: That was called the "Gloaming Flotilla" - We lingered around there for a few years.
[29.07.2023 14:02:46] ND)-Formorian: H: And only recently, now, Klugmann decided to take this ideology and fight closer to Liberty.
[29.07.2023 14:03:12] ND)-Formorian: H: Said that the Flotilla would be merging into the "New Dawn", another group of "anarcho-communists" - Gave all of us a -
[29.07.2023 14:03:42] ND)-Formorian: - Recruitment form if we also wanted to keep chasin' these dreams, and if not, at least gave those who were done a care -
[29.07.2023 14:03:44] ND)-Formorian: - Package.
[29.07.2023 14:04:58] ND)-Formorian: H: Me and the crew here, he's given us the assignment of just "smuggling" - But left the particulars of it to us while we wait-
[29.07.2023 14:05:13] ND)-Formorian: - For the Zoners to actually open up Docking Permissions to us so we can directly supply them.
[29.07.2023 14:05:38] RPA|Ghost: Seems like the story of your usual small-time pirate outfit.
[29.07.2023 14:05:52] RPA|Ceithearn-5: Maybe we should take some lessons in docking permissions? Sounds like our security is getting lax.
[29.07.2023 14:05:54] RPA|Ghost: They either get hunted down or merge into a bigger gang.
[29.07.2023 14:06:57] ND)-Formorian: H: Well, to be fair - Back in the Bundschuh days, he tried to limit "piracy" - Really distinguish us in the eyes of Rheinland's
[29.07.2023 14:07:03] ND)-Formorian: - Public from the Hessians and Unioners.
[29.07.2023 14:07:34] RPA|Ghost: Hey now, I think we'd be bloody awful hosts if we turned away all potential trading partners.
[29.07.2023 14:07:43] RPA|Ghost: Not that we have much to trade right now.
[29.07.2023 14:07:53] ND)-Formorian: H: ...Well, you ~do have Gold.
[29.07.2023 14:08:32] RPA|Ghost: Bugger the gold.
[29.07.2023 14:08:36] ND)-Formorian: H: And - If you're interested, you could reach out to New Dawn, maybe see if there's something we can procure for you.
[29.07.2023 14:08:49] RPA|Ghost: We can barely muster a security fleet for our bases, nevermind launch mining ops.
[29.07.2023 14:09:36] RPA|Ghost: BMM buggers have got us pinned. And their Crown lackeys, of course.
[29.07.2023 14:09:41] RPA|Ceithearn-5: Hey! Just let that information out? *he sighs* It's true though. We're spread thin. Gotta have too many active on the front.
[29.07.2023 14:10:15] RPA|Ghost: Not a secret, mate.
[29.07.2023 14:10:19] RPA|Ceithearn-5: This damn dispute with the Gaians is going nowhere either, waste of manpower.
[29.07.2023 14:11:05] ND)-Formorian: H: I guess I wouldn't personally know what to do, in your case, regardin' the Gaians. You've got a "common enemy" and all, but-
[29.07.2023 14:11:22] ND)-Formorian: - At the same time, Klugmann was always opposed to working too closely with the Hessians against Rheinland.
[29.07.2023 14:12:05] RPA|Ghost: Well, maybe if the Gaians weren't all chummy with the Corsairs, we'd have something to talk about.
[29.07.2023 14:12:14] RPA|Ceithearn-5: The Hessians are useful, as are the Coalition. Through them it opens up a larger market for us to survive on.
[29.07.2023 14:13:00] ND)-Formorian: H: Speaking of markets; hopefully these munitions will be of some help, and all. And there's more where they came from -
[29.07.2023 14:13:07] ND)-Formorian: - If you wanted to form a trade agreement or somethin'.
[29.07.2023 14:14:17] RPA|Ghost: Much appreciated. Guess we'll tell the big man in charge about your offer.
[29.07.2023 14:14:39] ND)-Formorian: H: We'll be underway to the final stretch to Arranmoore then, if we've got your go-ahead.
[29.07.2023 14:14:48] RPA|Ceithearn-5: But if you're talking paperwork? And want it dealt with soon, you'd best send us a transmission, can hand it over.
[29.07.2023 14:16:02] RPA|Ghost: Fair. You're clear to proceed.
[29.07.2023 14:16:12] RPA|Ceithearn-5: Be on your way at your leisure. Stay frosy though, Nanny Carina's boys are on the loose.
[29.07.2023 14:16:31] ND)-Formorian: H: Thanks a bunch, man. Good luck in the meantime, and I'll relay this to Klugmann and Solatra.
[29.07.2023 14:16:42] RPA|Ghost: Enjoy your stay, lads.
[29.07.2023 14:17:00] RPA|Ghost: Right. Repairs, then off to the pub?
[29.07.2023 14:17:13] RPA|Ceithearn-5: Sounds good to me. Need a pie.