**Incoming Transmission: All Frequencies**
Comm ID: Blue Lotus Syndicate
Subject: Allowance of smugglers
It has come to our attention that certain smugglers want to move our cardamine, but don't want to overtly associate with us. We have been approached multiple times in this regard, and have decided to finally compile a list. You must meet two requirements. First, you must sign this contract:
I swear to only buy Cardamine from the Blue Lotus' fields. I also swear to not hinder the Blue Lotus Syndicate in any way, shape, or form. I understand that failure to comply will result in my immediate execution.
Signature: __________________________________
Second, you must pay us a sum of five million credits a week, which can be paid monthly to the tune of twenty million credits. This is a one-time deal, and will protect you from Blue Lotus Syndicate pirating no matter what.
Entire corporations, or factions, that wish to buy cardamine from us must reply to this message, and we will begin negotiations as to the price. We can also come to a "no-pirate" agreement, if you are willing to shell out a one-time fee.
Traders under protection:
None
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**Incoming Transmission**
To: Blue Lotus Syndicate
Comm ID: Unknown
Subject: RE:Allowance of smugglers
Ah, so you are the ones trying to police the cardamine flow... Well, that'd be just another "police force" I have to deal with, I assume. Let me tell you something: If you're as effective as those Liberty clowns or those court jesters in Bretonia... chances are that we'll never meet each other.
Don't get this wrong, I'm not excluding any potential cooperation with you in the future... I'm saying that you'll have to convince me that it would be worthwhile for me.
Until then, "good luck".
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I swear to only buy Cardamine from the Blue Lotus' fields. I also swear to not hinder the Blue Lotus Syndicate in any way, shape, or form. I understand that failure to comply will result in my immediate execution.
Signature: Wild.Karrde __________________________________
--- incoming encrypted message ---
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Location : Beaumont, Texas
Comm ID : unknown
Subject : Allowance of smugglers
I made a dream today. I saw a rope, each end of it in my hands. The rope was tight like a stick ready to beat. Suddenly, the rope started to move like a snake. The first end changed into a royal cobra and the other end shaped into a rattlesnake tail. The head ate the tail, but the tail was poisonous so the head finaly die. I droped the rope. On the floor, there was only a perfect circle.
Who control the production, and the transport need a destination point to distribute. What if all the Junkers bases suddenly close their docking bays... I guess the Cobra will eat the rattlesnake... but in the end... both will die and the Cardamine won't flow anymore.
So, i could pay a tax for your beautiful product, but i see something different in this dream. Dealers can also have their extra cut.
Maybe, junkers could learn from you as the King Cobra remain the King, but the rattlesnake can do a lousy sound which could awake some lousy guys. The circle is the perfect and continous flow, don't make the rope looks like a stick.
Best regards.
Five million a week? Hmm we will have to think about this.
And Oniros I actualy understood all that rambling. I don't know of that is good or bad...
Five million a week is a bit much... As a smuggler, I follow profits, so I may just have to offer my services to other factions.
**Incoming Transmission: All Frequencies**
**Comm ID: Blue Lotus Syndicate**
**Member ID: Alekzander**
Good evening smugglers and such,
I have heard a lot lately about prices for protection and not attacking being high. Mind that I have been a smuggler and I know a lot of other smugglers, and one week time of smuggling five million credits are
not much at all.
Quote:Five million a week is a bit much... As a smuggler, I follow profits, so I may just have to offer my services to other factions.
I understand that some of the routes that you take might seem rather dangerous, but if you join us under the Blue Lotus Syndicate flag we will show you safer ones and you will have an escort on most of the routes. So if you wish pay us 5 million a week, 20 million a month or join us, do know that if you don't we might use you as target practice when we catch you smuggling cardamine that is not BLS'.
Please send information here if you wish to not be pirated by the BLS members.
Fly safe smugglers....
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' Wrote:do know that if you don't we might use you as target practice when we catch you smuggling cardamine that is not BLS'.
Please send information here if you wish to not be pirated by the BLS members.
Interesting...you would fire on and/or pirate a junker smuggler then turn around and land on our base? Very interesting.
**Incoming Transmission**
Re: All transmissions
Your reply is noted, "Unknown". Be aware that so far we have been very effective.
Wild.Karrde, make the payment to any BLS-tagged ships you see in space.
This next reply is to the second unknown and "Culebra": The Junkers, which you should well know, being Junkers yourselves, are not united. To think that some would forsake the profits of dealing with us because we pick on other Junkers that don't support us is ridiculous. The next person to bring this line of thought will have my hand at their throat quite personally.
And "Irioth" ((people, supply your in-game names or at least an "unknown"!)), if 5 million is a lot to you, you're obviously a bad smuggler, and we don't want your services anyways.
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' Wrote:This next reply is to the second unknown and "Culebra": The Junkers, which you should well know, being Junkers yourselves, are not united. To think that some would forsake the profits of dealing with us because we pick on other Junkers that don't support us is ridiculous. The next person to bring this line of thought will have my hand at their throat quite personally.
Well seeing as I do not take kindly to threats of any kind I will have to decline your offer. If we see BLS attacking junkers we will come to their aid.
//I am sure someone has seen this before- Anyone who deals with Junkers knows they live by a strict code; if you're not a Junker, you're not part of the family. A Junker will double-cross you without a second thought, and they're fiercely protective of each other. Somehow we are fiercely protective of each other yet we don't care when others junkers are attacked?