What we had to do to your ship simply was regrettable, but time and time again the attitude we've received from Ageira when attempting to give you a dialogue to work with has always been over-confidence and passive-aggression. I have to admit, it felt a little good to kick your ship half to hell and leave you void of the cargo you refused to drop. You didn't even attempt to negotiate, just outright refusal. If you have to place blame somewhere, I'm sure your pride given the circumstances will prove a suitable candidate.

The Alliance cannot allow those Bretonian goods to pass through Liberty, to do so would be a direct compromise of our interests and that too one of a grave caliber and with no gains whatsoever. If you want your ships to run back and forth without interference, then I think you'll have to swallow just a small amount of the pride you're spitting our way and bring something to the table for us to consider.

'Cause from where we stand, you're just another suit trying to talk his way out of a ballistic situation. Remember who you're dealing with sir, and be a little grateful we didn't aim to kill you or any of your fine crewmen. Would have been a darn shame for them to have died over your inability to offer compromise. Serpentis bites and can prove quite the crude bunch when provoked. A rattling snake is a sure sign of danger, a fact that'll save lives.

You might not know it, but there's a lot of people pissed off with Ageira in the Alliance, Mister White. Your business practices haven't exactly left them very sympathetic of your position. It'll take action to undo that cynicism, action you've proved unwilling to take. And that much is unfortunate.

Maybe henchmen is how you view your own employees, assets to be expended in the pursuit of profit that only the one percent ever get to see. I have to admit, it's mildly amusing that you're only proving the point I made in regards to your pride. Better still that my peers will eventually get to hear it. Pride cometh before the fall, Mister White. I've given you ample opportunity to find common cause, all you've done in return is prove to us that Ageira can neither be trusted nor expected to see reason.

It's ironic how a pathetic and useless group of people have gotten you so riled up. So much so that you're willing to send your secret police after us. More ironic still is the fact that these people have existed well before you were even born and became the leech you are today. If you really cared about Liberty's interests, then you wouldn't have been so eager to throw your workers under the bus and give the other Houses the ability to walk all over Liberty.

Get one thing clear though, snakes don't chew. They swallow their prey whole.