Once again, elements within the Tau Corridor are hard at work attempting to destabilise our grip on the area. You Zoners, bar some of your more noteworthy and wiser sects, have long since made clear your policy of intolerance and outright opposition towards the Gallic Crown. In our benevolence, we have seen fit to overlook it more often than not. However, with our recent appraisal of events in the Omicron sectors and beyond, we are disappointed to see that once again events closer to our sphere of influence are spiralling out of control, with a flagrant disregard for the Legal Codex on display at any given hour.

Therefore, it falls to me to inform you that the Royal Navy will be taking an active and vigilant stance towards ensuring the hubbub of activity ongoing on our borders remains within all legal benefits. I, personally, have heard several disturbing reports regarding the operation and collaboration of numerous terrorist and pirate entities in this so-called 'relief effort' - and while the intentions contained therein are no doubt admirable, no attempt has been made to appraise the King's Royal Navy of this ongoing insurrection and brazen, wilful ignorance of our laws in space controlled by the Crown.

A mixed patrol wing has been dispatched from New Tours Watch Station, and will arrive within a few hours. I expect full co-operation from both the Freeport administration and the Guild Paramilitary in ensuring any further efforts to render aid to the Delta crisis is conducted safely, carefully - and above all, legally.

It is clear you are neither a diplomat nor, on the other hand, blessed with common sense. Clearly, you have no true appreciation of the delicate position you and your Freeport enjoy; a tolerated outpost of near-lawlessness existing on the very fringe of the greatest Kingdom the galaxy has ever seen.

Respect is expected, not merely demanded, when you Sirians deal with us. I am well aware of the Tau Decree; however, when events move apace and a system on the fringe of our territories is thrown into hiving activity, it is our duty to ensure that the King's will remains as enforced as ever, for the safety of all legal entities within the Crown's sphere of influence. You have no authority to overrule either my mandate or the Crown's in this matter, and you and all other Zoners and Freeport staff will accede to our ongoing investigations within the Tau-29 system or face further consequences for obstructing the King's justice. 'Cooperation', as you put it, is not something the Royal Navy demands from you - it is expected of you, that you may continue your existence in relative peace. We do not need your cooperation any more than the lion requires the cooperation of the mosquito - the onus is on you to cooperate with us, and provide the Crown's forces with all aid and obedience they require as this situation unfolds.

This is not a threat, monsieur, merely a statement of fact. Tread carefully.