The tittering of what sounds like vaguely feminine boys echoes in the background of the comm, before the vid-feed flutters to life. "Channel's open, Empress Jess."

Evening, ladies and germs. Jessebelle here, I'm sure you're all more than familiar with me, so it's doubtful I need to introduce myself.

At the moment, I'm not particularly interested in starting another war where more Zoners die. As fun as it is, it's bad for business. See, blowing up the Freeport is counterproductive to our goals in the Omicrons, and as such, I'm averse to wrecking it even more than we already have.

However, that doesn't mean I'm unwilling.

All I ask from you is that you give up the captains of the Arcadia and the I-401, or at the very least, restrict their docking at your installation. The Core will take it from there. You even said yourselves that the Confederation condemned their actions, as they put Zoner lives in danger.

That'll go doubly if you refuse us, trust me.

Give it some thought.