TO: [ALG] Headquarters; RE: Zone 21 Incursion

Greetings, gentlemen.

I am most disappointed with you at the moment. I'm not certain what your hiring process is like, but the captain of the vessel tagged [ALG]-TGS-Bornsen[R] is not making me confident in the ability of your corporation do its job without incident. We picked up sensor pings of this vessel yesterday operating in the Omicron Minor system, and the next thing I see is it coming out of Zone 21. How it survived the journey is unknown to me, and given we slagged the vessel for security purposes that probably isn't going to change. We retrieved the crew and its captain for debriefing aboard the Battleship Missouri. I want an immediate answer as to why I shouldn't have this man and his crew charged with attempted espionage and executed for being spies. I'm attaching the relevant evidence below, as well as a statement he released to us.

Evidence: #1 #2 #3 #4
Statement

Vice Admiral Polstari, signing off.

Guten Abend Vizeadmiral Polstari. I've been away from the usual business attending to some local matters on the planets and I come back to see this on my desk. While I can understand you're upset, I would ask you be a little less... insulting? of my corporation.

However that is beside the point. I honestly have no idea who the Bornsen is. As far as I can tell that name isn't even registered in our database. While I dislike the constant warfare between our nations and the undue amount of bloodshed it causes, I will have to tell you that ALG has no association with such a man. Considering what will likely come of such a statement I would kindly ask for the name of the condemned so I may send his family my deepest condolences.

Auf Wiedersehen Vizeadmiral.

[Image: FrederickVonKleinzBottom.png]

Greetings, sir.

I apologize for the delay in responding to you, but things have been a bit hectic with certain security issues we've had to deal with. Speaking of, when it comes to the security of our House, I tend to take a strong tone on the matter. While on reflection I would reword my previous message were I able, such things are beyond us right now.

What's not beyond us is the matter of this vessel. I am deeply disturbed that you have no records on this vessel operating for your company. The captain of the shuttle claims to be called Fins. That's about all we've really managed to verify, aside from confirming toxocology reports that he and his crew were suffering from acute poisoning induced by exposure to Toxic Waste. Our agents are still in the process of determing what, if any, memories they retain from their errant journey. It may be that if we can guarantee that they heard nothing, saw nothing, and know nothing, that we can return them to you for prosecution under your own laws. I can only imagine the list of crimes you'd like to charge them with. We will of course require that no member of this vessel's crew ever return to Liberty space, regardless of the outcome of their trial.

I hope that we can resolve this quickly and put it all behind us, Herr Kleinz.

Vice Admiral Polstari, signing off.

I can understand the delay and I accept the apology. If the captain was merely delirious from toxic inhalation then that sets a very bad precedent for his work. If he still remains working at ALG after this little incident he will have to go through basic material handling before he comes close to touching toxic waste.

If your government is willing to return the piloten to us I can assure you that, at the very least, they will suffer internal sanctions from my corporation. For their sake I hope they do not spur the wrath of the Rheinland government. Hopefully we can conclude this matter without the loss of life.

Auf Wiedersehen Vizeadmiral.

[Image: FrederickVonKleinzBottom.png]

Greetings, Herr Kleinz.

After much consideration, and taking into account your own statements disavowing the vessel and crew in question, we are detaining the suspects indefinitely for further questioning. They'll be handed over to the relevant department shortly. I apologize for necessity of this, but security concerns prevail. Please take this as an opportunity to reinforce amongst your employees the limitations that ALG is subject to while operating within Liberty space. I have no wish to see such an incident occur again.

Vice Admiral Polstari, signing off.