To: Port Saint John

[Red]

Malta Hyperspace Starfleet

Sender: Michael "Red" Mdina
To: The Administration of Port Saint John
Subject: Your fate
Classification: Unrestricted

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Egregi Signori of this station,

I hope this message finds you well, for you will certainly not be for much longer. It is quite the mystery to me how your splendid minds came to the faithful conclusion of settling down in our humble system; even more of a mystery is how you managed to avoid detection while building this ramshackle structure. Who are you to presume we would allow either your presence or that of your guests so close to Malta?

Regardless of the matter, the charade ends here. Your station will be put to the sword; any and all attempts at evacuation will be met with immediate destruction. You will be made a good example for anyone else who decides to invade the purity of our home.

Addio.

Michael "Red" Mdina - Director Alfa

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[Calico Syndicate]

C a l i c o S y n d i c a t e
Our Fate Indeed

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Some hornet’s nest.

We can assure you that we are rigidly adhering to the strictest security measures we can to prevent those who would genuinely pollute Malta from getting close. It’s a shame things have gotten off on the wrong foot, but we expect this can be smoothed over with no problems.

Your concerns are why we insist on whitelisting, after all. No Crayterian, Corsair, or Bounty Hunter is landing here, just Sirian corporates and their cavernous cargo holds capable of ferrying large quantities of product at a nice safe distance. We have no need of a charade, scam, or flim-flam, we’re here to sell Cardamine to willing buyers at wholesale, something all the aforementioned parties would want to shut down.

We went through a lot of trouble springing the place’s crew from a prisoner transport headed to the Wall specifically to prevent infiltration, send someone over to vet them yourself if you don’t believe us.

This message brought to you by the Calico Syndicate

[Red]

Malta Hyperspace Starfleet

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