To: John Burton, CEO, GST
From: Malaclypse, E-Prime, TAZ
Burton!
I have received word from one of my Temple Guards of some rather questionable behaviour by several of your "employees", sir.
I wish to make my displeasure known. i expect an immediate acknowledgement, and I demand an apology.
Apparently, two of your lads were conducting "training" exercises in our home system of Bafflin' recently, Burton.
These two GST vessels were lollygagging about without so much as a "by your leave", or even a "howdy do" to the TAZ vessel on scene. In fact, they rather rudely ignored him completely.
Per the Bafflin' Pentabarf, Clause the Third, the entire system of Bafflin' is a "No Fire Zone", sir.
Random weapons fire tends to agitate our local Scrubbies, putting them off their feed, and interrupting their mating habits.
It also tends to hack our Goddess off, particularly when perpetrated within the reported distance of 2.5 kilometers from one of Her Bases.
In future, Burton, this sort of hooliganism and horseplay will not be tolerated. You will scan the system before entering, and you WILL ask permission of a TAZ member before entering Bafflin'.
If violations of our Pentabarf should occur again, at the least you will be finding other routes to conduct your.. ahem.. "trading"; and at worst, you will find your entire "Organization" on our "Enemas of Eris" list.
We are not amused atall, atall, Burton. You have been warned.
From: GST Chief Executive Officer John Burton
To: the most honorable Malaclypse, E-Prime, TAZ
Subject: 'Bafflin' incident
Very dear Zoner,
First of all, I want to make sure you're talking of a system known by our Explore-Team: We know a solar system called Baffin, but none called BaffLin. In case you'd really be talking of a BaffLing system, we'd be very interested to learn more about its location.
However, we already know BAFFIN Goddess and really appreciate your local "Scrubbies" *Tuckson, please find out what the hell is this sort of alien organism, thanks* and would be very disappointed to have caused any harm or trouble to them.
We just started an 'inside commission' to find out if this incident really occured - which is pretty sure to my opinion, since you're reporting it - and which GST pilots were involved in that regrettable and regrett? 'training' or what so ever.
As soon as we'll have the names of these pilots, the TAZ account you'll tell us will receive 5.000.000$. This to show you - and no one else - how strong the link between GST's board and Zoners still is - although we're trying not to make much publicity of it nowadays, as you noticed.
Yours sincerely,
John "Jack" Burton
PS: Cpt. Tuckson will with greatest pleasure provide your Scrubbies with Genetically Modified Tauian Crackers on his next trip to Baffl... I mean to Baffin. Like I'm always saying at GST Security Council Meetings: No zoological specie in Sirius should ever suffer from GST 'tradings'.
GST CEO John Burton (3076-...) is a retired Liberty high rank politician and business man.
His functions in Liberty administration are still not clear today.
He left Liberty administration some years ago and founded the well known Galactic Secure Trade Company in Kusari space with WDR funds.
The GST Company was based in Zoner systems for the following years, until tensions with Liberty authorities because of GST breaking the Texas blockade became to dangerous for Zoners.
Then the GST Security Council decided the Company should switch to Smuggler ID and cut all official contacts with former Zoner Allies.
You can find more information and desinformation on GST's Neuronet: http://gstrade.forumactif.net
and contact John Burton and other GST members there almost anytime.
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