Transmission to Doc Holiday

[Zelot]

Target: Doc Holiday, Tombstone Estates, Gran Canaria
Comm ID: Miguel Sephardi, Battleship Memoria, Omicron Gamma

Hola Doc,
It's been a long time, no? Well, for old men like us, time is just a reminder of things past. I have spent the last year high in the mountains of Crete, it was not until recently that I was called back, just in time to witness the outbreak of hostilities between your folk and mine. Well, as you know, I am no long a member of the Council of Elders, nor the leader of the Brotherhood, but I was called by the Council, and asked to explore any diplomatic options for the situation. That is not to say the Elders have called off the troops, but I think if I can show them some progress, they will. I am currently on board the Memoria, preparing to head to Freeport 9 in an attempt to talk with the Zoner forces on the station. I hope you, or at least a representative of yours will be able to be there, I think this may be the last chance to salvage anything from the long relations between our peoples. It does make my mind wander back.....

None the less, I have always found you to be a particularly level headed Zoner, and I think the more level headed voices at the Zoner table the better.

Miguel

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[Doc Holliday]

*incoming transmission*
Comm ID: [TAZ]Doc Holliday
Location: Shasta Orbital Skyhook, Baffin System
To: Senor Miguel Sephardi
Location: Battleship Memoria, Omicron Gamma

Hola Senor Sephardi,

Yes, it has been a long time since we spoke.

*he nods a bit*

The Mountains of Crete. I have heard of them but have never been to them. I find my solace sitting on the deck of my ranch on Gran Canaria, looking out over the fields that I purchased for the sole purpose of giving the wildlife that I so love a free place to roam, with Midori sitting next to me as my baby daughter sleeps in my arms. Amigo, there is no better feeling, especially when the sun is rising over the hills after a night's rain and the fog is lifting.

I will be honest on this mess in Omicron Theta. I was home when it all took place. I got the news of the attack on Freeport 9 and Freeport 1 and then these.....

*he drops a very thick file folder in front of him*

It contains the names of over 800 Zoners, over half of which are women and children. I signed all of these death notices. Nothing but nothing in medical school prepared me for it. I went into hiding, believing my greatest symbol of peace, Med Force One, to have been all for not. It was those I represent in TAZ that drew me back and Midori who has been keeping me together.

Now, I have been asked to return to the table of diplomacy. You are not the first to ask. I'm still not decided on what to do as I have many a Zoner blaming me for the dissolve of the Zoner Alliance.
I am still level headed according to some but make no mistake, I am also angry. I keep asking myself, do other Zoners WANT me to represent them? I would no doubt be collared by one group or another for whatever happens. After my failure with Aurelia DeFrance, I can't carry another heavy cross.

Yours in Eris,
Dr. John Henry Holliday

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