To: Guilty Pleasures, pilot unknown | From: Shuji Iwahara, OTS Fallen Leaves

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Hello. We had a discussion recently regarding some sensitive cargo and the continued security thereof.

Today I was eating lunch when I heard the structural integrity alarm on Canberra. Apparently you had an unpleasant encounter with a Crayterian dreadnought. So, that's what our neighbors are like. Now you know why I like to keep my shipments secure and quiet.

I do hope you were able to get away from that, I don't much like shouting into the void.

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Hey.

I have to thank you for your concern and the money you gave me the other day. I'll really need it after what they did to my Falchion. I was lucky enough that nothing happened to my escape pod. I do hope that next time that dreadnought comes around I'm in a bomber. I always thought people in military service would have to go through some sort of psychological test before being allowed to command a ship like that. Seems not everyone cares if their admirals are trigger happy or have a bad temperament.

You should really consider finding people to enforce a peaceful behavior around your station. There is little point calling it a neutral port if every now and then a ship of that size comes to open fire on bystanders.

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Getting a militant fascist state to do what you want isn't exactly a matter for blunt force. Thankfully, the Fleet Admiral spends most of his time in Coronado, as far as I can tell; that's the first time I've seen the Olympia in the Makassar field.

Think I'll have to see if the Fleet can reconfigure the warning beacons a little to account for this sort of thing. Get us a proper heads-up if Crayter starts nosing around.

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