From:Boucher To:The Blood Dragons Subject:Diamonds
Hello - this is Lionel Boucher of The Maquis speaking. I am really not aware of the details, but The Maquis in our cell in Tau-53'Lapalisse Depot speak very fondly of The Blood Dragons. Heck, I could swear I saw one of them even fly one of your ships quite masterfully! There's even talk aboard the base of some sort of dusty old cooperation between you and the Lapalisse Maquis.
I have no personal direct knowledge of this, and have never met you, so I will get to the point. There are rumors that one of your bases might be able to make use of Uncut Diamonds. I have just so happened to come in possession of a loadful of them, through a donation of a wilfull Rheinlander who felt for our cause.
[24.01.2021 13:26:41] [FLG]NT-Lumiere: bonjour!
[24.01.2021 13:26:47] [FLG]NT-Lumiere: cut your engines partner!
[24.01.2021 13:27:04] [FLG]NT-Lumiere: how are we today
[24.01.2021 13:27:06] MoMo: good day today
[24.01.2021 13:27:15] [FLG]NT-Lumiere: do you know who we are?
[24.01.2021 13:27:30] MoMo: not a clue
[24.01.2021 13:27:37] MoMo: i am first time in this region
[24.01.2021 13:27:43] [FLG]NT-Lumiere: Ah I see!
[24.01.2021 13:27:53] Tip: The world of Freelancer is full of ambiguity just like real life is. Not all characters showing up as hostile are your enemies. Likewise - not all characters showing up as neutral are your friends.
[24.01.2021 13:27:58] [FLG]NT-Lumiere: We are The Maquis - we fight against the Evil Gallic navy and Gallic Union
[24.01.2021 13:27:59] MoMo: probably freedomfighters
[24.01.2021 13:28:01] [FLG]NT-Lumiere: who by the way
[24.01.2021 13:28:08] [FLG]NT-Lumiere: would probably shoot you if they find you here
[24.01.2021 13:28:18] MoMo: why shoot me?
[24.01.2021 13:28:27] [FLG]NT-Lumiere: They are a millitary dictatorship
[24.01.2021 13:28:34] MoMo: they dislike Reinhaldrels?
[24.01.2021 13:28:42] [FLG]NT-Lumiere: in their house? Yes sir
[24.01.2021 13:28:46] [FLG]NT-Lumiere: have you heard of leeds?
[24.01.2021 13:29:00] [FLG]NT-Lumiere: The planet? and it's glassing?
[24.01.2021 13:29:00] MoMo: How to donate tp Freedomfighters?
[24.01.2021 13:29:25] [FLG]NT-Lumiere: Well friend, I can see you have here some uncut diamonds! We could use those for sure! How about you help our cause
[24.01.2021 13:29:34] [FLG]NT-Lumiere: by say giving half your load
[24.01.2021 13:29:45] [FLG]NT-Lumiere: Would that be acceptable for the good of The Humanity?
[24.01.2021 13:29:47] MoMo: do you accept credit card or dp you want daimonds?
[24.01.2021 13:30:01] [FLG]NT-Lumiere: We really prefer diamonds we can barter for other things
[24.01.2021 13:30:06] [FLG]NT-Lumiere: Credits don't do us too good
[24.01.2021 13:30:17] [FLG]NT-Lumiere: How about 2.4k of those bad boys friend
[24.01.2021 13:30:25] MoMo: is 2K ok?
[24.01.2021 13:30:31] [FLG]NT-Lumiere: ah what the hell, sure
[24.01.2021 13:30:33] MoMo: i made a long trip
[24.01.2021 13:31:12] MoMo: i hopw your wife likes a good necklace
[24.01.2021 13:31:13] [FLG]NT-Lumiere: appreciate it
[24.01.2021 13:31:36] MoMo: all right i will be on my way
[24.01.2021 13:31:38] [FLG]NT-Lumiere: *laughs* I'd say my wive is dead, killed by the Royalists - but that would ruin the mood *laughs*
[24.01.2021 13:31:40] [FLG]NT-Lumiere: stay safe
[24.01.2021 13:31:45] [FLG]NT-Lumiere: if the gallic navy gives you trouble
[24.01.2021 13:31:48] [FLG]NT-Lumiere: give us a call
[24.01.2021 13:31:51] MoMo: sorry to hear that
[24.01.2021 13:31:53] [FLG]NT-Lumiere: we will gladly bomb them and their families
[24.01.2021 13:31:57] MoMo: see you in space
[24.01.2021 13:32:00] [FLG]NT-Lumiere: so long!
Me and my women and men have no m**** idea what to do with an unprocessed ore, not exactly keen on handing it over to The Corse as it just might end up in The Gallic Union's hands - so I just thought to contact you, ask you if The Tau-53 Maquis are someone you remember.
And if you do have use for the ore, we will just deliver it over and maybe start working on the rumored ancient friendship between our peoples of the times long gone.
Some time has passed, we have found a buyer for The Diamonds and once more I am here visiting our Tau-53 cell.
Are their contacts they gave me Neural Net communication codes to gone? Have your been wiped out by the Merde dishonorable KNF?
Like I said - I have never met you, but we recently got into clashes with The KNF and The Tau 53 Maquis sing praises about you. Would be nice to see if you are still out there and want to cooperate with the rest of us like you have with our Lapalisse heroes in the past long gone.
Sender: Taka Moriachi, Dragon Recipient: Maquis Sunject: New Change of powers
Encryption: High
Konichiwa, My name is Taka Moriachi. There have been recent conflicts inside the blood dragons who shall take over the throne, so we haven't been quite active, as you can probably guess. But now, a new shogun has taken over, and it is Hakkera-san. We appreciate the praise you give to the blood dragons, but I would like to ask you what the Maquis seeks in Kusari? You have engaged one of our allies, and our impression of the Maquis is quite negative. If you wish to cooperate with us, I suggest coming to stable relations with the GC.
I am Balian Remi, and a spokeperson for the Front. It gladdens us to see you've sorted your inner strife and renewed your crusade against the usurpers. We know all too well this feeling as our fight against the betraying leaders of Gallia mirror your own struggle. It is a wonder Maquisards of the past were not already brothers to the Dragons of old.
Of late, our activities in the Taus have increased and naturally led to increased interactions with the Gen'an (if thats the right word?) operatives. Unfortunately, this got off on the wrong foot perhaps as we had a series of err, ill-fated situations. I believe the problem ultimately comes to their willingness to aid Maltese against our forces, who have time and again destabilized our home and caused much trouble, but we are not coming to you today about these.
However, it should be noted that recently we aided the Chrysanthemums against the merde Kusari naval officers.
But alas ami, to answer your question, we seek no particular interest in Kusari's affairs but to reach out to potential friends, for much is to gain on both sides in logistical and technological value. I do hope this falls upon an open ear.
Balian looks over the comms terminal again. The face panel was loose and parts of the screen was cracked with the low static humming coming from the device.
"I don't know if they got that Boucher. Where'd you even get this pile of junk? I'll resend the comm and see if it made it through."
Blood Dragon Command,
We hope our previous message made it to your leadership. Our rapid expansion has not allowed our logistics to keep up with us and we've had some err, technical difficulties at present. We look forward to coordinating with you when possible.