To: The Owners/Operators of 'Black.Market' Vessels (Junkers Congress upon request)

[Tabris]

-Incomming Transmission...Stand By.-

"Gentlemen and Ladies, it has come to my attention that at least one of your vessels has decided it was above the law of Rheinland. While I was on stationary duty infront of New Berlin I noticed one of your 'Salvager Frigates' landing on our fair planet with a load of Artifacts. Now according to the Rheinland Criminal Code under section §2.1, the possession and trafficking of Artifacts is illegal in our space due to the events of 800-801. Now you might ask 'Where is your proof?'. Rest assured I am currently in possession of an interesting pair of images that would have the Federal Police very interested and cause trouble for the local Junkers due to the unfortunate possibility of our hand being forced to closely investigate what your people do within our space in it's entirety.

Now neither of us wish for strife to be caused from this, but neither can I simply allow you to blatantly break the Klanzer's laws that keep our people safe. I ask you, do you really want a squad of Police Officers knocking down the front door of that little base you have in the Ruhrfeld searching for you due to an Arrest Warrant issued by this office and perhaps stumbling upon something that would make both of us extremely angry?

So, give me a solution that will satisfy both parties and perhaps I'll just...Shuffle these images under the endless piles of paperwork on my desk where they are unlikely to be seen."

[Tabris]

-Incomming Transmission...Stand By.-

"Gentlemen, perhaps you do not seem to grasp the gravity of the situation you are in, should you not contact me within 24 hours I shall be forced to pass on this evidence to the Rheinland Federal Police and order a full investigation into the activities of your ships and get search warrents issued.

Do not force my hand or you will find your stay in our House very unsatisfactory."

[Hawk]

****Incoming Transmission****
****Comm ID: Arbiter Jack Crow****
****location: Classified****

Well, I was asked through channels to comment here so this is what I can offer. I am not exactly sure who these '€œblack market'€ vessels are. There aren'€™t many things my people can do to bring about greater wrath from me than land on New Berlin with that kind of cargo. I know some encounter these things in the border worlds, but they should never be brought into house space. They should really be just left alone. At any rate making threats against Kreuzberg is just foolish. You can do what you want to Kreuzberg, but it will not solve your problem because they are not using it to make these deliveries in the first place. They know that if they brought that vile material through Kreuzberg they would end up traveling out an airlock. Furthermore, if you want to share with me who the foolish individuals are who attempted something like this, I can make sure they will be dealt with.

You are correct. We do not need this nonsense. Tell me who it is and they will not be a problem for you anymore.

Crow Out

****End Transmission****

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[Tabris]

"Ah, Mr Crow, believe me I wish it won't come down to searching each and every station within Rheinland Territory for these people, it is a waste of my time as well as yours.

What I want is simple, I want the offender in question to be turned over to our authority, JUST the one, the others are only persons of interest in this minor investigation I'm conducting, if you can do that than I see absolutely no reason to pursue the matter any further.

The Individual was flying the Frigate Black.Market~2, the ship of course you may keep as it is the property of the Junkers, only the Captain is required if you can procure him, if you are unable to capture him to turn him over than expelling him from your stations will satisfy me as there'd be very few places in our home he'd be welcome in without my Officers waiting for him.

I do not expect miracles from this, but I remain optimistic."

[Hawk]

****Incoming Transmission****
****Comm ID: Arbiter Jack Crow****
****location: Classified****

Since your message I am being told about these ships. I have not been aware of them. I think we can both agree that extreme threats are not helping anyone since we both seem to want the same thing. Now, if you can tone it down just a little I will put all of my resources into finding what we can. If however, you would rather not work with us we can always bow out now.

Crow Out

****End Transmission****

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[Tabris]

"Indeed, I apologize if I seem angry at you, I know that this is not your fault as you cannot control every single Junker in Sirius. The reason I seem at the end of my temper is due to that Junker's shipment being annoying to track down once it reached planetside, it irritates me quite frankly.

If you require images of the vessel and it's Cargo I can make it available to you upon reques."

[Hawk]

****Incoming Transmission****
****Comm ID: Arbiter Jack Crow****
****location: Classified****

I understand your frustration, truly I do. However, if you had come to me with this first we could have avoided a great deal of this unpleasantness. If you are frustrated now, it is only because you chose to do this the hard way.

Yes, sending me the images would be helpful. We will begin to look into this and get you any information we can. Any more threats against my people and you are on your own.

Crow Out

****End Transmission****

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[Tabris]

"I shall make the evidence available to you."


EVIDENCE

Exhibit A

Exhibit B

[Hawk]

****Incoming Transmission****
****Comm ID: Arbiter Jack Crow****
****location: Classified****

Thank you for this. I have one more question. I noticed a vessel in one of the images named Croat. Do you believe that vessel is connected to this Black Market vessel in any way? If so that might shed some light on this.

Crow Out

****End Transmission****

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[Tabris]

"It is unlikely but possible, if they are involved with one another they've made no indications of it infront of my view."