Signal Source: Saga Station, Tau-42
Signal Destination: SCRA Leadership
Comm ID: Ambassador Ze'ev Barak - Artisan Farmers Alliance
Greetings,
My name is Ze'ev Barak, I am the diplomatic representitive of the Artisan Farmers Alliance and I am sending you this message because I feel there are thing we can do for each other that will benifit us both. One of the main goals of your revolution is to help feed starving people all over Sirius. Well I represent a co-oprative of independent Kusari farmers. We at the Artisan Farmers Alliance are trying to protect the integrity of the Siruis food market as a whole and return work to many farmers in Kusari who have been put out of work by the encrocgment of foreign suppliers such as Synthfoods, into the Kusari market.
Now the way I see it is that your goal is to feed the masses, and I represnt farmers who arnt farming because the demand for their wares is not there. Working together we could make Kusari the breadbasket of Sirius, providing food for every hungry mouth across the sector.
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To: Grand Admiral McIntosh, Commander of the SCRA
From: Ambassador Ze'ev Barak - Artisna Farmers Alliance
I was overjoyed to recive your message admiral, preperations are being made for your arrival. Master Morimoto and I are awaiting your arrival with baited breath.
I suppose it's about time I got off my arse and did some real work around here, instead of just the killing...
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To: Grand Admiral McIntosh
From: Captain Dieter Zehn
Things need to be done, so I will get straight to the point. I need permission to order a general stock pile of Corsair weapons that we may need in the future. Ares will take on this order as the only pilot within the SCRA to have a slight following still among the Corsair scum.
Weapons will include:
40+ Colada del Cids
40+ Tizona del Cids
20+ Tizona del Cid turrets
I believe we could use the Maidenhead as a storage ship for now.
No doubt you will have heard about the altercation in Gamma just 12 planet-side hours ago. We need to rid ourselves of these pests and this neutrality. Once our design plans hit the manufacture stage, and we have the weapons we need, we will be able to cut away this diseased carcus from our backs and let it rot from within.
I will also be ordering a ship change of all those flying Corsair ships. Once the Corsairs are out of our hair, I don't feel that they will be generous enough to supply us with ship parts, or replacements. The only ship we have covered is the Marx.
I see no reason why you would not see eye to eye with me on this matter, but rest assured that if you decline permission, I will carry it out off my own back. The Coalition's prosperity is worth more than my rank, or your disipline.
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To: All SCRA pilots
From: Captain Dieter Zehn
GENERAL ORDER
Every SCRA pilot flying a ship that even smells like it's Corsair is hereby grounded until they procure a replacement, none Corsair, vessel. Any whining or disobedience will be dealt with by firing squad. It is not the ship, but the pilot that flies it that wins battles.
Message to; Captain Dieter Zehn
CC; SCRA Pilots
CommID; Commander Nikolai Varnava
Hmm, grounded you say? Fine then... The Krivak shall be flown to Cape Verde once I remove it from Omicron Gamma, as I don't see any reliable replacement for it. As for my Fighter, I will be contacting a Ship merchant about replacing my current Titan for something a little more agile. As for my Taiidan, there's no chance I'll be grounding that, and I believe you can agree with that Captain. Varnava out
To: Commander Varnava
CC: SCRA bomber pilots
From: Captain Zehn
The taiidan is made from universal ship parts, so we can repair these until long after we destroy this sector. There's no problem with the taiidan. Basically, any Corsair titans, gunboats, or that crap they call a bomber, shoud be scrapped. Burn them publically if you can.
Roger roger. I exchanged my Titan for an Eagle just before your recent directive, in fact, due to the insult to my own person from my so-called brothers. My old Titan lies in Lt. Commander KeSi's engineering shop at present, and I've asked him to reverse-engineer its weapons' energy cores for the fighters that he is developing.
On bombers, however, I'd suggest we use the much more easily serviced Civvy bomber instead of the dirty GMG Taiidan.
I shall contact Major Bigeard about storing armaments and shall see about acquiring a new bomber. Finding new gunboats may be difficult though, but it's not like we need them.
Comm ID: Lieutenant Commander Sonja Kerensky
To: Captain Dieter Zehn
General orders recieved sir, I will take this opportunity to moor the Typhoon on Cape Verde until a suitable replacement can be found. Neither of my other ships require a replacement, but I will take this chance to replace my current Taiidan bomber with the newer model civilian bomber. Also, the current Corsair tag on my fighter, previously endorsed by Captain Ares will change at the earliest possible time to the regulation Xenos tag.
Comm ID: Lieutenant Commander Ivan Voronov
To: Captain Dieter Zehn
Orders have been received, but I'll still be returning to Crete soon. Call it treason, call it betrayal, I made a promise I intend on keeping. My word is worth more than my life, hunt me down if you like or try to stop me. Know this, I am not the little boy who needed you to hold his hand two years ago.
By now I've fought along the Corsairs more than you, I've been shot at by them more than you. Not lately I admit, because I want to defend them, you do it for your own benefit. Also, find a better threat, that "firing squad" as you called those amateurs. They're so loud they'd wake a deaf man from his sleep, anyways, I'll see you when I see you, whether I'm on your wing or on your tail.
Message to; The Brotherhood
CC; SCRA Pilots
CommID; Commander Nikolai Varnava of the SCRA
Oh, look. Corsair comm access codes are the same, might as well take advantage of it to send you one last transmission. My Intelligence ship has on one last mission before I set it to dock. The Krivak has technology installed in it's hardware to detect comms in all of sirius, and which channels those comms are connected too. Let me refer you to Liberty Space, Channel 41.
Heh, seems you were lied too. Also, another bit of intel. Seems the ICO have been converting themselves to the Bounty Hunters, as many of their ships now carry that identification. We have conducted planetside leaflet drops to show the Corsair people who you have been dealing with and letting them know that it is we, the Coalition, that are their true protectors.
Hope you see that mistake you've made Corsairs, we shall be reminding you of it. Varnava out
Well, I'm fed up with all the treachery and betrayal in Gamma, so time for some good news, comrades.
Today, the SCRA witnessed a most encouraging and positive development in its ranks. No, we didn't blow something up, or kill yet another fool to get in our way. Something better.
Today, Lt. Commander Ivan Voronov and Lt. Commander Sonja Kerensky were married.
The ceremony was a small affair, with Commander Varnava acting as the best man, myself officiating and Captain Zehn also in attendance. We have arranged a honeymoon to Gran Canaria for the happy couple, and Commander Varnava should have photos.
I'm honoured to serve with the pair, even if it is going to be awkward having two Lt. Commander Voronovs on the same wing.