People of Bretonia; Wide-Range Sirius Transmission

[Scott MacFarlane]

From: Capt Scott MacFarlane
TO: All ye silly tossers.



Since ye be puttin this on open coms and all, oi'll be goin ahead an respondin, since oi be far more directly involved then ye could ever be:

Ye say ye eyes be opened? Na, lad. Ye clearly donna know a quarter of it. Ye eyes be mostly closed lookin at one 'ittle thing. Ye think dis be about a fine? Some of ye still think this be about a fine? We be offerin ta pay the fine several times in the name of peace, even though we not being responsible for independant vessels, and the Huns be tryin to pin a crime on an innocent vessel. But it not be about that either. Some of ye still be thinkin Bowex started this? Are ye daft? Bowex leadership tried ta work out this mess and the Huns added more fines for us tryin. Ye call that reasonable? They did the only thing they could do when yer dealin with a foreign power: they turned it over to the diplomats. But this latest thing not be about any fine or our alleged refusal ta pay it. This been goin on fer 6 months. Rhineland wagin their economic warfare against us to weaken us, selling arms to the Kusari. Hun arms and nerve agents used to murder civilians on Glasgow and Stokes, and ta bombard Leeds.

And ye think this be about a fine?

Na, lad. It be more about the murder of civilians in Bretonian territory. The Huns made themselves our enemy by their own choice, not ours. This last bit of round about be touched off by the attempted murder of a Bretonian crew in Bretonian territory. Oh they try ta deny it now, but make no mistake that it happened. How do it know? Because I BE the Captain of the Bonny Lass and one of those nearly murdered in Snowdown that day, that how I know! And I have the logs to prove it.

Rhineland fired the first shots days before the war began. Their BDM and AK vessels hunting down civilain targets in Bretonian space and murderin 'em like it be free. Even workin in conjunction with the Kusari while they be at it. So news flash lad: If ye say ye gonna be fightin the Kusari, ye gonna be fightin the Huns too. Ye think they gonna just wave ta ya and say "Ja! Go ahead kill zat Kusari while ve vatch!" HA! Ye make me laugh.

And while ye be spewin ye pimply angst at Bowex and BAF and Crown, let me clue ye in on a couple things: We gave in ta almost all 'ere demands a few days ago in the name of peace. I know, I was there. The didn't recipercate on not even one point. I even openly apoligized on open coms on behalf of meself and Bowex, AND offered again to pay those fines. Still not good enough fer 'em. Who fired the first shots? They did. Who fired on a CIVILIAN and NEUTRAL station killin hundreds. They did. Who be the warmongers? Clearly not us. How much farther do ye expect Bretonia ta roll over lad? It has ta stop somewhere.

Some call ye hero. As retired BAF myself, I say you was an officer merely doin ye duty. Now you've shown yeself fer sure ta be no hero. Just another fool who will try ta weaken Bretonia further, with violence, rather then try ta help us find peace with our aggressive neighbors.

Ye be no hero. Ye be a sham.

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