To 13th|HMS-Jackal

[Nick.Walker]

"Either you are Bretonian, or you are not."

This my good Duke, I agree wholeheartedly. I was born on Houston, raised there until I was in my mid-teens. Father was Libertonian, and my mother a Bretonian from Cambridge. When my father was killed in combat, we moved back to Bretonia. I may speek with a Texan accent, I may wear a cowboy hat and boots, but Bretonia is in my blood and I am a Bretonian by that blood and by emigration. To wit, I cannot disagree with your statement.

As to Sea Spirit, it began small as an eclectic small group of ships and independent miners, and has grown to an international corporation. Our headquarters is, and has always been, on Leeds. Just as centuries ago in the Sol system, an international corporation's headquarters defined the nature of its existence, the same goes for our company.

I believe what Mr. Rhodes was trying to say was that while we have fine employees from all walks of life, we are a Bretonian company. It is true we are not BMM and we are not Bowex. It is also true that at this time the systems cannot be updated to show a separate Sea Spirit identification. Our transponder tags on all company ships do clearly state a Sea Spirit identification by use of the "Sea}{" naming convention. Additionally, as you are surely well aware, Interspace is an insurance company as well as one of transportation. It is common knowledge and practice that without the IC in the naming convention, the ship is clearly not a part of the Interspace fleet.

Until such time as a separate Sea Spirit identification can be updated to the universal systems, we are stuck with Freelancer IFF transponder readings. The usage of the Sea}{ naming convention is our company identification. Simply because a computer glitch prevents the requisite ID, does not indicate we are not a Bretonian company. Why just this past week, when Corsair capital ships invaded the Leeds system, one of our employees, in the process of acquiring citizenship here, engaged the first arriving battleship with his Mafic. He remains hospitalized on Cambridge from the injuries he received. I state this to show, beyond doubt, that our company and our employees are loyal to the Crown. While some of us may have originated elsewhere, we are Bretonian, and give our service to the Queen.

I do hope that this helps clear the matter. Thank you for your time.


John T. Rourke
CEO/President
Sea Spirit Trading & Leasing

Addendum: I appreciate your concern on this matter. It has come to my attention that this very same ship has fired on IMG ships both in Omega 7 as well as within Cambridge. While I appreciate the need for the Privateers, it does not help our war efforts to engage ships bring much needed supplies *into* our domain. One would think they woudl be performing predation on the the enemy shipping outside of Bretonia. Again, your concern and dilligence in this matter is greatly appreciated and noted.

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