Outgoing transmission:
All known Corsair wavelengths
From: The Brotherhood, Elder Montoya
To: All true Corsairs.
Today, the leader of the Benitez, showed his true colours to myself, Elder Yanez, Centurion Globalo and Tribune Skyelius, and Brother Jesus Martinez and the Abrigo trio.
As we have all known, tradition has dictated that a family can only have one Elder representing them on the council. So it has been, for over five hundred years on Crete, and all have respected and obeyed this law, set down by our forefathers.
Now, the Benitez proclaim that they want at least two Elders on the council, not satisfied with their one. They say they "defend Gamma 50% of the time", so "want 40% of the power". How can any family hold so much power over Crete. The Benitez say that we, the Brotherhood, are one family. What they fail to realise is that we house so many of the families of Crete. My own, the Montoya's, The Yanez's, The Abrigo's, The Martinez's, The Castillo's, all have a chance of becoming an Elder if they prove their worth. But not more than one from each familia, as it has always been.
Now the Benitez, unsatisfied with their perceived lack of power, want more and more. Carlos will stop at nothing to achieve absolute power, or what he likes to call "balance". His brothers of the Benitez follow like lambs to the slaughter.
As this meeting, which took place in Omicron 94, failed, a massive NovaPG and Outcast force assembled in Omicron Kappa and Theta. Brotherhood forces rushed back to Crete and made an emergency call to arms!
Our force assembled, but smaller than expected, because of the absence of a group, known as the Benitez.
Their eagerness to abandon their brothers in their time of need was noted by all at the site of the battle. They chose to leave their home, our home, Crete, to the dogs. It was lucky for us, that our call to arms brought Corsairs from as far as Gran Caneria and Cadiz, to aid our efforts and win the day.
Let me make this clear:
The Benitez Familia abandoned the Corsairs, not just the Brotherhood, in their time of need because of their lust for power. This is called High Treason.
In the course of man's history, on Earth and in Sirius, there have always been groups such as the Benitez. It is our job, as the council of Elders, to stop their lust for power.
We do not accuse the Benitez familia itself for being at fault, we accuse their leader for hunting for power. It was so important to him to break tradition and gain an unfair amount of power over the rest of the Corsairs, not just the Brotherhood, that he chose to abandon Crete in its time of need.
The flocks of loyal Corsairs who joined and helped us to drive away the invaders and turn the Kana Keiko into a flaming wreck above Crete have our thanks. They followed their heart, they are the true Corsairs. Do true Corsairs abandon their home? Do true Corsairs abandon their brothers? NO! They do not!
Brotherhood pilots arent the only witness to this, as pilots Bjorn Thorvaldsson and FalconEddy were present to see the Benitez fly away from Crete as the invaders closed in. If you don't believe the council of Elders, believe them.
Even Lieutenant Commander Ivan Voronov of the Coalition, those who were so recently ejected from Omicron Gamma, joined in on the battle for our side. Yet the Benitez's were nowhere to be seen?
The Benitez are so desperate to get power, yet some, no, most families on Crete have no representation on the council. So why should the Benitez get two or more representatives? It breaks tradition as well as being grossly unfair on all Corsairs. We work to protect the interests of the Corsairs. The Benitez work for themselves, not the interests of the Corsairs.
This message was written by Elder Montoya, and corrected/altered for more accuracy by Elders Yanez and Costello, Tribune Skyelius, Brother Castillo, Brother Julio Ibanez and Independant Corsair Bjorn Thorvaldsson.
All Corsairs are free to do what they please, as long as it brings the goals of the Corsairs closer. Decision time is now. Will you follow those who abandoned our home in its time of need, risking the death of your familia on Crete? Or will you follow those who fight until their very last breath, for the Corsairs, for our brothers?
End Transmission
///To avoid turning this into a flamefest, can only those who saw all or part of this chain of events post please? Thanks.///
