*** INCOMING MESSAGE ***
Sender: Hauptgefreiter Hans Krieger
Destination: Rheinland Military Command Offices
Subject: Patrol report
*** MESSAGE BEGINS ***
I've been informed by our offices that a message has been received from a pirate trying to implicate myself in some sort of rights violation. I didn't really understand.
I've ordered those two men released since I thought they were prisoners inside the pirate ship. Who would've thought they were in fact associated with the said pirate? Had I figured this out before I'd have arranged for them to be directly transfered to the military prison for interrogation as soon as I handed them over to our ground forces. I'm sure though, our ground personnel managed to come up with this detail in their debriefing.
I'll see to it personally that the Bounty Hunter's Guild offices in New Berlin properly process those two individuals' transponder IDs erasing them as registered members of the BHG and marking them as known pirates. That way, next time I won't hesitate in dealing with their ship accordingly in fear that I might hurt innocent people.
Additionally I'd like to suggest that high command issues a warning letter to the BHG instructing them to handle their member listing and registering more carefully if they really expect us to treat them differently from mere Mercenaries from now on.
Also, for the record. If I'm ever caught trusting the word of a pirate I'd like to be handed over either to Kapitan sur Zee Topf or Korvettenkapitan Rall for immediate termination.