Incoming Transmission [Destination: Battleship Missouri] COMM/Operative ID(s): =LSF=Joolean, =LSF=Arazima.Fezim*, =LSF=Julian.Mellanby TO: SA High Command and Director of Operations LSF TOPIC: Zoner Predicament
.. Greetings comrades,
I personally think it would be within our best interests to obtain "sway" with someone on the Zoner Council in the hopes of resolving this issue quickly.
In the past week, I've caught numerous Zoner IFF'd/tag'd transports hauling Cardamine, Artifacts, and so on. I also encountered, oddly enough, a Zoner tag'd Liberty Cruiser not far from Pittsburgh. When Scottsdale and I began to question him, he immediately became defensive, eventually fleeing the scene and docking on Pittsburgh. I'd personally like to know exactly how Zoners are gaining access to Order and Liberty technology, and not only that, but.. Why are they flying vessels which were designed to be harbingers of death and destruction to begin with..? Quite a "neutrality" statement, if you ask me.
It's my personal (extremist) opinion that if it's larger than a Bomber, and it isn't tagged as Bounty Hunter or Liberty, then it should be engaged on sight. There's no reason as to why we should be allowing battleships into Liberty unmonitored, I have family here just as I'm sure all of you do aswell. Things like this are a threat to more than just the Liberty Armed Forces, you know?
.. I realize the Zoners are likely very loosely organized, but surely they have some sort of universal code that they all must adhere to in order to maintain control over the collective..? To be perfectly honest, with each show of buffoonery I see it becomes increasingly difficult to discern the difference between a Zoner and any other Outcast, or Corsair, for that matter; the fact that they willingly choose to live an isolated life in the Border Worlds should state boldly as to what they must feel about normal laws and regulations, and honestly it's abit suspicious to think that anyone would want to dwell in places like the Omicron's and so on. I don't think we should trust anyone who feels the need for that much privacy. The Zoners seem to sleep at our enemies' bedsides essentially, and being the entrepreneurs that they are, how are we to know that they aren't selling Liberty wares and information to our enemies..?
.. Does Liberty even really need the Zoners for anything? Do we rely on them for any sort of resource..? If not, I would question their reasoning for even coming near Liberty to begin with. For all we know, they're refueling Xeno and Rogue bases while we aren't looking, you know? And if that's the case, then I say we tag em' red ASAP. We could call it "preventive maintenance."
