To: Core | From: Bill Hickok

[WildBill]

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.:j:. - Junker Congress - .:j:.

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Deputy Arbiter Wild Bill

Howdy,

Y'all're a bunch of heartless, soulless, bastards. We done heard bout the genocide what y'all've been performin on the Zoners. I done business with you folks an wasn't fully ready to be believin all of what's bein said. That were until today. Best you pay attention now. I was flyin in some supplies to Freeport 11 in Omicron Delta. I don't really care who started what, or why. Facts bein what they is, folks is dyin on that station. Now, the Zoners've been our friends fer as long as I is able to recollect. An when I hear tell they're dyin, I figured it were my responsibility to be bringin them a few supplies. I been flyin in supplies all day fer the innocent women an children what're on that station. Hell, I even flew by a few of y'alls ships an y'all didn't say one word bout it. I figured y'all wasn't keen on lettin womenfolk an children die either an was willin to let one single Junker Congress ship in with supplies. I were dead wrong. Y'all put a stop to it.

Now, I ain't mad that y'all stopped me. It's how you went 'bout doin it. I'll attach what video I was able to salvage to this here message, but I'm keen on spellin it out fer you. Was a ship named Core|WV-Arbitrator.MK2 what stopped me. I complied with this fellers request fer me to stop. Completely cut my engines an made no effort to move. I listeneded to what this feller had to say bout the situation. I listeneded patiently. I was tryin to explain to this feller bout the women an children what're bein killed by Core's attack, but he wouldn't have none of it. He was downright rude, when I was nothin but kind to him. This feller tells me y'all ain't got no cares fer the womenfolk an children what're bein murdered. Can you believe it? I know I couldn't. This couldn't be the same folks what we was tryin to help build an economy with. Ashamed to say it were.

Y'all done pulled the wool over our eyes. While I was discussin the situation with this feller, two more of y'all showed up. Seems a bit much fer a Junker what ain't posin no threat. Specially considering the first feller was flyin a "Bullhead" Battlecruiser, an I wasn't movin my Luxury Liner nowheres. These two new arrivals surrounded me. I reckon they was settin up some sort of a "kill zone" on a Junker what ain't even posin no threat. I was half way through preparin a response to yer ships bout how I wasn't blamin y'all fer what was goin on when one of them feller shot me. He didn't jus shoot me, he tore right through my ship. It were sad that as I was bein ejected out of my ship my last message went through. "I ain't blamin no one."

This were the opportunity fer y'all to explain what was happenin. Instead y'all felt the need to shoot down a single Junker ship what ain't posin no threat, not runnin, and havin an honest discussion with y'all. We was willin to hear y'all out maybe even work somethin out. Not now. Y'all've done burned that bridge. Yer pilots want to act like fools an shoot fer no reason? I guess we can git jus as foolish.

Sincerely,
Wild Bill, Deputy Arbiter Junker Congress

Attached: Salvaged Guncam Footage

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