Good day gentlemen. There is something that I felt I should bring to your attention. I'm sure you are aware of the situation that happened yesterday involving The Brotherhood and myself. I am sad to report that once again, I was the victim of another piracy incident. I was on my way back to Newcastle to pick up antoher load of Industrial Hardware for the contract with Phoenix Base, when I was stopped at the Omega 3 <-> Cambridge jumpgate by a member of The Brotherhood named Santa Isabel. After a brief exchange of "pleasantries" , I was "asked" to pay a $1,000,000 credit fee for "safe passage". Since our relationship with them is a bit strained at the moment, I offered no resistance and quickly payed the demand. Needless to say, this is making completing this contract within a reasonable amount of time very difficult. I'm aware there are talks underway between each of our representatives to smooth this thing over, but I felt that you should know what's going on out here in the field.