To: Joshua Hunt | From: Ezrael Vertiga

[Vendetta]

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NEURAL NET ID: Joshua Hunt
SECURITY CLEARANCE: Absolute
ENCRYPTION LEVEL: Extreme
PRIORITY: High
FREQUENCY: Relay 37-C/Relay 21-C/Relay 53-K
DELAY: 1.6/s
TOPIC: RE:

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Oh, Ezrael.

It isn't about what you've done against us. Far from doing something, actually. The opposite of doing something.

No.

It's about a Mako Captain we aided in leaving a paramilitary who funded the endeavor out of pocket. Someone we chose to aid in disappearing under the pretenses of having an asset freed from The Core that would share our understanding and ideals about the various threats in the Sector. It's about you, who went from wanting an out from an authoritarian organization funded by ill-gotten gains to take steps towards fending off what remains one of the greatest threats our species has ever faced. It's about you turning a blind eye to one of the most dangerous of their kind to ever appear above Curacao. It's about how little we've seen from you in your supposed efforts against the Nomads.

Regardless of what you may think of us, we value trust. To us, that trust was broken when you cried as we did our jobs, proclaiming peace in defense of an alien who - the second the Eidolon Wraith had entered the system - opened fire on us. Their species is manipulative, treacherous and violent. There is no peace to be found. Do you know why?

It's because they do not comprehend the concept.

We've spent a long time studying them, attempting to learn more from them, even speaking to a few in order to identify any kind of society that might dwell behind their mysterious appearance. Nothing was found. There is no culture, no society, no art - Nothing. They are a species who play upon words in our minds, mock our finite existence and take pleasure in killing us. Killing innocents. You and your friends appeared to be caught in a web of lies. A lie that peace could be achieved with the largest hive of their kind. I hate to spoil your work, but... It can't. You can't make peace with something that does not care.

Your ship was an asset that was supposed to be used to aid in preserving humanity. We've found it loitering in some of the strangest and least-frequented paths, including Ontario. Your behavior raised suspicions about the integrity of yourself, your crew and your partner. Those concerns were investigated and concluded to be null. The results were sent out and we cleared you. Does that mean we trust you? No. You're wasting technology. Technology is a gift, and a means for our survival. Wasting an AP-604 like that? It's almost insulting, and you're quite lucky I'm not one of the more religious ones, as they'd be screaming heresy and calling for people to claim that ship right out from under you.

So no, Vertiga. You haven't done anything against us, but you've certainly not kept your word.

As for the systems - Vespucci is Commonwealth space, a place I know from my service in the Legion. If they've allowed you there, then that's their choice, but Inverness is our space, and Kansas holds significance to our work and research, as well as history for myself. For your safety and our benefit, avoid them. If you need to move to Invergordon? Notify us and we'll no doubt allow you to move there.

And if you think The Order being present is a problem? Don't. They're inconsequential bottom feeders, brainwashed by a self-righteous mirrored image of your former Guildmaster Erik. Selfish and power-hungry like The Core, and many other organizations. The Bretonians and ourselves have them kept at bay, and we've ensured their presence in the Independent Worlds, Liberty and Bretonia is limited. We won't tolerate people who threaten children and innocent lives, torturing people and executing them as a show. They're as disgusting as The Core, and both will be given no quarter.

So.

You are welcome to try and build a relationship with us once again, and prove you can be trusted, but we won't have another snake in our backyard waiting to strike. We've been betrayed enough, and if you try to push us, we'll push back.

Have a nice day!

- H

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