To: The Government of Kusari, Kishiro Technologies -|- Subject: Sigma-21 war zone

[Bundeskabinett Sekretariat]

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PRIORITY: High
ENCRYPTION: High
IDENTIFICATION: Minister for Foreign Affairs Christina Lauritz
SOURCE: Hauptsitz des Auswärtigen Amts, Planet New Berlin
SUBJECT: Sigma-21 war zone

*Lauritz appears on the screen and starts her message with perfectly pronounced Kusarian greeting*

Konnichiwa, esteemed representatives of the Kusari government and the Kishiro Technologies!

My name is Christina Lauritz and I hold position of Minister for Foreign Affairs in the government of The Bundesrepublik Rheinland. I was entrusted to contact you with very important message regarding the Sigma-21 system. The Rheinland government and also high commands of the Rheinland forces noticed your announcement about intention to colonize this system, which you call Shizuoka it seems. Unfortunately, due to current circumstances we have to warn you and ask you to keep your ships out of this system.

Despite that the Bundesrepublik definitely do not wish to harm ships of The Kusari Empire forces or Kishiro Technologies, we can not guarantee their safety during possible combat situations between the Gas Miners Guild and the Rheinland forces in mentioned system which is considered as part of the war zone because it was claimed by the GMG in the past. And the more civilian ships will be flying there, the higher is the possibility of some mishap or collateral damage, what is something we want to avoid. While we do not want to meddle into relations between the Empire, Kishiro and GMG, all ships of the guild are considered as valid combat targets all the time, even if they are accompanied by any neutral vessels.

We hope you will have understanding for this request and will follow our appeal. We will inform you once the situation in the system will be considered as safe for the civilian traffic.

Respectfully,

Christina Lauritz

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