To: The Brotherhood. Subject: Resolving a tragedy.

[JorgeRyan]

Sender: Luciano Vasquez, The Brotherhood
Location: Plent Crete, Omicron Gamma
Encryption: Mucho strong
Recipient: Arbeitsdirektor Corin Frei
Topic: What in the goddamn hell

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Arbeitsdirektor,

What in the goddamn hell of a mess is this. No wonder I've had no reports from Rheinland for over a month now. This whole mess of a situation has had the Council of Elders in uproar since we received your message. Many Elders agree with Hermano Nikitas- your lapse of telling us about this "tragedy", and the holes and contradictions of your story do little to placate us- You didn't want to hand them the shipyard, so you just surrendered? Who in the hell is running your tactical decisions, a dim-witted child? And then you have the gall to blame us- or the Apostata's? They were exiled from Crete months ago for that exact sort of treasonous behavior.

The Council has been called to vote on how to treat this- but till this matter is sorted, we won't be welcoming any Unioner vessels into our home systems. After, and if, the investigation we send finds you innocent, at least of betraying us, then perhaps we can see what you can do to salvage your open access to our Artifact markets, despite your incompetence. But do not think that we can be satiated with mere credits. Out here in the edge world, talk is cheap, senor, and so are credits, when you have no place to spend them.

I hope for your sake that the investigation finds nothing suspicious.

Adios.

L. Vasquez

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The Brotherhood
Planet Crete, Omicron Gamm

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