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To: Brothers and Sisters of the Brotherhood
From: Former Brother Carlos Rivera
Location: Planet Crete, Omicron Gamma System
Subject: Leaving the Brotherhood
Everyone, it's been fun being a member of the Brotherhood, but recent events have convinced me to leave the Brotherhood and event renounce my Corsair ways. Believe me, this is not something that I decided on quickly, but I feel that my morals and beliefs can no longer work with the Brotherhood.
As you know, there have been more and more Bounty Hunter attacks on Planet Crete. Now, I have done my part to protect Planet Crete, but I think our methods are getting a bit out of hand. Just today, I saw a video of a Corsair vs. Bounty Hunter fight and what I saw shocked me. Seven Corsair ships (2 or 3 of which were part of the Brotherhood) barged into Freeport 9, completely disregarded the cease fire zone around the base, and attacked a group of 4 Bounty Hunters (who weren't even in capital ships) during their training session while they were weakened from dueling. Now, I am all for protecting our home, but this has gotten way out of hand. We are trying to protect Crete, not start a manslaughter. You outnumbered them almost 2 to 1, took advantage of the fact that they were weakened, and even endangered our relations with the Zoners by starting a fight in their own backyard. This is the lowest of the low. Yes, I know we must stop them from attacking Crete, but we must fight with honor as well. We must give them a fighting chance at least. Doing anything less would be dishonorable, which goes against everything the Brotherhood stands for. If I recall, the Brotherhood poster said:
Quote:The Brotherhood: Honor, Dignity, Pride...And big guns.
Right now, the only thing that's accurate is the "big guns" part. I know I may be acting a bit odd for a Corsair, who should be a ruthless pirate, but I was raised to have good values, and frankly, attacking helpless Hunters is not a good value. Calling them cowards even though you outnumbered them and attacked them while they were helpless is not a good value either.
Therefore, I am leaving the Brotherhood and renouncing my Corsair ways. It was fun while it lasted, but I can't be a true Corsair if it means doing everything I just said above. Perhaps I will return if things ever go back to the way they were before.
Until then, this is goodbye.
Former Brother Carlos Rivera
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Carlos Rivera: Corsair Brotherhood Pirate - Retired, shifted to Tripoli Shipyard's Research and Development engineering teams Anthony Cameron: Guild Core Bounty Hunter - Killed in Action, committed suicide after being trapped in Omicron Minor following its destruction Juan Ruiz: Outcast Ghost of Razgriz Pirate - Killed in Action, killed by the Sirius Coalition Revolutionary Army during Bretonian piracy raid Michael Winchester: Liberty Security Force Agent - Missing in Action, likely killed during Rheinland espionage mission or trapped in Rheinland Space Eric McCormick: Order Pilot - Retired, shifted to planetside training of new recruits
