Tuco.Pacifico

[RockCrystal]

Comm ID: Sen Tsudo
You bloodthirsty, ignorant gaijin! You had best commit seppuku for your sins now, the Ronin are coming for you!!!
-Transmission terminated

Comm ID: Peter Kristall
So, I've been developing a rather satisfying buisness arrangement with a group of GMG pilots known as Ronin.
I escort their convoys full of H-fuel and Plutonium down to Omega-49, and guard our Deuterium on the way back to Okinawa or Kepler. They pay me for my services, and I occasionally sponser a load of cargo myself. One such cargo was nearly to its destination about an hour and a half ago, when it was intercepted by Tuco Pacifico and two of his friends, all in Corsair Gunboats. This one wasn't escorted by me, but by a close friend, captain Melliar of the Corvo cruiser Determinance. Now Ronin policy is to NEVER give money to pirates, so you can imagine that the order to '6 million or die' didn't go over well. Captain Melliar, knowing that Tuco is wanted by the TAZ, decided to sacrifice his ship to save the transports.
I arrived on the scene about a quarter of an hour later to tractor in escape pods and take the Determinance in tow. It was a slaughter. Not one ship of the 5 ship convoy survived.
Tuco, I've had it with you. Name a time and place, and we'll go one on one. Otherwise, I, the Ronin, and whoever else we can get are coming after you to dig you out of whatever rat hole you've hidden yourself in.
To the Council of Corsairs and the heads of the various Corsair Pirate guilds: If you don't want to turn Tuco over to us, well, I guess I can understand that. From your point of view, he's done nothing wrong. But warn your ships to steer clear of his, because there's about to be an awful lot of antimatter flung in that direction.
To the TAZ, BAF, BHG and anyone else with a grudge against Tuco: Want to come pirate hunting? Contact me via private communication, we'll coordinate plans.
One last thing. I'm not representing the Council of Zoners in this. If any council members have a grudge against Tuco, see the previous paragraph, but let's deal with this scumbag seperate from the larger Omega-49 issue, please.
-Peter Kristall

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