You have the biological data of Maren and me, and you had your search on the Apahanta. You have evidences on neither Maren nor me being infected, and there is nothing suspicious on the Apahanta, apart from what the APM did with it. I really hope we are done with this now, as it is tiring me out. I think both you and I have better things to do than antagonising each other.
So, my part of the bargain was done. Did you do yours? I want to move to Liberty, and I'd love to do that without the Lane Hackers being after me for what you told them.
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: The Bargain.
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Hello, Vertiga.
How are you doing? I hope you're doing well. I mean, that's what people do when they haven't talked to each other for some time, right? Politeness. Tssk.
Anyway, I sent that stuff off months ago to tell them you were cleared. I do have some conditions about you being near Liberty, though. Namely, avoid Inverness, Kansas, and Vespucci. Partially because of the Legion, mostly because we're there and we will not take too kindly to you snooping around those places. They're dangerous, and points of interest for us. If however, you'd like to try and bridge a relationship with us, we can talk.
Good luck in the Republic, or Commonwealth. Whichever side of the border you so choose.
You know, I remember the day when Maren told me about Raven sitting in front of New London, being agitated about your death. Something about a Pitbull crashing onto you. I actually expected your successor to respond to this comm, that's why I sent it with your name on it. Not that I'm surprised that you are still alive, however I actually wonder whether this Pirate Train incident really happened and you simply managed just again to survive where other people would have died years ago, or whether if it was a story to get rid of an alter ego and make place for a new one. Call it curiousity. I don't really care whether I talk to a Hunt, an Endurance or maybe even a Leviathan? Just try not to do the wrong things, again.
About Kansas I don't really care, however Invergordon is open to anyone, and an important ship maintenance facility in the independant worlds. I take it you make use of it every now and then, as, well, it is no secret that Auxesia hides in Inverness, being neighbours of the Order. Or did Bretonia move the Order out of the system in the meantime? Believe me, as it is just as I said: I have better things to do than antagonising you. There shouldn't be a problem about me accessing Invergordon as well.
About Vespucci you shouldn't care too much, thouch. The Commonwealth permitted me access to that system, as it was necessary to be able to pick up and drop one of my crew members that has citizenship of the Commonwealth on Guadalajara.
Hunt, seriously. I don't care about what you are doing in Inverness or what your deals with the Hellfire Legion are. You seem to think I'm a threat for anyone, but I am not, and I have no intention to change that. Have I ever done something against Auxesia? No. I paid you for allowing me and a few other people to defect from the Core. I allowed you to scan Maren and me, and I allowed you to search the Apahanta. Your conditions have always been met. And you still treat me like I am the enemy. Don't you think that is a bit unfair, hm? You even caused the Lane Hackers to hunt me, and I still believe you somehow manipulated Bretonia to go on distance with me. Not that I am planning to move to Kansas or Inverness anytime soon, but those systems contain freeports you are trying to deny me. Even the Core allowed more freedom to people visiting Delta. Well, before the latest two conflicts. You get the idea though.
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.
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