Excellent work, Doc. I'll try to follow up on your overtures in Gallia as soon as time permits. Sounds as if things are still 'jellin'" up that way.. pecking order still being established, etc. Reggie will be ecstatic to have tobacco for that old Kyushu meerschaum again!
Kyte, I believe Doc's right on general Zoner response to this new vast area of the Sector. If Zoners start getting waylaid and killed up there, it'll put the Council in a delicate position; and you know how the Council hates delicate positions. I believe it would be wise at present for the various Members to make their own decisions regarding policies towards Gallia.. Yep. Uhuh.
Now, one and all, I'd like you to give a warm TAZ welcome to our newest Acolyte, Ms. Drew Noble. During Ms. Drew's initiation, she showed astounding knowledge of Discordian Catma and scripture!
Ms. Drew chose the orange Anki Acolyte robes to begin her spiritual journey for Eris. Please render every assistance to the [TAZ]Incunabula.
One final edict, and I'll quit botherin' ya. I believe we have raised the levels of Pineal enlightment of our regular Bafflin' guests sufficiently. As of now, the long-form pass-phrase thingie won't be mandatory for visitors. A short bow or "Hail Eris!" or polite request will do.
I do ask that you monitor our Zoner guests closely, to ensure they have the correct high-falootin' Guard paperwork before purchasing any of our beautiful ships from Pueblo Bonito. I believe the specs on the ZBT specifically say that Zoners tend to frown on giving it to just any cabbage. The plain vanilla Zoner vessels are on Shasta, and Pueblo Bonito will remain sacred and sacrosanct to the TAZ and to bonafide Zoner Guards only.
To start with, hey Drew! We met in Baffin the other day, we played Sink in Coronado. Didn't realize you were only a few days old to our little cabal. Welcome to the TAZ.
Now, I just decided to drop by to remind you all about Mojoday. Malbert here was never too good with his Discordian Calendar, so it usually falls to me to get the word around about our Holy-days. For those of you who don't know, Mojoday is our day to celebrate and/or commemorate Dr. Van Van Mojo, known for his fine dolls. The day comes on the Fifth Day of Discord (or March 19, going by the ordinary primate's calendar), so get ready! That's this coming Pungenday, or Thursday, if you don't know your Erisian weekdays.
And, seeing how our "Kill a Zoner Day" turned out, I'd suggest we all just celebrate the day in our own way. That's what I do, anyway. Personally, I celebrate most Holy-days by sitting back with a cold drink and watching something on the holovision. But feel free to get out there and live it up, if that's how you like it. Maybe spread the cheer about. It's your party.
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"Until I get this resolved, I will be unreachable over any com, Doc. It is frustrating when we come so close and end up so far away. Please, honor the request of me and my crew and do not contact us. Any hails will be met with silence until we achieve our objective. We will contact you and the others when we are successful."
My my! Very heartening to see our new Acolytes reporting in, as well as our Guards. Hail Eris!
Has anyone seen Kyte? It appears there's a Council issue on the burner regarding some new Corsair mob laying claim to Freeport 1.
Tsk Tsk. Cabbage threat level increased in Omega 3, as well as Theta.
As to the Blue Lotus ship, Drew, most of those lads are quite polite when in the presence of Eris; but, perhaps they have a new smuggler who hasn't "seen the Light" yet. If this behavior persists, we shall call his mother!
I've been approached by some Gallian "recluse".. (..exile..?) about transporting Neon to those Hodgy types in Burgundy. Nope. Ain't gonna do it. Not after the treatment I received up there. My efforts to visit the Fetful on Nevers were rebuffed. Until these folks show at least a semblance of domesticated primate behavior, I say we do business in Champagne instead.
Keep the Flax rollin', TAZoids. Ya make Goddess proud!
I've been hearing some discussion about our newest little trinkets and whether or not just any primate can come in to Baffin and take a handful. Personally, I got no problem with people spreading our Pineal Amulets, but I figure I oughta ask the ol' Episkopos Prime about it. So what's the call? People allowed to trade them around Sirius?
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Mal, fear not. I've upped the armor on my ship and I have no issues running anything into Gallia. I'm hoping my positive chat with some of the residents there will help out. In fact, I have more trouble running through Liberty space than I do Galia.
On another note, I can't seem to fly anywhere without some new report of the MB tagged Corsairs claiming our Freeports. They are becoming an increasing problem and would like to see the Corsair Elders deal with them before it really gets out of hand. I'm afraid I won't be a match for a gunboat although a bomber or fighter don't concern me a great deal.
So, not to be a pain but I think we need to get the council to put this issue on the front burner.