Incoming Transmission from Scarborough Station, Newcastle System
17/05/822 A.S.
To: BAF Priority: High Encryption: High Topic: An interesting encounter with RM
Good day,
I met a very interesting person while trading in Rheinland today, this Major Einar Harkonnen of their Primary Fleet. Rude would be one way to describe him. He had quite the interesting view of our lovely Bretonia. He did also mention something which could be considered a threat of sorts to Bretonia, I believe. I am uploading the entire conversation so that the context may be understood.
[16.05.2015 19:30:10] Bowex)Rufus: Tristan: Good evening. [16.05.2015 19:30:20] [RM]Maj.Einar.Harkonnen: *Frowns.* [16.05.2015 19:30:28] Bowex)Rufus: *raises an eyebrow* [16.05.2015 19:30:40] Bowex)Rufus: Something wrong? [16.05.2015 19:30:47] [RM]Maj.Einar.Harkonnen: Since you asked, yeah. [16.05.2015 19:30:52] [RM]Maj.Einar.Harkonnen: Something's wrong. [16.05.2015 19:31:04] [RM]Maj.Einar.Harkonnen: You damn foreigners stealing the resources of my glorious Vaterland. [16.05.2015 19:31:10] [RM]Maj.Einar.Harkonnen: And our government doing nothing to prevent it. [16.05.2015 19:31:12] [RM]Maj.Einar.Harkonnen: That's wrong. [16.05.2015 19:31:29] [RM]Maj.Einar.Harkonnen: Make sure you obey their laws, Bretonian. [16.05.2015 19:31:35] Bowex)Rufus: Us damned foreigners are giving money to you in return for these resources. [16.05.2015 19:31:59] Bowex)Rufus: A pretty fair exchange. [16.05.2015 19:31:59] [RM]Maj.Einar.Harkonnen: Your worthless currency doesn't build us houses, capitalist slave. [16.05.2015 19:32:11] [RM]Maj.Einar.Harkonnen: Neither does your badmouthing. [16.05.2015 19:32:18] Bowex)Rufus: Actually, you do need money to build stuff. [16.05.2015 19:32:23] Bowex)Rufus: Badmouthing ? [16.05.2015 19:32:26] [RM]Maj.Einar.Harkonnen: We need workers to build stuff. [16.05.2015 19:32:30] [RM]Maj.Einar.Harkonnen: And resources. [16.05.2015 19:32:36] [RM]Maj.Einar.Harkonnen: Resources which you take away from our homeland. [16.05.2015 19:32:41] [RM]Maj.Einar.Harkonnen: Workers whom you exploit. [16.05.2015 19:32:43] Bowex)Rufus: Are you lot building houses out of Uncut Diamonds ? [16.05.2015 19:32:44] [RM]Maj.Einar.Harkonnen: And export like a resource. [16.05.2015 19:32:54] [RM]Maj.Einar.Harkonnen: Uncut diamonds have other uses. [16.05.2015 19:33:02] [RM]Maj.Einar.Harkonnen: They make efficient components for weapons. [16.05.2015 19:33:18] [RM]Maj.Einar.Harkonnen: The same weapons which were once used in the Omegas against your miserable "House". [16.05.2015 19:33:22] Bowex)Rufus: Ohhh so you want to stuff for weapons and not houses ? [16.05.2015 19:33:25] [RM]Maj.Einar.Harkonnen: The same might happen again soon. [16.05.2015 19:33:40] Bowex)Rufus: Really ? [16.05.2015 19:33:50] [RM]Maj.Einar.Harkonnen: You can argue with me in my own homeland as long as you wish, Bretonian. [16.05.2015 19:34:15] Bowex)Rufus: Tristan: Ohhh, I find this conversation very interesting. [16.05.2015 19:34:22] [RM]Maj.Einar.Harkonnen: I'm not here to entertain you. [16.05.2015 19:34:30] [RM]Maj.Einar.Harkonnen: Unless our politicians say so, my hands are tied. [16.05.2015 19:34:36] [RM]Maj.Einar.Harkonnen: But watch yourself. You're not welcome here.
Priority: Medioum
To: Senior Employee Tristan Corbett, Bowex
From: Admiral George Richard Hall, OBE, BAF
Location: HMS Norfolk, Cambridge System
Subject: Major Einar Harkonnen
Honurable Mr Corbett,
You do not have to worry. Major Harkonnen is only barking and not biting. I had an encounter with him before, when he ordered a Rheinland battleship to fire upon my ship, but fortunately there was a vice admiral present to cancel his order and apologize in his name, very kindly and sincerely, I must add. I have no insight in why is a person like Harkonnen even recruited, let alone reached the rank of a major. I am not meddling into the reasons, it is their House.
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Incoming Transmission from Planet New London, New London system
17/05/822 A.S.
To: Channel participants. Priority: Medium Topic: RE: An interesting encounter with RM
Message Contents:
Good day to you, Admiral Hall
I can't help but feel you're underplaying the potential severity of the situation. This officer displays a rampantly xenophobic attitude and appears to be intentionally attempting to kindle hostilities between our two Houses! That kind of conduct is unprofessional and unacceptable in the extreme - for anyone! - let alone a military officer.
What frankly scares me is what this man is capable of doing. If as you say he ordered Rheinlandic capital ships to attack you in our own space, what might he do to Bretonian civilian convoys in Rheinland, given the chance? We may not always have a rational admiral on hand to shut him down. The very least I would expect is an official complaint to the Rheinland Military. Perhaps quietly and diplomatically to the vice-admiral you mentioned?
If they are letting this lunatic wander around on patrol and harass our people in Omega 3 (as he has done in the past), clearly they're not aware of his racially motivated prejudices. You're right that it's their House, but it's possibly our lives on the line. He may not have bitten us yet, but I don't want to chance catching rabies if he does. Maybe they could redeploy him somewhere he wouldn't be such a damned embarrassment to their uniform?
Yours in service to the realm
Andrew Peterson MBE
Trade Combine Manager
Borderworld Exports