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*incoming transmission*
Comm ID: Doc Holliday
Location: Tombstone Estate, Planet Gran Canaria, Omega 49 System
To: Bretonian Government
CC: Zoner Channels
Subject: Concern
Greetings,
I need not introduce myself as many times over the years I have spoken to and have dealt with the Bretonian Crown to include meeting the Queen herself. Some of our meetings have been pleasant and at other times, not so much. Today, I am concerned.
I have lived on Gran Canaria now for many years. I continue to raise my two youngest children here of the three that I have. I maintain Canaria Medical and base Med Force Enterprises here. To this day, I still provide Bretonian refugees living on the Port Jackson colony with medical services and goods. Living here is becoming more of a daunting task when you consider that the planet has gotten colder and isn't the paradise it once was. Still, it is the home to many Zoners, many of which came here to escape the horrors of war and escape the clutches of government oppression. No one asked me to make this communication to you. I do it of my own free will.
Yesterday, I was returning home when I noticed one of your warships not far from Canaria. Curious, I asked for and received permission to moor, leaving some luxury consumer goods on station as a token of goodwill. But what I heard concerned me greatly.
"To establish an Armed Forced presence in Omega 49 and annex Planet Gran Canaria."
This is disturbing. I realize how miserable your war with Gallia is going. I have sent a few missions to Leeds to rescue Bretonian children trapped there so I have heard the horror stories and seen the same horrors on their faces and the physical scars that they bear. I am insisting that you do not make a presence here let alone annex the planet. Military presence only brings unwanted attention in the form of opposing forces. Do you want Gallia to imprison Gran Canaria as well? I do not nor would most of those who live here. Many of us will not soon forget what happened in Omega 3 and Freeport 1 when a system that no one really cared about was annexed by Bretonia and attempts to take the Freeport were made. It was bloody and much mistrust was formed.
If I have one luxury, it is sitting in local taverns throwing cards and talking with locals and visitors. Rest assured that this is a concern to all here. I also know that while I do not condone the use of force, there will be those who would repel any attempts to invade the system. We like our peace and the general consensus is as I mentioned, if Bretonia comes, Gallia will follow. None of us want that.
All this said, I will continue to treat those on Port Jackson as I always have....with respect and dignity. Many of those families and children have become friends of mine. Consider them and what they have already lost. They cannot afford to lose more.
Please, consider this from your heart and soul and not from a military standpoint. If you have not stopped the Gallic advance thus far, what makes you think that you will if they follow you here?
With Respect,
Dr. John Henry Holliday
Founder, Med Force Enterprises
Resident of Gran Canaria