To: Liberty Insurgency From: Alexandra Amelia Source: [REDACTED] Subject: Consequences
To whom it may concern,
Your forces have engaged Maltese vessels, while assisting Auxesian forces, a known hostile group to Malta.
This action won't go unpunished. Your organization from now on is considered as shoot-on-sight for Maltese forces.
As noted in the Amenhotep BlackBox recording on the communication traffic between our forces and yours. We responded with the same attitude and disregard you gave us. Your forces picked a horrible time to engage Auxesia as we were returning from a united raid against Order, Crayter, and the Liberty Navy, the same people the outcasts hate as well. We gave you a chance and asked you to leave and your forces refused. What did you expect? The Insurgency to just say "ok guess we will just leave now." Hell no. I mean no ill will when I say shove your meaningless words up your arse. We will defend those who work with us and if you dont have the brain cells to understand that then either get out of our way or you will be forced to lay under our boots. Either way you will lose. Malta is very far away and there is no possibly way you can commit to any large assault with as many houses you need to cross in order to even have us concerned. Remember Outcasts you are in our backyard and you are far from home.
[28.03.2021 19:37:59] IN|H-INS-Harmony: Turn around at once or prepare to be fired upon [28.03.2021 19:38:06] MNS-Accordion: I don't care *sniffs* [28.03.2021 19:38:12] MNS-Accordion: Auxo are vile people [28.03.2021 19:38:13] -|-A.Aizkorri: CIC: Over my dead body. Fire at will, gunnery! [28.03.2021 19:38:15] MNS-Accordion: Dispose then!
[28.03.2021 19:38:18] IN|H-INS-Harmony: Acknowledged Accordion. All hands open fire.
[28.03.2021 19:38:22] Elite.Avenger.003: Very well.
[28.03.2021 19:38:25] Elite.Avenger.003: Moving in.
[28.03.2021 19:38:29] IN|INS-Amenhotep: Asmodeus: You have chosen death then.
[28.03.2021 19:38:29] Jerry_"Jack"_Scully: roger that! Moving in!
[28.03.2021 19:38:38] IN|INS-Amenhotep: Asmodeus: Firing on hostile targets.
Just as the constant increase of entropy is the basic law of the universe, so it is the basic law of life to struggle against entropy. - V. Havel
To: Liberty Insurgency From: Carlos Ortega Source: [REDACTED] Subject: Our significant threats
Hola, insolent Asmodeus.
I have been tasked with directing your somewhat restricted mental faculty to this Maltese News article which showcases that the friends you make are but pawns of the Nomads.
Furthermore, my brothers and sisters find it elementary that you would procure a small selection of communications between the Outcast and yourself, and attempt to use it to justify our unreasonableness. Perhaps you should act like the Rear Admiral you pretend to be and understand the situation before you make unreasonable requests? - For your consideration I have attached more of the communication, just incase your mistake is an honest one. As you will see, Outcast forces were engaged and there was no attempt by the so called 'Navy' to make the Auxesians stand down. For clarification this is generally a pre-requisite to a cordial withdrawal, if you are at all aware of such practices.
By the by, you are never too far from our reach. You would do well to remember that.
[28.03.2021 19:37:12] -|-A.Aizkorri: CIC: Hola, we have several Auxesian capital ships on scanner.
[28.03.2021 19:37:13] A/)-Xarexis: :|: Hostile Targets Acquired :|:
[28.03.2021 19:37:20] A/)-Xarexis: :|: Banisher Protocol Online :|:
[28.03.2021 19:37:24] (]I-I[)Pyrophobia: Sniffers spotted
[28.03.2021 19:37:29] -|-A.Aizkorri: CIC: All hands to battlestations!
[28.03.2021 19:37:29] A/)-Xarexis: :|: Catapulting Antimatter :|:
[28.03.2021 19:37:32] Elite.Avenger.003: More targets.
[28.03.2021 19:37:33] -|-A.Aizkorri: CIC: Fire at will!
[28.03.2021 19:37:34] (]I-I[)Pyrophobia: Time to mop this trash
[28.03.2021 19:37:34] Elite.Avenger.024: Visual on targets confirmed.
[28.03.2021 19:37:40] Omer.Darche: Targets spotted.
[28.03.2021 19:37:40] (]I-I[)Pyrophobia: CLEANUP ON ISLE 4
[28.03.2021 19:37:42] Elite.Avenger.024: Moving in to engage.
[28.03.2021 19:37:45] Omer.Darche: Wipe them out.
[28.03.2021 19:37:47] -|-"Silencer": A: This is unfortunate.
[28.03.2021 19:37:52] IN|H-INS-Harmony: Outcast warships, you've entered restricted space.
[28.03.2021 19:37:57] -|-"Silencer": A: Hostiles in sight.
[28.03.2021 19:37:58] -|-"Silencer": A: Weapons armed, let's dance !
[28.03.2021 19:37:59] IN|H-INS-Harmony: Turn around at once or prepare to be fired upon
[28.03.2021 19:38:06] MNS-Accordion: I don't care *sniffs*
[28.03.2021 19:38:12] MNS-Accordion: Auxo are vile people
[28.03.2021 19:38:14] -|-A.Aizkorri: CIC: Over my dead body. Fire at will, gunnery!
[28.03.2021 19:38:15] MNS-Accordion: Dispose then!
[28.03.2021 19:38:19] IN|H-INS-Harmony: Acknowledged Accordion. All hands open fire.
The Recording started when the Amenhotep along with the Harmony was in range of the engagement. We had hoped Hispania Imperial forces would listen to us and cease their fire or give some indication you were going to. Sadly we were met with "-|-A.Aizkorri: CIC: Over my dead body. Fire at will, gunnery!". Ignoring our request when your forces were out matched and out gunned was reckless on their part and I do hope little to no life was lost when we disabled your ships. The fact of the matter remains. Hispania Imperial forces entered a known system controlled by Auxesians who are known allies of the Insurgency and they knew exactly what they where doing when getting within range of Auxesian ships especially given your two organizations history. The Insurgency Command was ready to be the middle man in negotiating at least a temporary cease fire while Insurgency forces are present but when your man refused to at least attempt a disengage we were forced to defend our allies.
As for this evidence of Nomad cooperation still images are not enough. Their forces could have been trying to escape or perhaps there was a pause between gunfire as weapons constantly firing can overwork the power core of any vessel. The Insurgency Command is always open to evidence of Nomad cooperation but we must need absolute proof. Not images that look fairly old or perhaps doctored to look a certain way.
Transmission Ends
Just as the constant increase of entropy is the basic law of the universe, so it is the basic law of life to struggle against entropy. - V. Havel
In first regards, incase you seem to be too blind to even read your own logs recordings, let me point this out. You came to the Inverness system very clearly seeking hostilities, you were warned to turn back and leave the system. Thus far the Auxesians have been a reliable ally toward the Insurgency, and seeing as it is their territory and they have stood by us in the face of Liberty's attacks. We remain faithful to those that call us your allies.
Secondly, as we don't much really watch other peoples' news, let alone someone so far away from our relevant sphere of operations, we wouldn't be aware of any connection to the Nomads unless something is actually presented to us. The scans and implications of this information will be presented to the rest of my command staff with this and discuss the course of action that is correct.
That brings us to the mean time. The War Declaration from the Imperial Coalition. We have spoken with our friends and agreed to leave the cardamine trade alone, in interest of this being little more than a direct dispute than total war. While the Insurgency prefers not to make this a matter of total war we will not hesitate to. More preferable would have been a representative reaching out and questioning the act of aggression rather than immediately sending a war declaration. We acted in the defense of our allies, I highly doubt the Outcasts would sit aside if we were to have disputes with one of your allied factions and just stand back if we were to engage them. We reacted how anyone would have.
This can be avoiding by representatives coming forth and putting an end to something like a war before this gets out of hand for either of us. You may say we're not out of your reach, but the amount of forces you've committed to the Tau-44 offensive and failed to push Crayter out lead me to believe you are not as powerful as you posture to be. You have many enemies that stand between you and us. Are you willing to talk peace, or will we have to take drastic measures? The choice is yours.
Understandably, your military vessels are still listed as valid targets, and this will stand until your declaration is rescinded. Civil traffic such as cardamine transports will proceed unharmed, however.