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Hey,
I'm Captain Virginia Belle from secondary Gladius forces, and I want to negotiate a deal with you - I think that you are no strangers to our current situation in Kansas and Vespucci.
I've negotiated deals with zoners to carry civilians out of warzone and I'd like to have a safe passage for those relief convoys through your system since Kansas and even Magellan are out of the question.
We require more additional information upon this convoy before making judgement. To where are these relief convoys headed? How many of them are passing through?
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ID: Captain Virginia Belle
Recipient: Supreme Navarch Stavros
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Supreme Navarch,
they are headed to the Pennsylvania system - I have no idea of how many individual ships, but in total they will be carrying several thousand people - I'd call it a success if they manage to get out something over ten thousand, but that's pretty optimistic. I'll inform you when it's done.
This operation is on smaller scale since it's my own initiative. Passengers are non-combatants and civilians, no able-bodied military personnel.
As you may know with the current diplomatic dispute with the Insurgency's Command, we have barred all Insurgent vessels from our space. In order to prevent any potential misunderstandings, we will require the names of the ferries for safe passage.
Furthermore, we cannot permit these ferries to head into the Coronado sector due to the large presence of Liberty Navy assets. We cannot allow the passage - nor people - to be compromised, thus, we must forbid any entry to the system.
The Directorate has however posed curiosity on the intended destination. Why are these passengers destined to the controlled state - who very well may have their biometrics on the Liberty databanks?
Until there is some clarity, we cannot pass an assessment yet.
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ID: Captain Virginia Belle
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Supreme Navarch,
I'm very aware of current diplomatic difficulties, even I can be considered guilty of not trusting your organization in the past, yet here I am - just myself - swallowing my pride, asking for favor and wanting to get those people away to safety. I'm not contacting you on behalf of my High Command.
Given how chaotic this whole situation becomes, I don't have a precise list of vessels from them yet, but all of them will be bearing MFE identification. I'm not sure if you are aware of them, but they are known as MedForce Enterprises, a humanitarian organization. And... passage for Cortez is all they'll need.
And why did I choose Pennsylvania? Well, it wasn't my idea actually, but it remains one of the more independent systems near Liberty capable of housing larger number of refugees and give them some prospect of future in familiar territory. It's still half-tamed system after all and If they want to go there, I'll give them such option.
We remain familiar with the MedForces Enterprise group and have had positive experiences with them.
Very well, if the escaping individuals desire to retreat to that sector, that is within their choice. We can permit access between the Cortez and Vespucci jumphole corridors. For the purposes of safety, escorts will be dispatched to ensure safe passage within the Inverness and Cortez sector. To prevent association, the ships will maintain some distance within the Cortez sector.
We suspect some Gaians or other residentual dissidents may feel opportunistic about humanitarian vessels.
You have our grace for the vessels to ferry these passengers to the Pennsylvania system or any other neutral location. If it proves difficult to breach the Liberty borders, Freeport 14 may offer amenities to pose one's self as an independent person.
We have noted the presence of MFE vessels, indeed. Thank you for bringing it to our attention.
However, we may have to note that MFE should perhaps absain from utilizing capital sized vessels, it may draw unwanted attention. One of our kin had detected a Colony Ship - equiavalent to a Battleship class vessel - operating within the borders of Liberty publicly announcing its presence as a mobile hospital.
It may draw the eyes of the Navy and other undesirables. Be wary of such announcements.
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Supreme Navarch,
they have been specifically instructed to not use warship-grade vessels for this evacuation to not draw more attention than necessary. Dr. "Doc" Holiday reassured me that they are going to use transport vessels only.
I have no intel on the colony vessel whatsoever, so it's up to your judgement, Supreme Navarch. But I'd by glad if any refugees from it, if they'd be somehow aboard it, could be dropped off at Freeport 14.