We transmit this rather shabby transmission to you in lieu of news we have heard from other Zoners who operate in the Omicrons.
The news we have heard is of Zoners killing Kusari civilians.
The Zoners Trading Consortium wishes to pass on three major points in this transmission, in the hope of calming things, and ensuring that our peaceful society is not forced into another conflict for the actions of some people not connected with it.
Firstly, the Zoners Trading Consortium wishes to clarify that we are not behind, responsible for or in any way related to these deaths. We have retreated to our home stations to mourn the loss of our brethren, and are currently in a poor way in terms of morale and general health.
Secondly, we believe due to the Zoner Alliance falling apart, infiltrators who wish for the Zoners to be destroyed, have managed to infiltrate the Zoner populace and are falsely appropriating Zoner papers and identification in order to pass themselves off as Zoners, and stir trouble, in order to increase conflict and discord. These are obviously not Zoners and if you come across them I strongly recommend defending yourselves from them.
Thirdly, we believe that rationalistic ex-Zoners, who left the Zoner movement after the war due to a Corsair-influenced attack are conducting covert attacks on food shipments to the Corsair populace. We wish to inform you that we, the ZTC, are not related to this group. We also wish to inform you that if house civilians from Kusari are caught by any other organisation shipping food to a well known pirate group, that it would be really bad for Kusari, as well as the group caught. Many factions in Sirius have a hatred of the Corsairs, and they do not differentiate between the Corsairs and those who support them. Just something we felt we should share, since the profits are not worth the risk. This is not a threat at all, and I wish to stress that, as we have come under fire in the past and gained enemies, however small, for allowing the Corsairs to dock on our Freeports.
We, of the Zoners Trading Consortium also wish to inform you, that once we finish our mourning and return to the Sirius stage as it were, we will begin to root out these traitors and infiltrators if they are on our bases and bring about some peace.
Right now however, our consortium is at a loss at how to proceed fully and we are in a limbo of sorts and unable to do much.
Please respond to this channel so we may maintain a peace and not engage in conflict.
-Sebastien Coen.
Zoners Trading Consortium.
Department of Diplomacy.