Ambition is what usually separates a wolf from a herd of sheep. We have grown to cherish ambition as a form of expressing individuality. Though we respect ambitious people, we recognize the fact that excess in this department has led so many to their demise. When Taskmaster Harold Kane contacted me over two months ago I told him that each radical leadership change sets new priorities for the entire group. I told him that we will monitor your progress and once we see where you are heading, we will return to the topic of our relations. Time has shown how adequate that assessment was.
Recent transformation of the Vagrant Raiders into law abiding citizens of Liberty with an ambition to establish an utopian community in the middle of the dessert fills a description of a really bad joke, if only it was not the truth. Even despite our personal differences and a lot of animosity, the real Vagrant Raiders under John Petrucci were natural allies to our cause. Constantly travelling between Omicrons and Liberty, they were bringing Cardamine and chaos - both goods we want to see imported in large quantities.
Both the nowadays Vagrant Raiders, I dare to question whether they are still vagrants, and Natio Octavarium have nothing to offer us besides a fancy name. What role do you intend to play in the Liberty ecosystem? Hugging its corporatocratic establishment does not speak in your favour. With your recently earned status do you intend to be Junkers Lite? Or maybe you intend to create another peace loving Zoner society in the middle of nowhere? In both these cases you would be better off using protection of the already established organizations. However, I have a feeling that you're slowly drifting into another direction. Is your real ambition to become Liberty Privateers?
I have another question for you. This morning one of our larger vessels, Division by Zero, followed an Interspace Commerce transport from Magellan, through Kansas to Humboldt where it was ambushed and destroyed. We consider Kansas and Humboldt our natural hunting ground for transports carrying Silver Ore to California Minor. Speaking hypothetically, if Division by Zero had encountered a wing of Vagrant Raiders, what would they do?
The answer to your requests is negative. We will not help you with recruiting nor assassinations. We have been betrayed by our closest allies before, and we will not make the same mistakes again. We will not help a cancer to grow at our doorstep.
If you act wisely, neutrality is the best thing I can offer you at the moment.