Righ', I've been hearin' some purty ugly stuff from the Specials. Hunter tells me her best wing's got eyeballs on ya'll, an' threw me a whole heap a' evidence t' boot.
Listen, folks, ya'll've done some real dirty stuff in Magellan today. Yew've openly admitted t' tamperin' wit' Liberty's private economy, an' after interrogatin' some a' yer victims, Intel's got yew pinned down on some serious threatenin' an' murderin', not t' mention attempted theft. An' them demands ya'll made of them Universal ships were jus' outrageous - which ain't t' say that the whole thing ain't outrageous, 'cause it is.
Lord Commander figured the Libertine'd teach yew better, but I ain't so confident in yer intelligence. I'll jus' have t' put this out fer ya'll nice an' clear, then, an' yew'd better believe I mean every word of it.
The Legion dun appreciate folks messin' wit' Liberty. New Commander's lettin' us off the leash t' deal wit' it, too, more an' more. Yew know what that means? Maybe yew dun. Lots of folks seem t' have no idear what we stand for. From what Intel saw, yer some of 'em.
Liberty's our home. Why d' yew think we fight fer it? Ain't 'cause we dun like it; iffin' we didn' love Liberty, we'd'a left long ago. Jus' 'cause the military's shot an' needs replacin' dun mean every man an' woman in the House is dirty. We love Liberty, an' we've got a serious problem wit' anyone messin' wit' her.
Now, we get t' the down-an'-dirty. Ya'll've been messin' wit' our Liberty, interferin' wit' her economy an' threatenin' and shootin' her people. Not only that, but yew've had the audacity t' do it on our own front doorstep, an' lie about it besides! We don't take too kindly t' yer type anyhow, but we tend t' ignore yew unless yew get inta real mischief. This is real mischief.
Yew'd best un'nerstand yer position here. Ya'll're 'bout an inch away from gettin' yer hides tanned but good by the Legion as it stands. We've got somethin' t' tell ya'll, an' I ain't repeatin' it if yew dun listen the first time.
The Hellfire Legion hereby issues the followin' regulations on yer operations:
Yew will never rob, attempt t' rob, threaten, attack (even in "jest"), destroy, kidnap, murder, 'r otherwise harm any citizen a' Liberty not employed by the Navy, Security Forces, 'r Police. This applies everywhere; dun care if yew hurt someone in Kusari 'r Liberty, they're still Libertonians.
Yew will never rob, attempt t' rob, threaten, attack (even in "jest"), destroy, kidnap, murder, 'r otherwise harm any civilian within' Liberty's borders or Independent Worlds (an' tha' goes double fer Magellan and Cortez), or any civilian that is attemptin' t' trade wit' Liberty. Second part also applies everywhere.
Yew will never attempt t' disrupt the flow a' Liberty's economy, though yew may attempt t' directly interrupt the military's supply lines as long as it don' violate either a' the other two rules.
Three easy liddle rules fer yew t' follow. Ya'll're in our home, an' ya'll'd best respect our rules, 'r yew'll find yerselves kicked out. Which means we'll kill ya'll, a'course. An' not jus' in Liberty, either; we'll kill ya'll if we see ya'll, no matter where you are.
Ya'll saw the Libertine today. It didn' even get close, an' the Commander didn' have t' do anythin' but clear his throat, an' yew let the poor transport captain go. There's more where that came from. Libertine only bothered wit' yew 'cause it was close anyhow. No Legion ships were diverted t' handle yew. Might change next time. You un'nerstand me?
Dhas n't true. Dah paarty blockahs. *hic*. Yeh 'r gonna piss 's off, laddies? We never harm'd yeh. 'r yeh laddies. Yeh may say, we took s'me money fr'm folks yeh may loike. But dun' tell meh, we 're threatenin' othahs. *hic*.
dah first we do, is ta offer a party. *hic*. with'n da flyin' brothel meh shoire 'as. 'n s'me box woine. Yeh 're dah firs' 'nes ta block dhat! *hic*
By tellin' bout "piratin'" civilians... uuuh, 'here moight 'ave been s'me. Yeh. *hic*. But... fer regard'n folks loike USI, we 'ad a big party wit' 'em, las' week. Dhas 're cool laddies, 'n dhey 'ven brought s'me gurlz. Tah 'njoy da beat, laddies. *hic*. 'nly 'nes disturb'n 'ere yeh. 'n oi c'n tel yeh, 'f yeh'd be bit mo'e easy s'metoimes, dah thin's 'd run a lot bettah. *hic*.
Dun' tell meh, we poirate civilians. If we poirate, dhas mos'ly s'me ore... gol' ore. Which's, 's yeh know, goin' ta detroit, laddies. 'n dhas ageira. 'n dhas 'nvolved in da libby gov', laddies! *hic*
'r yeh loike otha peeps' bring'n in supplies fer da military yeh dun' loike? Oi dunno. Dhas o' yeh choice. But da fact 's, we mos'ly seek fer a party. 'n if da guests dun' please 's, we moi take s'me thin's. Cause yeh wun' good guests. 'n dhen, dhey g't a free 'ntrance 'n da brothel. *hic*
'n yeh g't too. Jus' test it. *hic*
And stop starin' at me, dammit. *puffs out some smoke*
So, dhassit. oi'm wait'n fer yeh answer. *hic*.
See yeh, laddies.
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Uh... I honestly ain't got any idear a' most a' what yew jus' said. Let's deal wit' the parts I got.
Firstly, I dun care whether it's gold ore or not. Yer still murderin' citizens a' Liberty. Yer hurtin' the people movin' stuff more'n yer hurtin' the big CEOs, but I dun even care. Ya'll could be shootin' some CEO an' I'd react the same way; they're still citizens a' Liberty. Yer still disruptin' the economy.
We dun like folks supportin' the Navy, but them folks dun know. They dun see the problems wit' the Navy. Iffin' we go after them, we're jus' as bad, 'r even worse, 'cause the majority a' the Navy's more incompetent than malicious. They ain't doin' it t' support the Navy, anyhow; that's jus' an unhappy side-effect a' them supportin' themselves and the economy of Liberty as a whole.
Listen, I dun care if yew try t' shift the blame 'r not. I'm givin' yew a warnin'. We find out ya'll hurt any folks like we said not to, ya'll'll regret it purty quick. This here's a warnin', not a negotiation.
An' I ain't Dagon. I'm from Houston, an' we dun take too kindly to brothels 'round them parts.