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Dear Administrator of Freeport I,
this is Sean Henderson speaking, leader of a small IMG| strike wing that went after the well known Ghost~ group, first in Omega 7, later in Omega 3. In the course of the fighting, the pirates were destroyed.
But, as you will doubtlessly already predict, they ran towards the Freeport. One of their Roc Bombers managed to enter the "safety perimeter" and started flying dangerous maneuvers between the different sections of the base.
Repeatedly, thi group of pirates has (ab)used Freeport I for their deeds and this time they even went beyond that: they threatened us with consequences from the side of the Freeport I Zoners, as the IMG continued their attack.
Let me describe the attack: EMP blasters only, and one Snac that I aimed into open space in case it would miss, finished the job. In contrast to the pirates that unscrupulously hide in the civilian traffic and the structures of Freeport I, the IMG knows well how to make sure no civilians are hurt.
I attach the pictures that prove that the Ghost~ group tried to use civilians as human shields and the base for cover.
We do not ask for any reaction to this report, but as they prided themselves with having the evidence they needed, we thought you might be interested in what really happened.
Good luck in maintaining the order on the Freeport, I know it's not an easy task.
Evidence:
1. Start of the engagement, far away from Freeport 1:File 1
2. Ghost Roc drew the fight into the Freeport 1 Zone, screened at first entry: File 2
3. Comm Log of the Encounter:
They seem to think that they can hide between the civilian traffic and structures of the Freeport to escape those who hunt them. I think they misunderstood the concept of a Freeport as a hub for civilian trade and peaceful meetings, not a safe haven for criminals. Threatening consequences after this action (see comm log) sounded almost absurd to the IMG Strike Wing.
<span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:100%][18.11.2011 17:40:38] IMG|Niclas.Andrews: There's one.
[18.11.2011 17:40:39] IMG|Echo-Delta-2: Another one of them spotted
[18.11.2011 17:41:00] IMG|Niclas.Andrews: Second one screen.
[18.11.2011 17:41:11] Ghost~of~the~Pirates: Well...
[18.11.2011 17:41:14] IMG|Niclas.Andrews: Two Rocs.
[18.11.2011 17:41:24] IMG|Echo-Delta-2: Alright, Gentlemen. Some more of you will go down today
[18.11.2011 17:41:28] Ghost~of~Sao~Feng.: Oh, some friends jack ..
[18.11.2011 17:41:47] IMG|Niclas.Andrews: This might hurt.
[18.11.2011 17:41:56] IMG|Echo-Delta-2: I took down one of theirs today already. A PT
[18.11.2011 17:41:58] Ghost~of~Sao~Feng.: So, let's daaaaaaaaaaaaaaance
[18.11.2011 17:41:58] Ghost~of~the~Pirates: Interesting.
[18.11.2011 17:42:06] Ghost~of~the~Pirates: what are we doing, Sao?
[18.11.2011 17:42:14] Ghost~of~the~Pirates: I should have guessed it.
[18.11.2011 17:42:16] Ghost~of~Sao~Feng.: Bit'em all .
[18.11.2011 17:42:32] IMG|Eddie.LaCrosse: Eddie: Nice! So you want to make my day ?
[18.11.2011 17:45:49] Death: Ghost~of~the~Pirates was killed by IMG|Echo-Delta-2 (Gun)
[color=#FFCCCC] [18.11.2011 17:47:43] IMG|Echo-Delta-2: Freeport 1 will hate that. >> that = the fact that they ran to Freeport 1
[18.11.2011 17:48:52] Death: Ghost~of~Sao~Feng. was killed by IMG|Echo-Delta-2 (Gun)
[18.11.2011 17:49:09] IMG|Echo-Delta-2: Let's head home
[18.11.2011 17:49:11] Ghost~of~the~Pirates: Well...
[color=#FFCCCC][18.11.2011 17:49:12] Ghost~of~Sao~Feng.: Yes, Zoners will hate this, thanks mates. *smiles* [18.11.2011 17:49:15] Ghost~of~the~Pirates: Now we have evidence.
[18.11.2011 17:49:30] IMG|Echo-Delta-2: *laughs* Try so
[18.11.2011 17:49:36] IMG|Echo-Delta-2: They know you ran here
[18.11.2011 17:49:47] IMG|Niclas.Andrews: Get your pod out of my face before I blow it to pieces.
[18.11.2011 17:50:15] IMG|Echo-Delta-2: IMG Strike wing, return to base
[18.11.2011 17:50:22] Ghost~of~Sao~Feng.: They have some rules. And you broke the rule but us, we respect *smiles*
[18.11.2011 17:50:40] IMG|Echo-Delta-2: Reassemble your ship. And we can see
[18.11.2011 17:50:56] IMG|Niclas.Andrews: Bwahahah, you flee to their base, bring the fight to their port...
[18.11.2011 17:51:11] IMG|Niclas.Andrews: An' call us being the ones breaking the rules? [18.11.2011 17:51:27] Ghost~of~Sao~Feng.: It's a not firing zone. So, if i'm here, i must leave the system .
[18.11.2011 17:51:40] Ghost~of~Sao~Feng.: But you broke the rule. *smiles*
[18.11.2011 17:52:02] IMG|Echo-Delta-2: If you think that will help you... try. *smiles* I am rather sure it won't-
[18.11.2011 17:52:28] IMG|Echo-Delta-2: Alright, Ghost~ group down. Status in O7?
Sean Henderson
IMG Strike Wing Leader
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First off, good work. Funny to hear me say that, huh?
Ive talked with these Ghost guys - first time, they were fighting off an IMG wing some 10k out from the station. We made it clear to them not to bring there troubles to the station, not to base off it if there aim was piracy in Omega 3 - I've personally seen them pirate a Kusari Yacht, and they even threatened me to keep out of there business.
So, I figure this is the last straw. If they think we'll protect them over our good neighbors, while they fly around in our NFZ going "ha ha ha you cant shoot me" - then theyve got another thing coming.
Were going to discuss the next action among the Council, and get back to you, but if you could do one thing for me...
Sean, if you instruct your pilots to get me screens of of them docking on Freeport 1, in the future, would be appreciated.
I'll let you know what we decide to do. Thanks, and sorry you had to have trouble from these guys.
As instructed by Sean, here are some of the shots about Ghost ships using your pretty nice
and shiny base as cover.
The engagement started near the Omega 7 gate, and resulted into a hot pursuit with guns blazing.
But it seems they had placed their waypoint to your base, to hide. Just to refuel again and head
back to Omega 7 afterwards and annoy some miners. I made sure that they wouldn't annoy
anyone in Omega 7, but as expected this is just a matter of time before it will happen again.
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Greetings Mr. Summers,
I am glad that our report was of some use. We received the copy of the "ban order". I think I can say for all civilians, especially miners and haulers in Omega 7 that you made the right decision. Feel free to call for IMG| whenever you need defense against pirates that want to smear the good name and intentions of Freeport 1 by their blatant abuse.
IMG received another report yesterday which contains better images of what happened at the Freeport. I put this report in here, too, to complete the picture:
Yeah, hi there.
Busy day today as it seems. First there were some Ghost-vessels in Omega-3 and defenses were called to
fight them off. Two vessels were spotted when we, that being IMG|Echo-Delta-2, IMG|Eddie.LaCrosse and
me, reached the Aland Shipyard: Ghost~of~Sao~Feng and Ghost~of~the~Pirates.
As we came in distance we engaged them in defense of our perimeter. The fight was slowly dragged
towards Freeport 1 by them and after some time fighting Ghost~of~the~Pirates was shot down by
IMG|Echo-Delta-2 with a very well placed SNAC. As the first went down the second Ghost-vessel fleed further towards Freeport 1, thereby threatening the Freeport by firing within the no-fire-zone. He used the
station a bit like a shield, but carefully we removed him as IMG|Echo-Delta-2 fired a second well placed
SNAC leading to his immediate pod-ification, eh, I mean, destruction. After that we returned to Freistadt
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From: GHOST Headquarters, Commander Dong Bin
Position: Unknown pirate base
To: FP1 Authorities, Members of the Zoner Council, IMG Authorities
Very dear Zoners,
As you know, the Galactic Hackers, Outlaws & Shadow Traders did NOT pirate Zoner ships for months.
As you probably don't know, GHOST members have very few places to dock in Sirius.
We've been trying to pirate politely all legal or semi-legal factions for 5 or 6 months, except Zoners and Junkers.
In return we hoped the Zoner and the Junker would make sure we could dock on their base, and our ennemies would respect the 5K-No-Fire Zone around Zoner Bases.
Now we have evidence these don't.
We have even evidence some Bounty Hunters sometimes destroy the storage depots of Freeport 1...
We very politely ask the Zoner Council to confirm or infirm the decision of FP1 authorities: Is the GHOST banned from FP1 or not?
[b]If we're banned from this Zoner Freeport or another, we'll have to ask ourselves why we did NOT pirate Zoner transports or cap ships, and why we DID sometimes defend or escort zoner ships or... storage depots.
We would appreciate a fast answer. Like in less than 24 hours.[/b]
Commander Dong Bin,
replacing commander Jack le Noir, presently in Newgate's prison
Well just to inform you the Ghosts are still making use of your base, which is kind of expected.
However I've followed them to our own base in Omega 3. The engagement started there.
Though as expected, one of them had to run back to the Freeport to hide again. Together with
his buddy there they were again abusing the Freeport one no fire zone as a hide out.
On a side note 'Alta.Viator' wasn't very well informed about the Ghost~'s status around the
Freeport 5k zone. Wasting my time with some useless chatter just because he wasn't informed
very well. I don't blame you though, miss communication happens a lot.
Either way, results are that three of them were blown up, one remaining to hide in your base.
PS. Ghosts, I love the way you fade out. And polite pirating doesn't exist.