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< Comm ID: Major Dominik Adler - RHA Oberkommando >
Guten tag.
Now, we allow you to lead quite a luxurious life in Omega 7. This does not include letting your employers bark orders at my soldiers. This does also not include letting Miners Guild carriers shoot our ships and then running to Freistadt for cover. Now, let me explain something to you. Your employers do not tell my men who to take donations from. Just because you are free of them does not mean those who are with you, and not belonging to IMG, are also free of them. Did I make myself clear enough?
You must be a new face in Armee's High Command as this is the first time we talk. Please forgive me if I am wrong.
Major, what you see here is Daumann's state of the art technology in bending and modifying scanning signals. There was no IMG Battlecruiser there. There was no ship which really signalled an IMG IFF there. Their systems alternated your scanning signals and made them look like that they belong to IMG. Therefore the next time you encounter ships with such a strange behavior -like the one you already described- please don't hesitate to use your space blasters.
Regardless, I am sure that it was a shock for you believing that this Battlecruiser actually belonged to IMG, therefore I can understand why you stated that our hard-working miners are living luxurious lives or why you called my Guild brothers and sisters as "my employees".
Yours faithsfully, [font=Viner Hand ITC]Alan Smith
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< Comm ID: Major Dominik Adler - RHA Oberkommando >
Guten tag mein herr. Ja, we havent met. I only talk to those that know how to listen.
So, Daumann hackers you say, ja? Weird indeed.
Ja, well, if you see some Armee ships collecting donations from your "Fellow Guild Members" in Omega 7 in the following days, please be aware that the Rheinland Military might have just hacked your ships and in reality, what you see is just an illusion.
Perhaps then you will take this matter seriously.
Auf Wiedersehen.
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From: Johnathan Sanders
To: RHA Oberkommando, per attention of Major Dominik Adler
Subject: Hostilities
Encryption: Severe
Major,
What my colleague is unsuccessfully, and through inappropriate use of sarcasm, is trying to say, is that some of these vessels are not under our direct control. The IMG is not structured like an army, with a top-down hierarchy. Us Guildmasters represent a significant number of the independent miners, those who choose to speak with one voice. But not all follow our way. We have sought to steer away from the use of capital vessels within the Omega systems ourselves - the battle of Yanagi is a clear demonstration as to why capital ships are pointless inside a dense nebula.
We try to guide those who would harm our friends away from such actions, but it does not always work. This we've had on both our respective sides. Sometimes, yes, it becomes neccesary to forcefully remind elements of one another that friendship, or at the very least neutrality, is in both our interests. I will try and contact whomever is in charge of this craft, but given the imagery you have presented, I doubt I'll make much headway. Were it one under the IMG| banner, I could have vouched for it's actions - but as stated, were it under IMG| banner, it would not have been there in the first place. The sad truth is that yes, from time to time, we do get Guild ships that seem to behave quite amicably towards Daumann operations - something I do not approve of in the slightest, considering it is them that chased us off of the southern part of the system.
I can only offer my apologies for the actions taken by this craft, even it if was not one of ours, and the inappropriate response by mister Adler - who will be getting a few pointers in the finer art of diplomacy in the near days. I request you continue to monitor the situation and report aberrant behaviour by any IMG vessel to us. I can at least promise that we would try to deal with this.
Regards,
- Johnathan Sanders, on behalf of the Independent Miners Guild
PS. Between Rheinland political and military pressure trying to push us out of Omega 7, Corsairs and other assorted riffraff raiding our operations on a daily basis, not infrequent occurrances of alien infectees and Kruger-backed vigilantes simply taking a terrorist stance, it's not a life of luxury in the Omegas for us. But we manage, and with your help, we'll be able to continue to provide labor for those who would seek to leave the house corporations behind them, yet not choose a life of violence. This is how we support your cause - by offering the miners and workers of Rheinland an alternative.
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From a time when all seems lost, from a dead man to a world, without restraint, unafraid and free.
Mostly retired Discovery member. May still visit from time to time.
Message to: Johnathan Sanders
Comm ID: Major Gunther Hoerst, RHA Oberkommando
Location: Freital, Omega-11
Guten tag.
I understand your problem, Herr Sanders. Rogue elements who sometimes don't have much of an idea about the situation in the Omega systems cause problems for both of us. I can only excuse Herr Adler and his temper, but you see it is very much justified. Kruger has been a real nuisance lately, it seems like they finally managed to beg the Military to station several fleets at the border station in Stuttgart, and keep calling them in to take the fight to us. We have just enough ships to keep them out of Omega-11, but the situation is escalating and our new project that will be able to counter this push is not yet ready.
If we are to add IMG attacks on top of all of this on our already strained forces, you can see where that creates a rather large problem for us. Perhaps as a gesture of good will, the mainline IMG force could station some more people in Omega-7 so that they can educate the other independent miners on the relationship between our two groups?
I can assure you that the last thing we want to deal with right now is renegade IMG pursuing us in their capital vessels while we have to deal with Rheinland battleship after battleship coming at us faster than we can destroy them.
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< Comm ID: Major Dominik Adler - RHA Oberkommando >
Guten tag, herr Sanders. A pleasure to hear from you.
I understand your situation completely, but I am also sure that you understand mine. While herr Hoerst always has something to say about my temper ..*coughs*.. I am simply being a realist. While I am aware that you cannot control all of the ships that are not under IMG| flags, I am sure that, with a few warnings, they could be educated better.
Our relationship in the Omegas isnt exactly, how shall I say it, easy to understand, but there still is a relationship, as you have said yourself. I also see that you have, as well, noticed the second problem I mentioned. I do not like the leniency some of your Guild members show towards Daumann, when they already know the facts about that particular corporation. I especially do not like it when they ask my men not to meddle in their operations in which other mining corporations besides IMG| are involved. But alas, I am repeating myself.
Now, what I can tell you, is that I will deal with all of the hostile attacks on IMG| from the side of Hessians that are not part of the Red Hessen Armee, if you will but tell me when they happen. After all, I cannot know everything. On the other hand, I will hold you to the promise you made me just now, that you will try to deal with some of the aforementioned problems.
I would also take herr Hoersts advice into consideration. He knows what hes talking about, after all.
Oh, and herr Sanders, I suggest you pick someone other than herr Smith for responding to future diplomatic, or problematic transmissions. While I do appreciate a good dose of sarcasm from time to time, his was neither good nor welcome.
Auf Wiedersehen herr Sanders, and thank you.
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This is Omega 7 Patrol Wing leader Sean Henderson, Echo-Alpha Group speaking to the the recipients of this channel.
I just wanted to confirm that the IMG Patrol Wings have been instructed to keep an eye out for the ships that have been identified as troublemakers. Pilots of the Red Hessian Army, please feel free to contact any IMG| you can find in case of trouble with IMG affiliated pilots.
We will try to step up the patrol efforts and we will try to increase the efforts to make sure that the independend miners in the Omegas understand that the ruthless Rheinland corporations are not to be cooperated with and what the relationship between the Hessian movement and the Independent Miners Guild is like.
I am looking forward to seeing the Red Hessian Army in space, best situation would be another few Corsair gunboats to bomb.
Sean Henderson
Partol Wing Leader, Echo-Alpha Group
Freistadt, Omega 7
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