To: GRN Command

[shemkel]

Gentleman,

I'd like to file an official complaint about outrageous behaviour of your officers.

When I was taking my cargo through Edinburgh system, I have been intercepted by some pirate called... mhm... let me see... ahh, yes: Stavros Mueller. Apparently some Rheinland renegade - as his name and profession would imply. This filthy pirate distrupted my cruise engines and demanded to cut impulse engines as well.

In such situation, as he was flying some small craft, I decided to make a run for my life. And profit.
What a surprise it was for me, when it became clear that one of your battleship captains is cooperating with this... thief.

Commander of Royal Navy vessel GRN|RNS-Charlemagne demanded to cut my engines too!

When I was trying to stop my ship - and as you probably know, you can't stop a tanker in place - the pirate that was chasing me opened fire on me. He drained all my shields and was still dropping mines. As my automatic defence weapons was trying to save the ship from certain destruction - along with myself and all the cargo (can you imagine the loss of profit and costs of new ship?) - one of mines exploded killing the filthy bastard.

When your Valor (oh, irony) class battleship arrived, I thought I was safe. So I was very surprised to see that commanding officer of said vessel demanded to drop my cargo! How dare he?

Claiming that hauling this cargo out of Gallia was illegal, he was trying to force a bribe on me. When I was trying to settle all the problem on the spot, offering an act of good will - to make a deposit so all the - so called - questions could be answered in a civilised manner without forcing me to loose my precious time and profit, he accused me of bribery! Now that's either act of bad will or proof of some mental disability. Both of which should render said officer unable to command such a big and fierceful vessel as battleship.

And here is the most interesting part: apparently, said officer was cooperating with clumsy pilot that was unlucky to mine himself out of my view. That's cooperation in common piracy!

As it became clear to me afterwards, said scum was contracted to chase me away to Dublin systems to make me break the cryocubes embargo and to give GRN vessel a reason to shoot me and take over cargo! That is outrageous. I was meant to dock to Battleship Villeneuve and yet they chased me away to Dublin jump hole! Probably to stay away from witnesses. Or maybe they even have some Molly contracted too?

Fortunately, when I broadcasted all the messages to system channel and after I dropped and destroyed my cargo - so it didn't fall in hands of pirates - All the vessels ran away and I could safely return home.

Is this how you treat traders bringing you supplies you need so much? Is this how you treat gentleman of business?

Now I demand full repayment for all lost cargo (4780 units of cryocubes) as well as 20 millions sirius credits as restitution for moral loses. And I demand public appollogy from said officer.

signed,

Lucius Cogito
Captain of [IND]Floating.Easement

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