COMM ID:Commander Melanie Tyler, Liberty Navy Secondary Fleet. TARGET ID:[*USI*] Management, Liberty Police Inc., Liberty Navy. SUBJECT:Slavery ENCRYPTION:Low PRIORITY:High
Good evening.
Yesterday, the Furious had the misfortune of encountering a Slave Trader flying under the banner of Universal Shipping's major trading division. The vessel, callsign: [*USI*]RavenIII[E] was located in Manhattan Orbit, where scans indicated the presence of human life signs in the cargo hold. The Captain refused to comply with directives to halt, threatening us with the lives of those on board his ship, and ultimately lead my crew and I on a chase all the way across Colorado.
Throughout the chase, the Captain employed occupied escape pods as mines, attempting to slow Furious by jettisoning pods containing slaves in her path. Thankfully, our tractor crews were able to recover the pods before a collision, but the intent that these actions indicate...
In any event, we managed an intercept of the ship approximately 100 standard units from Planet Denver, where the Captain surrendered the remaining pods into our custody (the slaves have been relocated to Navy facilities for medical checks and will be returned to their families, where applicable, as soon as possible.) Marine boarders then planted a worm to ensure the RavenIII returned to Denver exactly as directed.
Shortly after Furious departed the Colorado star system, the worm sent out a message to the effect that the ship had left orbit.
I'm not going to lecture you as to my opinion on this pilot's actions, I'm certain you're more then capable of figuring that out. I'm told most of the recovered slaves are stable, so there's some small blessing.
I'll leave this with you. Logs of the incident are attached.
Quote:[07.07.2012 22:39:25] LNS-Furious: Harrison: What the-... Ma'am, you'd best see this.
[07.07.2012 22:39:36] LNS-Furious: Tyler: Get that ship on comms. Now.
[07.07.2012 22:39:50] LNS-Furious: Heinsburg: Raven III, this is Furious. Requesting communications channel.
[07.07.2012 22:40:16] [*USI*]RavenIII[E]: Errrrr hello what you want officer
[07.07.2012 22:40:48] LNS-Furious: Tyler: *Motions for the comm.* My signals watch is picking up multiple -human- life signs from your ships cargo hold.
[07.07.2012 22:41:15] LNS-Furious: Tyler: First, I want those people off loaded to processing facilities on Manhattan, and secondly, I want an
[07.07.2012 22:41:23] [*USI*]RavenIII[E]: Yes there my Hooker's i hired on pittspurg
[07.07.2012 22:41:23] LNS-Furious: Tyler: explanation, -Captain.-
[07.07.2012 22:42:05] LNS-Furious: Tyler: I don't care where you hired them. They're to be offloaded to authorities on Manhattan immediately.
[07.07.2012 22:42:25] [*USI*]RavenIII[E]: but i not finished with them yet!!
[07.07.2012 22:42:34] LNS-Furious: Tyler: -Now- Captain.
[07.07.2012 22:44:01] LNS-Furious: Tyler: Hell. Lieutenant Petrie, get me a firing solution on that transport. Target the propulsion units.
[07.07.2012 22:44:31] LNS-Furious: Tyler: Raven, cut your engines or you will be fired upon.
[Target engaged cruise engines.]
[07.07.2012 22:45:40] LNS-Furious: Tyler: Like hell you are. Fire missiles as soon as target enters the envelope.
[07.07.2012 22:45:56] [*USI*]RavenIII[E]: bye bye
[Slave pods jettisoned in Furious's path at this point.]
[07.07.2012 22:46:56] LNS-Furious: Tyler: Slow, pick them up.
[07.07.2012 22:47:09] [*USI*]RavenIII[E]: hehehehehe
[07.07.2012 22:47:27] [*USI*]RavenIII[E]: im using the slave as mine's
[07.07.2012 22:48:09] [*USI*]RavenIII[E]: maybe that splat on the frount of your ship
[07.07.2012 22:48:22] [*USI*]RavenIII[E]: like flys
[07.07.2012 22:48:23] LNS-Furious: Tyler: Or perhaps our tractor beam actually -works.-
[07.07.2012 22:48:35] [*USI*]RavenIII[E]: durn it
[07.07.2012 22:48:55] LNS-Furious: Tyler: Any available units, this is Commander Melanie Tyler, we've got a slave trader making a hard burn for the system edge
[07.07.2012 22:49:09] LNS-Furious: Tyler: Current location C6. Requesting interceptor support.
[07.07.2012 22:50:05] [*USI*]RavenIII[E]: no one can here you
[07.07.2012 22:50:08] LNS-Furious: Petrie: Gunnery here. Missiles are ready to fire, Ma'am.
[07.07.2012 22:50:11] [*USI*]RavenIII[E]: Give up
[07.07.2012 22:50:24] LNS-Furious: Tyler: I'll give up when those people are on board this ship.
[07.07.2012 22:50:45] LNS-Furious: Tyler: How long do you think you can outrun a Battlecruiser for, Captain?
[07.07.2012 22:50:48] [*USI*]RavenIII[E]: give up or i'll kill them all by flying in to the sun
[07.07.2012 22:50:57] LNS-Furious: Tyler: If you do, then you fry as well.
[07.07.2012 22:51:13] [*USI*]RavenIII[E]: i do what it take to keep them or Die
[07.07.2012 22:51:42] LNS-Furious: Tyler: I will not commit atrocities at your urging Captain. Whether you live or die today is by your choice, not mine.
[07.07.2012 22:51:56] [*USI*]RavenIII[E]: i need to sell them to the outcast so i can buy cardamine to sell the kids to turm them in to slave to sell to the outcasts
[07.07.2012 22:52:06] LNS-Furious: Tyler: If you cut your engines, you have my word that you will not be fired upon by this ship.
[07.07.2012 22:52:20] [*USI*]RavenIII[E]: yea Right!
[07.07.2012 22:53:40] LNS-Furious: Tyler: Listen to yourself. You're going to kill thousands of people out of your own stupid pride!
[07.07.2012 22:54:02] [*USI*]RavenIII[E]: Yea that sounds about right
[07.07.2012 22:54:29] [*USI*]RavenIII[E]: maybe i shoud cut the air to the cargo hold
[07.07.2012 22:55:11] [*USI*]RavenIII[E]: Or you can give up and let them live to fight another day
[07.07.2012 22:55:32] LNS-Furious: Tyler: *Turns to the comms officer.* Cut me out of his network. If he's not issuing a surrender, I don't want to hear it.
[07.07.2012 22:55:42] LNS-Furious: Heinsburg: Yes Ma'am.
[07.07.2012 22:55:55] LNS-Furious: Petrie: Target is entering engagement envelope.
[07.07.2012 22:57:11] LNS-Furious: Tyler: Any available interceptors in the Colorado star system, this is Commander Melanie Tyler, please respond.
[07.07.2012 22:59:26] LNS-Furious: Tyler: We've got a slave trader aboard the [*USI*]RavenIII
[07.07.2012 23:00:29] [*USI*]RavenIII[E]: lier i carrying food for homeless people
[07.07.2012 23:00:54] LNS-Furious: Tyler: Open your mouth a little wider, Captain. I think I can almost fit a missile in it.
[07.07.2012 23:01:27] [*USI*]RavenIII[E]: and you said drop the food and let's the homeless die the captin of the Furious said!
[07.07.2012 23:08:13] LNS-Furious: Tyler: Drop the pods, Captain.
[07.07.2012 23:08:42] LNS-Furious: Tyler: Jettison those pods, and we'll break off our pursuit.
[07.07.2012 23:09:01] [*USI*]RavenIII[E]: Whos We ?
[07.07.2012 23:09:03] LNS-Furious: Tyler: Stand by.
[07.07.2012 23:09:29] LNS-Furious: Tyler: *Frowns.* Are you blind? We, the Furious.
[07.07.2012 23:10:09] [*USI*]RavenIII[E]: hmmm maybe ok
[Target cut power to engines.]
[07.07.2012 23:11:04] LNS-Furious: Tyler: Raven, hold your position.
[07.07.2012 23:11:34] LNS-Furious: Tyler: Marine boarding parties will be coming aboard. You are to comply with their directives.
[07.07.2012 23:11:45] [*USI*]RavenIII[E]: Errr oks
[07.07.2012 23:12:05] LNS-Furious: Tyler: Captain Thompson, are your people ready to go?
[07.07.2012 23:12:13] LNS-Furious: Thompson: *Nods.* Yes Ma'am.
Comm ID:David Smith , A Director of USI Subject:Notification/Reply
Greetings,
It does surprise me that a Universal Employee did carry slaves in his transport. I might add to that, a former Universal Employee. He had submitted his resignation letter and he was directed to Duluth Shipyard in Minnesota to store the ship and then report back as his final job. It seems the pilot decided to steal the ship instead.
As this matter came to my hearing, I was really taken back. The more shocking matter is that the ship was carrying slaves and it did not "respond" to Trenton Outpost's Traffic Tower when contacted. I have called my lawyers and they will be soon be here. We will be pushing charges on the grounds of treason, theft and trafficking.
As of now, you are cleared to engage any ship with [*USI*]Raven[E] or any other modifications of that call sign we have issued him with.
David Smith,
Board of Director,
Universal Shipping Incorporated.
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