Now before you turn away in contempt, or dismiss this as spam, rest assured I do not claim to be two thousand years old, use a bow and arrow, or hide in what little forests can be found in our sector. I am simply the current incarnation of the IDEALS of Robin Hood, and I am Deadly Serious.
So what do we want from you? What is the purpose of this message?
Simple; we want the rich to stop thinking of only themselves, and think of the working man, for the good of everyone. Rich traders fly around with no escorts, then act surprised when they are robbed, petition the soldiers to fight, and it only leads to more bloodshed, them not hiring escorts is what causes people to loose jobs, and turn to piracy, its a vicious cycle.
So, each transport should have 2 escorts, if you have 2, we will leave you alone, if you have 1, thats better than nothing, and we will only charge you half the price, as my man Will tried to do. if you have none, we will take you for all you are worth.
Let that be a lesson; I dont wish for hostile relations between our groups, indeed, as you are generally working outside the corporate machine, I am prepared to offer you a deal of "half price", instead of 2 escorts, you only need one to be left alone, and even if you have none, we will only charge half, its up to you.
P.S. to the .:J:. I think we can work out giving the Sherwood Forest a free pass!
To other unlawfuls
We dont wish to be your enemies, but we protect the poor, if we see you robbing those ALREADY without, we will stop you, robbing the poor is of little value, lets work together to rob the rich. Im sure that this, along with perceived "poaching" on your turf, will annoy some of you, we're sorry about that, but it will be up to you to start hostilities, we dont want them.
To house lawfuls
Im sure many of you will just think we are pirates or terrorists, and not believe our good intentions, however you are not our main enemy, unlike some, we wont hunt you down, if you choose to make us fight, instead of concentrating on your wars, you will only be hurting yourselves.
To Everyone
So come, know we exist, and if you feel we have justice, join us. The good cause always needs more strength, and the Merry Men will welcome another to our band!
Remember friends:
(12-18-2012, 11:25 AM)Hone Wrote: Remember our motto men, "Rob from the Rich and Give to the Poor!" If the trader is poor, we wont be pirating them, or forcing them to hire escorts We'll be helping them! We'll help anyone too poor to afford a 1k transport, and only rob those rich enough to afford a 2k transport. And even then, only if they dont care enough about the working man to hire escorts.
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Named after some famous guy who helped the weak and poor. Sure, those ideals of helping out those that can't fend for themselves are very good. But you seemed to have missed a few details.
These traders you either tax or nuke also pay parts of their income to governments due to taxes, otherwise they're not allowed to trade between certain places. This taxed money is used to boost a economy further and support the people that live under this government. That means it also supports the weak and poor.
In short, your shooting down of traders and taxing them on your own account doesn't help anyone. Those that can afford a spaceship are already wealthy enough. So what you're doing is just make the rich, richer and the poor even more poor. And don't forget the insurance companies that will make the trade companies smile.
To stop this, I'll just find me a contract. Shoot you down and balance things back to normal. Enjoy the money from the bounty to treat me on some more booze while the traders continue paying their taxes and giving the weak and poor a decent way of life on their planets.
Of course I don't really care that much about traders themselves. But this being a opportunity to kill some more 'I'm a good guy and act like a hero' kind of guys, is always fun.
Thanks for letting me know you are around and under what names you operate. We will be looking for you.
What did you say your name was again? And what do you call your ship? You know, for record keeping purposes. After all your claims, it seems like something to know.
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*incoming transmission*
Comm ID: [TAZ]Doc.Holliday
Location: Shasta Orbital Skyhook, Baffin System
To: Robin Hood
CC: OSI
Kallisti, Mr. Hood,
So let me get this straight. You pirate Zoners. I may not always agree with OSI but you give up much if you choose this action, namely, the right to use a Freeport where you will find people of all walks living amongst each other. If I hear of you doing this, you will be barred from Baffin space and I will make sure all Freeport administrators know of you.
Giving to the poor? I created Med Force Enterprises, now consisting of 3 ships, all of which provide free medical to all. I also created Canaria Medical Center on Gran Canaria for the same reasons. Dr. Doreen Naggers pretty much administrates it now.
Mind you, I fly solo in my transport to fund these entirely of my own credit and would rather jettison into space than give my hard earned credits, intended for research or my temple, to you when I give plenty.
*INCOMING TRANSMISSION*
*User : LSF Nathalia O'Stone*
*To: Robin Hood*
G'Day Mr. Hood.
You remind me of one person from a fairy tale of 23 century. But the fact remains that LSF will protect traders in systems Liberty. When you will shoot up, rich Traders and Freelancers, you will be arrested and taken to Prison station. I'm sure I'm not alone who will stand behind my opinion. In short, you will not make the problem, we will not be doing it too.
*Receiving message*
ID: Luka
From: Somewhere
To: Robin Hood
That's.....
....
.....I don't... Really think that's the best way to help them, I mean, what if the traders are just starting out and they can't afford the escorts? Or if they even have something to do with the poors and everything? I'm not really sure but... I think there's other ways to, or there aren't?
.....hmmmm......I can see not only a lost soul but the devil himself inside you, Mr. Hood.
Stained soul should be purified trough purgatory. Surrender, redeem yourself and stay away from my cargo
Greetings Mr Hood.
You seem to know very little on the way OSI and indeed Zoners themselves Operate. We as Zoners, do what we can in order to keep ourselves as Neutral as possible, not just to house forces, but to pirates as well, we have a tendency of trying to look as non-threatening as possible, on our more regular routes we do not take Escorts for this very Reason, its only on the more severe dangerous routes in edge space that we use escorts, we have an in house organisation specific for our escorting needs that is open to any and all who would require a job, and are payed a healthy salary along with other benefits within the company.
We dont run our trade ships on their own because we are greedy, far from it, its a show of trust on our part, we allow both sides of the law to frequent our Freeports and use our services, as long as our neutrality is respected. In light of this, we try our best to do the same.
Our Goods are what keep those who have left the safety and trade of house space alive, and in most cases, these people are poor, down on their luck civilians, who depend on our ships, either for the cargo they hold, for work, or for transport between space.
So it begs to wonder now, who it is who's stealing from the poor.
If yer ever found piratin' in the Buccaneers territory, ye can be assured ye won't be makin' any profits. Ye best stay away from Bretonia if ye don't want t' make yerself an enemy of the Buccaneers.