I remember you.

The good Doctor who was willing to take up arms and utterly denigrate that little Hippocratic, or perhaps Hypo-critic oath of yours.

One hundred and eighty seven - if you were wondering. The pilots and crewmen who died for those few hours of combat. Add to that another three hundred and forty one over the course of the weeks that this little back and forth regarding Sudbury has been going on and you get a true sense of the bloodbath required to rebuke the Lehigh and gut that Bustard full of lard.

We are still tallying bodies and recovering remains.

I must confess that in the months following your departure I found your "peers" in the PLF to be erratic, irresponsible, poorly coordinated, and not much better than highwaymen and common banditry that otherwise plagues the lanes sector-wide. And if not for their associations to the free people whom we respect I would run them down just the same as all those countless other opportunists feeling nothing short of content.

The assessments that came across my desk paint a grim picture of failures and setbacks.

No progress and no hope, at least not the kind you seem to be picturing.

I can supply you with the frequencies I believe to be active as well as the names of the people I used as points of contact, if you'd like. But you struck me as the sort of person who wanted to steer clear of this and put light-years between this struggle and you.

Violence has a way of creeping into parts of you that you didn't know you had - are you sure?

Just banter.


These were the functionaries I've had contact with and their NN IDs.

I hope you find who or what you're looking for.