To: The Liberty Navy.

[jammi]

To: Liberty Navy liaison offices.
From: Manager Andrew Peterson, ExSec, Bowex.
RE: Unprofessional conduct, harassment, threatening demeanour.

I've just had the extreme misfortune of receiving a long range message from one of your secondary fleet pilots, named "LN-Chad.Davis". Note, this message was entirely without context. None of my captains have ever seen or encountered this ship at any point in the past. The messages came entirely out of the blue:

[30.10.2011 01:32:48] LN-Chad.Davis: Material Defender: Your friend... Caxton... If I see him again I will kill him most elagantly... mhm?
[30.10.2011 01:33:18] Bowex)Johnson: We do not appreciate attempted intimidation from the Liberty Navy. At all.
[30.10.2011 01:33:20] Bowex)Johnson: Explain yourself.
[30.10.2011 01:33:55] LN-Chad.Davis: (Pyro-GL) Material Defender: I am here to see that the shinanigains of your friend will be dealt with if he persists.
[30.10.2011 01:34:06] Bowex)Johnson: Shenanigans?
[30.10.2011 01:34:26] LN-Chad.Davis: (Pyro-GL) Material Defender: Shinanigains.
[30.10.2011 01:34:32] Bowex)Johnson: Unless you want me to go directly to your superiors with charges of harassment, I suggest you give me the full story.
[30.10.2011 01:35:08] LN-Chad.Davis: (Pyro-GL) Material Defender: *Torches your entire ship with napalm*
[30.10.2011 01:35:24] Bowex)Johnson: Very well. Blocking this comm ID.
[30.10.2011 01:36:11] LN-Chad.Davis: ::0x00008:: *Scratches Bowex)Johnson*

The captain of the BES Caxton had reported in a disturbance immediately prior to my own contact, saying he'd received odd comm messages from the pilot in question. Just static and gibberish for 10 or so minutes.

This in combination with a literal unprovoked death threat aimed at one of my employees should explain my brusk response to Mr Davis' statements. Mr Brighton (captain of the Caxton) was rather confused, and afraid that he'd done something wrong when I confronted him on the matter afterwards.

In any case, we do not take kindly to death threats from secondary fleet agents. Please put a leash on him. An apology from the pilot in question would be nice, too.

~Peterson

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[Sonja]

Transmission; Start
Identification: Commodore Christina Robinson
Location: New York system, Planet Manhattan, Fort Bragg
Encryption: Secure

Andrew Peterson;

Firstly, let me say that it is a shame that you were forced to contact us on these unfortunate terms. Secondly, the usual response is that we surprisingly lack the capability to do anything about individuals such as this.

However, the landscape has changed since the increased volume of complaints we've been receiving pertaining to secondary fleet captains and their ilk. It is the case that we are unable to deal directly with irritants such as the individual you highlighted here, however we recently discovered that, using a little creativity, we can get around these restrictions.

We do, however, require visual evidence of this encounter, hopefully from both yourself and the captain of the Caxton at the time. Disciplinary procedures can't be started on the evidence you've presented so far, for hopefully very obvious reasons.

As my job has me behind a desk full-time for the foreseeable future, I doubt I'll miss your reply.

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[jammi]

To: Commodore Christina Robinson, Liberty Navy.
From: Manager Andrew Peterson, ExSec, Bowex.
RE: Evidence.

I feel your pain ma'am, I really do. Bowex has had trouble enough with its independent contractors 'misunderstanding' local House laws in the past. In any case, here is your requested pictorial evidence. The Caxton can't really provide you with much, on account of his comm logs revealing nothing more than a wall of static.

~Peterson

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[Sonja]

Transmission; Start
Identification: Commodore Christina Robinson
Location: New York system, Planet Manhattan, Fort Bragg
Encryption: Secure

Andrew Peterson;

That's a shame, as I'd like to have seen what kind of shenanigans were being talked about. It would certainly make the actions we should take regarding this individual a lot clearer.

All your evidence actually shows is that he's threatened Borderworlds Exports ships with termination if he sees them again. The context of what he says is not clear, and we will either need more information from you proving that his words are totally unnecessary, or a statement from him to clarify the issue.

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[jammi]

To: Commodore Christina Robinson, Liberty Navy.
From: Manager Andrew Peterson, ExSec, Bowex.
RE: Evidence.

I'm not really sure what other proof we can offer you, but you're free to access the comm records of both ships for the 10 minutes on either side of the incident. That should provide enough of a context for you to base your judgement on.

Have one of your IT technicians contact me and we can forward you the raw data in question. I assure you, it's not an interesting read. Just trade manifests, static, then that. I can promise you this though: Davis' statement was entirely unprovoked. I've no idea what he was thinking.

No Bowex ships have wronged him or Liberty in any way. Neither of us were in Liberty at the time. The Caxton hasn't been in Liberty in over a week, as a matter of a fact, seeing as it's busy fulfilling our foreign contracts.

~Peterson

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