To: Trusted friends. Subject: The Kidnap Job

[The Syndicate Leagues]

Alster Unioners

Sender ID: Horst Delle
Tacname: Chasta
Positional group: Convex Loop
Location: UN|Trax.Amal
Branchgroup: Unioners

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Horst shoots a wave at the camera.

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Sup'? Right. I'll get down to it. We've just caught ourselves a big damn payday. Enough to buy us a daytrip to the Canarias.

So this just got broadcast over the neuralnet. On the 23rd, a Orbital Spa and Cruise joint are going to gander a bunch of high-rollers up to Gallia - the indirect way. They're not cutting the Zurich connection, oh no, they're running overt. Right out to Liberty and Kusaria on their grand tour. I'm patching you in the data.

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Now I reckon these busters ain't any daytripper or salarymen giving their family a low-budget cruise - not with the starting prices of those tickets, they're not. See, they're headed for the Minarchy. That's a place filled with crap if I know anything - cheap wine, cheaper prostitutes, where the human organs flow free and the guns flow freer. They're headed for Monte Carlo - the gateway to anything, so they're certainly not heading out there for the fine, white-sand beaches of the Gallic Riviera. They'll start in Stuttgart, too. I'd bet on a good bundle of Synth Foods blueshirts being aboard that chartered yacht.

This is what we're gonna' do.

We're going to abduct the liner as it's transiting towards Liberty. We'll stage a snatch-and-grab, pod the escorts, and drag the yacht out to the Tanner Belt where we'll rip its transponders free and decant its well-heeled guests out into prison hulks till the ransom money comes in. We'll make ourselves rich, and the oppressor poorer. Nothing like putting some honest robbery to work changing Sirius for the better, right?

It's gonna' be worthwhile.

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[Ruise]

Incoming Transmission

To: Horst Delle
From: Valentin Falk
Subject: The kidnap

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You can see tall an thin Unioner on the other side of the screen, probably just got on shore from flight, since he had a suit still on along with the strong desire to respond as soon as possible.

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"Seems really interesring and clearly more fun than catching another Republican transport with his pants down..."

"Oh,almost forgot! Name's Valentin, you may not know me as I joined your ranks recently and just learned how to fly something defty than a brick like "Ragnar" , thanks to my new freunds in the Union. "

"Catching a Yacht with so many dives on it surely will put the word on the street about us, so it's in our best interest to make it smooth as possible. Plan with breaking transponders is brilliant, but my previous trader experience tells me that the presence of good escort on such long journey is obvious and we have to deal with it first. This buys time for the captain on reaching any ships to come for help. Also Space Traffic Control of Houston International may notice that such important ship is behind the schedule and will send Navy patrol to check it out. This both options strongly affect our chances even taking into account that the whole thing happens in Bering, almost fully controlled by us..."

"What I'm talking about here is that we need to be prepared for such cases either with more firepower on our side,or...with more "elegant" approach. The prices on this trip are nothing compared that we can squeeze in case of success,so it would be very useful to have a couple of "our" passengers on board who will silence the ship's comms when necessary. "

"I'm signing up for this one regardless of the method."

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[Shaggy]

Incoming Transmission

To: Horst Delle
From: Krom Baldr
Subject: The Kidnap Job

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Guten tag there Horst Delle,

You may or may not have heard of me before, I am Krom the mightly Baldr. This kidnap job seems like a perfect job for my team. Allow us to make a plan, coordinate the assault. Let's get us a pay day! My beard needs a trim, it's getting too big you hear me boy.

As for you Valentin Falk, to me you sound like a peasant. Let the real hero's show you how this is done, sit back and watch. Learn something, it'll go a long ol' way. Now, where is my good ol' friend Corin. Why are they not here yet!

Kind regards,
Geist
Premier Field Operative
Krom Baldr

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