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Admiralty to End Privateering

NEW LONDON - After much fierce deliberation within parliament, the High Court of Justice and the Admiralty have decreed the revocation of all letters of Marque as of October the 21st. In a statement by Muriel Mitchell, undersecretary to Admiral Archibald Morris, and spokesperson for the Admiralty, the Crown cited concerns regarding the dubious efficacy and mounting costs of maintaining an irregular and unregulated privateer force. Further comments hinted at additional measures to reallocate privateer-earmarked funds towards other initiatives more directly applied to the Armed Forces. Although initial trials of the privateer program yielded considerable success in the early days of the Gallic wars, good will towards privateers within the Bretonian populace has waned considerably. Once considered bastions of citizen patriots, privateers now are seen as little more than violent profiteers and thugs. In coordination with their initial decree of nullification, the Crown has also re-issued a blanket pardon for all privateers who disavow and revoke their pirate ways and disarm. The amnesty and rehabilitation initiative will begin as of today, September the 19 and end by October the 21st, 827 AS, after which, those who persist in piracy will be labeled traitors and punished accordingly. While trouble is not expected in the transition, civilians are urged to avoid traveling through the Tau systems without sufficient escort in the interim