Fraudster or modern Robin Hood?

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Sir Andrew Stuart - Criminal or hero?

This man, known for bleeding our enemies dry of their wealth via his profitable privateering enterprise, has allegedly taken up a new business: that of fraud. Our correspondent, Sarah Stringfellow, managed to organise a meeting with this wanted criminal, who is all too happy to get his picture in the press, as he himself admits.

During the meeting, he openly detailed the weaknesses of Kusari's shipping, military, and even her economy, himself being a graduate of Economic Theory from the top classes on Planet Cambridge. He proceeded to admit ravaging Kusari's economy by all sorts of nefarious methods, be it through robbery, fraud, or otherwise.

"It's all too easy...," he is reported to have said, "...they're fighting like this is the dark ages."

Miss Stringfellow then pressed with some questions of her own, stopping one of Sir Andrew's ego-trips, as she put it. She asked where the stolen money was going, to which he replied,

"It doesn't matter, does it? It's not buying shells to bomb Leeds, right?"

Again, our reporter pressed, pointing out that there have been scattered reports of 'Admiral' Stuart's personal funds being used to finance warships to defeat the enemy, professional mercenary armies being hired to defend Bretonia, and large sums being donated to charities caring for war widows and those hurt by the KNF's advance.

He categorically denied any such altruism to Miss Stringfellow, although she is reporting that he did wink at her at this point and invite her out for dinner. It appears that whilst a rogue and scoundrel, that this gentleman may only be trying to keep up the appearance of a murderous pirate, and actually spending his ill-gotten gains on good causes.

Our investigation continues.

Christopher Morris, for the New London Herald

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[Quorg]

Comm ID: Desert.Snow
Location: Daisin Station, Seto System

Mr. Stuart certainly seems full of himself; this is the second separate bulletin in which he gloats over his purported "successes". The only thing this genius has succeeded in doing is working to circulate counterfeit credits throughout Bretonia; somehow he knows this and still falls into the cunning traps of the Kempetai agents. Kusari companies are stronger than ever today; the increased flow of resources from Seto has been a great boost to the Kusari economy. Don't fool yourself into thinking that our economy has been dented in the slightest.

I was in his class at Cambridge; the man could barely pass an introductory-level course in economic theory without threatening to kill the professor. Not that Cambridge isn't extremely overrated anyways in comparison with the excellent University of New Tokyo.

In response to the question posed at the beginning of your article, he should be considered a hero of the Kusari people for successfully undermining the Bretonian economy by circulating fake currency.

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ATTENTION SMUGGLERS
The Midnight Express: A Slaver <strike>who doesn't completely realize what he's doing.</strike> (video)

Quorg, you're officially a moron.

...mongs like Quorg being like a malignant little cancer...

Way to be useless, Quorg.

[bluntpencil2001]

Imaginary Money? Economic collapse?

Kusari agents have been revealed by an unnamed, yet reliable, source in the LSF to be attempting to save Kusari corporations public image in Liberty and the other colonies by claiming that the mass fraud perpetrated by the criminal 'Sir' Andrew Stuart has been done so with 'false currency'. We have, of course, confirmed this to be incorrect by speaking to now destitute would-be destroyer captains, one of which inadvertantly funded his late father's mercenary outfit, who are now fighting against him, for Bretonia, with his own money.

Also, there have been attempts at libel and slander, including accusations of threatening to murder university professors, which have been proven false with some simple press investigation. Exam results, degree paperwork and various eyewitnesses seem to indicate that the very rich thief and fraudster knows his way around the economic market, hence his terrible successes.

Unfortunately, this is not the case, as counterfeit electronic neuralnet credits is in fact an impossibility, a measure of security that seems to have, ironically, assisted a criminal. In addition, the use of a single currency means that the injection of any theoretical false credits would have a negative effect on all the Houses in which said counterfeits were not inserted, due to a universal devaluation of the credit.

To any economic expert, or anyone with high-school mathematics, this attempt to save Kusari's corporate image is in fact a bullet in the foot from Kempetai agents, or perhaps a genius move by Bretonian Intelligence.

Today's advice is to buy Libertonian, and not buy Kusari stocks. Bretonia is still somewhat weak, but gaining, a potential buyer's market if somewhat risky.

From the Manhattan Times,

Walter Lebowski

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[Xareck]

~*Incoming Transmission.*~
~*Sender: Oracle Kayder*~

Isn't it interesting what war can lead people to do?

*The Oracle sighs, and looks away from the screen, showing obvious dissapointment, before the screen goes blank.*

~*Transmission Terminated*~

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A video, in much the same style as the previous one, obviously hastily recorded, due to the grainy texture, becomes a viral hit across the neuralnet.

A figure, obviously Sir Andrew Stuart, sits at the helm of his vessel, speaking to the camera,

"Isn't it interesting that mere theft causes so much more moral outrage than the deaths of thousands?"

He sighs, shakes his head, and deactivates the feed.

Later, some geeks from Colorado would remix this into a music video, mashing it up with the message to which it was replying.

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[Quorg]

Satisfied that not only had the ruse worked, but that the planted agent in the Manhattan Times had successfully covered up the work of the Kempetai to lower the guard of the Bretonian Ministry of Finance, Desert retired to the Snow's prison cells to choose a dinner guest.

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ATTENTION SMUGGLERS
The Midnight Express: A Slaver <strike>who doesn't completely realize what he's doing.</strike> (video)

Quorg, you're officially a moron.

...mongs like Quorg being like a malignant little cancer...

Way to be useless, Quorg.