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Doc read the note and scratched his chin. He then looked at the Officer and just stared a few moments. It was obvious, he wasn't happy about it. He then nodded and softly spoke, "follow me to my chambers. We'll have privacy there." Doc got up, took the note and making sure that the captain was with him, escorted him to his chambers. It was there that he spoke.
"The presence of your ship is dangerous for my people," he explained, "Kusari is next door and would accuse me of harboring enemies. The Crown would be on me for harboring fugitives." Doc paused a moment, knowing how the Crown solved problems. He spoke with a look of disgust, "I've seen how your government deals with Zoners."
Doc put aside his bias and dislike of Bretonia and continued, "You may have gotten in undetected but I get a lot of traffic through this system, some of which fly around to chart everything. It would only take one of them to see your ship and raise an alarm."
"Your ship is hidden in the ice field per my order," he continued, "If you wish to take asylum in Baffin, I want the ship scuttled and all of it's records destroyed. I don't want the attention."
Doc thought for a moment and asked, "So what of your crew? What would they do? Where would they go? That's a lot of people that I don't have quarter for.....unless you all take up the Zoner way. I may have an option then."