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To:Ulrich Wagner
From: Orion
CC: All RepEx-Security Personell
A week ago I encountered Elder Alexander in a gunboat in Hamburg. The corsair Elder was quite excitable but was not however performing any acts of piracy in our systems. I noticed that the Elder was carrying a number of Nomads. When questioned about this he was adamant that they were to be delivered to Crete where a number of tests and experiments were to be conducted on their anatomy. This was an ongoing experiment that he had been conducting to look for weaknesses in the Nomad Physiology. RepEx carries a nomad transportation licence and the TBH do not. I asked Alexander to submit them to me for transportation to allow him to withdraw from Rheinland without further need to be stopped. I gave my word to deliver these specimens to him at Crete. Being a man of my word I transported them to crete within the week and was met with the news that Elder Alexander had expired due to an illness. A number of new recruits were present with me. When no representative Elder of TBH was present we withdrew to Kappa to gather information on nomad technology and strategic positions.
While I was conducting business on Primus the TBH Velasco attacked without warning one of our cruisers. The Helios was almost completely destroyed. This act of aggression was completely uncalled for. I immediately undocked and requested that the commander of the Velasco cease fire. Fortunately he did so under threat from my own cruiser the Hydra and one of our new recruits in his Gunboat gave assistance in calming the situation. I personally scopped Helios's escape pod from the void. A recovery crew was comissioned and the Helios shell has been returned to Alster for refitting and repairs. I am most aggreived that the TBH commander who I am assuming is an Elder chose to attack our recon force without warning especially since I was delivering Nomad specimens for their own use. The commander of the Velasco demanded that I make you aware that RepEx is a corrupt corporation that is becoming too cosy with The [RM] and that we should remember that the corsairs have refrained from aggression with us for a long time.
I am personally disadvantaged at the damage done to one of the capital ships that I personally comissioned and am frustrated that I have had to refrain from violence with this miscreant. I accept that we were outside of our sphere of influence but I cannot accept that his activity was justified or appropriate.
Unless a full and abiding appology is received from TBH I reccomend our stance with TBH be moved to full hostile and all corsair ships within our sphere of influence within Rheinland be shot on sight. I will not tolerate our personell being attacked by fools who shoot before they think, particularly when I was delivering specimens to be used for the betterment of their cause and all of sirius. It is a shame that Elder Alexander was lost as this may signal a shift in the fortunes of many people in Sirius. He was a calming and forward thinking influence among the corsairs. Without his guidance and influence the corsairs may be tempted into more of this unthinking, policy shaking aggression which was so clearly demonstrated in Kappa.
I am highly irritated by this idiotic fool aboard the Velasco Sir. It would be an honour to draw the skin slowly from his beaten body.
