Open Assassination--Luke McCloud

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Ah, at last, the villain himself. Mr. McCloud, I welcome your input. It is advantageous to know that you no longer sport a Rogue transponder or vessel, though I must shake the proverbial finger at you for lying about your range of activity. You do not recall? We met before the time in Liberty. What I have previously stated about finding you in Bretonia is true. Not to mention the fact that my associates have seen your comrades (Rogue and otherwise) as far away as New Berlin.

It is even more advantageous that you should speak of our encounter. Now you will see, ladies and gentlemen, the true face of this pirate. Where I was previously content to leave the specifics of the crime untouched, I will now reveal all.

As you may have determined, the Greycliffe, my vessel, is an Enterprise-class Luxury Liner. With the recent invasion into Bretonia by Gallic forces, I have obtained leave from Orbital Spa and Cruise to carry as many refugees as I see fit out of the warzone. Two thousand benighted souls resided in my ship at the time of Mr. McClouds interception. To be fair, I should have been more guarded and seen him coming. My distraction nearly cost those people their lives.

You see, it was Mr. McCloud's intention (or so he told me) to take those poor refugees into custody. Where I would have set them up with a decent sum of money and a job on Planet Erie or, perhaps, aboard my ship, he would have sold them into torturous slavery on Planet Malta.

Fortunately, his avarice was his undoing for he preferred an immediate payout rather than the arduous journey into Outcast space. So it was that I gave ten million for the sake of saving two thousand women and children.

And now you know the real reason why I desire to see Mr. McCloud suffer. Such callous disregard for Human life cannot be tolerated. By killing him, my good Bounty Hunters and Freelancers, you potentially save thousands of others.

But I digress. Mr. McCloud, respond if you must, but devolve into anything less than civil and I will request that your transponder be blocked from this channel.

Stryker, out.

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The Greycliffe -- Conscientia et Tacitus