ZONERS!

[DarthBindo]

Signore Mobius, I think you should talk to some of your brethren. The timing of certain recent events is..... suspicious, at least.
But onward.
This is not the first time we have been attacked from Zoner bases.
It is not the second, nor the third, or the fourth, or the fifth, or the sixth.
This is a perennial issue, and every time we bring it up...
Nothing.
The Hessians, the mercenaries, the Outcasts, still they dock at Freeport Five, at Corfu, at the Nine.
You talk at us over and over, claiming you have no power to stop these things.
And then you say we cannot hurt you, you are mighty and invincible.
Neither of these things is true.
Peace can be had when the Empire is assured that you wish to help peace.
It cannot be had when you may aid the Empire in obtaining peace, and yet do nothing.
We do not ask that you ban all mercenaries from docking at every Zoner base.
We do not ask that you declare war on the Hessians for us.
We ask that you respect the singular fact that some of your stations reside in our space, under our guns, at our convenience.
You wish for neutrality in our wars, i tell you, your neutrality died when the first Hessian fled to a Freeport in our space, and you did nothing.
It died when the Outcasts used your bases to stage their capital fleets, and you did nothing.
It died when the Reavers and the Mandalorians and the Hunters and all the Mercenaries in Sirius supplied at a Freeport in our space, and then came, guns blazing to kill our citizens, and you did nothing.
The Corsairs have had enough of a neutrality that benefits only our enemies.
We will ensure the safety of our home, of our people, with or without your help, and on this, there can be no disinterested withdrawal, no sidelines, no neutrality, no middle.
You give safe haven, supplies, food and fuel, and safety, to our enemies, in our space, or you do not.
That is your ultimatum. That is our "negotiations".
We do not care for your "morals", for your values or balance, or your integrity or your "rights".
We care about protecting Crete.
And if this means reducing an enemy base to rubble, so be it.
I suspect this is an attitude that any military across Sirius would share.

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gone four years, first day back: Zoners still getting shot in Theta :|