Gallic Royal Navy Transmission Center (iRP) (FO)

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Incoming Transmission from Battleship Villeneuve, Edinburgh System
31. January 736 AGS.

From: Lieutenant Thomas Lévêque.
To: Gallic Royal Navy Transmission Center.
Topic: Incident with the 'UMG' group.

Bonsoir, mesdames et messieurs.

I contact you to report a particular incident that took place recently during an expedition into the Magellan system. Near Freeport 4, run by the Independent Miners Guild, I encountered four Spatial class mining vessels of a group that calls itself UMG, or "Underground Mining Guild".

From the very beginning, they interfered with my presence in the system, displayed an aggressive behavior and seemed to try scaring me away with their numbers and sheer size of their ships.

UMG|DestructiveMiner: GRN, here?
GRN|Thomas.Leveque,: Ah, oui! You are surprised?
UMG|DestructiveMiner: certainly not happy about it
GRN|Thomas.Leveque,: My presence does not please you? Excusez moi... It is a necessary evil.
UMG|DestructiveMiner: we lose customers with your presence. would you mind making yourself scarce of this route?
GRN|Thomas.Leveque,: Oh? Do not speak in riddles, monsieur, are you threatening me?
UMG|DestructiveMiner: I am making a request of you, one pilot to another.
GRN|Thomas.Leveque,: You should be aware... It is the goodwill of the gallic king that allows the IMG to continue their business within the Taus. If you wish to profit from these circumstances, you will have to tolerate the presence of the GRN, too.
UMG|DestructiveMiner: We are more than only the IMG. When we work in the taus, seeing you is fine. But our customers here in magellan are frightened at the sight of the GRN. You being here hurts our business
GRN|Thomas.Leveque,: I hope you are aware of the diplomatic... 'relations' between the empire of Gallia, and Liberty.
UMG|DestructiveMiner: Here in magellan we have both libertonians and bretonians coming for materials. Your presence removes half of our customers.
GRN|Thomas.Leveque,: The GRN is the enforcing arm of the King, and it will remain within Gallia's zone of influence.
UMG|DestructiveMiner: It was merely a request. If you have something to do here, go ahead, but otherwise why hurt our business?
GRN|Thomas.Leveque,: Certainement. Be careful of how you treat guests in 'your' space. I wish you good luck.

At this point, very much to my surprise as I was about to leave, the miners opened fire without warning, likely trying to destroy my resting ship at one blow. My shield broke down under the massive hit, yet with a quick evasion maneuver I managed to avoid severe damage to the ship hull.

I activated my guns and retaliated immediately. Their hostility and lack of respect for the Gallic forces were more evident than ever, and I was not going to tolerate such an assault. A pilot of the Bounty Hunters Guild arrived at the very same moment, however, he refrained from interfering with the situation.

At.The.Left.Hand.Ov.God: Nergal: Greetings.
UMG|DestructiveMiner: enough, folks
UMG|DestructiveMiner: folks enough
UMG|DestructiveMiner: he is not a hostile
GRN|Thomas.Leveque,: I am now.
UMG|DestructiveMiner: you are, eh?
At.The.Left.Hand.Ov.God: Nergal: Boys, calm down.
UMG|DestructiveMiner: alright, then, so be it.
GRN|Thomas.Leveque,: Perhaps losing a few of your ships will help you reconsider who you treat with hostility.
At.The.Left.Hand.Ov.God: Nergal: Galia folks, they are all crazy i tell you. Crazy!
GRN|Thomas.Leveque,: I call it self defense, monsieur.
At.The.Left.Hand.Ov.God: Nergal: Why? They try to shoot you down?
GRN|Thomas.Leveque,: Oui.
UMG|DestructiveMiner: negative, i called a cease fire and the gallian declared himself hostile
GRN|Thomas.Leveque,: Only through punishment we can achieve discipline... you made yourself my enemy the moment you opened fire.
UMG|Miner-Gunner: lofty words that at best mean nothing, at worst lie

Death: UMG|James.Nelson was put out of action by GRN|Thomas.Leveque, (Gun)

2013-01-31 04:19:50 SMT : UMG|Miner-Gunner is attempting to engage cloaking device

Death: UMG|Miner-Gunner was put out of action by At.The.Left.Hand.Ov.God (Gun)
Death: UMG|Stray_Miner was put out of action by GRN|Thomas.Leveque, (Gun)
Death: UMG|DestructiveMiner was put out of action by GRN|Thomas.Leveque, (Gun)

Their act of aggression resulted in the destruction of their entire wing. I advise care for further encounters with this group. It seems that they do not know their place and don't shy away from using lethal force.

Bonne soirée et à bientôt,

Thomas Lévêque
Lieutenant of the Gallic Royal Navy

Transmission End