Liberty Police State

[Ichtan]

CommID: Ichtan Dorvus
TO: Simon Reynolds
RE: March on Manhattan

Mister Reynolds,

It has come to my attention that there will be a large scale peaceful march on Planet Manhattan in coming days. I am the owner of a large commercial trading vessel, an advanced train in fact. I would be willing to use my train to block trade lanes in the New York system on the day that you have proposed. According to my tests, my ship can effectively block a minimum of two rings at the same time, or fully blockade the Docking Moor.

We cannot allow this police state like state of mind that the government of Liberty has begun to enforce. This is bad for all of Sirius, even Liberty's enemies, as people are beginning to flee from their homes there to other places, bringing disease and poverty. Liberty is also going to be greatly affected with this continued ban on trade there, and so they will soon have no choice but to remove the current oppressive laws and draft new ones to take their place.

I thank you for your dedication to the people of Liberty, and hope all goes well on this march.

Sincerely,

Ichtan Dorvus, commercial trader and businessman[/i]

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