Re: Findings of incident investigation
Elders, this is my report on the investigation into the incident between Eagle One, and Ivan and Sonja Voronov. Ivan Voronov, is a Centurion of The Brotherhood, Eagle One was given a legitimate order to dis-engage by a senior officer of the Brotherhood, he choose to disobey this order, and commit the crime of insubordination, a crime which by the way, carries a penalty of death, so this pilot is fairly lucky he is alive. This determination I have come to in my investigation of the incident, and is the my report to the Elders of The Brotherhood, and you Carlos Benitez Don of Familia Benitez.
Centurion Miguel Sephardi
The Brotherhood, Crete Personal Notes- Not for the official record
On a personal note, Carlos, I don't think you would be to please is it was Brother Zavier who order a ship to dis-engage just to be ignored and laughed at by some insolent young pilot, and just as you advise Ivan to watch his position and look at yours as an Elder when speaking to you, I would say your pilot in this incident should have followed the advise you give Ivan, if he had, none of this would be happening. As to your questioning of Ivan's loyalties, I am quite personally offended by this, Ivan and I have flown together more times then I could possibly count, and he has saved my life more often then I care to remember, and as I recall Carlos, Ivan was the one to come to your aid when you picked up that nickname of yours. Also, I would like to point out that, again, on a personal level, I am offended by the suggestion of such great loyalty you have to the Brotherhood, when it was Your Familia hermano that choose to leave Gamma for Yaren when you were denied equal representation on the council, a flight that many think, correctly or not, was meant to make a statement, and many believe, again correctly or not, that the following attack by the Nova's was ignored by your Familia. So before you go questioning peoples loyalty around here, make sure your Familia doesn't have incidents in it's past that might lead people to the same conclusion about you.
To: Miguel Sephardi
Comm ID: Commandante of Benitez Forces, Don Carlos Benitez
Source: Myrtos Villa (Benitez HQ), Planet Crete
My findings, announced previous to your declaration (on our family's private channel) match your own.
However, I would not tolerate such conduct as has been displayed on this channel by any of my members. Directing death threats toward a superior officer and delegate of an allied force is simply unacceptable.
Comments questioning Senor Voronov's loyalty came in retaliation to unprovoked deformation of character directed towards my self (and not forgetting the death threats).
You also recall incorrectly that Senor Voronov has ever been other than a thorn in the side of our familia, acting as one of the primary antagonists in the Cretan Embargo of 813 A.S. which saw TBH place their unwavering loyalty with the Coalition Revolutionary Army rather than with their own flesh and blood; my family.
My comments about loyalty where intended to justify the implied assertion that he who is free of sin should cast the first stone.
Aside, I will for hopefully the last time explain the actions of my forces during that incident for those who still hold the ignorant view that we abandoned the people due to a power trip. After continued ignorant refusal by the Brotherhood to dismantle their autocracy, our forces regrouped at Omega-5. Our forces then moved to Omicron Alpha in a retaliatory attack while Outcast forces where pre-occupied in Gamma. Still made to feel unwelcome by the Brotherhood dictatorship, we based our operation out of Yaren for a number of weeks before returning to Crete to work in silent independent defence separate of the Brotherhood autocracy.
A lifetime later, after a month in a coma and gradual re-acquisition of my memory, I still stand by my actions of that time, and maintain that there are aspects of the Council that are fundamentally unfair. The re-emergence of the Omega Pirates Guild has lessened the severity of the constitutional injustice.
If a Benitez member had spoken to a member of the Brotherhood in such a way as I have been spoken to by Senor. Voronov, disiplinary action would have been taken. We've known for a long time that the Brotherhood don't give a damn about their allies, and the evidence just mounts.
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