HGL Comm System: OPEN
To: All Personnel
From: Sir Alisdair Buchanan
Subject: Mr. Wheatley's Report
Mr. Wheatley,
Outstanding job, sir! Well done - defeating a Stinger VHF in a Percheron! More importantly, you delivered civilians and Bretonian authorities to safety. You have distinguished yourself in your first days on the job, and that is cause for commendation!
I would warn our captains, however, that ours is not to defeat the adversary, but to keep our crews and cargo safe. Do not hesitate to pay a pirate when forced to, but I would encourage you to make him or her earn it, at least through providing a decent rationale for their pirating activities. In the case of hostages, we do pay for their safe release if no escorts or police/navy are able to assist us. Of course, not all pirates are conversational...