To: Kyu Akibara, Administrator of the Freeport 11 \\ From: Guildmistress Loyola

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Esteemed Guildmistress Loyola,

as for this communiqué, I might not speak on behalf of the Confederation of Freeports but only for myself. I am actually very glad about you being the new guildmistress. I do hope you keep that position longer than your predecessors. Maybe you know it already but I'm actually one of the people who defected from the Core when Nodtviet gave order to attack Freeport 11 at the beginning of last year's summer. I was always pretty convinced in the Core doing the right thing, having served on one of their battleships in the ressources management. But as a person born on Gran Canaria and a believer of the Zoner way, I couldn't watch how the glorious Core started murdering hundreds of civilians in Delta alone, or even partake it in. I always was against this war. It is dumb, unnecessary. Distracting from the real troublemakers. Things worked perfectly fine between the Core and the Zoners in Delta. All of that changed because of a bunch of people who abused the membership of the Zoner society to use our technology and ships to wage war against the one and only force in the Omicrons that actually brought order into chaos. Pun unintended. I believe to remember having seen you sometimes at the freeport before the war. I think you know the Core had more respect for the law-enforcement within the No-Fire-Zone than any other faction.

I am convinced your offer is the one and only way to revert Omicron Delta into the beautiful state it once enjoyed. Freeport 11 was the place to be for any person traversing through the Edgeworlds. Onboard the station the only concern people had was not to end up in Jessebelle Fillian's lair. Core and Zoners defended the station from Nomads and other aggressive forces. Together.

Enough people have died for the same piece of metal over the course of the months. The most devastating event was the NEMP attack on the station, with casualties estimated to be in the hundreds and thousands. OSI invested a billion credits under my supervision to establish refugee camps on Gran Canaria. I couldn't be more tired of warmongering voices within the CoF, all drunk from rage for revenge. Violence won't bring us any further, not at all. Right now I am looking out of the window and see how months of effort of the Seraphim, a humanitarian support group within the Zoner society, managed to repair the major damages caused during the war.

No, there is no need for further bloodshed, at least from my point of view. Note, I can only speak for myself and only partially for Freeport 11. The Confederation of Freeports will be the supervising entity to vote on it. But, by all means, the end of this war and amnesty for all who were not actively fighting the Core sounds indeed generous to me. I see no troubles with reverting the law enforcement of Omicron Delta to the previous state, by either permitting the Core to act as law enforcing entity within the No-Fire-Zone or by reducing the No-Fire-Zone to the very station itself only. Hell, I wouldn't even mind a Core embassy on the station if it helps to improve the relations and keep them friendly.

So, this is my opinion on the matter. With your approval, I would forward your offer, in a more formal version, to the Confederacy of Freeports, as well as your bonus offer for the Omicron Supply Industries. As Director of the R&D I might end up selling future cooperation with APM as a major profit source for the company.

I look forward to hear from you again soon, Guildmistress Loyola.

Kyu Akibara
Administrator of Freeport 11

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