To the Bretonian Buccaneers

[jammi]

To: Miguel the Corsair
From: John Crown, Lieutenant

Good evening to whoever it is threatening me and my fellow Bretonian ne'er-do-wells.

The Buccaneers have recently expanded into smuggling. As you well know. You're the one that's causing trouble for our smugglers, after all.

The whispers that have filtered back to me aren't casting your person, or your organisation in a particularly pleasant light. This is the chain of events, as I've received it:

1) Buccaneer convoy (to use the word convoy in the loosest sense; one transport, one escort) enters the Omicron Gamma system with a load of food. This is commonly known as a good will gesture. The OPG understand this sort of thing, having done similar things for us in the past. I'm unsure as to whether you Brotherhood people grasp such concepts - I've had no experience with you, so I wouldn't know.

2) Buccaneer convoy sells food on Planet Crete (a place I've heard from the OPG is in desperate need of said food) and picks up a load of Corsair Artifacts. This is commonly known as supporting the local economy. Again, I'm not sure if the Brotherhood knows about these tricky ideas, but again, the OPG seems to have the right idea.

3) A Brotherhood pilot (you, I believe) begins to harass the two goodwill gesturing, economy supporting Buccaneers, who are carrying the only major export the Corsairs can sell.

4) Assembled Corsairs open fire on the two goodwill gesturing, economy supporting Buccaneers, which I am told is a violation of Corsair laws. Correct me if I'm wrong, of course. The escort fighter was unfortunately damaged, and the transport fled back to Crete, where the crew was unfortunately provoked into killing several guards. There is then the equally unfortunate matter of Brotherhood ships attempting to bomb said transport and damaging the spaceport facilities in the process. Or so I am told.

To be frank, I'm not amused. Neither is the Captain, and neither are the Buccaneers involved. I'm fairly sure this Council of Elders that I've just recently heard of won't be best pleased either.

I've also received reassurances from the transport captain that he wasn't under the influence at the time. Of anything.

So, if you could provide some explanation as to why you repeatedly attempted to murder several Buccaneers, attacked a food and artifact shipment and bombed your own spaceport, I'd be greatful.

~John Crown

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