Zoner Militia Infranet

[Binski]

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Captain Morgan Rister here,

Its been a long few weeks. After leaving the Omicrons upon hearing about the commotion in Bering, we signed up for this Militia in order to assist Zoners in need. Although it seems to fringe on intrusive politics, which is typically avoided by most Zoners, my crew and I feel the crisis in Bering is a rare exception. Freeport 2 was, it seems, gradually taken over by pirates with connections to the Liberty Separatists, mainly Battlegroup Harmony. This change occured only within the last year, as it seems the last Zoners left the station when no clear leadership remained, and independent spacefarers wound up dominating the population on the station.

This may only need to be a temporary problem. Those who now have control claim they did the station and area a favor by continuing to keep the station running after Zoners dwindled away. Now, as this issue has finally come to light to Zoners all around Sirius, and those remaining in the Bering system, some feel its not too late to reclaim the station. That does not necessarily mean violence, but we will be prepared to back up those leading this effort on the Carrier Tarrafal, should it come down to a fight. However, the Separatists did at least once express interest in negotiating a settlement for peaceful transition. No formal negotiations have begun as of yet. If they did 'save' the station though, we won't just go in shooting.

I have privately conferred with our remaining unidentified HQ and contributors, who appointed me as fleet commander. They feel we should only proceed if we can muster enough support. Should support flake away, we will stand down and re-evaluate our mission.

Today we had a rendezvous in the Hudson system with another of our newly added destoyers, the ZM|Sense.Of.Salvage, an interested Freelancer WFCDelfi, and one of our main contributors, a Zoner Aquilon class carrier called the Sparta-2. Two Unioner vessels arrived during our meeting and became hostile. Attempts to reason with them went unanswered and they opened fire upon our other Q-ship, and even the carrier, who had tried to get clear, as they had no hostile intentions. One of the Unioner snubcraft was taken out by the ZM|Sense.Of.Salavage, and the other managed to cloak and withdraw. The Carrier cleared the area and our Q-ships returned to the Tarrafal. The Freelancer assisted and may join to take command of a larger vessel. Overall, it was a successful mission, and we hope our karma will hold out.

Relevant Guncams

Although we have taken no action against them, the Unioners appear to be the most aggressive against us and our presence in Bering. Extreme caution is recommended, and all efforts should be made to avoid contact with Unioner vessels, at least until we have mustered sufficient forces to engage them safely.

Shortly afterwards, a Coalition battlecruiser and MND IFF'd Rheinland battlecruiser came through and located the Tarrafal. We held our position. The Rheinland vessel seemed concerned about us operating on the edge of house space, and the Coalition captain seemed rather irritated, yet left without provocation to attack. After a brief discourse, they both moved off. I did give a reassurance to the MND vessel that we would not be violating Rheinland laws.

Relevant Guncams

Therefore, any capital classed vessels that must cross Rheinland space should wait until it has arrived in Bering to add our militia prefix. Do whatever it takes to avoid using house space to travel, but I acknowledge that without jumpdrive equipped ships, we'll have to move in our hardware as quietly as possible.

All other active ships/contributors may report here when possible. For now, fly safe and try to stay out of unnecessary trouble.

Captain Morgan Rister
Q-Ship ZM|Starflare
Zoner Militia


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