QCP to the COZ

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I said MOST Corsairs enter Bretonia via Cambridge. If one has entered via the Omega 49/Dublin JH, it hasn't been documented. I feel that we are being singled out for a much larger problem. If the Corsairs want to get into Bretonia, they will get there however they want. Zoners get singled out but you forget one place that right in your own back yard that harbors them and does a lot of business with them, Trafalgar Base in New London.
I really get the impression that we are being forced to pick sides. If we take any hostile action versus the Corsairs, we stand to lose a great deal as our border with them is very big. We potentially could lose 5 Freeports and 2 Shipyards. That's a very heavy price to pay. At best, we enjoy an uneasy truce with them. When we share so many borders with so many, we have to give a little something to all. For us, it's survival.

As I said before, we gave concessions to the Bretonian Crown in recent negotiations. They are happy with the arrangement. I know you love your home and I respect that. If they are happy with our recent efforts, why can't you respect that and give it a chance to work? Agreements are always amendable so I ask that we give it a chance to work as we all think it will.
As for you and your men, I believe I said before, if you choose to hunt Corsairs in Omega 49, no one will bother you so long as that is what you are there for.

Until a more formal discussion within the Council can be held in regards to slaves, those who are caught with them are fair game for someone who takes offense. The Council will not protect them.

Yours,
-Doc

Nobody will bother us if we hunt Corsairs in Omega 49?

I'm sorry, but that is what caused this whole mess in the first place... a TAZ battleship firing on my men, then being sent packing, after chasing down a Corsair bomber in orbit of Gran Canaria.

Now, you gave concessions to Bretonia in that you would ban known pirates from landing on Freeports...

Surely you can do the same here and ban people from using a jumphole which they don't use anyway? Surely that won't offend the Corsairs who don't use it anyway, as you claimed?

I am of the opinion that they are conducting major military operations from Planet Gran Canaria, which you deny. You may be correct, and I may be wrong, I'm willing to concede that. However, if I do, I would like you to prove this by making a token offer of banning use of said jumphole, shooting those that would use it.

Another, less desirable option would be to deny docking rights for any Corsair that uses said jumphole (in either direction), effectively treating them as a Freeport violator, allowing the Armed Forces to deal with them in Omega 49. This would mean that you would not have to enforce it yourselves. I'd prefer you did, but I can see this being more palatable to your Council.

And yes, I love my country, but they went and exiled me and shot at some of my pilots, so I've gone and taken offence. I don't quite agree with some of their foreign policy. In fact, the Foreign Minister is an utter bastard, in my opinion, almost as bad as the Home Secretary. Therefore, I've decided to do their job for them.

The fact that Corsairs dock on Trafalgar has not gone amiss, but I have personally visited this base and seen some positive developments. The Junkers for one thing, assist Bretonia against Kusari. More importantly however, they shoot a lot of troublemaking Corsairs, unlike yourselves, and even go as far as offering Freelancers, and even some of my pilots, money to shoot them. If you were to dock on Trafalgar you would find this to be true.

Thanks again.

Yours,

Sir Andrew

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