BREAKING NEWS: Imperial Party allied with The Unioners?

[Claussen]

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With cordial respect to the recipient, from the office of the VonClaussen estate, Planet Hamburg.

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Linus appeared to have visibly aged.

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"A man must relay the truth, when faced by attempts to bury it alive."

"I will enclose my full confession."

"Two federal agents attempted to arrest me, in sovereign Rheinlandic space, without a warrant. The agents led me, at gunpoint, into a pirate ambush. The only reason I am still alive is due to the intervention of the Federal Military."

"I will release full and unedited logs of the encounter, including photographs. I have witnesses with me who will corroborate the abominable truth. I am very lucky to be alive. My property has been burned. My friends and trustees in the Imperial Party, killed and arrested in acts of state-sponsored terror. I was to have 'disappeared' as of one day ago. The victim of a Pirate attack. Fortune favoured me."

"To the abominable few who have attempted to silence the people, I urge you to pray for your deeds. It is not too late to undo the harm that you have wrought."

"I have committed but two crimes - not a crime of any law, but a crime of spirit. I told the truth to power, I won an election. So dies tyrants."

"You will not destroy Rheinland in the desire to protect yourselves."

With civillity and respect, I remain your servant;