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[Jonathan Seabourne]

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ID: Jonathan Seabourne

Location: OS&C|Breezewood, Planet Manhattan, New York

To: Captain Jim Hammond

Subject: Cost of Doing Business

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Greetings Jim,

Where there is an interplanetary economy wealthy enough to support luxury travel, there will be pirates looking to prey on that wealth and prosperity.
You should certainly report the incident to the police and to Spa-Sec's bounty board, but truth be told a few crates of hooch to a pirate vessel is the cost of doing business. Paying reasonable demands to reasonable pirates keeps everyone flying.
Taking out the reasonable pirates just opens up their patrol routes for the true radicals. We negotiate with pirates. We're destroyed by terrorists.

So write up some interesting reports, we'll publish them in Wanderlust to boost ticket sales for the customer looking for a "real pirate" experience. So long as our ships make it to their destinations safe and sound, the company prospers. If it helps you to think of these things as a tax rather than a ransom, go for it, but I find that our spreadsheets are indifferent to their labels.

It's frustrating, and heaven knows I've almost blown a gasket with pompous pirates looking to scratch the paint on the Breezewood, but an OS&C captain is capable of taking those deeper breaths and reacting in a way that keeps our people safe. Long term profits can absorb a few missing crates more readily than they can afford a lost liner. Trust me, I've had to make those grim calculations too many times as of recent.

We keep our birds flying, no matter what. If you have a financial hardship from these attacks, I'm happy to put my money where my mouth is and cover your losses. Otherwise, we just have to grin and bear it when lesser factions have us at a temporary disadvantage.

Regards,
Jonathan Seabourne
Captain, OS&C|Breezewood
Director, White Star Lines Division
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Orbital Spa and Cruise

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