------------------------Incoming Transmission-----------------------------
Comm ID: Commandante of Benitez forces, Don Carlos Benitez
To: All loyal Corsairs
Source: The Corsair Gunboat Tartarus, in orbit of Planet Crete
After a quiet few days, it seems figurative exrement has hit the fan. A number of incidents have taken place, that all Corsairs need to be notified about.
On defence duty of the Cretian docking ring, we detected a Zoner transport "Arctic Bolt" headed in to land. He hailed and requested docking permission. We requested he stop for scans, to then discover he was carrying thousands of passengers.
We blocked the mooring platform, but he headed for Tripoli. We attempted to prevent him docking there, when he doubled back and landed without permission on Planet Crete. I can only assume he offloaded the passengers who may be usurping the food supplies as we speak. The captain of the ship was informed of the consiquences of these actions, and was asked to undock immediately with all the passengers. He did not do so. ((//and then logged off))
Possibly equally as worrying as that, was that this captain claimed to be doing these runs under the instruction of a Brotherhood member, and believed he was bringing "new recruits" to Crete for the Brotherhood.
I would hope that this was not the case, and that the Brotherhood are not betraying their own people by supporting the transport of Libertonian Tourists to Crete. Furthermore, I would hope that the Brotherhood had enough respect for their own blood to recognise that men are born Corsairs, and are not "recruited".
Even those who are adopted into our nation where born with Corsair hearts. We have no use for Libertonian scum.
The second incident took place disturblingly soon after. A number of Jupiter Guild vessels entered Gamma and demanded that a Corsair Vessel; Teal'c, stop and explain himself. The Corsair Gunboat Teal'c ran to Crete with a number of Jupiter Guild gunboats on his tail.
The Jupiter Guild captains where informed that the matter was now under Corsair jurisdiction, and complied with our demands.
It was learned that the Teal'c had been actively hunting Zoners in Omicron Theta, and had destroyed a number of Zoner vessels in surprise attacks within the Freeport-9 safe zone. This included one vulnerable Jupiter Guild vessel.
The captain did not defend himself from the allegations, and did not make any attempt to explain himself. He did, however, shout "HELP" repeatedly.
It became clear to a number of corsairs in Crete's orbit that Teal'c must have been guilty of the aforementioned crimes, who assisted the Jupiter Guild in destroying the vessel after it undocked from Crete and began firing on the Jupiter Guild ships.
After the vessel was destroyed, the Jupiter Guild Gunboats where asked to leave so as not to incite panic on Crete's surface. They complied.
If the captain's escape pod reached the surface safely and the captain is still alive, I would recommend that he be found, and exiled from Corsair space for numerous counts of murder, endangerment of our diplomatic status with the Zoners, and endangerment of the supply of food to our people.
This is my reccomendation, though I expect the matter will be discussed thoroughly.
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