Transmission to the Junkers Congress

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Greetings Sirs!

You identify several of the problems in your missive Don.

First, "the fleet of Outcast warships" is typical of the problems we were having before Adjudicator Green Hawk was appointed.

Secondly, our choosing an administrator to handle some basic base security issues is an internal affair. You could have spoken directly to us at any time regarding this with no need for a fleet.

And...Outcasts ships guarding Dragons as they pirate Junkers. Standing by harassing ALL traffic in and out of the station. Seizing with threats of force all Nomad weaponry taken by Junkers from Wild attacking the station.

There was already "a fleet" of Outcasts there doing these things. Our requests to them asking them to disperse were usually responded to with threats of attack if we tried to force them to leave. So I see no change here--just more of the same.

It is also ironic that it was the pressing attacks of bounty hunter battleships and cruisers that caused us to initially seek aid and that it was a lone Corsair in our employ who agreed to serve under our terms who was able to help us drive them off--whereas the Outcasts--who had been there all along did nothing to assist us. We were also able to work out a gentleman's agreement with your Dragon friends--even with the adjudicator in place.

Going on in reponse, we can of course levy our own docking fees and exactly matching penalties on non-Junker ships carrying your goods to Junker bases as well to cover your "punitive fees" and will explain to them it is the increased cost of doing business with the Outcasts.

The Outcasts have been neither good friends nor business partners in Sigma 13 to this point. threats of more intimidation towards us are simply counterproductive.

It is simple: we work out formally recognized boundary of Junker authority within Sigma where the rights of Junkers are respected and all of your concerns can be taken care of. We have a proposed one and would be delighted to have the Outcast be the first to recognize it. At that point we will have no problems that can not be easily and speedily remedied with no need for us to look for even deeper alliances with other parties to maintain order here.

We simply wish to have a Junker administered area around Yanagi that is accepted by our trade partners as our territory and respected as such. If such recognition is given, then having a traditional Junker in leadership there for our faction is quite agreeable to us.

Please let me know how you wish to proceed.

Arbiter Vladimir Tinkerbell

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