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From: Constable Roy Brown, Commerce Control Division
To: all officers
Subject: Bounty system in Bretonia

The problems with updating the bounty channel have been fixed, and a new updated network is up and running, which takes into account the recent upsurge in Molly terrorist acts.

I will administer the Board on a permanent basis.

Xmalhautl and BadWolf have been added to the list for their nefarious activities.

Our policy on interdicting contraband in the past is best summarised by the following:

Sir,

We appreciate the work any bounty hunter, mercenary or freelancer does in our place, meaning the disabling of enemy targets.
Still, the Bretonia Police Authority as the official policing force within Her Majesty's space does have certain privileges. One of these privileges is the supervision and control of trade traffic within Bretonia, including smuggled freight.

In short, contraband control is a job for the BPA. The Bounty Hunters Guild is acknowledged and accepted for their work of dispatching criminal and enemy craft, but the BHG is not the police.
Should you encounter a smuggler, call your local BPA officer and try to hold the suspect in place, with words.
In case of no constable being available, we'd appreciate a report on the NSY Communication Frequencies, informing us about the incident. With the necessary visual proof provided, we will then file a bounty on the smuggler, allowing any hunter to take him down.

Yours,

Joshua Cooper
BPA Commissioner and Chief Constable

While Commissioner Cooper is presently very ill, I have consulted our former retired Commissioner Sir Alan Lauderdale on the problems facing the Authority with the black market trade through Bretonian territory. While this policy is being reviewed given the scale of the problem, I see no reason to deviate from Commissioner Cooper's stated policy yet.

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