.:j:. JUNKER CONGRESS MESSAGE DUMP

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[font=Courier New]COMM ID: Congressman Hannibal Bishop
LOCATION: Yanagi Depot, Infirmary

Salutations;

It is with mild annoyance that I am ordering the christening of another Caveat Emptor. Parts are luckily salvageable from the wreck. No crew were seriously injured. I myself sustained mild biosystems damage due to momentary exposure to the vacuum. If not for my built-in environmental containment system I would be dead.

I am reporting a mild incident regarding the abuse of our hospitality.

The captain of the Outcast Battleship Australis deposed of a pair of patrolling Wilde. Afterward he felt himself welcome enough to blindly attack Corsair fighter craft right outside Yanagi. The disturbance prompted our salvage operation and the station's defense batteries to fire area denial patterns across his shields, in an attempt to move the Australis and her trigger-happy gunnery crew away from the station. Her captain chose not to leave and kept the Australis parked right outside Yanagi, citing that Junkers were aggressing his craft for no reason and a response would soon be warranted. Soon a supporting Destroyer, the Ferres As Teranto approached and sat in our perimeter as well.

I maintained the spirit of diplomacy in the face of these greater magnitudes of firepower. I continued to politely suggest he vacate and find a better use for his craft, than breaking down a carefully-crafted business relationship out of boredom. Then the Corsair gunboat Aggressor detached herself from Yanagi's mooring and a standoff occured.

After repeated warnings from myself about our no-fire zone, the Australis and Ferres As Teranto opened fire on the Aggressor. I chose to take action and fired the Caveat's weapons batteries into first the Australis' shielding, and then the Ferres', ordering all ships to leave Yanagi immediately.

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The Caveat Emptor could not withstand the firepower thrown at her in return. As I said, thankfully all hands were recovered including myself.

Action must be taken. Yanagi is a place of business, not a warzone. They must be taught that their squabbles end when in our house, regardless of local firepower superiority. This flagrant abuse of warship resources must not go unreported.

Our contacts among the Maltese Dons must be informed. We both have too much to lose should our business relationship falter due to these direct violations to our safety.

Cpt. Hannibal Bishop
Captain of the soon-to-be-rechristened Caveat Emptor

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