To: Republican Corporate
From: James Lancaster, RepEx ID:716
Re: Pirate Encounters
On my trade run to Cambridge VeST|Lithning-17 Extorted 3 million credits from me. I tried to negotiate down but it didn't work. On the way back I tried to avoid them but he and Vilkas|Iltis (or IItis maybe?) tried to extort a total of five from me because RepEx had a bounty contract on Lithning. I refused and tried to run but was caught. My ship was nearly destroyed and I had to drop my cargo but they let me limp on to Freistadt on the condition that I inform you that you must remove the bounties on their heads and I believe they made some sort of vague threat after that. Now what good are these bounty contracts if they only cause more troubles for us. I have still never been able to get an escort in New Berlin which doesn't help either (advice on how to get them would be much appreciated. Needless to say I am somewhat upset. I hope actions will be taken to limit this type of occurrence in the future.