This is Grand Admiral Mcintosh. I am re-introducing a policy that fell out of practice some time ago, due to strange honking noises heard over the comms whenever we did it. As some of you know, the Chancellor was forced to return from the Epic Voyage before it had really gotten out of the system, Due to incomplete nav data. Thus, we are resuming our search to find the missing infomation, and to accomplish this, we must capture and... question anyone that may know of its wherabouts. Thus, all Fighters and Gunboats are now authorized to demand between 1 and 30 Passengers or prisoners, or 1-5 VIP's. This number is not to exceed 20% of the vessel's cargo space, and the collection is to be carried out by Fighters and Gunboats only, as those strange noises might start on the comms again if capships are involved. Anyoe that refuses to give their prisoners is to be shot, as they are obviously in coercion with the enemy. The passengers to be taken are those who appear to be uncommonly nervous at hearing of our approach, the traders will be able to easily identify them.
Any Trading vessels of Friendly Factions, or of the SF or [IND], are free to go, they screen their passengers better than the average freelancer. Anyone who captures prisoners are to report them immediatly, and the player whom the Prisoners were taken from will be exempt from scans for 72 hours, as I'm sure they will learn their lesson about carrying suspicious folks.
In other news, Major General Idiosius reports that both boarding vessels are complete, and have been fully refitted. The Marines will be loaded aboard with the next 2 hours, and they wil be avalable for service then. Major Bigeard has added that his Marines are fully Trained in Null-Gav combat, and have recently been involved in a 'Police Action' near Stongpoint Bravo. Apparently a Bounty Hunter thought that an order of "Halt Now!" wasn't worth listening to, and reaped the consequences.
Jack Handey Wrote:I can picture in my mind a world without war, a world without hate. And I can picture us attacking that world, because they'd never expect it.
