Message to the -[SC]- Smugglers Coalition

[Rudo]

COMM ID: Chief Arbiter Hannibal Bishop
LOCATION: Command Deck of Congress Frigate Machiavelli, California System

Salutations;

Puerto Rico is open for trade on the pretext that all vessels in transit respect who runs and maintains the stations, pays the guards and upholds the general logistics there. For this reason, up till now we have been on cordial terms. I wish it to remain so.

But I for one am very curious as to where you acquired this vessel. While we of the Congress offer no pretenses on owning Puerto Rico or reigning over the Junkers on any level, we do present a unified front on the defense of Junker property and population.

So tell me, in no uncertain terms: Where did you get that ship?

- Bishop

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