Peace in Our Times

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@Comm_ID: Representative Janos Sandava (on behalf of the Independent Miners' Guild)

Madam Ambassador,

I applaud your efforts in resolving the conflict between Bretonia and Kusari, and ultimately bring peace into Tau-31. Certainly that system has seen more than its fair share of mayhem.

Be that as it may, the IMG wishes to emphasise its categorical opposition to your suggestion that another house government should exercise control over Tau-31. We have been mining here for a long time, even after two houses with their unlimited resources decided to pull out with the works half finished. The same two houses which are now tearing the system apart.

And you expect us to believe dragging a third house into the fray will fix anything?

Furthermore, we utterly resent your suggestion that everyone pay a "toll" to enter and leave the system. Tau-31 houses a large IMG operation, and as such represents a significant portion of our business. This facility has been going fine for a long time, under never-ending attacks by pirates, without the protection of house navies, and indeed continues to do so in the midst of a war. The notion that we should now suddenly pay what amounts to "protection money" is frankly preposterous.

However we shall not throw the baby out with the bathwater. The IMG has the resources and willpower to exercise complete control over Tau-31. If the Madam Ambassador wishes it, we are ready and willing to step in and fill the shoes of caretaker of Tau-31.

Sincerely,

Janos Sandava of the IMG

(OOC: Bravo! I like this kind of political maneuvering. Keep it up:))