Extradition Treaty

[bluntpencil2001]

from: E. Tate, CoZ
to: mr Arthur Caithness

"you are speaking of "allies" - you must know that the zoners are only allied to the Gas Miners Guild, a group of people far far away from bretonia. the zoners do not have other allies.

the business we do is our own, - or in other words .. literally, none of your business. there are many rumors and it is a skill to decide which one is true and which one is untrue. - following every rumor is foolish - and somewhat dangerous, too. - it can lead to a loss of respect and reputation in mild cases and more dangerous consequences.

for example - i heard a man in a bar at the IMG freeport 4 gabble about outcasts and bretonia. - yet, we would not judge bretonia based on such rumor - or in turn, the outcasts. of course, if we were foolish, we might even assume that bretonia has .... ah.... "an understanding" with a group of - i think commonly regarded as "pirates" that are also somewhat "close to nomads" - my oh, my - another rumor!

you see - if we were to follow each and all rumors about alliances, friendships and all - where would humanty be? - right... at the doorstep of the neighbour, wielding weapons and shouting threats.

a very unpleasent view into the future - is it not?

yet, we zoners would not dare to accuse bretonia to have an understanding with the outcast. cause we know where our place is in political matters. - i do wonder why your place is within our politics. - you accuse us of an alliance that does not exist. - any zoner on any station will testify that the zoners are not allied to the corsairs. - of course - you only have my word; and that of thousands of other zoners about it.

amazingly - even the bounty hunters guild would most probably testify that the zoners are not allied with the corsairs - and they really dislike each other.

now - since there is no alliance, - and if you heard of one, - it is certainly just rumor.... i do not believe that any "agreement" needs to be made further to the agreement we already made with .... the official bretonian goverment.

sincerely, CoZ member - Elizabeth Tate, captain"

I believe that one of your Juggernaut Captains posted evidence of an alliance, ma'am. You will find no Outcasts on Bretonian bases. You will find Corsairs on Zoner soil. There's a big difference, ma'am... we have evidence, unfortunately, to which you retort "It's a secret!"

Keeping secrets like that is going to make one assume the worst.

Also, you openly allow them to stay on your bases, in spite of the Cork Holocaust. What decent human could do such a thing?

Surely you wish to prevent such acts of terror? Surely you are as opposed to piracy and nuclear genocide as we are? Can't we work together to stop this scourge?

Yours,

Arthur Caithness

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