New Anti-Slaver Operations

[Friday]

A small lead cylinder was found among the plutonium fuel rods delivered to Lanzarote Base. An address on Gran Canaria was stenciled on the side. There was also a delivery code that promised payment for safe and unopened delivery...


When delivered and examined by the recipient, it delivered the following message:

**BIOMETRIC SCAN INITIATED**

**RECIPIENT "Sir Coriko Lameos"**

**SECURE MESSAGE ENCLOSED**

Dear Coriko-san,

I am Guild Master Azuki Tamagochi of the Gas Miners Guild.

This message is sent to you in goodwill, with a view to securing your support in matters close to your heart.

For the longest time the Guild has been intercepting slave ships bound for Outcast space. Our stance against the Outcasts and their abominable practices is well known and documented.

I have to tell you though that the issue of human labour is more...complicated for us now.

You see with the development of our facilities in Okinawa, we have a voracious appetite for labour to work in our mining facilities. With such a financial boon comes opportunities for conduct both fair and foul.

And there is a saying for living with the Guild, actually I have to thank a Libertonian trader for providing me the best translation for it:

"There is no such thing as a free lunch in the Guild!"

At the present time, liberated slaves are taken to Isehara Terraforming Platform. As you know it can take weeks or even months to repatriate a former slave. During this time, like everyone else, they work for their food, lodging, and oxygen.

This in itself I have no issue with. We source labour from a number of sources. We bring in refugees from the Taus, some Bretonian PoWs are sent to us (and thus kept out of the tender mercies of the KNF), as well as contract labour.

My issue is that I feel we do not have the necessary expertise to handle some of our more troubled 'guests'. We are finding some former slaves are turning up again on slave ships AFTER they have been released.

Worse still, some guests with serious mental health issues are slipping through the cracks, and being incarcerated in higher security work camps because they are being deemed a risk to others. I have no doubt that some of our less scrupulous Guild businessmen are exploiting this to pad out their workgroups with cheap labour. Such is the economic imperative at this time that this issue could get out of hand...


What I am looking to establish with you and your group is your cooperation. I want the ZAS to assist the GMG in the liberation and transportation of refugees and slaves into Okinawa.
This would allow you to monitor the rehabilitation of these people and make reports to the Guild Masters.
It will help me to identify individuals that might be more at risk of falling through the cracks, and ensure that these individuals are less likely to be abused.

Eventually, we hope to establish a more permanent repatriation scheme, whereby people leave Okinawa as Passengers. In the short-term, I am sure you could find a number of commodities you can take back home.

In conclusion, I hope that we can come to a cordial arrangement.

Sayonara and safe travels.

Azuki

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