Freeport No-Fire Zone Violations

[jammi]

To: Zoners concerned with the matter at hand
From: Andrew Maloney, Bowex

Just to clear up, this is the captain of the Shetland Bramall speaking. I was carrying a cargo of materials for the war effort, but that is irrelevant. Grimly interdicted my ship partway between your own station and the IMG's Aland Shipyard. The Corsair was too slow to majorly impede me, but did exact heavy damage on my ship, severely rattling my crew.

The Corsair in question continued to fire upon me as I approached the Freeport, ignoring Mr. Gaffelt's cries to stop. By this point I'd already placed a distress call with the BAF. The [DSS] trader that is also visible was a BMM Shire that attempted to assist me.

I undocked some minutes later, having had my nanogear replaced by the Freeport's equipment vendor, only to be once again set upon by Grimly. By this point, I would have expected the Zoner gunners to have turned on the Corsair displaying such blatant disregard for their laws, but they seemed content to idly sit by. For a second time I was forced to dock.

Upon receiving the message that the BAF had arrived on the scene I undocked for a second time. Her Majesty's forces were asking the Corsair to leave. Not wanting to fight, the Armed Forces contingent entered formation with me and began to leave, but the Corsair immediately attacked me again. The Armed Forces gunboat and fighter leapt to my defence (the fact that I had been attacked by the Corsair first negating the Treaty of Bethlehem, I believe. They were acting to save the life of a Bretonian citizen) until I was forced to dock for the third time. After a short period I undocked for the final time, using the battle as a cover to escape.

Unfortunately, I have only my word, seeing as the Corsair heavily damaged my ship throughout this debacle, resulting in the loss of a great deal of data. I'm sure Mr. Gaffelt will be able to supply for evidence should it be needed. Until then I'll instruct my crew to trawl through surviving records to see if there is any salvageable material that can be supplied.

Best regards
~Andrew Maloney

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