Chris Falconer: CommID: Commissar-Captain Alexi Karchov
Message Target: All SCRA Pilots
Message Source: Mykolaiv Research Station:Omega 52
Pilots of the Primary and Defensive fleet. With the blessing of our glorious leader, Grand Admiral James McIntosh, I am delivering to you new standing orders.
We are starting a new campaign in the upper Omega systems of Omega 3 and Omega 7, with the possibility of expanding later. Operation RAMPART will be a set of standing orders and rules of engagement designed to safeguard civilian travel through the upper Omegas.
As pilots in the SCRA under Operation RAMPART, you will be charged with ending piracy in the Omega 3 and Omega 7 system. Either by yourself or in packs, you will patrol the lanes of Omega 3 and Omega 7, on the hunt for pirates. The following are the rules of engagement for this operation.
Quote:1. If a pirate is encountered, you are to inform the pirate that under the orders of the Coalition, piracy in the Omegas is forbidden. Give the pirate one chance to leave the area. If not, engage and eliminate.
2. Do not engage civilians. These are the people we are protecting. Do not intimidate or intentionally frighten civilians. Do not engage unless all possible avenues have been exhausted AND you have started to take hull damage.
3. If a member of the Red Hessians, LWB, Unioners, or Bundschuh are encountered in the act of piracy, DO NOT ENGAGE. These are our comrades in arms, even if some are misguided. Ask the pilot kindly to leave the Omega systems. If the pilot refuses, ascertain visual evidence of the individual and forward it to High Command.
4. Corsairs are to be given no quarter. Tell the dogs to scurry home with their tail between their legs, and if they refuse or hesitate, send them to their maker.
5. For the sake of this operation, all Zoners are to be considered neutral parties until they prove otherwise. Let their capital ships go unless threatened. If you catch a pirate escaping justice into the Zoner No-Fire Zone or docking with Freeport 1 itself, capture visual evidence and forward it to High Command and Commissar-Commander Katz.
6. The Bounty Hunters sellswords are not to be considered civilian. Engage and eliminate. No quarter given, none asked for.
7. If you encounter House military in either of the Omega systems, do not engage unless fired upon first.
Special recognition may result from pilots going above and beyond in this campaign.
