To: Kamida Assembly members

[Ganimed]

*** From: Mara Arin, stationed on Battleship Hood

*** *** [color=#CC6600]To: Kamida Assembly members

*** *** *** Affiliation: IMG, Research and Exploration Division, Recruit rank

*** *** *** *** *** *** *** ENCRYPTED *** *** *** *** *** *** ***

Greetings members of the Assembly. I am contacting you in the light of regrettable events that had
happened earlier this day. IMG (who may be referred as "the Guild") would not approve of me
cooperating with 'pirates', so I cannot say I in any way represent the Guild as a whole. However, that
doesn't mean I cannot in future try to influence my superiors if this negotiations go well. With that
in mind, please do not share any information regarding our good standing with anyone, as sharing it
might mean a swift end to my career as a recruit of R&E division.


I will try to lay out the information about what happened before and during the offense both parties
made:

1) Assembly member Kaito Kamida saw the IMG tagged convoy consisting of: two (2) transports
piloted by Julia Morrow and Ihika and an escort vessel with pilot Jason Conner inside.

2) Assembly member Kaito Kamida requested that the convoy vessels cut their engines and
threatened to take hostile actions if they do not do as per his request

3) Convoy leader Julia Morrow, having superior firepower, refused to comply and ordered her escort,
pilot named Jason Conner, to take hostile actions towards Assembly member Kaito Kamida

4) Mara Arin, pilot of Kujira unarmored transporter, contacted convoy leader Julia Morrow who
stated their convoy is under fire from a foreign assailant

5) Mara Arin proceeded to offer to call security, but instead of doing so at Julia Morrow's request,
went alone from Java to Kyushu

6) Mara Arin arrived on sight to see that pilot Jason Conner and Kaito Kamida are fighting

7) Mara Arin proceeded to try and defuse the situations by requesting both parties to stand down

8) All convoy vessels begin to engage Kaito Kamida's ship

9) All vessels, belonging to both parties stand down and hold fire

10) Mara Arin stands in Kaito Kamida's defense and convoy continues towards Tau space

11) Mara Arin later explains her actions to convoy leader Julia Morrow and is given clearance to
resolve this depute peacefully

12) Mara Arin contacts Kaito Kamida and assures him that this conflict can be resolved in a way other
then violence


This is my best interpretation of how the situation unfolded. If you think you have a more truthful
interpretation please state it and I'll modify the information, but note that convoy leader's actions
were with best intentions as she had a job to protect the IMG interests. Her actions were founded
on previous experiences and well within laws of Kusari and IMG alike.


The acts commited by IMG convoy members are unjust and unhonorable. They are such because
after pilot Jason Conner's life was endangered, IMG convoy members interrupted the duel
between Kaito Kamida and aforementioned pilot making it a three (3) against one (1) fight.

The acts commited by Kaito Kamida are unlawful and unfriendly. They are such because threatening
a trade convoy in considered an act of piracy and Kamida Assembly clearly stated that
IMG is on their list of neutral factions.


The aftermath of this event, if I hadn't intervened, would be bad for both sides if any ship was
destroyed. The Kamida Assembly would be known as an enemy of the IMG and all it's allies which
would cause the Guild to hire Freelancers and Bounty Hunters to hunt down members of the
Assembly. The IMG would have made an enemy close to it's Tau headquarters and it's members
would always have to be on the lookout for pirate raids in our most used system to get out of Tau
space. This may even cause a blockade when security forces aren't around to break it.


I am hoping to avoid such a situation by influencing both sides into agreeing to help each other and
forget about past conflicts like these. As a member of the Guild I may state what it can offer, but I'm
not it's representative and cannot, in any way, assure you that the follwing agreement will be accepted
by my superiors. However, I would still like to discuss the matter with members of Kamida family and try to
find common grounds. The agreement below is a prototype I've made and cannot come into power
until signed by both IMG's Guild Master(s) and Kamida Assembly leader. I am acting on my behalf and my
opinions do not reflect those of the Guild.

---

Mark of the Paragon

<div align="right">&quot;For all her contributions to the Guild, with an unparalleled zeal and professionalism...&quot; - Takeshi Ogawa</div>

<div align="right">&quot;The Shrink's Insights&quot; chief psychologist

''It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.''</div>