To: Kusari, foreign affairs

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From: Johnathan Sanders, Independent Miners Guild
To: Current Channel
Subject: Re: Hogosha, and Outcasts
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Unknown contact entering this channel, I would appreciate you to identify yourself. As to your inquiry, I made no such claim. The incidents I refer to, and clarification I require, pertains to:
- Hogosha attacking IMG trade vessels or convoys within Kusari space, and the northern Tau systems.
- Hogosha within Bretonia approaching the Hood, seemingly for the purpose of cover, and as a result drawing a battle into the Hood's perimiter.
The first of this is just plain piracy, something we do not tolerate. If the Hogosha are pirates we will deal with them as such - by having our escort vessels destroy them on sight, be they in Dublin or elsewhere. We will take a proactive approach to protecting our Guildmembers.
The second of this depends on what the Hogosha are - if they are in support of the Kusari war effort, then we will respect them under the terms of our neutrality, provided Hogosha vessels remain 5000 meters from IMG bases behind Bretonian lines. This is of course, depending on point one: If Hogosha claim to be Kusari soldiers in one system, but act like common criminals in another and flaunt that in our face, don't expect us to be courteous towards them.
What prompted my inquiry was a comment made to one of our patrol vessels within Dublin, by a Hogosha. "We are but Kusari citizens going the extra mile." This statement is too ambiguous, but suggests the Hogosha do support the Kusari war effort.

Regardless, unknown contact, considering the fact that you do not identify yourself I must assume you are not an official representative of the Kusari empire. Kindly refrain from using this channel.

Respectfully,
- Johnathan Sanders, on behalf of the Independent Miners Guild

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