To: Zoners of Freeport 9 and surrounding systems

[Sir_Now]

***Incomming Transmission***
***From: ZC-Treebeard***
***Location: FP 9, Omicron Theta***

Greetings Mr. Valen,

I do think you are right on the point that somewhere we have to make a stand and fight.
However every Zoner is entitled to his own opninion about these matters.
And i would seriously want to request you not to insult and/or offend fellow Zoners that have a different opinion.
This war could take a very long time and we might need every living Zoner soul furter down the road.
So please, mind your language a bit and dont call other Zoners things that nobody likes to be called.

Thank you and good luck out there.


***Transmission end***
***Signal lost***

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Yohoo

[Charos]

• Incoming Transmission
  
• Comm ID Inigo Montoya
  

I hear you comrades! We have stayed under the Corsair's oppression for far too long! We need to take revenge from back when they humiliated us, we need to unite and reclaim what we have lost!

Join us, neutrality doesn't mean bending over to anyone who thinks he can do so, we chose this way of life to avoid what the Corsairs are trying to force on us!

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Remember our fallen, we are the Legion.

[spikefin]

*****opening zoner wide comms*****
*******comms link established******

Hmm, That was faster than usual, Less zoners with active comms maybe?

Mr Slavik

You say there proposed action is foolish?

So its your pandering pilot, You claim to disrespect your neutrality as an admin of a Freeport, By threatening entire factions. There claim is no worse than your non-neutral pandering.

And Valan, Are you A hessian in disguise or something? If you do this your as bad as the Corsairs.

We are non aggressors, Neutral, Diplomatic, Peaceful, Our ships were designed to be scary so people WOULDN'T attack us, Dosn't make them good combat vassals.

Although I support your views, I cannot Bring myself to join you, I can not even Bring myself to wish you luck, But I can say I agree with your views, Just not your intended action.

Also Mr Valan, I ask if you do go ahead with your intended course of action, try to target the TBH or others causing the strife, I still have plenty of neutral Corsairs who I would hate to be harmed, Some share our view that this is rediculous.

.:z:.Anihilator Out

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[valen]

[color=#FFCCCC]I am not a Red Hessian, I am a Zoner and proud of it. We did not threaten anyone first. We were pushed, and they expected we will just fall down, but instead we pushed the bully back. Those Corsairs that share our opinion can easily stay out of this. We have tried to act peacefully since the beginning, and were treated like dogs for it. Enough is enough.

And you say we will lose.

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[spikefin]

*****opening zoner wide comms*****
*******comms link established******

With all due respect

I didn't say you will lose.

Someone once said to me, Sometimes the best defence is a good offence. Ohh, Theres a vast wave of ships on scanners, Must go, Is that Corsair? 7km and closing.


******comms unexpectantly terminated*******

[Stabby Dave]

::: Incoming transmission :::
::: Source : Cpt Cerdic Cartesian. :::

Whilst I understand your sentiments I urge you to take no provocative action.

Even as we speak, Dankien Mobeus is conducting talks with the Corsair elders to resolve this situation politically. Let's notdo anything to undermine this.

Should the time come, my ship and crew will stand beside you, but until all other avenues have been explored, we must trust in our leadership.

To that end, I regret to inform you that any individual action taken by yourself will result in my ship standing against you. Let's not do this. The last thing we need is a civil war.

I understand that there are many Zoners who feel the same as you, but I urge caution. Caution and patience.

Give the process a chance. I trust in Mobeus. So should we all.

Cartesian out.

::: End transmission. :::

[spikefin]

*****opening zoner wide comms*****
*******comms link established******

Hmm, provocative action...

Let me ponder that, I fear the provocative action has already Happened, Just moments ago my scanners indicated large fleets of Corsair Ships in the Region, And shortly after that I was informed of Corsairs in O-74 Shooting up the place.

That Warning was null and void, But I positioned my ship so I could watch things that may occur.

I can confirm that Corsairs are breaching O-74, There intention is unknown to me, I can also confirm Bounty Hunters and Freelancers in O-74

******Coms unexpectantly terminated with sounds of weapons in background******

[spikefin]

*****opening zoner wide comms*****
*******comms link established******

Sorry, I was fired upon, and comms was interrupted.

I must have missed a comm's The last comm's I saw from Mobeus indicated that recent events had dissolved talks with Corsairs.

Could I also enquire Cpt Cerdic Cartesian

You speak of trusting Mobeus....

The corsairs indicated to me that his Group was largely responsible for what's occurred in the first place.

Don't get me wrong, I don't support an offensive. But i think, you threatening to fire on zoners because you don't agree with there freedom of choice somewhat Disgusting.

Especially citing a Diplomatic route that caused, From my understanding, This whole shinadigen.

And what would Mobeus be offering may I ask? Pandering to the Corsairs like the FP5 administrator? Betraying the very core of our existence?

Who is Mobeus Representing?

His disbanded group that ran at the sight of trouble?

I must have missed the comm's were he addressed all zoners, To get a consensus.

Ill put my faith in Doc Holiday, And ill wait as long as necessary, I understand he has alot on his mind at the moment.

.:z:.Anihilator

*****Comms terminated*****

[Stabby Dave]

::: incoming transmission. :::
::: source : Cpt Cartesian :::

I will not authorise my crew to fire upon any Zoner ship. If, however, I seem that ship to be acting contrary to the Zoner general good, I shall position my ship between yourselves and the jump hole.

Let's not escalate the situation.

This can be resolved without further loss of life on either side.

::: End transmission. :::

[Slavik]

--incoming transmission--
--Comm ID: Dalilama, Freeport 5 administrator

Warmongering zoners in this channel

I dont see you running this place, I am trying everything I can to keep my inhabitants safe. Neutrality of this place is hard to maintain with the rubbish that is going on right now and this open hostility of some zoners against the corsairs is not helping.

Bringing out big guns to try and hold a large force of hostiles at bay? Not going to work. They will find you and kill you, even if this conflict ever ends. Heck, they might even blow up freeport 9, think of all the innocent people that are at risk because of your "courage" to stand up.

Siding with the Hessians to keep the corsairs at bay? The Hessians would love to have this base, right near the corsair supply lines to their other fronts.

Siding with the Corsairs? I'd get a Hessian taskforce in my face the instant I sign a pact.

Siding with a random pact of Mercenaries that do anything for money? They don't care about the safety of my inhabitants nor can they keep either or both the Hessians and Corsairs at bay.

The location of my base is of strategic importance seeing as I am half way between those two warmongering groups.

I do my best to maintain the neutrality and safety of Freeport 5. If I did not love this base so much I would have been long gone, lounging on planet Curacao or Baden Baden, enjoying my fortune.

If any of you think I don't do my job right, come talk to the inhabitants of my base. If I was a screw up they wouldnt have put their trust in me now would they.

I am pretty sure I will now be called a coward or a foolish idiot but I still have my head on my body and so do the inhabitants of my base.

Start thinking lads or start watching your back, a corsair blade between the ribs is not a pleasant thing. I hear they have "friends" everywhere these days.

To those who try to maintain the zoner neutrality, you have my support, I doubt you'll be able to keep those foolish ones over there in their pens though. If the situation ever gets to hot in omicron theta, you know where to come.

bye now!
Dalilama
Freeport 5 administrator

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