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The Premier Military Magazine for Professional Adventurers
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 Letters of Marque
A lot of you ground pounders forget this, but there are paid professional warriors operating out in the inky black of space. You might be inclined to down play the courage of these deep space 'zoomies', but personally, I'd take a bullet on terra firma over explosive decompression every time. You never see your enemy, and never know your screwed until your ship pops, and you're sucking vacuum. Of course, having been a marine, I got all that and the pleasure of having been shot at after planet fall, all on the same luxury cruise aboard the ISSMichael Maye. Still, hats off to all those spacers fighting in the cold emptyness.
As the skipper of the Mikie M used to say, "you don't have to be crazy to do this job, but it helps".
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Gvurrdon Defeat Sparks Naval Conflagration
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| News of the stunning Imperial naval defeat in the Gvurrdon Sector by Vargr rebels arrived recently on Regina.
In a suprise attack the Vargrs succeeded in destroying an Imperial capitol ship, the Cruiser Ajax, as well as taking control of the planet Vera Cruz. Although the "fact finding" Courts Martial are currently under way on Rhylanor, it is evident that this action was a serious blow to the Imperial Naval Fleet in the Spinward Marches.
Grand Admiral William Grey has announced that he has authorized the Imperial Subsector Dukes and Duchesses to
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commission "Private Ships of War" with Imperial Letters of Marque against Vargr pirates operating in the Vargr held territories and the Gvurrdon Subsector.
Grey noted that he Vargr Fleet action against the Imperium was preceeded by an increased level of piracy by Vargr corsairs in that area of space.
Grey stated that the Letters of Marque would be issued to Imperial citizens "of good moral character, with the private means to supply and outfit a vessel of war, who are willing to carry the fight to the Vargrs."
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