Continued terrorism in the Greater Manite Volume
It is with great sorrow that we make this announcement concerning the continued terrorist attacks aboard stations in our space, the space shared by the People.
The independent star systems of Ahemaker, Obambori and Anagori have all suffered on this day. But if anything, these hardships will only serve to strengthen our resolve in our quest to liberate the oppressed, to protect the innocent, and to make a stand against those who would tread over our rights, our dignity, and even our very lives.
Our people will never be sacrificed upon the altars of greed, and vanity.
This they will soon find out for themselves as our interstellar intelligence services have come closer to identifying the leaders of the terrorist organisation believed to be responsible for these attacks.
Through collaboration with the Empire of Achenar, it is our current understanding, that the people in question are nothing but renegades, former Imperial pilots harbouring delusions of grandeur and fantasies of violence, of conquest, and who have betrayed their own Empire out of dissatisfaction with its lack of passion to that end.
We are most grateful to the Empire not only for this exchange of military intelligence, but also for the charitable act of releasing four decommissioned Imperial Interdictors, to be crewed by our people for the purpose of hunting down these terrorists, wherever they choose to hide. Ancient and obsolete by current standards as these vessels may be, they are already being refitted with older military hardware that the Empire is more comfortable parting with. They will serve our people well.
Most importantly however, we must reiterate our desire that the damaged starports be left as is. We do not wish to involve the species colloquially known as 'Thargoids' in a conflict that has absolutely nothing to do with them. If the starports are to be devoured by misplaced alien technology, then so be it. They will stand as a testament to the desperation of these would-be despots, using innocent civilians to ship dangerous chemicals on their behalf to places they can not reach. And at what cost? The 'Thargoids' are not simple beasts.
There will be consequences. For all of us. We will not stain our hands with the blood of the innocent, nor will we risk leading all humanity deeper into a quagmire without even trying to find a diplomatic solution first. This war of ours is between brothers, and we will fight it on our terms, or not at all.