Disclaimer: The following message is from the hands of the fifth Captain of Viridian Sailors, Irashtar, and is in no way intended to be inflammitory, accusitory, Nor defamation of anyone in VS, MG, IC, IDLD, or anyone else, I just want my side heard. I was rescued quite recently, but worked at the puzzles incessantly, Never having seen the jobs before, but seeing in each an element of another realm. Meanwhile, unbeknownst to me, the war for holding TL had started, and fought 3 times before I even heard its name. Then before I was even thinking of asking, Spaghetibear came and offered me the job of Fleet officer, and even gave me , after testing me in 2 bnavs, which although shook me to the bone with stress, I passed easily. Left to my own devices, I aquired a sloop, and renamed it the Jumbo Shrimp, and still care for it to this day. Then came the upheaval, with Sonofab Changing flags to IDLD without warning, causing many to leave him, several for good. It was at this time I truely awoke to flag politics, and quickly saw the error of this movement. Being one of the highest ranked FO's, he approched me and offered me th position of SO, which I took, and was given the title of Strategist. Many former officers talked to me about leaving, including the Pirate I had the most respect for, the former First Mate, Spaghetibear, who was most upset, and who I promised to try and pull this back together again, and gave it one last day, then if I failed, I would leave to join my true loyalty. It took me an hour of talking to Sonofab, but he finally relented, and came back to IC, and I was relieved to see most of the abandoned return, and surprized to be titled 'for services to the flag'. Sonofab and I were never on speaking terms, and rarely talked, with the exeptions above. two weeks passed rather inevitably, for a majority of my time was when no other officers would wake, and often no one in the crew at all. With a few offers to switch to more awake crews, I approched The FM and Captain about leaving for greener grounds, and received a shock. Rather than stay or leave, I was given a choice that I would never had expected. We're making a new crew, do you want to become Captain of VS? I jumped at the chance, Selling all the cup-building materials in my distillery, I grabbed enough doubloons to take the badge, and waved goodbye to Sonofab and SB, and turned to building VS into a decent crew. I quickly realized 'New crew' really meant 'New name, new flag, old funds, old ships, old members, laugh at the greenie with Oliogarchic and 3 SO's who're dead and only 4 ships in the fleet'. I was not resentful, for I had no reason to be, and slowly climbed out of the wreck that was left behind. Then It dawned on me he was not content, for slowly my officers, each I trained personally, were leaving, a majority going to MG! The ones who remained protested to me about you, how if they muted Sonofab, another would take his place, and many left to a completely different crew, just to get away from both sides. This harrassment has continued through the whole month, And with the final officer of Pre-Sonofab gone, I write this message with pain in my silver heart. You have taken everything I have not earned, and more that I have worked for. You will not accept begging, neither to stop this underhanded pillage of this crew, or to stop your threats unto me about merging. I instead offer ye a trade. I brought back yer crew from when they abandoned you, and you were able to make the crew you out of IC, rather than dragging them away, and ye won. All I ask in exchange is a simple truce, we go our seperate ways. I have never done or meant malice to you, but this has gone to far. I'm sick of my officers being upset, and with my First Mate Gone, I'm rebuilding this crew a second time, and I'll do it a third. I will not abandon this crew, even if it means changing the name, making a new char, and expelling everyone currently in it.