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[Alduria]

BASSARID GOVERNMENT EXTENDS ALDURIA PROTECTION AGAINST THEIR PRIVATEERS
DECREE FROM THE HAND OF THE BASSARID EMPRESS ENDS THE PRIVATEER CRISIS

PUNTA SANTIAGO, ALDURIA (Newsflash) -- The Bassarid Empress Díapaza Bréidle issued a decree yesterday extending protection to Aldurian vessels in the high seas from the rising threat of Bassarid privateering, which previously surrounded Alduria completely.

The leader of the Haifo-Pallisican Imperial Trade Union, commonly known as the Bassarid Empire, wrote in the decree:

IT IS HEREBY DECREED by the Arbiters of the Council of Courts that all vessels affiliated with the Alliance of the Bassarid Oceans shall be prohibited from knowingly or explicitly targeting any vessel lawfully and honestly flying under the banner of the Republic of Alduria.

A series of decrees issued by the Bassarid Empress seem to signal a disavowal of privateering and piracy by the Alliance of the Bassarid Oceans. However, experts on the matter seem to disagree.

Professor Lemuel Armstrong in the University of Punta Santiago specializes in foreign affairs, especially in Micran piracy. "This could be a distancing effort that cound end up emboldening the Bassarid privateers further," he explained. "This could basically be their government letting them loose across Micras. The only thing privateers and pirates know is their greed and their thirst for violence. We don't know whether this will be the trick to protect Aldurian shipping yet."

The Government of Alduria, however, believes differently. The Department of State expressed relief and a desire in the Government to move forward. "This is a sign from the Bassarid Empire that they respect other nations and are willing to act as positive forces in Micran geopolitics," the newly appointed Deputy Secretary of State John Albertson explained. "We are relieved to know Aldurian shipping won't be impacted, but we're still going to enact non-lethal defense mechanisms in our merchant fleets and encourage private ship owners to do the same."