According to signal intelligence broadcast without encryption on a public frequency, The Guild of Free Traders is not only experiencing denial of access to critical capship manufacturing infrastructure, but no longer conducts offensive operations to sustain said access. Instead, they seem to be reliant on a completely defunct school of thought from 20th Century Terra: "The Art of the Deal." Free trade is seemingly no longer protected by force, but by pleasantries and good will. #DEFANGED

Special Consulate to the UIT Defense Exchequer
H. Hornblower