While there appears to be a common perception that Volus is indeed incompetent in matters of interstellar piracy, I can assure you that this is in no respect the formal opinion of the Empire, and nor is it an opinion that the Empire endorses or promotes. It is my understanding that the Defense Committee is compiling a report on the recent piracy in your system on the basis of documents your world has provided to them, and that no formal opinion has been or will be expressed on the issue until the publication of that report. I hope this answers your question. It would seem that Admiral Corvus was expressing his personal opinion, based, I assume, on the undeniably, unusually high amount of piracy—or, to be more correct, attempted piracy—in your system. As for his ignorance of the accommodations your world has made to the Defense Committee in terms of documents, intelligence, etc., it is possible that, being as far removed from galactic events as your system is, the Admiral simply might not yet have received the news.

In any case, however, I'm afraid the Admiral is right that CC-2200 frigates are in much demand throughout the Empire and that none can be spared at this time. The waiting list for them is, I believe, on the order of three standard months, unless there is some dire need for them which, it seems, there isn't at Volus.

Warmest regards.