**Incoming Transmision**
To: The Zoner Council
From Samuel Nichols of Omicron Supply Industries.
Mesage reads:
Personally I have no issue with the agreement reached with the IMG. I think it was an excellent compromise for all. As for not being part of the process to come to that agreement. Meh. For something along those lines I do not feel slighted. As for others seeing us as playing favorites, well we do have allies out there as well as folks who are not. If the GMG made a similar request, would we not all say yes. The GMG are some of our closest allies. Are we neutral in most respects yes. We will deal with everyone, well excluding the Harvesters, but some folks to warrent preferental treatment. I mean how many folks do we really have problems with. What the Corsairs, Outcasts and Bounty hunters. Those three groups cause us the most issue. We still deal with them.
Although I think that all would like access to the private channel so that we can have the most participants possible then next time there needs to be a quick decision.
(// do we have a skype channel for the council? if not, should we?)
As for the problems with Freeport one, I fully support a ban on all non Zoner capital ships with in 10k of the station. Of course diplomatic talks must begin with the Corsairs again about their behavior. We must face the fact that we will need a show of force to back this up.
Tensions out in the Omicron's is climbing. I have seen several new Zoner factions that I have not seen in the registry. The PFC folks had a run in with some Hunters just the other day. With the new merger of the Bounty hunters in to one organization I have seen more hunters around FP9 and 11 then ever. Most of these Hunters feel the need to sit right outside out stations looking for trouble. When asked to move on you get cruddy remarks and back talk. While Freeport 11 may no longer be an issue with this Freeport 9 still is and they then violate our guard system with out so much as a "by your leave". If we were to enter Omega 56 in the same way they would cry foul and escort us out with extreem force. They want us to stay out of their system, then they can stay out of ours.
Sorry for the raving but I have had more difficulty with BHG then Corsairs as of late.
Ok enough from me for now
Samuel Nichols
CEO - OSI
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**Incoming Transmision**
Comm ID: Captain Trogdor
*Rubs face*
As much as I loathe to add to what is already a cacophony of opinions and votes over the recent days, I feel I must. I will attempt to keep it brief so that my points remain unmuddled, but I will likely fail in this regard, as once I get going I find it difficult to shut my face.
One, on the issue of Corsairs; Why do we continue to face issues from the Corsairs? Indeed not just random Corsair fighters, but battleships and cruisers? High ranking Corsair military, whom we must assume listen to the Corsair council at least somewhat. After my first encounter with that Legate a week or so ago, our Chairman sent out a message to the Corsair elders detailing what happened, and the Elder whom replied assured us that it would be taken care of. And now I'm hearing that the problem is getting worse while I'm off duty. Sigh. I can't help but assume from this that either the Corsair council is secretly condoning these violations, or they are powerless to stop them. Neither possibility is pretty.
Second, on the issue of full participation and the IMG; I'm not quite sure that anything was decided here at all. Did we have any kind of restriction on anyone coming to O-49 in the first place? And therefore, by telling them they would be allowed to come in and mine, did we reverse any position or assumption previously held? Mal specifically stated that the request for exclusive rights was denied, and that all were welcome to come in and mine Niobium. As far as I see here, nothing was changed, and therefore there's really no cause to get our feathers ruffled.
Third, on the issue of voting for bans; I was under the assumption that votes were to be put forth by the chairman, and THEN voted upon. From what I can see, he has not opened a vote, therefore we shouldn't be throwing votes around. We need a clear definition of what we are voting for or against, spelled out specifically by one person. Then we vote. Then the chairman tallies the vote and declares the results, and what we are thereby authorized to do.
There was also the mention of banning ALL Corsair ships from Freeports for a shorter length of time than we would be banning all capital ships..are you councilfolk yay/naying on this motion as well?
**Transmission ends**
from: Persephone-II-
to: the council
"just a few days absence - and i have to read a wall of messages as long as the holy bible... . well, on the matter of enforcing a law and banning people practicly left and right. - we gotto be aware that most of our laws are based on the idea of guidelines. - we make others obey them, cause we offer them return benefits, not cause we threaten them with "bad things to come".
that is one of the major differences to house laws, which threaten with fines and detentions, or sometimes even death. - we have a positive encouragement system. - when they behave, they get what they need. - when they do not behave, they don t get it.
the very downside of that is that we also make no profit then, and it cannot be denied that we do make a profit out of the misery of others - a misery they bring upon themselves, none the less... but even so.
maybe we should stop playing an active role in the corsair affairs by placing laws and restrictions upon them ( and others ) - and instead get back to the original plan. - keep them busy.
if we mutely support their enemies, they won t have the time to breath, we can support the hessians and outcasts and "nudge" them to stage more attacks on the corsairs in return. it ll keep the corsairs busy enough not to meddle with zoner affairs. - and the best part of it is... WE are NOT waging war.
we can also give the BHG a bit more support so that they attack their very hated arch enemies more. - it doesn t take much to drive the corsairs into a corner - and we don t even need to dirty our hands. - but we must also make sure that the corsairs don t get weakened too much of course. - replacing one bad thing with another is no solution.
balance is the key. keep them as busy as possible - fuel their hatred, they ll be busy AND they ll need more food, more weapons, more supplies. - we re winning - on both sides.
so, i don t think we need to restrict OUR installations more. we just make sure that it is no issue anymore. a corsair thinking about us is a corsair that has too much room to think clearly. - we must fill this space up with hatred towards their enemies - untill there s no room to think about us zoners anymore.
E.Tate."
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Comm ID: Captain Trogdor
I disagree, miss Tate.
I fear the path you've poked your toe into is a muddy one. We start helping out one party to put pressure on another party...but then a third or fourth party gets upset with us because the party we're now directly aiding is their enemy.. Messy business.
I'd prefer to directly enforce our own laws, seek a direct solution to our own problem. This way, we can justify it as self defense, and we don't step on any unneccesary toes.
With this comes the (I think) more realistic hope that, if it comes to fisticuff, the Corsairs will see that we do indeed have a backbone and some muscle to bring to bear, and they'll start playing nicely when visiting our sandboxes. I think the imminent prospect of gaining another enemy will prove a more effective deterrent then having their enemies grow slowly stronger due to under-the-table assistance.
And honestly, I'm getting pretty sick of turning on my console every morning, and finding out that there were battleships and gunboats and cruisers causing havoc outside my station while I slept.
Comm ID: J.Archer,
Chairman of the Zoner Council.
Quote:And honestly, I'm getting pretty sick of turning on my console every morning, and finding out that there were battleships and gunboats and cruisers causing havoc outside my station while I slept.
since when is freeport 1
your station?
please dont claim stations as your own, its an bad habit to do,
Freeports are not owned by 1 person, yes gaurds have the autorisation to defend the freeport you have stationed yourse;f on, but it still remains
Our Freeport, in the sentence of all zoners and not just you and me.
As I said in my first message as Chairman, our path towards our ideals
can be rough, but at the end it will be worth it,
with that said, Miss tate is correct, they have been too much Zoner minded
they need to focus on there war against Outcasts and Hunters again,
(//yes the council has skype)
Thank you for your attention
J.Archer,
===INCOMING TRANSMISSION===
Transmission ID: ZN-0113-04
From: Alan Mosinger
Callsign: Bravo 17
' Wrote:since when is freeport 1 your station?
I believe the Captain is referring to the Freeport station as his home, that is why he appears directly possessive of it. Once a person gets a sence of familiarity with a place, one tends to claim it as their own. I myself have rented quarters on Freeport 2.
As I've stated before I am very concerned about the safety of all our Freeport's inhabitants, as well as securing their supply lines. I again propose a volunteer Zoner Supply Corps with oversight from this Council. They would be tasked at defending and upholding Freeport Laws and Edicts as well as providing fresh supplies and income to them.
Comm ID: Ivan.Ilyich
Source: Freeport 6, Tau-29
Destination: Council of Zoners
Encryption level: 3
Our main weapon, as a mostly peaceable people, has always been shelter and supply. Because we live in dangerous places, few of them completely hidden from others, we have to play balancing games. Ms. Tate's suggestion of supplying enemies of those threatening us to keep them busy is not new, in fact we have been doing that as long as we have had to stave off threats to our freeports. Our greatest strength has always been to be more useful than threatening.
Ask around the bar at Freeport 10, it was always under attack until the Outcasts decided we were useful. Keep in mind also the vast distances- what do Corsairs know of goods shipped out of Freeport 10 to the Outcasts? What is it to Outcasts when supplies are funneled to Corsairs through Freeport 9? The best part of it is, as we carefully play our potential enemies against each other, covertly modifying the balance ever so slightly as needed, we rake in profit all the way. I think we've always done a lot of work under the table and it has served us well.
That said, I still think we ought to keep the NFZs in place. And enforce them, firstly through the denial of our goods and services, and if nothing else works force, purely to protect our freeports from weapons damage.
-Mr. Ilyich
Comm ID: J.Archer,
Chairman of the Zoner Council.
it has been brought up by many delegates,
Freeport 1 is indeed an place toplace your concerns about,
hereby I open an vote on the following Motion:
"Should a temporary restriction on all Non Zoner capital vessels in the vicinity of Freeport 1 be instituted? "
Yea or Nay.
please tell us why you voted Yea or Nay
voting open till sunday 19th of April 817 AS
after that an other motion can be voted on
motion: "Should a temporary ban on all Corsair vessels in the vicinity of Freeport 1 be instituted? "
Signed,
J.Archer,
from: Elizabeth Tate
to: the council
"no on a ban of capital sized ships restriction - and no on a corsair ban. - both would just draw the political focus on us. - a military solution or a solution of an iron law enforcement only when all political means fail.
time may tell if such a ban is necessary at a time - but this time has not yet come i believe.
E.Tate"
may I inform you we are only voting on the motion:
"Should a temporary restriction on all Non Zoner capital vessels in the vicinity of Freeport 1 be instituted? "
nothing else,
J.archer