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A sad episode occured yesterday, I'm not happy with the outcome of this weird event, but I'm not happy either with what triggered it.
I was traveling through California to the Ontario system, when arrived to the jump gate leading to Ontario, I found one of your transports remaining still at one side of the gate.
After halting it, which is what we regulary do, I proceed with a cargo inspection. The scanner revealed that, the transport, was full of illegal articles, more especifically, Counterfeit Software.
When asking about the reasons for carrying contraband in our lovely space, the pilot claimed to "not" be transporting illegal material, but educational programs for poor childrens.
Naturally, sticking to our handbook, I demanded him to drop the cargo. The pilot attempted to bribe me in order to get this matter forgotten, unfourtanely for him, I'm a man of codes.
After several minutes of he rejecting to comply with my demands, I took the next step in the procedure, and fired a few shots to the cargo holds. I gave him plenty time to drop the counterfeit, he did not, so I took the final step to get the counterfeit destroyed, and with it, anything in my way to get it done.
The transport got destroyed, the pilot and his crew were transported to California Minor's Medical Center, I hope they are fine by now.
The motive of this message is to communicate your corporation that there is a remaining fine, for the amount of 10,000,000 (ten million) credits due to the laws broken.
Read those laws as:
I. Contraband possession.
IV. Obstructing the course of justice.
<div align="right]Commander Alexander Casero, Liberty Navy Primary Fleet.
***Incoming Transmission*** Message to: Commander Alexander Casero Comm ID: Roxbourgh Location: Newark Station, New York
Hello Commander!
My name is Virgil and I am one of the lawyers working on this case. I find it most troubling that a very respectable ranking officer such as yourself made so many mistakes.
Firstly, I'll begin by saying that our cargo manifests state clearly that those packages were totally legal in accordance to Liberty Neural-Net Software Licensing Agreement of 506. If you check Article 17 of Page 15, Line 3, you'll notice that our manifest match that of legal teaching software intended for children studying in the Omegas.
Secondly, the correct procedure in this case would have been to escort the transport in question to a secure facility in which it may have it's contents thouroughly worked over to make sure they are safe and legal. You, at no moment made an attempt to do so, threatening the pilot and his crew and resorting to violence.
The Interspace Neural-Net Division is a respectable corporation who have worked alongside the Liberty Navy on many occasion, the pilot would have graciously accepted to have a full cargo scan to check these good more reliably, those fighter scanners are sometimes way off.
You destroyed a company transport and endangered the lives of the captain and crew, refusing the captain a lawyer stating, "I don't talk to lawyers" before opening up on it with full force.
Denying a citizen the right to a lawyer is against the rights set out by our beautiful Liberty, if you deny them that, are you any better than the Communists/Rheinlanders?
I will also point out that Ontario's Law on Counterfeit Software is up for review, as the Zoners at FP14 are a significant producer of this material, and the only way that they ship it to their colonies and freeports is through Ontario... While the Government doesn't condone the sale and usage, it cannot interfer with Zoner law on the matter. And is trying to negotiate a royalty deal.
We have traced the manifest, and it turns out the cargo was mislabled by a Zoner at FP14, meaning it was no fault of our own that legal software registered as contraband.
I would like to see all the evidence presented against my client please.
As an attorney, I have been contracted by the Liberty Justice System to act as a Prosecutor in this case. While my firm, Templeman, van Horne, and Goethe, typically are defense attorneys, I am honoured to step in at this juncture to represent the interests of Libertonian Law.
Firstly, let us be very clear on the issue at hand.
The Captain of the IND vessel was in Californian space after having transited there from Ontario. Where upon he was intercepted by a loyal, decorated Liberty Naval Officer.
The Liberty Naval Officer scanned the cargo and registered that it was Counterfeit Software, being that the transponders attached to normal entertainment/educational material were not present, and were obviously not the same as would be attached to a legal shipment of Educational Materials.
When demanded to drop cargo, as is the current procedure offered by the Liberty Navy in these circumstances. The Captain refused, endeavoring to call for back up.
It has been the experience of the Liberty Navy in the past that such calls often result in armed violence against the officer in question in the form of Mercenaries or other unsavory types.
The Liberty Naval Officer acted in a pre-emptive defensive measure to neutralize the transport before it could make its escape with the contraband.
Claims to the legality of the cargo are sorted out in the Liberty Circuit Court, errors in shipping manifests, liability and of course guilt are not to be determined by the Officer on Scene. His job is to neutralize that cargo that could, for all intents and purposes, have been military computer codes, guided missile schematics, or even harmful viruses that would be used by enemies of Liberty in this, a time of war.
No sir, the Liberty Naval Officer acted within the bounds of his duty. The fault does not lie with his actions, and the burden of proof is now on you to prove that the software was indeed, mislabeled.
I again repeat for clarity, even if it is found that the software was mislabeled, it is not the fault of the Officer on Scene, who acted in accordance with Libertonian Laws to stop a direct threat to national security.
***Incoming Transmission*** Message to: Gregory Templeman Comm ID: Roxbourgh Location: Newark Station, New York
Hello Gregory!
I believe that this case is entirely the fault of the Zoners residing at Freeport 14, if anyone should be the target for legal action, it is them. They ignorantly mislabled the cargo to be illegal.
Furthermore on the subject of that particular cargo, is there any available to be presented, because I believe Commander Casero destroyed all the evidence at the scene. Which means your evidence is strongly lacking.
Currently, the Zoners only option for exporting thier goods is through Ontario, which means Liberty Law should be sympathetic of their intentions to shift it, as they have little choice or alternatives.
The cargo was also moved from FP14, intentionally to the Omegas, naturally for the children. So this means the cargo wouldn't fall under Liberty copyright law anyway. Both are out of Liberty juristiction, and there is no other route to avoid Liberty space.
Was the destruction of the ship really nessesary? This was a first offence, and the transport was hardly a threat to the Commander's safety. Unless you can provide proof of a struggle or threat, these claims are mere fabrication.
There are no records of any threat to the Commander's life, or anything in the area to interfere, the ship could have been docked up and checked.
This would have avoided violence, but due to the rash actions of the Commander, a transport has been destroyed and the crew injured. Unnessesarily.
Futhermore, this 'bribe' was a misunderstanding, the captain merely attmepted to avoid violence by paying the fine, so he may prevent unessesary damage to the client's cargo.
As to this problem here, Commander Casero acted rashly, putting lives at risk because of a simple misunderstanding. Due to the destruction of company property, damage to company goods and endangering the lives of employees, the Interspace Neural-Net Division is hereby filing a law suit against the actions of Commander Casero himself.
This is for a total of 10 (Ten) Million Sirius Credits.
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Mister Virgil Roxbourgh:
First at all, I'm not a lawyer, if the pilot wanted a lawyer to represent himself, then he should have complied with what was requested, follow me to one of our stations, and wait for his lawyer there, nothing less, he refused to cooperate with the first step, then we can't continue with the second and third.
Second at all:
Quote:The law of Liberty is to be adhered to at all times by civilians. It is not to be interpreted in any way. Attempts to lecture Primary Fleet personnel on the meaning (note, not the content) of any section of any legal document falls under section one, paragraph four of this document and will be dealt with accordingly.
You may want to read the last paragraph of Liberty's Law.
Quote:Furthermore on the subject of that particular cargo, is there any available to be presented, because I believe Commander Casero destroyed all the evidence at the scene. Which means your evidence is strongly lacking.
Quote:Currently, the Zoners only option for exporting thier goods is through Ontario, which means Liberty Law should be sympathetic of their intentions to shift it, as they have little choice or alternatives.
The cargo was also moved from FP14, intentionally to the Omegas, naturally for the children. So this means the cargo wouldn't fall under Liberty copyright law anyway. Both are out of Liberty juristiction, and there is no other route to avoid Liberty space.
It's not IND's job to decide what's acceptable and what's not in Liberty's laws. If Zoners want to legalize their products, it's their obligation to discuss that with Liberty's goverment. As long as those products are listed as Contraband in our Laws, these problems will still happen.
Quote:Was the destruction of the ship really nessesary? This was a first offence, and the transport was hardly a threat to the Commander's safety. Unless you can provide proof of a struggle or threat, these claims are mere fabrication.
There are no records of any threat to the Commander's life, or anything in the area to interfere, the ship could have been docked up and checked.
This would have avoided violence, but due to the rash actions of the Commander, a transport has been destroyed and the crew injured. Unnessesarily
Obstruction of Justice, as the pilot chose to do not comply with my order, the order of dropping the cargo, IV. Obstructing the course of justice. Certainly a Liberator can't deal an amount of damage to destroy such a large train without giving the necessary time to the pilot and the crew to take all the safety measures, in the same way, it's not possible for a liberator to inflict an amount of damage disallowing the crew of that transport to drop the cargo in time.
Quote:Futhermore, this 'bribe' was a misunderstanding, the captain merely attmepted to avoid violence by paying the fine, so he may prevent unessesary damage to the client's cargo.
The fine was 5 million credits as I said to the pilot, he offered ME, 25 million credits for amnesia, that's bribery. Don't look for any other name.
Quote:As to this problem here, Commander Casero acted rashly, putting lives at risk because of a simple misunderstanding. Due to the destruction of company property, damage to company goods and endangering the lives of employees, the Interspace Neural-Net Division is hereby filing a law suit against the actions of Commander Casero himself.
This is for a total of 10 (Ten) Million Sirius Credits.
Rashly? Not possible, I gave him plenty time to fulfilt my orders, he didn't accept what's written in stone. He chose to risk their lives, he chose to get his train destroyed, it was not my actions, but his actions what get us to that point. And that "lawyer" he never came, could that be another lie from the IND employees? But, that would be an insinuation, I don't want you to believe that I'm insinuating anything.
What I gave to you are facts, not insinuations. You do this, you pay for this.
<div align="right]Commander Alexander Casero, Liberty Navy Primary Fleet.
From the Offices of Lawrence J. Wiles and Associates
Communications Log: Lawrence J. Wiles Attorney at Law
Thank you Gregory, I feel your attempts to get something for nothing here have been fruitless, it would seem our pilot has acted rashly and whilst we do not believe violence was entirely the answer nor this rather spectacular attempt to drag the entire IND's name through the mud for the actions of one man. Suffice to say any lawsuit will be for defamation of character rather than destruction of property.
The evidence in question has been taken at a glance, and just because your scanners say counterfeit, may simply mean that they do not recognise the RFID tags on the cargo or the manifest. However the subsequent communications logs are damning and we cannot allow such to propagate within the IND. Our reputation is everything after all. CEO Jay Simon will be informed with the suggestion that the offender be removed from his privileged position. Your fine will be coming shortly, although expect it to be recouped in a civil action for this rather derogatory mess.
Sincerely
Lawrence J. Wiles
Saint Del is considered a holy healer of diseases of children, but also as a protector of cattle.
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Identification: Commodore Christina Robinson
Location: New York system, Planet Manhattan, Fort Bragg
Lawrence J. Wiles;
Commander Casero Wrote:Just wanted to remember that this matter has not be forgotten.
<div align="right]Commander Alexander Casero, Liberty Navy Primary Fleet.
This matter has been brought to the attention of myself, and I expect it to be solved quickly. The outstanding fine needs to be paid. As you seem to have missed Commander Casero's notification, I will give an additional seven days for this matter to be settled.
Please make the ten million credits (10,000,000) payable to the [LN]-Armory.001 .
We are serious about this issue, as I imagine are you. Start your legal proceedings against us if that is the course of action you wish to take, but evasion of this fine will not be tolerated.
From the Offices of Lawrence J. Wiles and Associates
Communications Log: Lawrence J. Wiles Attorney at Law
Ah, the junior authorised to pay this seems to have forgotten, below my pay grade and all that, I'll ensure he deposits the money in the correct account as soon as this latest ion storm has passed. In the meantime I have rather more pressing business to attend to. Things way above your pay grade no doubt.
Sincerely
Lawrence J. Wiles
Saint Del is considered a holy healer of diseases of children, but also as a protector of cattle.
As prosecuting Attorney I'd just like to inform you that the sum owing has been transferred to my office, and, Ion Storm willing, will then be transferred to the account designated by the Liberty Navy.
Thank you to the IND for concluding this matter swiftly.
Appropriate shots of the wire transfer will be made shortly to confirm my offices compliance as intermediary.
Thank you
Gregory Templeman, esq.
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
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Addendum: Attached wire-transfer receipt from my office to yours confirming payment:
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