Greetings, I'm contacting you to inquire about a band of freelancers who claim to be under your employment. I've received numerous reports from other Zoners that this band of freelancers has taken to targeting shipments bound for Freeport 2 in the Bering star system. I've personally checked your laws and had our corporate attorney do the same. Neither of us can find anywhere in your laws that state it is against the law for any Zoner to run supplies to Freeport 2. As Bering is not Liberty space, entering Bering itself is not an act of breaking the trade embargo.
The last complaint to cross my desk was from the captain of the Suzaku, a Zoner Borderworlds Transport, hauling deuterium from planet Gran Canaria to Freeport 2. Two point seven (2.7) million credits worth of deuterium was lost.
I'd rather like to know if my interpretation of your laws is correct and if it is I'd like your band of thugs to compensate the captain of the Suzaku for the lost cargo and for the repairs to his vessel. I'd also ask that you reign them in.
Now, I can't say that the captain and crew of the Suzaku are innocent of any other crimes in Rheinland and perhaps that was why there were targetted, but from the comm logs I received this [FL]Thexder doesn't understand your laws or is ignoring your laws for his own sick amusement.
PRIORITY: [color=#FFFF00]Medium ENCRYPTION:Medium IDENTIFICATION:Inspekteur Carl Becker SOURCE:Nibelung Polizei Plaza, Planet New Berlin SUBJECT:Liberty embargo
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Sehr geehrter Herr Cross,
as I already told Herrn Moebus from the Omicroners, the trading with Freeport 2 is a violation of the war embargo.
Under Article 3 §2 of the Rheinland laws you find the paragraph, that no trader may pass the Libertonian borders
with cargo. And the Libertonian borders starts with the gates in Hamburg.
So before you next time start to blame a long Rheinwehr contracted Freelancer for not understanding our laws, please ensure you understand them by your own.
I guess your war is going badly, you've already ceded Bering to the Libertonians. I'd have expected more from the house of Rheinland.
If that isn't the case, then why do you claim the Libertonian borders are at the Hamburg gate? I'm sure your own economic advisors have informed you that by blocading the supply of Freeport 2 from Rheinland, you're forcing Zoners to get their goods from Liberty.
Your own laws are aiding your enemy, rather ironic wouldn't you say? Or idiotic, depends on who is doing the looking. OSI prefers to supply Freeport 2 from the Rheinland border, as Rheinland space has proven to be safer than Libertonian space. Not to mention the goods from your nation aren't cheaply made crap.
So, as I know you're merely a low level pencil pusher, who do I need to speak with regarding getting this rather poorly written law amended to something that better suits both Rheinland and the Zoner community?
I'd also suggest a reading comprehension class, Inspekteur, as I contacted you in order to clarify your laws. No blame was placed on anyone. Merely stated what I wanted if my understanding of your laws proved correct.
Ausländer, judging from your manner of handling issues with people, I can't imagine who appointed you to be a Public Relations Director for the OSI and why.
Contacting us and then throwing around some expectations of yours in regards to the house of Rheinland, calling a group of Freelancers employed by us a "band of thugs", calling an Inspekteur of the Rheinland Federal Polizei a "pencil pusher", will not be tolerated.
I can see that you have very lacking knowledge of warfare, so let me explain something to you. It wouldn't make much sense to move our troops to the Texas Gate in Bering, away from home, just to be able to say that we are -exactly- at the Libertonian border, controlling any and all cargo ships that go there, would it? The cargo that is about to leave Rheinland is being controlled before it actually leaves Rheinland. In case of the border, it is being sent back from the Hamburg Gates, as opposed to the Texas Gates in Bering, because well, it makes more sense and is more efficient, isn't it?
Before you start throwing around wild accusations and expectations, I would suggest you look down on your doorstep first. You can't even control your own warships, since just a few days ago there was a Zoner Carrier in Omega 7, a system that is part of Rheinlands House Space. That could already be considered the second -known- break of the Rheinland law that was done by you, the Zoners.
Yet, did you see me telling you how I expected more? No. Did you see me calling you a "pencil pusher" that can't control his own warships? No. Did you see me demanding anything of you? No.
Now Ausländer, before this is discussed further, you are damn well going to change your tone of communication and apologize to the Inspekteur for talking down upon him and Rheinland. Otherwise, you aren't going to find many results here.
Seems like I've hit a nerve, which means I'm doing my job. The good Inspekteur will get an apology right after I receive one from the two of you. I'm not going to apologize for talking down upon someone when they did the same to me. Nor did I speak poorly of Rheinland, quite the opposite actually if you read my message.
Regarding the matter at hand; you are correct that my knowledge of warfare is lacking. That fact should come at no surprise to you and I am rather surprised you expected me to have said knowledge. I'm a businessman, not a soldier. I understand why you stop transports at the Hamburg gate to Bering now, thank you for the explanation. Though, it is rather hard to know where Rheinland draws the line regarding this issue as it is not clearly defined in your laws; your laws merely say Libertonian border and most people assume that is the gate to Texas from Bering. Perhaps updating the your laws to clarify this will prevent any future incidents, at least for those of us that abide by your laws.
Regarding Zoner warships in space you claim, perhaps a better understanding of the people you're dealing with would help you in this matter. Zoners aren't a people as you Rheinlanders are. The term Zoner is just that, a term used to label a group of people who share similar ideals. Those warships you're having issues with aren't my responsibility, nor that of OSI's. If contacted regarding them, we'll try to assist in ensuring they don't break your laws; however this is the first we've heard of the incident.
I demanded nothing of your government, I merely inquired as to if my understanding of your laws was accurate and if so I stated what my expectations were. As my understanding of your law was inaccurate due to your laws being unclear on the matter, obviously my expectations have changed. That is, I understand that your freelancer underlings were merely doing the job you pay them to do.
I'd also like to work with your government to come to an agreement in order for Freeport 2 to be supplied from the Rheinland side of Bering, with Rheinland made materials and goods. Something that benefits Freeport 2, OSI, and Rheinland. As it is now, you're forcing us to support your enemy in order to supply Freeport 2; not something we like because Liberty space is rather dangerous compared to your own and Liberty products are cheap and of low quality, not like your own.
Mein Herr, saying "it did not meet my expectations" makes the reader or listener believe the expectations were high and that the thing in question did not meet them, ergo, saying that qualifies as speaking poorly of something, wouldn't you agree? I never referred to your original transmission, but the second one, which was not as polite. I know that you cannot do anything about the Zoner Warship that was in Rheinland space, nor that it is your job, but I used that analogy to argument your statement about the Freelancer group that works for us. The Inspekteur did not, from what I see, talk down on you. He merely pointed out that you did not read, or understand the laws to their full extent.
Now, I suggest we put our ego clashes aside and deal with your issue like the grown up men we are, wouldn't you agree? So, from what I understand you wish for an exempt for Zoner transports that supply Freeport 2 from Rheinland, to be added into the law. This, mein Herr, requires extensive procedures. Here is how this will work. I will bring forward your request on the next Oberkommando meeting, after which the request will be forwarded to the Bundestag which will make the final verdict.
To make it perfectly clear, do you wish this exempt was added just for your own group of Zoners, the OSI, or for other Zoner groups as well? So that I know exactly what I will be bringing forth on the meeting.
And last but not least, here is a warning and a question. Before I even bring this up, how will we be sure that some, if not all of the goods you take from Rheinland will end up on Freeport 2 and not in the hands of the Libertonians behind the Texas gate?
I agree, perhaps I miss understood the good Inspekteur. My apologies for the rudeness, I merely felt I was being treated in the same fashion.
Regarding the request, I'd like for all Zoners to be able to supply Freeport 2, but I also know that some out there will hide behind our way of life to smuggle goods to Liberty. I also know that it will be rather difficult and costly for Rheinland to ensure that Zoners passing into Bering from Hamburg do indeed supply Freeport 2 and not pass her by heading to Liberty.
With all of that in mind, I'd like to request that at the least OSI be allowed to run supplies to Freeport 2 from Rheinland space. At least in this way you can hold OSI accountable for any criminal actions. I'd also like to ask your government to consider allowing other Zoners to register to supply the Freeport and in doing so you'd be able to hold them accountable for their actions. I do understand that creates a need for more paperwork and such and will understand if they choose to not set up such a registry.
Other than that, I'd like to request that your laws be updated to clearly state where the embargo is enforced so that incidents like this can be avoided. If it is very clear in that passing into Bering from Hamburg violates the embargo, no one can claim innocent due to not understanding the law.
Thank you for taking the time to handle this issue and I hope you can forgive me for my previous tone.
I will forward your request to the rest of the Oberkommando and to the Admiral of the Rheinwehr, after which it will be brought to the Bundestag to be decided on.
If you do not receive your answer by the end of this week, submit a query to me and I will brief you on the status of your request. Laws, politics and procedures that are tied with them take a while, as you may or may not know.
PRIORITY: [color=#FFFF00]Medium ENCRYPTION:Medium IDENTIFICATION:Inspekteur Carl Becker SOURCE:Nibelung Polizei Plaza, Planet New Berlin SUBJECT:Liberty embargo
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Sehr geehrter Herr Cross,
your apology is accepted.
Now that is clarified, I'd like to add some postskriptum.
At first the Zoner leaderships were informed about the violation of the foreign capital ship within Rheinland.
A copy of the respective transmission is found in the attachment. But as you said, you're a businessman, maybe it didn't reach you.
On behalf of the laws of Rheinland, I've to add:
I didn't say the Libertonian borders are the gates in Hamburg. I said they start with them and they include the both systems Bering & Hudson, because both are contested space.
But the safe Rheinland core space is defined in Article 1 §2 as ending in Hamburg, this however means with leaving Hamburg to Bering, you pass the borders.
The law did not say you've to pass across the borders. Therefore this is really clear to me.
However for a person, who isn't daily involved in law readings, this can be misinterpreted.
Regarding the possible solution, it sounds doable.
I'll keep some database developers available, for the fact, it get's a positive feedback.
So a solution can be implemented fast.
Regarding the Xiphos, I'll look into it. Can't promise anything regarding the vessel, it would seem there is a large number of people who've abandoned Zoner ideals in favor of various other pursuits. While I'm not fond of telling another Zoner what to do, as that goes against our ideals, I tire of people abusing our way of life as a means to abuse our neutrality.