ID: [color=#FFFFFF] Vorsitzender Gustav Albrecht To: IMG Command Subject: IMG hostilty/piracy
Well I hope this is reaching the highest command of IMG, this must be dealt with swiftly. My employees are demanding blood, but I do not agree with that, I know first hand that Kruger and IMG can and should work things out peacefully. But Kruger cannot ignore the aggression of members in your guild. IMG must be able to control their employees or Kruger will have to take action to securing Omega 7 our self. But not only are your members threatening Kruger, but they are disobeying Rheinland authority, the military. Kruger can deal with aggression, and in all honesty if IMG does not obey the military I have no doubt the military will handle this. But the most concerning, is that IMG vessels are starting to pirate Kruger ships. Yes, piracy, IMG ships are demanding Kruger ships pay taxes in credits or cargo in order to mine in Omega 7. I hope this is not supported by the IMG command.
But I will forward the proof I have and wait for a response on IMG's position. We demand that these ships be punished! I also would like to hear what IMG plans to do to put some regulation on their member's in Omega 7. If nothing is done, Kruger will have no choice but to deal with this ourselves. We do not want have conflict with IMG, we have worked along side one another for a while now, yes there have been incidents, but they were always taken care of accordingly. I see no reason this will be different, and then Kruger and IMG can get back, once again, to mining and making credits.
And one thing I would like to point out, is that these aggressives IMG's today were supported by a Battle Cruiser class ship. I hope that the commander of that ship is dealt with.
Gustav Albrecht
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:: File Attatchments: Proof ::
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MESSAGE
[font=Times New Roman][color=#000000]Guten Tag,
or bad day.
The currently situation here in Omega-7 is a little bit curios.
Could you tell me why the IMG engage us?
I helped the IMG many times against the Corsairs. But I should stop my support in the next time.
Because of the cowardly attacks against our Kruger Pilots.
The Cruiser is destroyed and the unfriendly IMG bomber pilot too.
Idiot.
One Hessian Transport is destroyed too.
I guess this letter make you happy boss.
[font=Lucida Sans Unicode]Susanne.Weirich
' Wrote:[color=#33FF33]FROM: Eric Von Prinz TO: Kruger Administration SUBJECT: Omega 7 Patrol
This report is a day late, I apologize, but every time we get a chance to dock we are called out again. I am not sure of the cause, but Omega 7 is witness to more and more aggression. We need the administration to do something, we already have our hands full with pirates, corsairs and the occasional greedy Red Hessian. Now we have to deal with pirating Junkers and IMG. Yes you heard me right, IMG is engaging in piracy. Don't believe me? I'll let the guncams do most the talking.
:: File 03 :: This is Lucius.Brutus and Stakhanov's.Pride (Guncam - Ship Scan corrupted) demanding the Non Unite Kruger worker to either pay credits or cargo to mine in Omega 7
:: File 04 :: This is proof of LongTom's hostility towards Kruger, it may be hard to see but LongTom appeared out of nowhere and began to attack the Non Unite Kruger worker.
:: File 05 :: I was able to destroy Lucius.Brutus's ship and I ran LongTom off.
:: File 06 :: However their numbers overwhelmed me, and I lost my ship.
And that was just yesterday, we also have more IMG aggression that took place today. And this time they are not only threating Kruger they are also threating the Rheinland Military. :: File 07 :: Well it looked like Stankhanov's.Pride thought to give me a rematch, this time it was fair.
Docked for mere minutes before I was called out ... again. :: File 08 :: Ship Scan - Battlecruiser_Cloud
:: File 10 :: Ship Scan - Stanley.H.Tweedle
These ships had stopped a Kruger miner for an "investigation". I asked these ships what exactly they thought they were doing, and they began to talk nonsense.
:: File 11 :: I was trying to solve things through diplomatic means, but they were not having it. At the same time they were ignoring and disrespecting the Rheinland Military. Claiming that the military had no authority in Omega 7.
:: File 12 :: But as you can see, the Rheinland Military is the authority in Omega 7 whether IMG likes it or not.
If you think this is a lot to look at, imagine dealing with it. Now I am hitting the bar for a drink and sleeping till I cannot sleep anymore.
I really hate to add fuel to the fire Mein Herr Albrecht but a transport that has joined my motley crew reported this to me almost over a week ago. I didn't pay much attention to this but in light of this event, I thought you should know.
In truth, both a Kruger and IMG ship were in the vicinity and one of the IMG pilots stated that the Order ship was there 'protecting' them. I honestly don't know what other intensions they had and that ship never showed up or was seen by my Kruger drone or any of my other pilots since then.
I also don't understand why IMG or Kruger is fighting over such a vast ore field, yet I have seen the IMG dissuade a BMM transport my drone was mining ore from. Understandable since there is still open hostility between them.
My drone has no IFF corresponder in it, so it treats most ships as neutral. I'll place a sub routine into the program to record any events of this nature in the future. It has been refitted for defensive contracts, but I simply don't understand why IMG is taking this stance, though I have suspicions. I'm going to contact two of my scouts and have them look into this under the radar. I hope I'm wrong.
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Sometimes, when all you want is to gain your freedom, you must be willing to risk it all.
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Vorsitzender Gustav Albrecht,
The IMG does not condone the actions of these individuals, and in several cases, can find no record of their employment with the guild.
As I have said before, the Independent Miners Guild does not harbor criminals, any guild members breaking house law will be treated as the criminals that they have become.
If members of Kruger are clamering for blood, I do hope you will remind them of how effectively the IMG can operate. Bloodshed is not something we partake in lightly, I pray that your workers feel the same.
Ron matterson.
[color=#FF0000]Directer of Defense.
Independent Miners Guild ---Transmission ended, Channel open---
---Incoming transmission--- Recipient: Adam Spire.
Sender: M.
Sender's location: Unknown, network relays corrupted.
Text: Keep your hands where they belong.
>Additional transmitted data:
WARNING VIRUS
FIREWALL FAILING
SYSTEMS SHUTTING DOWN TO PREVENT HARDWARE DAMAGE.
SHUTDOWN INTERUPTED
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Ron settles back into his chair, a slight grin appearing on his face as the military strength virus begins violating Adam's network. That'd teach him to intrude where he didn't belong, Ron told himself.
' Wrote:<span style="font-family:Century Gothic">Violence is Golden</span>
ID: [color=#FFFFFF] Vorsitzender Gustav Albrecht To: IMG Command Subject: IMG hostility/piracy
This is mostly what we were looking for. I do understand that these ships were not a part of your specific sect within the guild, but you are the most influential sect within the guild. So as Kruger not being ones for bloodshed, I decided to go to your command and see if you could flex some influence and persuade these rebels to peacefully work side by side with Kruger. If IMG wants Kruger to handle this, we have no problem with that, but it's not going to be pretty and I do not want to get reports of your men stepping in the way.
So as long as these actions are not supported, and IMG supports Kruger's defensive actions, Kruger and IMG will remain friendly. But I ask you again, if you want Kruger to handle this, it will be handled our way. I hope you understand, I am sure you would do the same for your men.
My men are only asking for blood because theirs is being spilled. They will not attack any IMG vessel without authorization, my men follow orders. Kruger's workers are a determined and disciplined bunch. But they are also proud, they don't like to sit bye while Kruger is attacked. I cannot blame them, can you?
But to make a long story short, you responded as I assumed you would. Kruger and IMG's relationship will remain strong and prosperous. This was a formality, a token of respect to your guild. Thank you for your time.
*** Incoming Transmission ***
From: Johnathan Sanders
Signal origin: Omega 7, Freistadt relay
To: Kruger Minerals, using Essen relay
Subject: IMG Piracy? Hell no!
Well. To come straight to the point. I am most displeased with these reports and suggest the following:
Report the offending folks to the Reichsmarin, along with the proof you presented, and have them forcefully removed from the Omega systems. In pieces if neccesary. You have my full permission to do so. The IMG does not, I repeat DOES NOT condone piracy and any miner claiming to work under the guild's banner committing such an act is automatically ejected from the guild. We had received word of a new group of miners seeking to operate in that area (and I've personally encountered some strange Order activity in the area as well, including several gunboats and a Geb class battlecruiser - but I am not sure it is relevant to this), judging from these reports they have little good in mind there.
Lucius.Brutus and Stakhanov's.Pride will find their docking rights removed shortly if it's up to me - they clearly do not act in accordance with guild guidelines, or Rheinland/Sirius civil law for that matter. I'll need to consult my fellow directors but I'll be a strong advocate for booting these idiots out of the Guild. I'm more hesitant on your second report as I do not see the context leading up to the conflict on that one - I can understand your frustration, but for harsh measures we need very clear evidence.
Regards,
- Johnathan Sanders
Ps. I'd prefer the term section instead of sect. We're not an organization based on religious beliefs. Work is our wage.
*** Transmission closed ***
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From a time when all seems lost, from a dead man to a world, without restraint, unafraid and free.
Mostly retired Discovery member. May still visit from time to time.
ID: Lucius Brutus
To: IMG Command, Kruger Minerals
Subject: IMG hostility/piracy
Hello there my sweet and beloved friends from IMG. And Kruger.
In short, Omega-7 deposits were neither discovered by Kruger Minerals nor ran by it for any considerable amount of time before.
Simply because the only and one kruger station in Omega-7, Elbich Mining Facility, focuses exclusevely on the extraction of Silver from local asteroid fields, and is not able to process something else, barely doing even the most simple task it was entrusted with. With it, those goods can not be owned by Krugers.
That is a simple reason why we were getting it back.
As I see it now, most of IMG command does not approve or even try to understand our actions. Well that is fine by me. Because it is not hard to explain.
There was The Treaty of Omega-7 once, and there still is one, be it inact - or not.
It was told that we are free to mine anywhere "north" from trade lanes, which were considered as demarkation line. It was also told so that we can count ores there as ours and shoo any thieves away. Let me show you this, Ladies and Gentlemen.
Quote:Ships of the IMG are to mine north of the DL.
Quote:Patrols will be limited to mining fields and bases which the party has ownership of and neither party can approach as close as 10k to other parties base
Quote:Should vesel of either party break the DL in order to mine in other party territory, party owning the said part of the mining fields can pursue the ship beyond the DL in order to recover the goods.
We WERE mining there. It IS our field. Why should NOT we protect what is OUR?
Now, Kruger, who do you think you are? YOUR company, Kruger Minerals, was made to establish mining operations in Dresden, not in the border worlds. You was not able to handle anything in 587 A.S., loosing your fields to the Daumann Heavy Construction and trying to chicken-heartedly invade GMG gas fields in Sigma-13. The only reason you survived it to 817 A.S. was friendly hand of ALG Waste Disposal. But, laughable again, your company was almost assimilated by ALG a bit later. And now, after a wealthy Stuttgart's family help, after even more reforms you did again, after developing a new logo that is not even Rheinland-like, you claim Omega-7 fields as yours with those tiny things you fly, stating your "right" to steal ore from it - and even dragging military in that spat?
Now to some least funny things. The :: File Attatchments: Proof ::
Apart of those, where Krugers are showing us as bad guys, you can also see so-called Proofs of them (with RM), claiming their rights to system or fields, doesn't matter:
Quote:And that was just yesterday, we also have more IMG aggression that took place today. And this time they are not only threating Kruger they are also threating the Rheinland Military. :: File 11 :: I was trying to solve things through diplomatic means, but they were not having it. At the same time they were ignoring and disrespecting the Rheinland Military. Claiming that the military had no authority in Omega 7.
:: File 12 :: But as you can see, the Rheinland Military is the authority in Omega 7 whether IMG likes it or not.
But the mentioned Treaty says following:
Quote:Neither party can hire any sort of mercenaries to hit on any party of this agreement. Breaking of this Article will void entire Treaty effective immidiately.
And again it was signed by DHC, so again it can't be bad for Krugers either. So why won't their actions be judged accordingly in this case too?
So they still claim that it is IMG, who are not following laws.
I, personally, and, I assume, my co-workers, are thinking, that whole problem is just a setup by Krugers to make IMG command work against their law-abiding members.
We are IMG. We are free. And we shall go on being free. We are not Rheinland subordinates, why should we listen to their military and laws on our territory? I think we should not. We should respect them, but our laws are more important in such cases. Also it is a reason not to obey them, when they are asking us to leave OUR fields.
P/s
Johnathan Sanders, I ask you to apologize before me and my friends for using word 'idiots' while we are discussing very interesting topic. That looked like you were offending someone, but I am sure that it was not so, right?
Brutus, The treaty of omega seven which you referenced, does not include Kruger minerals as a signatory, simply because there is no easily defined boundary which could be agreed on, and because the treat is an agreement to keep Daumann in check.
Omega 7 is claimed by the government of Rheinland, and as such, Rheinland laws are to be obeyed. you will find that doing otherwise is foolish, the Rheinland goverment, could they choose to, have the ability not only to enforce their laws, but cripple the IMG in the process, given that they are one of our largest importers of ore.
It would harm them to do so, given their need for materials, but it is an option, should they choose too, which is why a healthy respect for them, AND THEIR LAWS, is needed.
Ron matterson.
[color=#FF0000]Directer of Defense.
Independent Miners Guild ---Transmission ended, Channel open---
' Wrote:<span style="font-family:Century Gothic">Violence is Golden</span>
*** Incoming Transmission ***
From: Johnathan Sanders
Signal origin: Omega 7, Freistadt relay
To: Kruger Minerals, using Essen relay, IMG Guild channel
Subject: Did you even read that treaty?
Kruger was not listed in the Omega 7 treaty because at the time their leadership was in chaos - or so I am told. Regardless, a later amendment was made ensuring the coexistance of Kruger and IMG in the northern fields - which, if you had read all the amendments to the Omega 7 treaty, you would have known. You will not receive any apology from me, for damn well trying to get the Reichsmarin to come down on the Guild in force. Do you wish to have Rheinland battleships breathing down your neck, sir? Your actions are openly inviting them.
As for apologising... The word "Idiot" is defined as "a foolish or stupid person". Your actions indicate to me that you are exactly that, openly engaging in acts of piracy against a Rheinland corporation in a space that is a Rheinland protectorate. Your words betray you as more of a Hessian then a peaceful miner - perhaps you should reconsider your allegiances, sir, leave for people of like mind to your own. We already have one major conflict out in the Taus, with more trouble brewing beyond Orkney. We do not need additional problems.
To address some of your points:
Quote:In short, Omega-7 deposits were neither discovered by Kruger Minerals nor ran by it for any considerable amount of time before. Simply because the only and one Kruger station in Omega-7, Elbich Mining Facility, focuses exclusively on the extraction of Silver from local asteroid fields, and is not able to process something else, barely doing even the most simple task it was entrusted with. With it, those goods can not be owned by Krugers.
Silver is processed locally (just like it is on Freistadt) for transfer to places that require it. Typically this means Kusari. There are no existing facilities for silver smelting within Rheinland - Copper and Cobalt ore are shipped to the pre-existing facilities Kruger maintains in New Berlin and Dresden. There was no need for them to establish larger smelters, unlike those on Freistadt which handle a variety of ore.
Quote:As I see it now, most of IMG command does not approve or even try to understand our actions. Well that is fine by me. Because it is not hard to explain. There was The Treaty of Omega-7 once, and there still is one, be it inact - or not. It was told that we are free to mine anywhere "north" from trade lanes, which were considered as demarkation line. It was also told so that we can count ores there as ours and shoo any thieves away. Let me show you this, Ladies and Gentlemen.
If you believed to be wronged by Kruger then you should have filed a report, either with the Kruger leadership, the Rheinland Federal Police, or if you still hold to the Omega treaty, the Colonials. You should NOT have resorted to holdups at gunpoint. I can understand your desire not to wish to be bullied around by the big corporations - don't get me wrong, I have little love for them myself, but in this case you are acting just as they do.
Quote:Ships of the IMG are to mine north of the DL. Patrols will be limited to mining fields and bases which the party has ownership of and neither party can approach as close as 10k to other parties base. Should vesel of either party break the DL in order to mine in other party territory, party owning the said part of the mining fields can pursue the ship beyond the DL in order to recover the goods. We WERE mining there. It IS our field. Why should NOT we protect what is OUR?
Again, this treaty you reference solidified the relations between Kruger and Daumann. Other parties, as Kruger, are not listed. Now, the treaty has since been voided by Daumann, and this situation again underscores the need for a replacement to be drawn up.
Quote:Now, Kruger, who do you think you are? YOUR company, Kruger Minerals, was made to establish mining operations in Dresden, not in the border worlds. You was not able to handle anything in 587 A.S., loosing your fields to the Daumann Heavy Construction and trying to chicken-heartedly invade GMG gas fields in Sigma-13. The only reason you survived it to 817 A.S. was friendly hand of ALG Waste Disposal. But, laughable again, your company was almost assimilated by ALG a bit later. And now, after a wealthy Stuttgart's family help, after even more reforms you did again, after developing a new logo that is not even Rheinland-like, you claim Omega-7 fields as yours with those tiny things you fly, stating your "right" to steal ore from it - and even dragging military in that spat?
It is regrettable that ALG did not complete that takeover. The name "Kruger" still makes a lot of GMG, Hessian and IMG blood boil, and could have done to be tombstoned. Regardless, what is done, is done. That atrocious juggernaut it once was (which Daumann seems to aspire to these days) is a thing of the past.
Quote:Now to some least funny things. The :: File Attatchments: Proof ::
Apart of those, where Krugers are showing us as bad guys, you can also see so-called Proofs of them (with RM), claiming their rights to system or fields, doesn't matter:
And that was just yesterday, we also have more IMG aggression that took place today. And this time they are not only threating Kruger they are also threating the Rheinland Military.
:: File 11 :: I was trying to solve things through diplomatic means, but they were not having it. At the same time they were ignoring and disrespecting the Rheinland Military. Claiming that the military had no authority in Omega 7.
:: File 12 :: But as you can see, the Rheinland Military is the authority in Omega 7 whether IMG likes it or not.
That is correct. Between Rheinland and Bretonia, the Omega 3 system has become a Bretonian protectorate, and Omega 7 a Rheinland protectorate, extending the operational areas of their respective navies into those systems to cut back on piracy. And they have the guns to back that claim up, make no misstake about that.
Quote:But the mentioned Treaty says following:
Neither party can hire any sort of mercenaries to hit on any party of this agreement. Breaking of this Article will void entire Treaty effective immidiately. And again it was signed by DHC, so again it can't be bad for Krugers either. So why won't their actions be judged accordingly in this case too? So they still claim that it is IMG, who are not following laws. I, personally, and, I assume, my co-workers, are thinking, that whole problem is just a setup by Krugers to make IMG command work against their law-abiding members.
The treaty was written without Kruger present at the negotiations. They are not included, and their interests were thus ignored. The treaty did only describe the relation between Daumann and IMG, who at the time were very much at odds with eachother. The treaty has since been voided. Kruger has throughout the existance of the treaty maintained smallscale mining operations, both of silver and copper, much like our own. The fields are of sufficient size and yield to allow our organizations to coexist. And, for as long as I've been in the guild both Kruger and IMG have peacefully coexisted in Omega 7, sharing the fields, and covering eachothers backs against the Corsairs. Aside from one brushed aside attempt from Kruger to exact a taxation for IMG miners in those fields (which we basically ridiculed) there have been no attempts by Kruger to try and oust us. They know our standing forces are far larger then their security wing. As long as we do not anger the Reichsmarin, we will have access to those fields until they run dry - which is projected to take roughly another 100 years, barring discovery of new deposits.
My point in all this. There was no problem until you started shooting, claiming half of that system as your own (yes, -your- own, since the Guild as a whole did not make this claim). I don't want us to start making the Zoner misstake of claiming entire systems as our own when others have already established a presence there. We're a mining guild - not warlords. We'll fight those who try to drive us off our claims (Kruger included if they ever have the gall to try - your demonstration will likely drive home they are a far cry from being able to), but I do not want us to become bullies.
As such I will respectfully ask you to cease your agressions against Kruger immediately. If not, I suspect the Reichsmarin will do it for you.
*** Transmission closed ***
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--Incoming Transmission--
--Location: Java Station, Tau23-
--Sender ID: Colonel Basil Angelos (ret.), Executive advisor to the Clonial Presidential office--
--Subject: -- Treaty of Omega 7 --
Forgive me the intrusion if you consider it uncalled for, but I feel it is necessary, that one essentially responsible for the quoted agreement did speak up.
It was during my term as president, that the said treaty has been written down and put into effect and I must disagree with the interpretation monsignor Brutus is attempting to propose. As Director Masterson said, the treaty does not feature Kruger Minerals as a signatory. That's formally... Now as per the conditions in which the treaty came into existence - it is the very same kind of overzealous rogue corporate employees that caused the trouble in the first place. It seems, that this time around it is a former or self-styled member of the IMG who is trying his worst at once more destabilizing the region. What is further appalling - The Guild holds no records of any Lucius Brutus even existing up until this troublesome date. I almost suspect a malevolent scheme aimed at shattering the mutual IMG-Kruger relations solely for the fun of it.
Herr Brutus. Your argumentation failed in all lines as you can see. I want to inform you that if you will be spotted around Kruger mining fields or Elbnich Station, you will be warned to leave it only once. If you refuse your ship will be destroyed and you will be pass on to Rheinland Department of Justice. If you will be spotted during the hostile actions against Kruger workers you will not receive any warning. You will be destroy.
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