To: The Government of the Republic of Liberty

[Jansen]

Incoming Transmission...
Comm ID: Alicia Young; Ministry of Foreign Relations of the Crayter Republic
Location: Coronado


Honored representatives of the Republic of Liberty,

just today a rather unfortunate event has occured, that, if unsolved, has the potential to cause lasting damage to the relations between our nations.

To the matter at hand:
One of the Republics transport vessels belonging to the state-owned Integral Systems Engineering company has been stopped by a vessel commanded by an agent of the Liberty Security Force.

The Colonial vessel, despite being a civilan ship, was asked to pay a fine, based on Section Four, Article III of the Libertonian laws. Even though the mere reference to this article appears to be unjustified due to the civilian nature of the vessel, the Crayter Republic does consider itselt to be excluded from this part of the legislation due to the long-termed alliance between our nations as referenced in the aformentioned article.

An exception from this policy are Militaries and agencies of Allied Nations

While I do hope that this is merely a misunderstanding, I would prefer if incidents such as this would not repeat in the future. There is an ongoing war and stopping civilian vessels with unjustified claims, such as this, is a loss of ressources for both of our nations.

I have included the audio-logs for reference:

[22.06.2018 12:41:16] =CR=Ashanti: Greetings
[22.06.2018 12:41:59] =LSF=TS.Nunavut: Halt at once.
[22.06.2018 12:42:03] =LSF=TS.Nunavut: You are in violation of Liberty law.
[22.06.2018 12:42:07] =CR=Ashanti: What?
[22.06.2018 12:42:13] =CR=Ashanti: Who? Me?
[22.06.2018 12:42:26] =LSF=TS.Nunavut: Foreign militaries are not permitted inside Liberty space.
[22.06.2018 12:42:45] =CR=Ashanti: We're a trade ship.
[22.06.2018 12:42:56] =LSF=TS.Nunavut: That does not matter.
[22.06.2018 12:43:04] =LSF=TS.Nunavut: You are a foreign military and are in violation of Liberty law.
[22.06.2018 12:43:36] =LSF=TS.Nunavut: You will pay a four million credit fine and leave Liberty space at once.
[22.06.2018 12:44:08] =CR=Ashanti: We're not a military ship. We're a transport on a trade mission.
[22.06.2018 12:44:24] =LSF=TS.Nunavut: Your IFF is displaying as Crayter MILITARY.
[22.06.2018 12:44:36] =LSF=TS.Nunavut: The law does not differentiate between ship classes.
[22.06.2018 12:44:41] =LSF=TS.Nunavut: Only the nature of the organization.
[22.06.2018 12:45:20] =CR=Ashanti: Well that must be an error.
[22.06.2018 12:45:31] =LSF=TS.Nunavut: Please pay the fine and leave liberty space at once.
[22.06.2018 12:45:38] =LSF=TS.Nunavut: Otherwise this will be escalated.
[22.06.2018 12:45:53] =CR=Ashanti: We're a civilian trade ship from the Crayter Republic.
[22.06.2018 12:45:59] =LSF=TS.Nunavut: You are not a civilian.
[22.06.2018 12:46:13] =CR=Ashanti: What ever. I'll talk to my boss about this.
[22.06.2018 12:46:20] =LSF=TS.Nunavut: That is understandable.
[22.06.2018 12:46:27] =LSF=TS.Nunavut: Please forward the fine and then depart.
[22.06.2018 12:46:51] =CR=Ashanti: Are you sure a transport should be enforcing liberty laws? Doesnt seem to be your job
[22.06.2018 12:47:05] =LSF=TS.Nunavut: It is the duty of everyone.
[22.06.2018 12:47:32] =CR=Ashanti: Let me read up on Liberty law then. Because this seems extremely fishy.
[22.06.2018 12:49:13] =CR=Ashanti: The law talks about foreign warships, not transports.
[22.06.2018 12:49:51] =LSF=TS.Nunavut: Section four subsection three.
[22.06.2018 12:51:38] =LSF=TS.Nunavut: Now please do as instructed.
[22.06.2018 12:51:49] =CR=Ashanti: It doesnt say anythings about fines.
[22.06.2018 12:52:28] =CR=Ashanti: But I'll gladly leave and consult with my superiors
[22.06.2018 12:54:15] =LSF=TS.Nunavut: You are now in violation of another liberty law.
[22.06.2018 12:54:23] =CR=Ashanti: I said I'm leaving
[22.06.2018 12:54:31] =LSF=TS.Nunavut: You left before paying the fine.
[22.06.2018 12:54:46] =CR=Ashanti: The law you mentioned didn't mention fines.
[22.06.2018 12:55:01] =LSF=TS.Nunavut: That's because it's left to officer discretion.
[22.06.2018 12:55:14] =LSF=TS.Nunavut: Or in this case, agent discretion.
[22.06.2018 12:55:43] =CR=Ashanti: You seem more like a trasnport capting tryin to make a buck

Regards
-A.Young

Transmission end

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