Listening to the others speak Victor watches Matok walk outside on by himself. Motioning for an attendant not to follow the angry man he begins to speak, "Seems to be that defending ourselves is everyone's priority. I urge you to remember that the GRN attack Zoners on sight in Gallia because their law forbids our presence there. Same way Liberty will shoot Tomoe if she enters Liberty and is caught. If Gallia makes war upon all of us, then we must defend ourselves. It is our way. It seems we are all sticking to that belief."
"Let us turn now to another threat, one that we've always faced and all know to well. The Slomon K'Hara, the Nomads. My transport captains and security pilots tell me they see Nomads more frequently now days and in higher numbers than they can ever recall. I can only imagine they've begun rebuilding their civilization in the unknown Omicrons. I've also heard rumors that more and more infected humans are being reported. Hell, one rumor is that the Rhienland Military has a posted bounty on one of their own pilots who was found to be infected but escaped their grasp." Picking up his datapad Victor gets up and walks to the bar and reaches over it to grab a bottle. After opening it he set it down and fiddled with the datapad, "I've sent all of you a draft of a revision to the Zoner Alliance charter. The only other thing I can think we need to address the BAF/MR Armistice."
Quote:
Zoner Alliance Charter
Revision 2.0
Sections
1 - Structure
2 - System Ownership and Governorships
3 - Alliance Committee Structure and Responsibilites
4 - Membership
5 - Decision Making and Voting
Section 1 - Structure of the Zoner Alliance
1.1 Body Member of the Zoner Alliance: Group
* Each member - a group - makes its decisions for itself.
* Once a decision has been made the faction can decide whether to try encompassing equal bodies into the motion or project, or not.
* Scope of responsibility: Every issue which is not concerning general Zoner issues or including unclaimed Zoner spaces.
* Each faction is asked to implement a kind of democracy, visible or not, to prevent the development of totalitarian hierarchies.
* Members of any faction cannot have political rights or influence in more than one faction.
1.2 Zoner Alliance Body: Alliance Committee (AC)
* Allowed groups are either the officially registered Zoner factions, the ZUI, or unregistered Zoner groups operating as clans.
* Voting: Each body member has one seat. Each seat has one vote. The registered factions and the ZUI have the ability to cast a veto.
* Scope of responsibility: Global Zoner issues, policies, relations.
* Security Issues: The Alliance Committee will coordinate with each member the deployment of security and defense forces. Each member will be assigned to an area of responsibility, if available and possible.
Section 2 - System Ownership and Governorships
Base governorship may be granted to a group of individuals, numbering a minimum of five, if they have proven that they are willing and able to manage a station and have the approval of the Zoner Alliance. If decisions made by this group lead to the damaging of Zoner neutrality or relations with other organizations, this governorship may be revoked, returning control to the Zoner Alliance. Revoking a groups governorship requires a unamimous vote by the Alliance Committee. On issues of grand scale politically that have the possibility of impacting all Zoners, the Zoner Alliance has the authority to make decisions related to those issues alone. System ownership follows A.D.M.I.N. protocols and laws.
2.1 System Ownership;
Zoner Trade Consortium - The system of Omicron-74
Temporary Autonomous Zoners - The system of Baffin
2.2 Current Governorships;
Zoner Trade Consortium - Freeport 9 and Corfu
Temporary Autonomous Zoners - Freeport 6
Omicron Supply Industries - Freeport 14 and Ames Research Station
Virulian Enclave - Boa Vista Station and Porto Novo
Zoner Ore Extraction - ?
2.3 Restrictions;
Gran Canaria is governed by the Zoner Alliance in all situations, and governorships can not be granted to any groups or organizations.
Section 3 - Alliance Committee Structure and Responsibilities
3.1 Alliance Committee Structure
The Alliance Committee consists of one representative from each member body. If the selected representative cannot be present to vote for a member body, a proxy can be used.
Current Committee members;
Doc Hollidar, TAZ
Victor Cross, OSI
Charles Burns, ZTC
Chester Copperton, ZoE
Edward Zhane, VE
William Ironfoot, ZUI
Each member of the Committee has a single vote to cast on decisions made by the Committee.
3.2 Ship Purchase by Non-Zoners;
General Guidlines:
Any request for equipment, technology, and/or ship(s) will be denied if...
...your faction already has similar equipment, technology, or ship types.
Exception(s):
* You are on excellent diplomatic terms with the Zoner Alliance (Allied or long time friend).
* You want a Corvo Class Deep Space Exploration Cruiser for research.
...you plan to use the equipment, technology, and/or ship(s) to actively hunt and/or engage hostiles.
Examples:
* No bounty hunting allowed.
* No deliberately putting your ship into a situation where you are forced to defend yourself, such as entering an area that you know is frequently visited by people that want you dead.
Exceptions:
* You plan to use it against Zoner hostiles (Nomads, Wilde, etc.)
If your request adheres to the above guidelines, please fill out the following form:
Quote:Your name: Adam Sandler
Affliations: Happy Madison Productions
Exact transponder ID: HMP|Adam.Sandler
You registerd ID: Freelancer ID
Exact equipment requested: Conference Gunboat & 4 Zoner gunboat turrets
Reason for request: Happy Madison Productions needs an vessel able to escort our company yacht while at the same time able to store the majority of our production equipment.
Your intended use of our equipment: Escorting and transporting of goods
You understand that our equipment is not to be used in an offensive way nor shall it be used against any Zoner? Yes / No
You understand that if you break any of our usage conditions we will reclaim the equipment? Yes / No
Any comments you have:
I turned 40 in September, thank you ... my goal is to make it through the next hour without having to get up and pee.
3.3 Declaring Hostiles;
The Alliance Committee is responsible for declaring individuals hostile to the Zoners and using A.D.M.I.N. given FR5 protocols.
Section 4 - Membership
4.1 Membership;
New groups can apply for membership and then must be approved by a majority vote by the Alliance Committee. New Independents must be accepted by the ZUI for membership. Zoner clans must have at least 6 members to be considered, with less than 6 members they apply to the ZUI and work within that member body until such a time as they have the required members count.
Alliance members can be dismissed from the ZA by the complementary remainder of AC representatives voting unanimously. Individual Zoners can be removed by the ZUI itself or by a majority votes in the Alliance Committee.
4.2 Membership Responsibility;
All members have chosen to become part of the ZA. Each individual of each member is required to participate and assist their representative by voting, in a manner that will put their best interests forward. Each representative is charged with the responsibility of voting, in the manner that best suite the interests of his or her group. The Alliance Committee is in charge of forwarding the ideal and morals of the ZA and Zoners as a whole.
4.3 Nonmembers;
Nonmembers are not held to any treaty, deal or policy that is put forth by the ZA. Nonmembers are also not going to receive any protection if they violate any treaties or agreements or break any policies put forth by the ZA. Nor will they receive any protections by the ZA security forces if they are found breaking ZA policies, treaties or trade agreements.
Section 5 - Decision Making and Voting
5.1 Each faction group is charged with determining how they will choose and direct their representative. The representatives will then come together and lay forth the concerns or points brought to them by their group. Discussions will be limited to 48 hours and Alliance Committee deliberations will be limited to 48hours, followed by a vote. If a specific discussion cannot be met within the time limit, the Alliance Committee can approve an extension on the time for deliberations so the matter can be resolved properly.
5.2 Treaties
The Alliance Committee will appoint one person to be the negotiator for each treaty. The negotiator does not have to be a member of the Alliance Committee. Once the negotiator is chosen, they will be the only one allowed to conduct the talks. The Alliance Committee can remove a negotiator by a majority vote, or assign additional envoys to assist. Members agree not to break into or interrupt any talks being performed by the negotiator.
5.3 Foreign Contacts
If any non-Zoner faction contacts the ZA the according member must inform the Alliance Committee about this contact when common Zoner issues, policies, or treaties are concerned. An Alliance Committee representative or an assigned envoy will step into contact the outside faction / agency then regarding their request, and present it to the ZA with any recommendations afterward allowing the members to enter their processes of decision making.
5.4 Policies
Any member can bring up ideas for new policies. All new policies will be discussed and if the Alliance Committee feels they merit a vote, one will be opened.
5.5 Voting will be handled in the open for all members to see. Once cast votes are final. The Alliance Committee will then collect all votes and to publish each in public in one post including a final statement addressing possible consequences.
5.6 Proxies
In the case of absences of representatives during a vote, the Alliance Committee can urge the according group to select a temporary representative for that vote.
5.7 Veto power
Registered factions and the ZUI have the ability to veto any decision passed by the Alliance Committee. If an item is vetoed it will be brought back to deliberation to see if an agreement can be reached. Once deliberations are done a second vote on a resolution will be called.
With that he walked out onto the balcony with Matok.
