Jose amigo, there is a box with ... he stood up to check up on the content of the box ... 3 more bottles inside. Feel free to grab one at any time. After that, he turned to the screen.
Actually, no. This isn't agreed upon. You just happened to ignore our comments on the proposal. I see a lot of things that aren't needed here. As Jose said, we didn't come here to discuss sovereignty of Gamma, 91, 74, Sigmas, Kappa or Delta - I'm mentioning those just in case someone of you plans to get to it. We're here to talk about the current relations with between the Corsairs and Zoners in Omicron Theta. That means Freeport 9 and Corfu. If you don't have the authority to talk about Corfu, all that is left is to talk about Freeport 9. I'll tell you now, why are we all here. We are here because this station with current rules is a threat to Corsair security. You let everyone dock, and that is not acceptable. They refuel, rearm, and head on their way. I wonder which way. Hm? Corsairs that pass this space are moving to Sigmas or Eta. In one of those systems, we have a base - thus no need to dock here. There is no issue with docking of fighter craft. Those can be disposed of with relative ease. But when I see 5 Ranseurs move towards Freeport 9, I don't find it stupid to assume they are heading here to rearm and proceed south. This is what makes this station a threat. This is what pisses off the Corsairs and ultimately - what was the reason for us attacking some of your ships, and the current blockade.
We came here with a document that would solve the situation, it had 4 points in it, and was one page long. One of those points is now 3 pages long. If we keep this up, we will end up wits something that is twice as long as the Laws of the Corsair Empire. Is that needed? No. It will just trap in a web of legal back doors and failed bureaucracy. Now - to the point. He looked at the screen again. Highlighting point after point and talking about each of them separately.
Quote:1) Freeport 9 and Corfu Station agrees to ban all capital-class ships, with the exception of Zoner capital-class ships from mooring or docking with Freeport 9 and Corfu Station. This applies to any vessel which is a gunboat, cruiser, destroyer, battleship or dreadnought.
THIS ... This is indeed, very important. This is why we are here. As for the following... He highlighted the second paragraph and crossed out some of the text
Quote:2)
a) The Corsair Empire shall recognize <strike>Omicron 74 and everything contained within,</strike> Freeport 9 and 5k of space surrounding it, and Corfu Base and 5k of space surrounding it, as the sovereign territory of the Zoners, with their laws applying within.
b) The Omicroners, Freeport 9 and Corfu station shall recognize the Napo Cloud<strike>, Omicron Gamma and Omicron 91,</strike> as the sovereign territory of the Corsair Empire, with their laws applying within.
I think we all can agree that mentioning Gamma, 91, 74 or any other system, is pretty pointless here. Si?
Quote:c) All other territory within Omicron Theta, shall be considered uncontested<strike>, and for all purposes neutral territory, and a set of mutual laws co-written by the Council of Corsair Elders and The Omicroners shall be written, to be valid for this territory. Until these laws are written, temporary rulings shall be made.
These are:</strike>
i)The Corsair Empire is permitted to act in military defense of Corsair borders in this neutral space with no penality.
ii) The Zoners are allowed to protect supply shipments coming to Freeport 9, with no penalty.
<strike>The writing of new laws immediately dissolves these temporary rulings, and both parties will endeavour to write laws which are clearer and inclusive within a period of two months. Any confliction of Zoner and Corsair interests in this space, dissolves the temporary ruling, and will force the Omicroners, Zoners of Freeport 9 and Corfu Station, and the Council of Elders, to make laws for the territory within 72 hours of the
conflict of interest.</strike>
Again, no need to stress that you can protect your ships and we can protect ours. If you are the kind of pilot that wants to talk his way out of a fight that already started, I suggest you stay docked and deal with docking logs.
Concerning Theta and it being a hole in Gamma's security, the Corsairs would like to construct a base here - preferably in the Napo cloud, where it would be best hid and close to the jumphole to our home system. But that is not the point of this discussion. We can talk about that later. Let's continue with the matters at hand.
Quote:<strike>d) Corsairs will be permitted to open fire within the Zoner's sovereign space in Omicron Theta when all conditions are met:
i) The Corsairs in question capture and be able to provide guncam evidence for every engagement within the sovereign territory of the Zoners in Omicron Theta. If they cannot provide evidence for a specific engagement, their rights to pursue a hostile and engage them in Zoner sovereign space in Omicron Theta shall be revoked with no penalty to the Zoners.
ii) That the Corsair be actively pursuing a target into the NFZ which committed an active hostile action within four hours of the hostile's appearance within Zoner sovereign territory.
iii) Shooting a hostile within the Zoner's sovereign territory for the reason that they are hostile is not permissible. There has to be an active hostile action, within four hours of the hostile's appearance within Zoner sovereign territory.</strike>
This entire part is pointless. The No-Fire Zone rules are covering this already. If they don't, they should.
Quote:<strike>e) Corsairs are not allowed to enter Omicron 74. They are disallowed from following any hostile person or persons into Omicron 74. They are disallowed from opening fire in Omicron 74.</strike>
No. No. And again - NO. We will not exchange Freeport 9 for your base in 74. The Corsairs will pursue targets if they run to your other base. They will hunt the targets that go refueling to your other bases in 74. This will be happening, and we will do whatever we can to stop it. That includes entering the system and going ballistic.
Quote:3) The Corsair Empire is permitted to maintain, at the expense of the Empire itself, weapons platforms and defensive <strike>undockable</strike> structures in the Napo cloud, for the purpose of protecting the Omicron Gamma jump-hole.
I think this is where we talk about a Corsair base in Theta, si? What harm would one do in the Napo cloud? Turrets and platforms aren't effective, when compared to a crew of a military grade vessel and it's crew.
So.. To sum up...
He clicked a button on his screen and the crossed out text disappeared, leaving this on the screen:
Quote:1) Freeport 9 and Corfu Station agrees to ban all capital-class ships, with the exception of Zoner capital-class ships from mooring or docking with Freeport 9 and Corfu Station. This applies to any vessel which is a gunboat, cruiser, destroyer, battleship or dreadnought.
2)
a) The Corsair Empire shall recognize Freeport 9 and 5k of space surrounding it, and Corfu Base and 5k of space surrounding it, as the sovereign territory of the Zoners, with their laws applying within.
b) The Omicroners, Freeport 9 and Corfu station shall recognize the Napo Cloud as the sovereign territory of the Corsair Empire, with their laws applying within.
c) All other territory within Omicron Theta, shall be considered uncontested
i)The Corsair Empire is permitted to act in military defense of Corsair borders in this neutral space with no penality.
ii) The Zoners are allowed to protect supply shipments coming to Freeport 9, with no penalty.
3) The Corsair Empire is permitted to maintain, at the expense of the Empire itself, weapons platforms and defensive structures in the Napo cloud, for the purpose of protecting the Omicron Gamma jump-hole.
Simplicity is bliss, Zoners. Concerning the docking for all Corsair vessels ... We don't need that. Cargo ships, would of course be necessary. Concerning fighters and bombers, that would be welcome, but others are not needed at all. To keep YOU neutral as you claim to be.
