We can confirm from the statement of my clients, that at the time of your scans that they had just started to head to the position of the miners who had hired them to haul ore...
If names are requested...
They are the Afred.von.Kurz and the Captain of the CT-17 River....Both are Dauman vessels....
-"If we do not learn at least one thing a day....Our minds turn to stupor"- Kyle Sparrgrove -2005
As the heated debate between Steiner and the Junker's lawyer suddenly dies down, the whole courtroom goes silent. The nervous movement of a young soldier, dressed in the olive-green Rheinwehr ceremonial uniform can be clearly made out. The judge, visibly bored to tears looks up and nods, giving the word to the uneasy representative of the Rheinwehr Hauptflotte. The bald and young soldier, creating an illusion of intelligece due to his eerie-looking glasses nervously stands up, wipes some sweat off his forehead and opens up a portable communicator on the table in front of him.
"I-I-I... I represent the Rheinwehr Hauptflotte Oberkommando. A-a-a--admiral Voelkel asked me to deliver this message to the k-k-k-courtroom."
Upon finishing, he looks down at the device in front of him and seemingly randomly presses a few buttons, bringing up a direct transmission and a projected text-based translation of the same message to the courtroom.
=[[color=#33CC00]INCOMING TRANSMISSION]=
SOURCE: [color=#FFCC00]Battleship Strausberg,[color=#33CC00] New Berlin. [color=#33CC00][font=Impact]ENCRYPTION: [color=#FFCC00]Medium, port RM-CH-HC-0244-F.
[font=Verdana][color=#33CC00]SUBMITTER: [color=#FFCC00]Admiral Alec Voelkel, Rheinland Military. [color=#33CC00]RECIPIENT: [color=#FFCC00]Uhland courtroom, New Berlin. [color=#33CC00]SUBJECT: [color=#FFCC00]The official Rheinwehr standpoint.
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I have better things to do, but apparently my opinion is requested in such an irrelevant case.
Allow me to begin with an introduction of a firm which somehow most Junkers seem to forget when they keep emphasizing how waste cleaning and parallel to it, the Junker presence is important for the Rheinland sky-scape.
Since 88 A.S., the ALG Waste Disposal has been taking care of keeping Berlin and as Rheinland expanded, the colonies clean, eventually becoming the most prestigious waste cleaning firm in Sirius. Their efficiency and usefulness in Rheinland, which is the only House that has its own space-based waste cleaning company, can be very well noted by the fact that they easily expanded to universal levels, while sustaining their persistent contribution to cleaning Rheinland's junk as no other organization does.
Given the fact that we have our very own professional waste disposal specialists, the need of another, foreign-based organization concerning itself with the same agenda is rather... vain. Oh, but the Junkers concern themselves with a wide range of other activities too, one would say. Transporting resources and consumer goods? We have the well-reputed Republican shipping to fulfill that task. Mining in Rheinland mining areas? Daumann and Kruger compete with each other and while doing so, they both excellently fulfill that role. What other things might a Junker be doing? Let's see... the reports of the end of 817 December and 818 January speak of massive cargo piracy, assault on authorities and a crisis which cost the lives of hundreds of Rheinland personell as well as billions of credits worth of cash; all caused by Junkers looking to intercept ore shipments?
Ah, yes. Bluntly phrased, Rheinland has little use for the Junkers being in our space, yet the Kanzler decides to tolerate your kind, regardless of your past actions and affiliations to who knows what sorts of malicious organizations. You are a guest. A guest who can thank his presence to the mere good will of the Rheinland citizens and their leader and should very well be appreciative of such a status.
Yet, you repay such a gesture by hiring a lawyer to sue the very own military of the state and those who are serving their country with their lives and turn a blind eye over the actions of you and your comrades.
Oh, while we're at it. What are you trying to prove by hiring a lawyer to "sue" the Rheinwehr, its soldiers and commanders in their own state? Just a word of yet again, good will: Our politicians, soldiers and even judges have better things to concern themselves with.
Now. As for the officialdoms. I could only endorse what has been said above. Be glad you're alive. While I don't quite understand how the WRF has any authority to ban vessels from any part of Rheinland space, the Daumann Heavy Construction reserves the right to restrict traffic into their mining fields and stations as they will, unless it is in violation of Rheinland law. Which is not the case.
A wise Junker in Rheinland space better move when asked to and should refrain from complaining, no matter how "unjustified" the actions taken may be.
The silence taking over the courtroom once again is broken by the nervous clicking of the Rheinwehr soldier, toying with the communicator. Upon shutting it down, he nods towards the judge, mumbles something with "your honor" in it, then sits down.
My clients would first like to say it is good to hear the one holding the might of the Rhienland Military aside from the Kanlzer himself and gladly give thanks for his response...
Now to the matter...
Yes even with respectible companies that operate in Rhienland itself, and with waste disposal still going strong with ALG and the general support of the Junker population...
This does not mean that a group of pilots should only stick to one profession no?....Should we only limit ourselves to one particular field of expertize?...No...Any pilots should have the right to choose to branch out into other fields of the economic spectrum if they are to continue to survive...
Yes thank you for clearing up that it is Dauman Heavy Construction itself which can say who and who cannot operate in that particular field and clearing up on what the WRF can and can't do. I applaud you on that clearing..
But the point to this that a member of the Rhieland Military is threatening the very lives of my clients with his position in the Military itself?...To be able to use that position to get away with attempted murder?!...Pirates are one thing, yes indeed, but not when the group being threatened has commited no crimes against any house whatsoever, Has never pirated another vessel, and has never used the weapons on their ship in anything but in self defense...And for the record we have multiple confirmations of this statement to be fact....
And you say, that anyone should refrain, from any kind of complaining, of any kind....
To justify, that the lives of my clients, to be nothing more then dust in the wind, no matter who they are, is simply barbaric...
To state at this current time why charges of Attempted Murder and plotting to commit murder have not been charged onto the pilot of the WRF is clearly quite puzzling....
-"If we do not learn at least one thing a day....Our minds turn to stupor"- Kyle Sparrgrove -2005
Now, how you got attention what you wanted I can say only that, if we see your client entering Omega 11 system we will destroy his ship, it is so simply. Your client already got warning, so I hope he wont be surprised... And if you want to know what can or can't do WRF in Omega 11 systems, just visit us on your client's ship.... You will enjoy our hmmmm "hospitality".
You are stating that if my clients should enter Omega-11 for no reason!...Whatsoever!....They will be shot on sight!?...
By the love of god, how are you in the military?!....
*Marcus points directly at Officer Stiener*
You sir!....
Sound more like a Das Wilde pilot then a subject of the Military of Rhienland!...
And your immediate claim of shooting on sight my clients vessel only proves the state of the matter...
I do believe that with your statements alone, there is no need to bring up evidence in support of my clients...
But for the reason of justice in this court I will continue to press these matters...If not here then to a higher court....
If word of this spread to Liberty space not only would it show matters of how people in certian groups of the Rhienland Military use their position of power to commit murder....
By the love of god, this is never to be seen withing the ranks of any organization that works to ensure that peace persists each day....
I would like to ask the court to recess this meeting till Monday September 13, 818 AS....
-"If we do not learn at least one thing a day....Our minds turn to stupor"- Kyle Sparrgrove -2005
For the records: yes we will shoot him down, as soon as we see or get report he entered Omega 11 system once more. We have reason meinherr, this is why he got ban from Omega 11 system. Your client got direct warning and if he broke our instructions we get permission automatically shooting him down. And one more insult and we shoot your client down anywhere, where we see him, whatever he enter or not into Omega 11 system.
Having paid more attention in the last few minutes, he takes up a serious look and gazes at the lawyer through his glasses.
"Herr Diolen... the Liberty media portrays us, average Rheinlanders who are not even in the military, as religious fanatics who commit cannibalism and infanticide. Threatening to take this issue to the Liberty media will obviously not cause any visible impact on an already damaged reputation supported by fake evidence. What's your point?"
The point is sir that with actions being taken by Officer Stiener to shoot on sight the vessel of my clients will only go to prove the propaganda that the Liberty Media have been pushing onto its people!....
To the matter of evidence your honor...I present exhibit A....These are the logs taken from the Maverick IV's recorder to show what occured and what was said from Officer Stiener...
As you can see here...Our client, despite the Dauman miner telling Officer Stiener that my Clients were employed under a simple transport deal, being forced away from Omega-11 in an agressive manner...Despite the miner also stating that no piracy acts were committed whatsoever, Officer Stienr threatened to order the dropping of all cargo they had....
As again stated, I would like to request a recess of this court to discuss matters at the current time with my clients..Till then...They will not enter Rhienland space until after this matter has been settled..
-"If we do not learn at least one thing a day....Our minds turn to stupor"- Kyle Sparrgrove -2005
Guess you missed the person, officer Steiner is a fighter pilot, not a commandant of a gunboat or any capital vessel, but the wing leader of Alpha team. And if your client will not enter into Rheinland area, all problem solved, so do not waste our time.
The Daumann corporation as I know never made business with junkers or never let it to their subcontractors. They have business contract with Republican Shipping not with Junkers, and if necessary we can hire the represent of Daumann corporation, he will tell the same. If your client's client was Daumann worker he made illegal action making deal with a junker.
Better if your client and everyone else learn finally: if a foreigner dont have written permission and we catch him with rheinland goods, this foreigner find himself in a trouble. If someone follow the right procedures, ask and get permission from mining companies, then he dont need to fear from our law keepers. Better if your client do this before send us a cowl to us who call himself a lawyer. Luckily the things are simply and you can talk as much as you want the things wont change: Your client are not welcomed and I guess he will not too, until he dont step to the right way and turn to Daumann transportation office for license. As I know this is the same way with Krugers too.
After a few days of discussion with my clients of The.Maverick.IV...
They have decided to make the following changes to their lawsuit..
First..
They wish to apologize to the Military of Rhienland and Officer Stiener for their statement in claiming it was Officer Stiener's Ship which stopped them...
The charges however still stand but they will not be targeted to The Rhienland Military itself as a whole..but to the WRF division....
New charges are hereby placed against Officer Stiener himself and the amount being sued for has been dropped to 50 Million SC....
The Charges against Officer Stiener are as follows:
1 Charge of Conspiracy to commit murder
1 Charge of Military Brutality
My clients also demand that due to Officer Stiener's actions...The he be demoted or removed from his position...
In return...My clients shall hereby put forward the proper Applications to allow them to pilot in the Omega-11 system and help to convey materials mined in that sector...
That is all...
-"If we do not learn at least one thing a day....Our minds turn to stupor"- Kyle Sparrgrove -2005