A disturbing report crossed my desk today, coming from Kusari Naval Forces Admiralty.
What appears to be a Liberty Navy strike force seems to have used Kusari sovereign space as a short cut, from Tau border words to Kepler system.
Informed by Nansei Reseach Complex long range scanners, a wing was sent to investigate this troubling matter. They eventually found one ship jumping to Kepler system, and met the entirety of this very strike force near Shikoku gate.
I will attach the black-box logs of the Tokkeitai agent Kiyohime's ship, regarding the discussion our forces and yours had :
++ Source : Chimaera Ichi-Roku-san, special investigation wing Sakura ++
++ Operator : Tokubetsu-keibi-tai agent 'Kiyohime' ++ [KNF]'Hakutaku': Classified is not a good answer. [LN]-Roy.Sanders: Tough. [LN]-Christina;Robinson: I gave you an answer, he's just being obtuse. He's moody. [KNF]'Hakutaku': You may pretend what you want. I saw you jumping. [LN]-Roy.Sanders: But I'll drop you a hint. [LN]-Christina;Robinson: How did you see us jumping? [LN]-Roy.Sanders: Kusari was a shortcut. Our business within your nation did not pertain to you. If you want to start a war it's on your hands. We're RTB. [KNF]'Kiyohime': You are not allowed to pass through Kusari without requesting it first to Kusari Naval Forces. [LN]-Roy.Sanders: Ok. [LN]-Christina;Robinson: We weren't in Kusari. [KNF]'Kiyohime': It's not O.K. You were. Stop lying. What makes you think you can dodge our long range scanners in Kyushu system? Do you think we are that blind? [LN]-Christina;Robinson: Long ranged scan? Your scanners must be faulty! Well if you have actual proof of our presence in Kyushu... I'd be glad to see it. If it's just hearsay and scanner readings then... Well that wont stand up anywhere. [KNF]'Kiyohime': How convenient. This violation of our space won't be forgiven. [LN]-Roy.Sanders: Ok. [LN]-Rachel.Baker.: Oh I -do- just love a bit of sabre rattling. Has a border region patrol really irked you so? [KNF]'Kiyohime': When that patrol passed through Kusari it does. [LN]-Christina;Robinson: Prove it and we'll answer your legitimate queries. [LN]-Rachel.Baker.: I have heard nothing to support that claim. [LN]-Christina;Robinson: As I said, we can't rely on long range scanner readings you know, how ghosty they can be... [LN]-Rachel.Baker.: As far as I know, my people were conducting a patrol of the border regions, our own long range scans prove this to be accurate. [KNF]'Kiyohime': If this is how you want to resolve this, by block denying everything you have done, so be it. So much for diplomacy. I'm impressed. [KNF]'Hakutaku': Simply telling the truth would have been received far better. [LN]-Rachel.Baker.: Well you boys are out here rattling your...katanas, over a border patrol, so hey.. I'm impressed too. [KNF]'Kiyohime': Keep taking that borderline insulting tone. It surely helps. [LN]-Rachel.Baker.: I'll take whatever tone I deem fit for you people. Accosting my men is not something I take lightly. [KNF]'Kiyohime': I wonder what would happen if you saw a patrol going all sneaky through Liberty Systems. A Naval Forces one. [LN]-Rachel.Baker.: A Radar ghost is not the same as actually seeing something, you know? [KNF]'Kiyohime': Oh don't worry. We will forward strong evidences to the Ministry of Defence about this situation. Your denial has been noted. It will surely serve your goal. [LN]-Roy.Sanders: Feel free to forward whatever evidence you have. I'm sure they'll be interested to see it. [KNF]'Kiyohime': Most definitely. [LN]-Rachel.Baker.: Of course you will. As I'll forward my own evidence concerning Kusari forces harassing Libertonian patrols in the border regions. I'm sure we'll spark quite a nice fire. If that's the path you wish to take. [KNF]'Kiyohime': If you so want this situation to escalate, be my guest. I'm sure Liberty does need more enemies right now. [LN]-Christina;Robinson: Why don't we all just cool down, and see what evidence we can bring to the table... [KNF]'Kiyohime': You refused to discuss this. You just flew away, used a rude tone to answer our inquiries. And now you want us to cool down? [LN]-Christina;Robinson: Seem to be getting hot under that collar of yours. Wouldn't want high blood pressure problems. [KNF]'Kiyohime': If you say so. [LN]-Rachel.Baker.: Look, as far as I know, you have long range scans, which could very well be radar ghosts. [LN]-Christina;Robinson: But you know all this talk is really moot. If you have concrete evidence of our forces trespassing in your lands... [LN]-Rachel.Baker.: And I insist that my men were simply operating in the border regions. [KNF]'Kiyohime': We do. Your stance is noted. [LN]-Christina;Robinson: Then we can handle this on a diplomatic channel, no? Where such evidence can be presented and considered... [LN]-Rachel.Baker.: Accusing my men of violating the sovereignty of Kusari is not something I take lightly. You must understand. I wouldn't ever condone such a thing. [KNF]'Kiyohime': You wouldn't condone your men violating Kusari sovereign space? I see. [LN]-Rachel.Baker.: The Sovereignty of other nations is something I have a great deal of respect for. As somebody in a position such as mine should. [LN]-Christina;Robinson: Im sure they will be adequately disciplined if the charges prove to be true... wouldn't you agree Fleet Admiral? [LN]-Rachel.Baker.: Of course, Ms. Robinson. In any case...now that we're all calm here. I understand that radar ghosts can appear to be very real sometimes, and I understand how alarming that must have been [KNF]'Kiyohime': Save it. [LN]-Rachel.Baker.: But I promise you that the Liberty Navy has no interest in violating Kusari Sovereignty. Oh yes yes, "Save it", said the stoic Kusari officer.
I will save you my opinion regarding the insulting tone the officers of your forces used to answer to our officers' polite inquiries, and their attempts to pose as mere victims of harassment by our forces.
The Ministry of Defence fails to understand how your forces could have decided to pass through Kusari space without a word and then to deny it, when they could simply have requested to pass through our space and being escorted to Liberty, thus avoiding all this tension to occur.
This is the second incident involving Liberty Military forces operating in Kusari sovereign space, which makes us genuinely ask :
Does the Republic of Liberty seek to anger the house of Kusari to the point diplomatic relations would come to a dramatic state between our two houses?
As your Military personnel refused to acknowledge their mistake, and granted their less than pleasant attitude, I would really appreciate if you, honourable representatives, took the decision to not disrespect us further by answering with false truths.
There is no benefit for both of our houses to turn against one another. As a matter of fact, I do believe the house of Liberty has enough concerns - and enemies - as it is.
ENCRYPTION: Moderate PRIORITY: Normal TARGET ID: "Suwa Katsuko; Kusari MoD; Libertonian DFA;DoD." SUBJECT:Border Incident. SENDER ID: Fleet Admiral Rachel Alexis Baker, First Fleet, Liberty Navy.
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Despite the chest thumping and sabre rattling days ago, I have no intention of escalating a military conflict with The Kusari Republic.
After reviewing the evidence supplied, I would like to again reassure all involved parties that no violation of Kusari Sovereignty was intended. The pilot who was discovered within your borders one "Marisa Marshall", is a relatively new recruit to the First Fleet, a Junior Officer fresh out of West Point.
While I was not immediately present as a member of that patrol, it is entirely possible; and likely, that she misinterpreted an order an that that is the cause of her entrance into Kusari space. I can assure you that the communications systems in her ship will be checked over to ensure that this does not happen again.
I assume however, that you hope for a response from my government and not me, still though, I felt the need to speak up, as I -do- wish to avoid any sort of military conflict, despite the attitude I may have taken upon my arrival in Kepler.
It's been more than a week the Republic is waiting for an official statement regarding this incident. I'm afraid Admiral Baker-san intervention cannot be satisfactory on its own.
Despite her assertion she doesn't want to witness relations between our two houses deteriorate, Baker-san did not believe apologies would be necessary in that very situation. Furthermore, blaming a subordinate, rather than taking responsibility for her actions, doesn't incite us to trust her judgement more than politesse suggests.
Her communication doesn't explain either how our scanners appeared to detect strange reading in Kyushu system, nor why a Liberty Navy strike force was that close to Kusari borders; Right near Shikoku gate.
While I am perfectly aware of the level of trust one can put on long range scanners readings, because of the very location of our house - deep within the Crow Nebula - our scanning technology is far from being as useless as the Liberty Navy might think.
Given the answer of Admiral Baker-san, which is, and I'm sad to have to say this, insulting our intelligence, and considering the lack of a formal response, not to say apology, from the republic of Liberty, it is my sad duty to inform you that the Parliament began some talks regarding the actions the Republic should take in regard with the House of Liberty.
As stated in our previous transmission, the House of Kusari isn't looking for a new conflict. The ones we had with the house of Bretonia, and later with the house of Gallia, cost many lives. That said, when our neighbours decide to treat our house without any respect, we cannot let it go unanswered.
I truly do hope the Republic will be eventually treated by Liberty government as it should be - With honesty and consideration - before we are forced to make a move that won't be benefiting anyone.
Therefore, granted the House of Liberty's decision to ignore this issue, the Republic of Kusari has hereby decided to enforce an embargo on Liberty Borders. No H-Fuel will be allowed from now on to reach Liberty from Kusari core space.
Liberty corporations won't be banned from Kusari. However, any ship belonging to a Liberty corporation will be subject to additional taxes.
We will keep this channel open in case the House of Liberty representatives ever felt the need to discuss.
To the honorable Suwa Katsuko, of the Kusari Ministry for Defense, greetings.
The Republic of Liberty recognizes the difficulties posed by the matters you've presented us, and after much discussion amongst the involved parties we are willing to address them in turn.
To the incident involving the Liberty Navy First Fleet pilot returning to the border system of Kepler; we find Fleet Admiral Baker has sufficiently addressed the matter to our satisfaction. Our records show that Marisa Marshall is a recent graduate of the West Point Military Academy and has only recently achieved flight status. Maintenance records for her fighter on that day indicate that the vessel's navigation system had a glitch in it that would have contributed to her ending up going to the system of Shikoku instead of returning to the system of Colorado, as she intended. Your evidence merely displays that she was, in fact, looking to return from your territory to the neutral system of Kepler. No evidence has been presented that this pilot penetrated any deeper into sovereign Kusari territory, or was involved in any action against your government. We consider this issue to be trivial and dismiss it as such.
To the incident involving the Liberty Security Force transport Scinfaxi; the captain of the vessel was operating against protocol and has since been incarcerated to await court-martial for reckless behavior. If you have further evidence attaining to the captain's behavior beyond commanding his vessel into your territory we would appreciate if you would transmit that to us for consideration in the trial. It is of course not the protocol for any LSF vessel to surrender itself to a foreign power regardless of the circumstances. We're sure your own Kempeitai forces work with the same modus operandi.
To the incident involving the Universal Shipping, Incorporated transport and the hyperspace scanner equipped Liberty Siege Cruiser; we have reviewed your pilot's report and find that you have already addressed the issue internally. The Siege Cruiser was forced from your territory and the captain of the transport yielded the fine requested. We will of course add the Siege Cruiser to the watch list for rogue Security Force assets, and summarily deny support to the vessel and crew until such time as it is either confirmed captured by our forces or otherwise destroyed. If you wish to apply specific sanctions to the transport vessel involved or to Universal Shipping, Incorporated's head division as a whole, the Republic of Liberty recognizes your right to act accordingly and will support a reasonable decision on the matter by your government.
Finally, we find your declaration of embargo to be an overreaction that will only enflame the fires of hostility between our two Houses. The Republic of Liberty would like to remind the Kusari Ministry for Defense that only a year ago a rogue agent of the Kempeitai attempted an assassination of a Samura Omotai Zaibatsu Board Member and a ranking officer of the Liberty Navy First Fleet, the same Fleet Admiral Rachel Baker, over Planet Manhattan, and that no embargo against the Republic of Kusari was enacted for what was tantamount to an act of war. We hereby formally request the immediate and complete retraction of your embargo against the Republic of Liberty. It is unfounded, unwarranted, and unsuitable to the continued peaceful coexistence between our two great Houses.
- Harrison McRemitz, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
I'm glad the Republic of Liberty representatives were kind enough to eventually reply to our legitimate concerns.
Sadly, we did state more than once we would be forced to make a move in the event the House of Liberty governing body would neglect to take this matter seriously.
Most unfortunately, this blockade will stay in effect as long as your forces will keep violating Kusari sovereign space.
Once again, our long range scanners detected some odd signals. This time in New Tokyo system. Our patrols eventually spotted the vessels at the origin of these signals. A Liberty Security Forces wing.
Note our forces didn't destroy this strike force, even if they had all the rights to. I cannot guarantee the next Liberty Military force found in Kusari won't be shot on sight without warning, however.
I simply fail to understand why it was necessary, once again, to violate our space on purpose, without informing us. If your forces are operating in Taus, can't they use the Barrier pass?
Please do tell me, if you do not have any control on your forces any-more. We could dispatch some elements of the Naval Forces Tokkeitai division, in order to help you teach your men how they should behave.
You are telling me this blockade is unfounded and unwarranted. This is where our opinions differ.
Not only did your government decide to happily ignore this incident until they were forced to react but incidents keep happening. Not even once did your government or Admiral Baker apologize. You instead decided to answer with brazen lies.
Please be certain I'm saddened to have to express myself so crudely : the House of Liberty displayed an insufferable lack of respect since the beginning of this crisis. And unfortunately, we people of the great House of Kusari do value it a lot.
There can be no fruitful relations without respect. I can only humbly suggest your government to mediate on this.
COMM ID:General Elijah Brand, Director of the Liberty Security Force TARGET ID:Ministry of Defense for the Republic of Kusari SUBJECT:Recent events ENCRYPTION:Moderate PRIORITY:High
Representatives of the Ministry of Defense for the Republic of Kusari,
I wish I could be contacting you under better circumstances, however we all hold the positions we do because we know how to act in critical situations. With that being said I believe we owe your government an explanation.
The Liberty Security Force is tasked with ensuring the security of the Republic of Liberty by any means deemed necessary. Liberty has interests spread throughout every corner of the Sirius Sector, so this is a massive undertaking involving countless personnel. This means that all too often bureaucracy can get in the way of vital operations as agents seek authorization that can take hours to get. In this business, as I’m sure your own Kempeitai will confirm, time is of the essence and can be the difference between life and death on a grand scale. To try and overcome this problem, certain groups within the Liberty Security Force are given the authority to act somewhat independently and authorize high risk operations. The agents that breached Kusari space formed part of a task force that was assigned to apprehend a high value target that poses a significant risk to Liberty national security. The wing commander had received intelligence, which indicated the target would be in the Tau-23 system on the day of the incident. Not wanting to miss such an opportunity the commander led an LSF special operations wing into the Tau region. Once our forces had arrived in Tau-23 the commander received further intelligence that said the target had jumped to Kyushu in an attempt to avoid capture and was close to the Tau-23 jump hole. The Commander took the decision to pursue said target into Kusari sovereign space. Upon arrival the wing was attacked by an ambush set up by an overwhelming Nomad force, pushing our operatives deeper into Kusari space. The wing was given two options; fight back and die or escape deeper into Kusari space. I have no doubt that if faced with the same circumstances, your forces would have done the same.
Upon full investigation into the incident our analysts have concluded that the false intelligence was in fact provided to us by the Nomads in an attempt further worsen our relations. I plead with the Republic of Kusari to take this into consideration, as we cannot allow ourselves to be manipulated by the Nomads. This is a mistake on the part of the Liberty Security Force, orchestrated by Nomad forces, one which at the time the Government of the Republic of Liberty was unaware of. All member of the LSF wing that were involved are currently being investigated by the Department of Internal Affairs and held at an LSF black site at an undisclosed location. Allowing ourselves to be tricked by the Nomads is nothing less than absolutely unacceptable and our main priority right now is to understand exactly how it happened and what we can do to ensure it won’t happen again.
We realize the seriousness of this incident and the implications that could come about as a result. We have already begun to take steps that will ensure this kind of incident will not happen again. I hope that the Republic of Kusari recognizes that the Liberty Security Force is able to admit when we make a mistake and that we do all we can to rectify any problems they cause.
I sincerely hope that this will work towards repairing the damage our relationship has recently sustained.
General Brand Elijah, Representatives of the Republic of Liberty,
We were hoping for the Republic to issue an official response. I can only assume the Republic of Liberty representatives asked the General Brand to answer for the House of Liberty as a whole.
Most unfortunately, General, the version you are expounding contradicts the facts we do have in our possession.
You do claim this L.S.F strike force did venture in Kyushu system from Tau 23, when we do know this strike force actually moved to the Taus via Kusari space, resulting in our long range scanners detecting those ships in New Tokyo system.
Kyushu system exits have been closely watched by the West fleet, following this discovery. This is how your vessels were eventually found near Tau 23 hole, as they attempted to jump to the Taus.
It appears the evidences forwarded to your government makes you think you can, like Liberty Navy, answer with dishonesty.
To our great disappointment, it does seem we cannot expect the House of Liberty to treat us with respect. This results in a deadlock, that only the House of Liberty can act against, by eventually deciding to treat their neighbours with respect and honesty.
Until then, the blockade on Liberty borders will stay in effect.
Lastly, your forces probably received the KNF Admiralty broadcast defining our South fleet directives. It was made public to let our neighbours know we have no hostile intentions against the House of Liberty, despite the affront made, and the absence of apologies issued.
We can only hope Liberty military forces will take this into account and do their best to not aggravate this situation further.
We are most disappointed in the continued hostility displayed by your government. As Director of the Liberty Security Forces, General Brand was the authorized representative of the Republic of Liberty in this matter. He has the full faith and confidence of our government, and his statement is our statement on the matter. He would not have responded on this channel were he not authorized to do so explicitly by us.
The Republic of Kusari states that we are not treating them with respect. We find that is you who are not treating us with respect. You have rebuffed our explanations at every turn, and dismissed our representatives out of hand.
The Republic of Kusari claims to have facts on their side. You claim to have evidence that our operatives moved through Kusari core space from Liberty to the location where you spotted them on the fringes of the Kyushu system. We have seen no proof presented that corroborates these claims. You have not shown a tracking of the operatives through your space by your military, much less a record of transmission that said operatives in any way were engaging in hostilities against your forces. Additionally, due to the very nature of Long Range Sensor technology, such proof is hardly grounds to operate on. We have on many occasions had sensor readings of hostiles or other law breakers we have had our forces investigate, only to find nothing as a result. Such technology is at best an alert to investigate, not proof we are able to bring to the table.
We cordially ask that the Republic of Kusari present the facts that it has held to itself in determining that our forces have acted maliciously against your interests. We expected a full disclosure from your government that we may assess the matter ourselves and respond accordingly. If the Republic of Kusari is not able to present anything other than whispers and innuendo, then we ask that they recall their embargo immediately.
Finally, with respect to the South quadrant directive given by your Admiralty, we find the following statement to be disconcerting.
Kusari Kaigun Wrote:Under no circumstances the South quadrant fleet will be allowed to enter in Liberty space, until specified otherwise.
What circumstances would necessitate the Republic of Kusari preparing to escalate an already tense situation with such an announcement?
We look forward to hearing from you soon on this delicate and important matter.
- Harrison McRemitz, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
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