...Incoming Transmission...
Source: Commander Kaylee Staite
Affiliation: The Order
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"Sorry to bother you, Councilmen and women, but I happen to have a problem with a specific Zoner - one John Bess. This individual decided to barge into a diplomatic conference between Order and Liberty ambassadors, and attempted to tell us that we were not welcome on the station, and that we were not welcome because we happened to not be wearing pinneal amulets... strange concept, I thought only the TAZ wore those..."
"Regardless, I spoke to Mr. Bess in private, informing him that, as always, Freeports were neutral ground open to any who respected Zoner laws. Now, only moments before mooring our ships in order to undertake this diplomatic conference, both Order and Liberty naval craft worked in unison to repel a Nomad assault on Freeport 11. I would like to think that, allegiance aside, that alone would earn us the right to use one room for a matter of hours."
"Mr. Bess' response was, in short, that my ship - an Order vessel - along with the Liberty Admiral's vessel, were now "banned" from Freeport 11. To use his exact words 'Freeport 11 is now closed to both of you'. Now, those may just be the words of a powerless, ranting lunatic, but it disturbs me that any one Zoner would dare to claim any vessels banned from the station. I was under the impression that such an action could only be taken by the Council itself."
"Further, that any Zoner would attempt to deny access to Freeports to a group which is considered one of their closest allies (that being The Order), is outrageous, to say the least. Now I have been informed by Marvin of the Zoner Federation that this individual... John Bess... is part of the group known as the Zoner Consortium. All I ask is that this matter is looked into if time permits, I dont particularly like having delicate peace talks disrupted by lunatics."
"For reference, the conference room recorders have his actions on file, located here"
...Incoming Transmission...
Source: Commander Kaylee Staite
Affiliation: The Order
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"The negotiations are of importance to everyone in The Order, but we have yet to see if anything will come of it. I apologize for not being able to give notice ahead of time, but I was not going to pass up the chance to speak to this Liberty Admiral face to face, and I dont think asking them to wait several days so I could get a response back from the Council of Zoners would have been very welcoming in light of offered negotiations."
"As far as holding something like this in Alaska... that is far from neutral ground for us. Alaska has a much higher presence of Nomads than Delta, and there's also the danger of being caught in enemy territory if this whole thing ends up being a trap. I would much rather hold a conference in a location that is neutral to both parties, and Freeports are simply the best option."
"And for the record, the Zoners were informed of this meeting before we moored at Freeport 11. Marvin Ophidian of the Zoner Federation was present, as was an Aquilon Captain, and both gave me authorization to open up one of the conference rooms. Regardless, your man was out of line telling anyone that they are "barred from the station" without an extremely good reason, and he had none. No Zoner laws were violated, there was no hostility whatsoever, and his actions were uncalled for."
This is my response on the official diplomatic channels which descripes the situation as a whole.
Just let me point out one thing: Liberty Battlecruisers in Omicron Delta are sometimes, just if you are not a pope, a bit unusual, or not.
Anyway, i told one, i told twice - a storm was rising up - that bloody big toy was docked.
After that storm i had to tell the same story again, realizing to be completely ignored.
According to my very neutral status and to our policies which were provided at least via printed apples i dunno care about being donut or jelly.
I just caused to malfunction that little electronic shield thing and got suddenly the fully attention of zat captain - realizing he may be in strudelland or perhaps not.
If you captains of this scrap things cannot park proper in or into a lot or a lot and purchase a valid ticket don't blame the security pope.
I think we need a motion about toll boths now.
PS:
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CommID: John Bess
Location: Freeport XV
Ahoy Marvin.
Perhaps you should spend more time at our chambers or not.
As commanding officer of the Emerald Star former part of the ZRT strike force, now integrated in the defence forces of the Zoner Trading Consortium i and my fellow Zoner friends have defended Freeport 11 and Freeport 1 of the jelly and jelly loving factions.
Beside that my little trading vessel the Emerald Glow had provided A LOT of ZONER ONLY supply runs for a very long time and helped to support our maintance crews on all Freeports in Sirius.
Perhaps you missed the Council's motions on our now offical policies.
There is absolutely no reason to ignore our policies, even after explained by me for three times.
And i do not care were that warship was is or will be from.
I expelled him, revoked his right to call himself a pope and told him to leave or to dock.
That merchant, plumber, gunsmith, captain or gardener just received the treatment like everyone else - including the jellies.
If you are still not enlightened i suggest you visit the temple in Baffin or just perhaps or not.
Now what is in Sparta's name the problem here?
I asked for the tickets but there were none.
I asked to get some but i got ignored.
And doing Kinderherding is not part of my job description.
Freeport 11 is absolutely not a place to commence a meeting BEHIND the lines - or please tell me a way to explain to our guests at Freeport 10 why there are artefacts on the tables in the bar.
Well I have to confess that i'm not a diplomat but a shipwright and warrior.
My intention was and will be to protect our installations all over Sirius and to ensure our neutrality.
And a Liberty warship like any other not allied warship in front of any of our installations, especially at this very Freeport, is not acceptable to me.
I gave more than three warnings and even explained them - dock or just move out of out NFZ.
If any visitor got a problem with this simple rule i got no problem to turn him into a fried jellie or you.