****Incoming Transmission****
****Comm ID: Arbiter Jack Crow****
****Location: Yanagi Depot****
Greetings to the Government of Rheinland. We in the Junker Congress have worked very hard to keep our heads down and not cause trouble in Rheinland, especially given all the other unpleasantness going on. Now I know Junkers sometimes do get out of hand and you should deal with them accordingly when that happens. In hopes of preventing this, I have even assigned two directors to help curb Junker piracy in both Rheinland and the Omegas.
Now if I read the follow decree correctly, it says that any bounty hunter who kills a Junker in Rheinland without that Junker having committed a crime, the bounty hunter will be guilty of manslaughter in Rheinland. If that is true, will you please tell me what you will be doing about the bounty hunters who have been killing Junkers in your capital system.
We have been notified of this dire situation not only the Congress, but all Junkers of Sirius have to face due to the Bounty Hunters preying on their vessels under the contract of the Kusari government.
The highlighted passage from our governmental decree also applies to this case. Yes, these bounty hunters destroying your vessels within Rheinland sovereign space indeed commit crimes of murder.
We do not exactly understand the reason for your message being sent however. Most the government of Rheinland can do in this case is that we prosecute the bounty hunters being involved in the murder of Junker individuals. Punishments should vary ranging from fines to execution on the field, depending on the severity of the crime, but you have to understand that the Rheinland law-preserving forces cannot always be present when an assault on civilians occur.
If you have sufficient evidence of Bounty Hunters attacking your vessels within Rheinland space (as long as they abide the laws of Rheinland themselves), forward it to a Rheinland Military channel and we will deal with the issue accordingly.
Hochachtungsvoll,
Vizeadmiral Alec Voelkel
Powering down transmitter...
Cutting comm link...
Closing visual data...
------------------End of Transmission-----------------
I know there are Junkers who run afoul of the law and you will get no complaint from me when they are dealt with. I am told this ship that was attacked in New Berlin was a simple Junker scrapping out a living with his family on board. Is this the treatment we can expect in Rheinland?
I am saddened to inform you that our technicians have some sort of trouble accessing that "evidence base" you provided us. The retransmitted frequency seems to point to restricted communication relays going on between Bounty Hunters Guild and Kusari Naval Forces channels.
Since hacking a channel belonging to the Emperor's military would be a violation of our neutral ties, we will refrain from conducting such activities and ask for any first-hand guncam evidence your pilots might provide, only then we can deal with such issues adequately.
Hochachtungsvoll,
Vizeadmiral Alec Voelkel
Powering down transmitter...
Cutting comm link...
Closing visual data...
------------------End of Transmission-----------------