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Comm ID: Princess Aurelia DeFrance
Origin: RNS Ange Gardien
Recipients: Steve Vontaan
As I mentioned a few weeks back, Gallia would provide you with an agreement about our respective rights in the Taus during this period of conflict. The diplomatic corps have finished their draft, and I have signed off on it. Gallia has always had considerable troubles with Zoners violating our territory and laws, so this treaty is considered by us to be a "leap of faith".
It is nice to Finially see my appointed repersentative after for so long for which I do find poor in some respects But I do hope to make an agreeable Treaty that we both can put in place and agree to. And begin a long term relationship.
I shall give you a chance to explain any items that I am likely not to be aware of as the only thing as you know I am aware of about Gallia is the attack on Freeport 10 for which is still under repairs, though progressing.
I am contacting you again Madame Princess. Is everything ok?
Any since my last response I did not state what I wish you to explain for me, I shall ask for the points that I wish for you to explain before I discuss with you the changes I would like to be made to the treaty.
They are the follows sections that I wish you to explain to me in full:
1.1, The Freeport Ten Administration and Residents respect the Kingdom of Gallia's right to traverse the Taus and use and supply the bases therein.
2.2, Note 1, This excludes the supplying or supporting of terrorist, pirate, or fugitive bases and stations.
Section 2, Note 2, The Zoners of Freeport Ten are obligated to report the illegal trafficking of illicit and restricted goods produced in Gallia, as prescribed by the Gallic Royal Charter and all its future revision
2.5, The Freeport Ten Administration agrees not to allow the use of Freeport Ten by any persons as a staging base for attacks on Gallic economic, police, or military assets, and agrees to investigate and act on all reported incidents of such use.
2.6, The Kingdom of Gallia respects Freeport Ten's status as a neutral trading ground for Tau residents, so long as it adheres to the above-mentioned term.
2.8, The Freeport Ten Administration agrees not to harbor fugitives and terrorists working against the Kingdom of Gallia, so long as evidence can be provided that the persons or organization has committed crimes in Gallic sovereignty or against Gallic economic, police, and military assets.
3.3, The Kingdom of Gallia agrees to grant entrance permits for all Zoner trade vessels whose main berth is of Freeport Ten, so long as the vessels in question do not pose a security risk.
3.4, The Kingdom of Gallia will grant Freeport Ten exclusive rights to submit entrance permits to Gallia on behalf of independent Zoners in Sirius, and the right for Freeport Ten to charge fees for this service as necessary.
3.6, The Kingdom of Gallia will not interfere with any good shipments to Freeport Ten so long as they are not carrying contraband or vessels belonging to enemies of the Kingdom of Gallia.
If you can provide me with information regarding those that would be of much use to me in decideing in what I woI wish to be changed or made in addition.
Incoming Transmission
Comm ID: Princess Aurelia DeFrance
Origin: RNS Ange Gardien
Recipients: Steve Vontaan
I'll try to clear up any confusion you have over the terms. The numbers you supplied with these clauses doesn't match the treaty though, so it's a bit confusing for myself as well.
Quote:1.1 (Actually 2.1), The Freeport Ten Administration and Residents respect the Kingdom of Gallia's right to traverse the Taus and use and supply the bases therein.
This clause, which is a reciprocation of clause 2.2, in which the Kingdom of Gallia respects Freeport Ten's residents right to traverse the Taus, is merely a formal declaration that each party in this treaty recognizes that the other party has a right to be in the Taus without unprovoked negative attention or harassment by the signatories.
Quote:2.2, Note 1 (Section 2, subnote 1), This excludes the supplying or supporting of terrorist, pirate, or fugitive bases and stations.
Section 2, Note 2, The Zoners of Freeport Ten are obligated to report the illegal trafficking of illicit and restricted goods produced in Gallia, as prescribed by the Gallic Royal Charter and all its future revision
Clause S2n1 is simply stating that the Zoners of Freeport Ten will not willingly supply stations in the Taus that are being used to launch military or terrorist strikes against Gallic military or civilian ships, stations, or trade. If, for example, the pirate base known as Cali in Tau-23, was being used as a launching platform against Gallia, the Zoners of Freeport Ten would not supply that base. But, the Miners Guild currently has an agreement with Gallia, so Java is not used for attacks against Gallia, and the Zoners would be free to trade with it. If other groups were to give you trouble for refusing to deliver goods to them, you can always tell them that you have no choice. Generally this will get pirates and terrorists to leave a Freeport alone. If not, Gallia and its police and navy forces, can always render aid to Freeport Ten in dealing with troublemakers.
Clause S2n2 is simply stating that if the Zoners are aware of someone illegally transporting restricted goods that are produced solely within Gallia, that you inform a member of our police force of the person's identity and crime.
Quote:2.5, The Freeport Ten Administration agrees not to allow the use of Freeport Ten by any persons as a staging base for attacks on Gallic economic, police, or military assets, and agrees to investigate and act on all reported incidents of such use.
This clause is saying that the Zoners of Freeport one should not let the station be used as a military base for people to launch attacks against Gallia. This is for the Freeport's own safety. Obviously, if there are malign elements residing at the base and launching attacks from it, Gallia's only option to stop them is to attack their base. If they are using the Freeport, however, you could understand how this could create a problem. It'd be like the Kusari Naval Forces attacking Bretonia via the Battleship Hood in Dublin.. To stop them, the Bretonia Armed Forces would have to attack the Hood and make it unusable as a base, and would also be the Miners Guild taking sides, though indirectly, in the Kusari-Bretonia war. It's for this reason that the Miners Guild forbids either side of the war from using their bases to attack the other.
Quote:2.6, The Kingdom of Gallia respects Freeport Ten's status as a neutral trading ground for Tau residents, so long as it adheres to the above-mentioned term.
This is simply our formal declaration that those using Freeport Ten as a trade port will not be attacked or harassed within the station's Zone of Authority, nor will we interfere in the station's trade or operation.
Quote:2.8, The Freeport Ten Administration agrees not to harbor fugitives and terrorists working against the Kingdom of Gallia, so long as evidence can be provided that the persons or organization has committed crimes in Gallic sovereignty or against Gallic economic, police, and military assets.
This means that Freeport Ten will not offer refuge or docking rights to individuals whom we have solid evidence of crimes against Gallia, or the Independent Miners Guild in the Taus. We will obviously have to supply this evidence to Freeport Ten's administration when we request that you remove his docking access.
Quote:3.3, The Kingdom of Gallia agrees to grant entrance permits for all Zoner trade vessels whose main berth is of Freeport Ten, so long as the vessels in question do not pose a security risk.
This states that Zoners who are residents of Freeport Ten will automatically be granted entrance permits for Gallic space. The administration or individuals will need to submit their ship names so that our police can identify them and see that they have been granted access. If there is a Freeport Ten resident whom we have evidence of crimes, we reserve the right to restrict their individual entrance access.
Quote:3.4, The Kingdom of Gallia will grant Freeport Ten exclusive rights to submit entrance permits to Gallia on behalf of independent Zoners in Sirius, and the right for Freeport Ten to charge fees for this service as necessary.
This means that independent Zoners, those not affiliated with one of the three major Zoner organizations, must submit a request to your administration for entrance to Gallia. You would then decide to pass that request to us, or to deny it. In effect, you'd be the first office to decide on whether they are allowed in Gallia or not. If you approve their request, and you can charge them a fee for your work and service in doing so, you then forward that entrance request to us and we will enter it into our systems so the police can identify them and see they have access. If there is significant reason to suspect the individual making the request has committed crimes as per our Charter, we can deny his request though, however, you will not be required to refund any fee they paid for your having sent his application to us. Independent Zoners cannot apply for entrance permits directly from our government, they must first request it from you. This adds an extra layer of security for our trade, and gives you a financial incentive and exclusivity.
Quote:3.6, The Kingdom of Gallia will not interfere with any good shipments to Freeport Ten so long as they are not carrying contraband or vessels belonging to enemies of the Kingdom of Gallia.
This means that, unless a trader is carrying goods stolen from Gallia, or belongs to a terrorist organization such as the Maquis, we won't interfere with their shipments if those shipments are bound for Freeport Ten.
-Princess Aurelia DeFrance Marechal de le Guarde Royale
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Steve Vontaan
Freeport 10 - Re-directed from - Curacuo
Message Begins
Good Day, I have managed to pull myself away from a trip I was going to go on that started a few minutes. Must say i do like holiday's.
Anyhow i have been kept in contact by the automatic nueral control system at Freeport 10. I have reviewed your response very carefully.
Some is rather fine, others are not. Firstly let me explain. Your explaination of 2.5 is rather hard for me to even like. Why should I protect others and not Gallia. It is not in our nature or interests to protect one who is open to use our base to to attack those that oppose them. And parts of that single explaination is of a rather threatening nature. So I can safely assume that by your style of explaining something in such a manner that Gallia will attack Freeport 10 if I do not sign. And is very likely to reduce the stations service's customer's. As well as this, 2.8 will also reduce the number Freeport 10's customers. That being of Outcasts, who are generally good customers, most of them.
I have also noticed the explaination of that Freeport 10 should not be suppling bases such as Cali. However am I nuetral if I am suppling an enemy of someone when I am supplying there opposing side. I do not see how that explaination as well as the above paragraph make me keep Freeport 10's Nuetrality. Zoners are a nuetral party, nor can you digest in the same many that Freeport 10 is similiar to the Battleship Hood.
I also find that Clause Section Two Note Two to be odd to. Why, because I believe it is to make me a snitch. Freeport Ten Management will not snitch. Zoners do not taddy tail. If we did it would further reduce our nuetrality.
Overall I only see that you gain a base to perform active attacks from and that Freeport 10 lose's its trading rights with certain factions in the Tau systems. All in all, making Freeport 10 lose its number one want of being a nuetral party. Don't get me wrong in saying that selling exclusive permits to certain Zoners is good, your gains far out weigh that.
You gain a base too attack from.
Freeport 10 loses its right to trade with certain factions.
No one other than yourselves are allowed to dock at Freeport 10.
Lose of station service's customers.
I get in return exclusive rights to sell permits, as well as for Council Members.
I have little understanding of how you have come up with such a demeaning treaty in the sense that it would and likely to destory the Zoner way of life at Freeport Ten by completely ruining its ability to be a nuetral party, upon being based from your own explainations Madame.
For further information you can easily find the current policy for Freeport Ten. It is public knowledge so should be easy to find. As I can certainly say if I was to sign a treatey it will need to include the 10k distance policy. Furthermore I feel that you in no way currently recognise that Freeport 10 is a Nuetral party. Please let me be frank in saying that signing the treaty as it is currently would be extremely harmfull to Freeport 10 and that your sly threat and attitude in that is very rude.
Here are my suggestions to recognise that Freeport 10 is a nuetral party. To remove Two Point Five, Two Point Eight, Section Two Note Two and Section Two Note One. If security in the Tau's are your concern remember that by current Freeport 10 Laws allow you to operate any type of attack from the Freeport. Which in turn allows you to make pre-emtive strikes.
Freeport 10 way of life is about treating everyone the same way, with out favouritism. What you are currently asking me is to throw that out the window. In all honesty, I hope that you can respect Freeport 10's wishs by allowing us to treat everyone fairly for which your current suggestion does not.
I look forward to a revised treaty that covers issues I have discussed with you, to which is also fair.
I see after a good few days that you have not responded. As that is the case I take it that you madame seriously do not want to make a treaty.
I find this to be a real shame. But anyway any Gallic Vessel is more than welcome to visit the Freeport. Though all will be agreeing to Ten's policies of which can be found here.