Judicial Order

[Thyrzul]

I've just found out I missed addressing one subject many others did, but I still have my opinion about it. And this subject would be your diplomatic skills, most importantly the way you handled the incident with those two Rheinland Cruisers.

You were considered to be hostiles on first sight by 2 Rh cruisers without any prior provocation or anything. What did you do? Declared those two as rogues and that you will fire upon them. WRONG! You are outsiders to the Rh Military, by what right can you declare whether those are rogue cruisers or not? That is up to the Rh Military leadership to decide. What's next? You attack Rh Military ships, whether they just be the two you declared open hostility against or not. Doesn't matter. You have already showed your hostile intentions against Rh Military ships, and if you try to deny this, that will just make you look bad.

Here is how I should have handle it (just not to lack the constructive criticism in this post): My men has been harassed by two Rh Cruisers, they killed a few of us without provocation as well as during an attempt for a diplomatic meeting. The first thing to do is to message as many of the Rh authorities related to the ships in question, meaning making contact with the RM and the BDM (because Gepard belongs to them as far as I know) over the Neural Net. I would resolve the situation via diplomatic talk, try to convince them about our neutrality and show up as such in space too. Best is to avoid in-space encounters while the talks go on over the Neural Net, and approach in space after our neutrality has been approved by official Rh parties. I'd of course report to said parties if any other incidents happen between the cruisers and my guys, but always remain evasive, defensive and neutral in space. No retaliation.

You said you want to unite the four Houses, but you seem to forget that you cannot unite people by force or hostility to answer hostility. You can only do it through well placed words, but it seems you guys still need to learn a few things about how to handle specific situations diplomatically.

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