Comm ID: Vicomte de Nevers, Marechal Pauline Valence
Location: Edinburgh
A log of yesterdays encounter with a Zoner, it makes me think that we should consider a different approach towards these people, considering their tendency to smuggling and other activities that may or may not harm our war effort to certain degrees.
Quote:GRN|Pauline.Valence: Sirian vessel, cut your engines.
GRN|Mottiere.d'Autoine: Intercepting target
GRN|Pauline.Valence: What is this cargos destination Zoner?
RNS-Circaete: Vedro: Circaete reporting. All system green.
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: Scarborough
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: Newcastle
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: I'm a free non corporate vessel
Aurelien.Charbonneau.: Kabachok: All systems are ready for scanning.
GRN|Pauline.Valence: And who owns this base?
GRN|Mottiere.d'Autoine: Forgive my prudence, mon monsieur, but what the purpose of that cargo be?
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: I don't know and is no of my interest officer
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: I'm only carryng alloy
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: It's a bussiness
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: The Zoner Confederation is totally neutral in this war between Bretonia and Gallia
GRN|Pauline.Valence: So you do not know whom you are working for?
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: I'm working for the NCC
GRN|Mottiere.d'Autoine: That excuse grows old, I dare say, mon monsieur
GRN|Pauline.Valence: That is bad, considering that you are just putting yourself right into the vision we have of smugglers.
GRN|Pauline.Valence: Now cut your engines.
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: Smuggler?
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: oh sorry
GRN|Pauline.Valence: Exactly.
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: With basic alloy cargo?
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: Don't make me laugh
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: Is a basic commodity sir
GRN|Mottiere.d'Autoine: Supplying a more than possible Bretonian base in Newcastle...
GRN|Pauline.Valence: Basic alloys are a necessary part of ship building, ships that could be used against the kings army.
GRN|Mottiere.d'Autoine: A base which belongs to our enemies.... sure counts as smuggling for us
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: I'm a non corporate vessel sir
GRN|Pauline.Valence: This is of no importance.
GRN|Mottiere.d'Autoine: That doesn't mean no one can hire you, does it?
GRN|Pauline.Valence: Take a look at the situation there.
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: Sir, a vessel of my affiliation had a problem this morning in this same place
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: and was detroyed
GRN|Mottiere.d'Autoine: Well... *static* Damn... I think the *static* comms were damaged *static* in the last *static*
GRN|Mottiere.d'Autoine: *Radio silence*
GRN|Pauline.Valence: So a smart person wouldnt do the same mistake as the other one?
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: a formal request has been sent to the GRN HQs
GRN|Pauline.Valence: As much as I dislike slaughtering civilians, I will do so should you force me to.
GRN|Pauline.Valence: Now, who owns the base you are going to deliver your goods to?
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: and I suggest you that don't make us to put other
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: This is a violation of the civilian rights
GRN|Pauline.Valence: You are in no position to suggest me anything.
GRN|Pauline.Valence: Nor are you to lecture me about rights.
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: Of course I'm in position
GRN|Pauline.Valence: The only right that holds any weight is the right spoken by the king and his people.
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: Are you going to shoot me?
GRN|Pauline.Valence: If I must.
GRN|Pauline.Valence: I will ask you once more, who owns the base you supply?
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: To shoot a civilian neutral vessel?
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: again?
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: I don't know, one more time
GRN|Pauline.Valence: A civilian neutral vessel, suspected of supplying the crowns enemies.
GRN|Pauline.Valence: That is something we can and will not tolerate.
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: I only follow orders of my uppers sir
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: I'm only a NCC Trader Chief
GRN|Pauline.Valence: And your superiors are here to solve this problem for you?
GRN|Pauline.Valence: It does not appear to be that way.
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: You can write a request to Monsignor Richelieu
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: Minister of Economy and Trade
GRN|Pauline.Valence: Do not waste my patience this lightly.
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: I'm only doing mmy job officer
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: Waste your patience?
GRN|Pauline.Valence: And that is a most beneficial thing to do.
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: Write a request to NCC
GRN|Pauline.Valence: I will not.
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: Ok, it's your problem sir
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: but I have a civilian rights
GRN|Pauline.Valence: You however, will tell me which base you are going to supply with these goods.
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: Scarborough
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: Scarborough Satation
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: Newcastle
GRN|Pauline.Valence: Yes, and the base is owned by?
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: I don't know sir
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: And i don't have to know it
GRN|Pauline.Valence: You do.
GRN|Pauline.Valence: Playinng dumb wont get you far.
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: We are in a block positions sir
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: I can't go nowhere
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: And you can't go nowhere
GRN|Pauline.Valence: Exactly.
GRN|Pauline.Valence: I however you simply decide that you are a smuggler, to execute you as such.
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: I'm saying that I dont know who owns this station
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: You can't do this
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: because is not true
GRN|Pauline.Valence: I can.
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: oh yes?
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: You can?
GRN|Pauline.Valence: Yes.
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: I don't think so
GRN|Pauline.Valence: As Marechal of the Gallic Expeditionary Force I can.
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: But if you want to confront in a war council...
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: Marechal or not Marechal sir
GRN|Pauline.Valence: -I am- the war council on this side of gallic space.
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: you must respect the civilian rights
GRN|Pauline.Valence: A criminal does not require any rights.
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: specially os the neutral vessels
GRN|Pauline.Valence: It is now your task to convince me of not being a criminal.
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: Yes, but i'm not a criminal
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: I fyou think that I'm going try to escape
GRN|Pauline.Valence: You are, considering that you are just about to smuggle materials important for warfare to our enemies.
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: and give you the opportunity of shooting me by the back
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: are very wrong
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: Basic alloy
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: Don't make me laugh Marechal
GRN|Pauline.Valence: Material required for ship building.
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: Is not nuclear devices
GRN|Pauline.Valence: A rather critical component at that.
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: It's basic alloy!!
GRN|Pauline.Valence: Indeed.
GRN|Pauline.Valence: It is a -basic- component of ship building.
GRN|Mottiere.d'Autoine: *static*
GRN|Mottiere.d'Autoine: Finally! Radio must have been damaged in Dublin
GRN|Pauline.Valence: And as such you will not deliver it to the crowns enemies.
GRN|Mottiere.d'Autoine: Had to manually fix it... I honestly don't even know what I did
GRN|Pauline.Valence: You should let the engineers have a look at it later.
GRN|Mottiere.d'Autoine: Just shot my gun here and there and tossed a kick
GRN|Mottiere.d'Autoine: What have I missed?
GRN|Pauline.Valence: Malfunctioning equipment in hostile space appears to be a danger we can not afford.
GRN|Mottiere.d'Autoine: Hopefully, it won't happen again, excuses-moi, for the incovenience
GRN|Mottiere.d'Autoine: Anyway, what about this... so called zoner?
GRN|Pauline.Valence: A smuggler I suspect.
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: Zoners don't smuggling sir
GRN|Mottiere.d'Autoine: Working for our enemies?
GRN|Pauline.Valence: A smuggler that has yet proven unable to defend himself against the claims I made.
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: and this is a xenphobe cooment
Quenti.TaranTino: You've better improve your skills in talking and then do whatever you want.
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: Unable?
GRN|Pauline.Valence: Exactly.
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: You have the guns, sir
GRN|Pauline.Valence: That is correct.
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: Of course I am unable
GRN|Mottiere.d'Autoine: If you were indeed a zoner and had nothing dirty under your sleeves...
GRN|Mottiere.d'Autoine: Our guns shouldn't trouble you
GRN|Pauline.Valence: And yet you refuse to tell me whom the base belongs to.
GRN|Mottiere.d'Autoine: Non, monsieur Valence?
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: Your guns don't trouble me
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: Only the are doing me lose a lot of time
GRN|Pauline.Valence: Even your freight papers should have a note on that.
Quenti.TaranTino: Explain me those two things and I'll do what you said.
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: I repeat one yime more
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: time*
GRN|Mottiere.d'Autoine: Monsieur Valence, I suggest a different approach, this zoner won't tell us anything
GRN|Mottiere.d'Autoine: How about we have him take us to the base and we make our own opinions?
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: I have orders to go to Scarborough station with basic alloy
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: and take there Super alloy
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: this is all
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: I don't know more
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: Only orders
GRN|Pauline.Valence: And where will you deliver this super alloy to?
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: The ring
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: New Berlin
GRN|Pauline.Valence: Very well
GRN|Pauline.Valence: You will drop these alloys then.
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: Drop?
GRN|Pauline.Valence: After you did so, you can be on your way.
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: Are you pirating me, sir?
GRN|Pauline.Valence: Jettison it.
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: Because this is illegal too
GRN|Mottiere.d'Autoine: Non. We do not want to take them
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: My enterprise has been paid for it
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: you don't have rights to do this
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: and is considered piracy
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: I f you want
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: I offer both of you
GRN|Pauline.Valence: I do have every right to take those cargo.
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: to escort me to leeds
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: Oh no, you have not
GRN|Mottiere.d'Autoine: What? That is... blasphemous
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: you are law officers
GRN|Pauline.Valence: To deliver it to yet another Bretonian base?
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: This is law sir, here, and in Kingdom of Gallia
GRN|Pauline.Valence: We are soldiers of the crown, which appears to be at war with Bretonia.
GRN|Mottiere.d'Autoine: Indeed, we are no law officers.
GRN|Pauline.Valence: The very same Bretonia you are openly supporting
GRN|Pauline.Valence: Do you see the problem there?
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: Very well for you, soldiers, but you don't have the right to pirate me
GRN|Pauline.Valence: We are not pirating you.
GRN|Pauline.Valence: We are confiscating your cargo.
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: Oh yes, you are
GRN|Mottiere.d'Autoine: We don't want you to give US your cargo
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: Confiscating
GRN|Mottiere.d'Autoine: We just want it off your ship, understood, sirian?
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: Yes, the last Red Hessian that tried to pirate me said me the same
GRN|Pauline.Valence: Now, remove this cargo from your vessels cargo space.
GRN|Pauline.Valence: Or face destruction.
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: Gentleman, I'm sending the information of this assault to my HQ
GRN|Pauline.Valence: Do so.
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: and take sure that you are going to have notice of our lawyers
GRN|Mottiere.d'Autoine: Good, let it be a warning not to support Bretonia against the Crown
GRN|Pauline.Valence: Do not forget to inform them that we will not tolerate any trade with Bretonia.
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: We don't support nothing!!!
GRN|Pauline.Valence: You are wasting my time now.
GRN|Pauline.Valence: Get rid of the goods and be gone.
GRN|Pauline.Valence: Or refuse and die.
GRN|Pauline.Valence: it is your decision.
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: You can say me that I must go to other place to sell this alloy, but not to pirate me
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: Yes, add murder to the piracy chargues
GRN|Pauline.Valence: Considering that the secon option that crossed your mind was Leeds that is not an option.
GRN|Pauline.Valence: You will merely try to move to yet another Bretonian base.
GRN|Mottiere.d'Autoine: Damn... Is every sirian like this?
GRN|Pauline.Valence: Most are.
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: This is crime of war against civil population!!
GRN|Pauline.Valence: They lack the cultural superiority obviously.
GRN|Mottiere.d'Autoine: They're all so redundant... so illiterate... it's not like the Bretonian Police will come and fine us after we wage war
GRN|Mottiere.d'Autoine: with them
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: This is a barbaric assault, monsieurs
GRN|Pauline.Valence: This is war.
GRN|Pauline.Valence: A war your anchestors have started so many hundreds of years ago.
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: But war have rules too
GRN|Mottiere.d'Autoine: Barbarians shall be met with equal measure, your uncooperation implies that you assist such barbarians
GRN|Pauline.Valence: And now you expect us to show mercy?
GRN|Pauline.Valence: You are funny sirian.
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: Mercy?
GRN|Pauline.Valence: Now do as ordered or my patience ends.
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: Our faction fight every day against Nomad menace in the omicrons
GRN|Pauline.Valence: And there you crossed the line.
GRN|Pauline.Valence: Terminate it.
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: we give our lives for the salvation of the human race
GRN|Mottiere.d'Autoine: Biensur, opening fire
GRN|Mottiere.d'Autoine: Too bad for you, barbarian
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: and you... inhumans
[NCC]TC|Cadiz: You are the barbarians!!!
Death: [NCC]TC|Cadiz was put out of action by GRN|Pauline.Valence (Gun)
GRN|Pauline.Valence: Foolish Sirians.
GRN|Mottiere.d'Autoine: To be met with such hypocrisy
GRN|Mottiere.d'Autoine: An insult brought to our superior culture
GRN|Mottiere.d'Autoine: And my artistical nature
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