Corsair Court

[Lucas Stone]

--------opening case : Assault on Order vessels in defense of Zoner Alliance installations--------

Laws Breached: 7, 9, 20

Hola Senors and Elders of the Court,

I watch with dismay as our great Empire is torn between Honor and Fear.

It sadens me *lowers his head and looks at the floor, a single tear drop falls to the floor*

*he looks up, with no shame at the show of weakness*

It sadens me that we fear the Order, how has it come to this...

*pauses*

How has it come to this that we, as a honorable people's have not seen the truth.

The truth, what is the truth...i recall on documents in court files that a Zoner came to the aid of Senora Mercedez Benitez, does anyone recall that?

*looks around at the court*

Has his compensation been paid, that this very court issued? The Zoner's name as recorded on Court records was Tri Udent, the very same man who now leads, the small be-seiged group that some of you.... would have us destroy!

*shakes his head*

No my brother's, he could have left Senora Mercedez to her doom...but he did not!

He showed honor and now look at how some of us honor him!

We talk about stability, wasnt there stability before the Order came to impose their will?

*Nods*

There was my brothers, did the Zoners in omicron 74 effect our great nation...they did...they provided food for our people...and paid their taxes when requested.

This war we see isnt a war *shakes head* it is a extermination of a group which doesnt fit into everyone's normal perceptions.

But then what will happen should another people decide, we the old honorable corsairs in this room do not fit into their way of life, would we then see our neighbours, brother's and sons turn against us?

Would we let Outcasts take our homes from us?

Thats what has happened to those Zoners.

So i ask not this just be a court case but also be about our own honor as a people, who do not always fit into everyone's perception of normal...and that we should tell the Order enough is enough, we will not give away what honor remains.

*bows*

Thankyou again Senor's and Elder's i look to you as honorable people, to sentence us according to our belief.

*Turns, nods at the Elders before he walks out*