I am surprised that these pictures stir such attention and warrant such an investigation, therefore I will try to answer your questions as well as I can one by one.
Your question: "Are you docking regularly on Hessian bases outside Rheinland space?"
We are not regularly docking on Hessian bases, and we never dock on Hessian bases inside Rheinland jurisdiction, as we respect House Laws and remain neutral in the internal conflict.
Your question: "Are you buying cargo from them?"
The few shipments we obtained consist of harmless basic supplies. The only shipments registered are those between Omega 5 and Omega 9 and they consist of Food, Oxygen and Water for the Zoner installation.
Your question: "Are you trading with them?"
There is hardly trade going on between the Guild and if commanders do this, the Guild does not know about it. There are no trade agreements between the Guild and the Hessians.
Your question: "Don´t you think that your money actually indirectly support these criminals and terrorists?"
The Guild supports the economy of Rheinland by providing vast shipments of Niobium and Beryllium for the New Berlin and ALG smelters, thus contributing a lot more to the Rheinland economy than marginal payments for a few supply shipments contribute to the Hessian economy.
Your question: "Should Rheinland tolerate this?"
In every political decision, every party has to weigh the advantages and disadvantages. The Guild has been favouring the destinations of New Berlin and Dortmund for raw resource deliveries over more attractive offers so far, thus contributing positively to Rheinland's Gross Domestic Product. On the other hand, the Guild must seem like a source of trouble sometimes. Balancing a decision between political trouble and economic benefit is on the Bundestag to decide.
In response to the questions concerning the Hessian raid that resulted in the destruction of IMG and Hessian assets and the loss of some transports, I can give the following statement:
Diplomatic stances are in constant flux, and so are conflicts. The conflict that was sparked by the attack was solved by diplomatic means after some more armed clashes. After ceasefire negotiations, it became clear that neither the Red Hessian movement nor the Guild had an appetite for prolonged conflict.
Your question: "Can Hessian vessels dock at IMG installations?"
Battleship Schwerin has discouraged Hessians from trying it, and I only know of one case* that tried and was arrested after crashdocking and handed over to Rheinland authorities. Freistadt has since had more than 374.000 dockings, none of which were Hessians. I am convinced the RFP can easily crosscheck these records that are doubtlessly also documented on the Schwerin.
Bretonian law forbids the docking of Hessian forces on IMG installations, therefore Hessian ships are not docked on IMG installations inside Bretonia.
As a concluding remark, I would like to add: Neutrality can be a difficult and tricky concept, and it is hard to uphold. Very seldom all affected parties are happy and the Guild gets their fair share of Hessian aggression, as well as their fair share of Rheinland aggression. For us, it is always the goal to stay out of it as well as we can. Future will tell, I assume.
Jack Henderson
IMG Operations
* //this very odd indie-indie incident was most likely staged and for roleplay sake (as Rheinland will insist it happened once), the pilot was handed over to RFP. Everything else is just indie-lolwuttism and is ignored by me.
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