QCP to the COZ

[Doc Holliday]

//I apologize if my responses are delayed this week. I have 4 major aircraft inspections this week alone with at least as many for next week. I'll try to keep up.


*sits in thought as he reads each demand*

1) Banning Corsairs from using the Dublin jumphole, which you will strictly enforce with the Juggernaut fleet that was assembled to deal with ourselves.

Most of the Corsairs that come into Omega 49 leave the same way in which they came, into Omega 47. I've noticed the Mollys have been coming in from Dublin, which is fine, as they don't bother us. It is for that reason that I don't think the Corsairs use that route, coupled with the fact that they seem to enter Dublin via the Leeds and New London Jumpholes on the opposite side of the quadrant, two Jump holes buried within the asteroids. I have seen them come through that way myself, having jumped from Cambridge to Leeds to Dublin.
Much of the fleet of which you speak has moved off to do other things while we talk. When I asked them to stand down, they did by venturing elsewhere. I don't own a combat worthy ship myself. Mrs. Holliday owns a Conference but she has been on a mission in Rheinland for the past couple of weeks. When she will return I don't know.

2) Giving Bretonians the same rights as Corsairs on the planet, without compulsion to become Zoners (and therefore banning Bretonians from using jumpholes to get further into the Omegas in turn).

I believe this came up before. If the refugees of Port Jackson want to explore a bit, that is fine. As we Zoners are subject to Bretonian law in Bretonian lands, they would be subject to Zoner law off of the settlement. I don't think we'll have a problem here.
If you want to ban them from going further into the Omegas, that will be Bretonia's call, not mine. I would encourage against it as you will find Corsairs and Red Hessians beyond our borders who as you well know, have been fighting each other. I will advise anyone who dare venture out there not to!

3) For every Corsair we find that gets through your net, we shall demand compensation as a show of good faith. Suitable compensation rates to be discussed.

In fact, you should offer this to the Bretonian Government to show good intent, and let them report any Corsairs entering Dublin via Omega 49, and pay the nation of Bretonia said compensation. After all, I am not in this for the money, nor am I planning on sitting at the borders on the late shift. No need to mention my involvement here, it will make you look generous, I am guessing.

With due respect, this should be something for the Crown to discuss with us. You may or may not know but we are on the verge of signing a treaty with Bretonia which should do much to grant some much needed flexibility in apprehending many of those who have committed violent acts against your people. Relaxing some laws was our way of showing some of that good faith of which you speak.

Compensation? As most of the Corsairs that enter Bretonian space do so from Jumpholes in Cambridge and then travel further into Bretonia, they are for the most part out of our influence. The ones in Omega 49 are mostly independent pirates who we have trouble with ourselves.

4) The Zoners will actively guard Bretonian civilians in Omega 49, much like the Bretonian police and military guard Zoner civilians in Bretonia.

This will take some figuring out. Currently, the only Bretonian ships in Omega 49 are those from Bowex. A vote in Council some time back to make the system a tax free system was narrowly defeated. It was a measure that would have allowed us to do such acts. As it stands, outside the 5k zone, even we are fair game. So we will have some figuring to do on this issue. I would also like to point out that the IMG has reported Mollies pirating their mining ships in the niobium fields so it's not just Corsairs. As with Corsair pirates, we don't harass the Mollies either.

I will make one statement regarding the slave trade accusation. The Council's official stance is that Zoner ships are NOT to be transporting slaves. I agree with you on this matter and don't condone this act. While we don't transport them, we also don't interfere with slave traders unless the Zoner is from the ZAS, who have left the Council. The only exception is if the slaves were rescued from a destroyed slave trader in which case they are to be returned to the nearest safe haven.
I know of two Zoner ships that have been found with slaves, one of which was by me. They have been told that if someone takes exception to it, the Council will not support them should they be targeted and/or destroyed. In short, they are fair game. I hope that clarifies things.

Dr. John Holliday

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