Diplomatic Conference Channel

[Tenacity]

The Union itself has no direct relations with outcasts, the 'attacks' I mentioned originally have not been against us, but have taken place in the shadows against Junkers across Sirius. As I said, for a very long time now we have been the 'middle man' in their cardamine trade, and it seems they are starting to become irritated at the loss of profit due to dealing with us.

Regardless, as I said I will not order any such actions without the approval of a majority of other junker organizations, the suggestions were merely that - suggestions.

We currently only use one corsair ship, which as I have stated on other occasions was taken from the walker nebula and contains next to no operating corsair equipment any longer. The use of that ship has not damaged our relations with the LWB, Hessians, Unioners, or Bundschuh, as that vessel - the Midgard - remains at kreuzberg and Bornholme as a security measure. The only time it strays away from our stations is when it is moving between them.

Regardless, I do not condone the use of corsair or outcast ships - or that of either group's allies - by any of the union's members. While we dont have to 'like' outcasts, that attitude has not had an effect on any of our operations so far. It is the rest of the Junker body that I'm concerned about, most of the events described are taking place within liberty which is outside of our area of jurisdiction. I cannot enforce any such rules within that area and I do not intend to, this conference is to bring these subjects to light and attempt to convince the congress that some sort of action needs to be taken before things get out of hand.

Now, to your general point, I agree. While taking action against individual junkers ourselves is the last thing we should do, it is the most effective. Hopefully it doesnt need to come to that, but we must find some way in which to convince the house governments and their police and military forces that we, despite being figureheads for the other junkers out there, are not responsible for actions taken by them.

The issue is that they are not likely to listen. Liberty has hated junkers for a very long time, and by the day they grow closer to declaring hostile status towards all junkers, regardless of the organizations they follow. Junker congress members are likely to be targeted as readily as any self-employed junker, and with our home system being linked directly to liberty that can end up being a severe problem.

Still, the fact remains that the Congress is the political voice of junkers within liberty. If anyone is going to convince the liberty government that our factions are not responsible for the wreckless actions of those unaffiliated with us, it's got to be the congress members.

As to the Junker Guards, I fully agree; they are creating an issue which does not need to exist. If they continue openly attacking very large and very dangerous groups, they are putting all other junkers into the path of danger when those groups retaliate. It is unfortunate that they do not have a presence here on official channels, hopefully they will chime in soon.

If they continue acts of hostility within rheinland space, I will be forced to evict them from our stations there. I cannot have their wreckless aggressiveness endanger our situation with the bounty hunters or rheinland lawful forces within rheinland territory, and I cannot risk their actions causing damage to our stations or injury and death to our salvage teams.

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