First, most Congressmen are flying transports or Collectors. Sirius has yet to see a "Junker battle fleet appear from the mist"--and by our own intentions never will. The ship allowance decisions we allow are for individual Junkers to make. The Junker Guards Party members of the Congress will have a more strict "code of conduct"--which they will voluntarily submit to. But Junkers are independent and some will align one way and some the other. We cannot dictate to individual Junkers, "You must fly a Corsair ship" or "You may not associate with Outcasts" or even "You are not permitted to trade commodities" that might be legal in some areas and illegal in others. These are directions that contradict the very ways of Junker life. Each Junker will have to stand for his own actions--even Congress members. The Congress will not "save" a Junker from imprisonment by the LPI when they are caught smuggling counterfeit software. We will not go to war with house authorities because they enforce the law. Nor will we declare hostilities on Corsairs and Outcasts for pursuing their own manifest destinies. Where we will have some ships capable of limited force will be amongst the military members of the Junker Congress--all of whom will be under the authority of the Congress itself and the Junker Guards Party. Members of the military will be sanctioned and punished and disciplined as part of a code of conduct. they will be held to a higher standard and will operate under "one law"--but we will not force this on other Junkers. If Junker stations are sieged or civilians are under terroristic attack, the Congress will dispatch its Guardsmen to assist. We will defend Junker freedom and safety--nothing more.
What Sirius has seen from us is simply "business as usual"--no declerations of war. Our boldest command was simply to declare a 2km radius about Junker stations a no fire zone. Even the Xenos and Hogosha have remained relatively unaffected by us. Purpose and balance are everything--power for power's sake alone is useless.
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