Liberty Police, Inc. Reporting Office

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From: Deputy Chief O'Brian

CC: Chief of Police Matt Myers
Deputy Chief Jim Markey

TO: all LPI personnel

Subject: New Embargo rules.

New guidelines, read em and understand them.

Original message here.


We, the Liberty Navy, have been considering our policies regarding the embargo that we have regarding the goods going to and coming from Rheinland.
Some formal complaints and requests from the neutral parties affected by the war have been taken into account.
The results are as follows:

0.0
General Trade Vessels and those not listed in other parts of this document:

0.1
Human cargo bound from Rheinland to Liberty is permitted.
It is not recommended that poorly defended ships take on this cargo though, as the Rheinland Military is notorious for its lack of distinction between civilian and military targets.

0.2
Non-military goods bound from Rheinland to Liberty are permitted. For example, consumer goods, luxury food, water, and so on.
Military goods such as engine components or military vehicles however, are not permitted, as they may have been sabotaged and tampered with.

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Military goods can only be imported across the border from Rheinland if the captains of the transporting vessels possess the correct licensing.
This licensing can be obtained by applying to the high command of the Liberty Navy, and will be dealt with on a case-by-case basis.
You may also need to keep a small portion of your cargo hold clear for naval inspectors to come aboard, so it can be made sure that what youre hauling has not been sabotaged or tampered with.

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All transports and freighters exporting goods from Liberty to Rheinland will still be asked to refrain from entering Hudson and Bering.
Those ships will be turned back or asked to sell their cargo on planet Houston.

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Vessels that are repeatedly stopped before entering Bering or Hudson will be penalised by a fine or the destruction of cargo, or both.
The fine will not exceed 3 million credits, but it is at the discretion of the officers on duty to decide how much or how little to punish any offenders within those boundaries.

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Vessels that manage to evade the Liberty Navy and the Liberty Police Incorporated will have their transponder names noted.
Further encounters may result in confiscation or destruction of the cargo, or severe damage done to these ships.

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Transport and freighter captains who decide to resist arrest, by either making a break for the border or opening fire on Liberty Navy ships, will be met with deadly force.
We have absolutely no patience for blockade runners in the Liberty Navy.

0.4
The Liberty Navy reserves the right to:

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Inspect all cargo going through Bering and Hudson, regardless of ship class or affiliation.

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Stop the shipment of any cargo between Rheinland and Liberty, or the systems in between of Hudson and Bering, if the officer on duty has good reason to do so.

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Captains of vessels who believe that they were wrongfully prevented from taking commodities across the border, (for example, due to other rules listed here) can make a complaint to the High Command of the Liberty Navy.
Camera evidence must be provided otherwise no action will be taken.
If a legitimate complaint is made and the required evidence is supplied, the officer in question will be asked for his version of events and a decision will be made by the High Command, taking both sides into account.
If the officer in question is found to be guilty of misconduct, affected trade vessels and their respective captains may be eligible for compensation in the form of credits, coupled with the reprimand or demotion of the officer in question.

1.0
In addition to these rules, there are some special regulations for groups of vessels, belonging to certain groups and organizations, listed below.
These override the regulations listed above where applicable.

1.1
Zoners possessing both the correct identification and guard status:

Trade to Freeport Two will not be restricted by the Liberty Navy.
You will not be stopped from shipping the following goods into or out of Bering and Hudson:

- Alien Organisms
- Deuterium
- MOX
- Pineal Amulets

2.1
Planetform Incorporated ( PFI| ) vessels:

We are aware that Cold Bay Station in Hudson produces copious amounts of Alien Organisms, a commodity of paramount importance to your corporation.
You will not be hindered whilst shipping this good.
This is already covered by the conditions set to general trading vessels (0.2) as Alien Organisms are not classified as a military good, but it is mentioned here again to clarify this.

3.1
Interspace Neuralnet Department ( [IND] ) vessels:

Your request to supply Bonn station with goods is still being discussed by multiple levels of the Liberty Navy, and has not been granted yet.
Please be patient while a decision is made. This means that for now, do not cross the border with goods bound for Bonn.

If this changes, an announcement will be made and this document will be amended.

End of Message

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Formerly known as LPI Police Chief Hull O'Brien.
Creator of Sgt. V. Price, 207th Precinct out of Chula Vista Station