Adressed to the Council of Zoners

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To: Harrison McRemitz
The secretary of state for foreign affair

From: Samuel Nichols, CEO Omicron Supply Industries,
Representative of the Council of Zoners

Message reads:

Mr. McRemits

Now we are at a potential impasse. You do not seem to realize that this is a negotiation. You make a request, we counter, and we go back and forth till we both get a little of what we want. Now we started with no one being able to violate our policies, we made a concession to allow your lawful forces to do so if they provided proof. Now if your forces can not be bothered with actually gathering proof before making arrests or even killing a "criminal" I feel very sorry for Lady Justice in Liberty.

Yes I admitted an wording error on our part about anyone staging attacks on anyone else from our stations. Your comment pointed out to us that it was not clear enough. It is being fixed. Yet you throw that in our face and accuse us of not budging. Yet you have refused to change your stance at all.

Now the main areas of space we are talking about are outside Liberty. Truthfully it is no ones territory and there are no laws in that region. We have rules that folks must abide if they want to use our stations. If they do not, then they are asked to leave, forcefully if necessary, and black listed from that freeport. If their violation is bad enough they will be forbidden from the use of any Zoner installation.

You want to be able to violate those rules, freely with no proof of wrong doing, in an area of space that is not yours. Space where your laws do not hold sway. You ask for trust but give none in return and threaten our very existence in these systems. Is this how the Liberty government works? With threats? You want to be able to carry out your duties in a system where your laws mean nothing. Outside your sovereign space.

If you truly believe that all the criminals of Liberty are based out of Ames and Freeport 2 then you have more issues then just our little 5k around our stations. Why would criminals run to our stations when they can go to their own?

If we allow you to violate our No Fire Zone when you wish, then we would have to allow everyone to do so. That is not acceptable. You want to police the independent systems when you have enough issues within your own house. To give you free reign in the NFZ would open too many problems and threaten our very existence through out Sirius.

What you stated reads as already well-established Zoner policy, something which is currently not in our interest to endorse due to its potentially protective nature of dangerous criminals and terrorists. We are all aware of Zoner neutrality, but we are still adamant that our law enforcement should be able to carry out their duties unhindered, even in Zoner no-fire-zones.

What I offered Liberty has never been offered before to anyone. It is not well established policy. Allowing someone to violate our NFZ and not get banned from the station has never been allowed. Even with proof of another violation. Why all the sudden has Liberty felt injured by a stand that the Zoners have had for well over several years.

Now you claim your forces must have leave to do their jobs, well we also have interests to protect. Mainly our very lives.

Your ownership of that space is self-imposed and is only recognized because of the generous element within our government. Apart from our generosity, we have no incentive to respect that ownership, but we currently do anyway.

Once again you make threats. You want us to compromise one of our most valued morals and yet offer of equal value.

Once again we offer that if the pursuing ship can show evidence that the "criminal" fled into our NFZ, they will be able to continue pursuit and use force. Now if Liberty has knowledge and proof that there are certain elements staging from our stations, provide proof and we will eject them. Now in return we would like Liberty to ratify our policies and recognize that Zoners have sovereign claim over their stations and the 5k around them. Now we can either get back to a give and take situation, or we continue to toss around bravado and get no where.

Sincerely
Samuel Nichols
CEO-OSI
Council of Zoners representative

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Formerly Sam Nichols, creator of OSI