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As the Principality of Rasalhague was not a signatory to the treaty, Starlight Broadcasting cannot accept the call for Interdiction based on said treaty.

Yours,

Danicia Holy
Chief Administrator

As previously stated, the Principality of Rasalhague was not a signatory to the treaty, Starlight Broadcasting cannot accept the call for Interdiction based on said treaty.

As the treaty stated that "All offensive operations to cease effective immediately." This was in relation to the 4th War, and additional ceasefire requirements over the five year period are only applicable to the signatories and between the signatories.

As such, Starlight Broadcasting rejects any demands for interdiction of the Draconis Combine under the treaty.

Yours,

Danicia Holy
Chief Administrator

That said, I like the fact that this brings to light the very "loose" nature of some of our agreements and the creativity of Oberon.

The Terran Hegemony finds the Combine's invasion of the free nation of Rasalhague deplorable, but does not find the Combine's actions as an abrogation of the original ceasefire in spirit or on firm legal grounds. Furthermore, for the record, let the Hegemony state that an interdiction is a punishment of last resort for a clear violation of terms. Had Oberon's argument been sound, we would have supported it as such. The Hegemony will not use an Interdiction like ComStar—to further personal ends—regardless of how many individuals decide otherwise.

In this matter, the Terran Hegemony sees no violation. The Terran Hegemony votes nay.

Section agreed upon by all parties and signed

3)  The duration of the terms shall be determined by the Arbitration Committee after deliberation, however the initial timeframe will be a 5 year period of no military offensive actions mounted by the involved parties including raiding.  Antipiracy efforts against pirate organizations are not included at the sole determination of the Arbitration Committee.

Dates of the agreement extend to mid 3032 not January. Exact date forthcoming

The arbitration committee is supplied by the Outworlds Alliance not Oberon.

Although the Marian Hegemony has close ties with both the Lyrans Commonwealth and Oberon Confederation and plans to continue with these ties, the case made by the Terrans will see the Hegemony vote no.

Additionally, any other case made against the Combine for its use of force would not be supported either, as the Hegemony reserves the right to use any force necessary to protect its worlds and troops.  We are surrounded by large neighbors and cannot afford to voluntarily cripple ourselves.

As the Principality of Rasalhague was not a signatory to the treaty, Starlight Broadcasting cannot accept the call for Interdiction based on said treaty.

Yours,

Danicia Holy
Chief Administrator

Chief Administrator

For clarification, does this mean that if a majority vote supports interdiction that Starlight Broadcasting will reject that decision?

Hanse Davion

[OOC — Sorry Kwic, I wrote Oberon when I should have written Alliance. I forgot you ran both and was typing while looking at your title. My bad]

Although we thank the Terran Representative for their compliments on our Creativity, perhaps they should direct their comment elsewhere, and should the Terran Government have issue with the Oberon Government or any agreement between those two parties, perhaps they should have direct discussions and leave comments such as the recent one to more proper venues.

The Terran Hegemony apologies to the people of the Oberon Confederation for our offensive and—ultimately—baseless accusations. However, we do believe this is exactly the correct time and forum to discuss all aspects of a proposed interdiction, including its foundation for cause.

I don't need to remind this Board that less than a decade ago we would have neither the power nor the opportunity to discuss such a drastic action, let alone exercise one against a member of this Board. While we—the Terran people—have no stake or claim in the Combine's recent invasion, the Hegemony does have stake in preventing the same misuse of the HPG network by a Board of Directors as it would have, had our nation lived under the threat of ComStar. In this, the Terran Hegemony is more than apprehensive to vote in the affirmative for any interdiction, and will scrutinize a proposal for one to our fullest capacity.

Hence, since the Arbitration Committee—the Outworlds Alliance—did not issue clear treaty evidence that the Draconis Combine had violated its terms—perhaps in spirit, but not in action or intent—the contra proferentem, or the ambiguous terms in the treaty shall be interpreted against the interests of the party that insisted upon the term's use in their rational for interdiction.

The Terran Hegemony respects and applauds the Alliance's proposal to end the fighting between the Combine and Rasalhague, but believes their rational for interdiction to be—at this time—unjustifiable.


[OOC — Just to be clear, I'm not opposed to an interdiction because it messes with Black's timeline. Quite the contrary, as I enjoy messing with the GM, but I do believe in-character that an interdiction based on the assumption that casus belli against non-signing treaty members is covered by the terms of the treaty to be—in point of fact—a legal assumption, and therefore beyond a rational expectation under the treaty's terms given its scope and participants. There's also the precedent-setting this type of action would create for the Inner Sphere, making it more likely that interdiction would used solely for political ends as opposed to more altruistic reasons. To be blunt, the weak argument being relied upon to suggest an interdiction smells exactly like something ComStar would exercise. Therefore, we want nothing to do with it.]