Intergalactic Summit

It's worth noting that Amarrian law is only applicable in their own territory, Lieutenant Kehrner. It's an area CONCORD doesn't challenge, but doesn't stop the other Empires dealing with as they see fit, hence the transport of slaves being illegal elsewhere. Here, slavers generally wind up either on hard labor, or executed as pirates, provided they survive the military response that comes their way. Slaves are a more varied issue that winds up being dealt with in any number of ways, typically by handing them over to humanitarian organizations such as SoE. It would be pointless to comment on the Federation or Republic, as the stances of both powers on slavery are well known and often heard. The entire point being that, outside of the Empire, Holders have only as much authority as their foreign hosts give them.

The Disciples are conducting their operations in Amarrian territory.

And I would also expect there to be extradition laws in place between our nations, regarding Imperial citizens detained outside the Empire.

Rescue Report:

116.02.04 1849 Paris Astaria 21 people
116.02.04 20:31 Lumix Black (10 Marines, 31 Former Slaves, 10 Tourists, 8 hounds, 3 Slavers), Ax Hooner 10 people (with the assistance of Captain Tahrmal Nalthkh and the crew of the DSS Assist) [20:54:03] Tahrmal Nalthkh > 116.02.04 20:46 Mr Haulz 50 rescued

There was a very active period yesterday in Niarja. Fortunately, both the Committere and the Assist were on patrol and we were able to work together. We were able to make transfers in Kaap dead space and get those rescue to our Kaap center much sooner than if we had been patrolling alone. Timers can be waited our in dead space while the other ship returns to patrol. In this way all these who were rescued were quickly brought to our Center and did not need to spend significant time on ship. We couldn't have asked for things to go smoother in this particular rescue operation and we commend both crews for their efficiency and competency.

A word about Slavers:

We have struggled since the beginning on the issue of how to best handle the slavers we rescue from deathcans together with slaves they are smuggling. We have sought clarity about the penalties exacted on slavers who are caught in this act of smuggling. Opinion varies but there seems to be a strong suggestion that execution and generational slavery are on the table. A firm principle that we always abide by is that we will never hand anyone over for execution or to generational slavery. Slavers know that it is a strong deterrent to other would be smugglers to see another's whole family punished in reprisal for their crimes. Many of the Slavers we rescue are very fearful of being handed over to those who would mete out such penalties. We have attempted to contact both Concord authorities and the SOE regarding slavers. We have not received a response, so in the mean time we provide humane conditions and protection from execution and generational slavery.

Rescue Report:

116.02.04 23:17 Jan Yotosala 10 rescued
116.02.05 00:41 K Kiriyama 1 rescued
116.02.05 01:02 (blue) 35 rescued

We believe we will not be condemned to "hell" as you say for rescuing these ones and not returning them to slavery. We do not, however hope to change you mind, Mr. Nauplius. That said, I don't think you are improving the sense that you are sane in that last post.

Also if I might ask, what is 2014?

And how many of those slavers were actually involved in smuggling? If they were smuggling, they wouldn't have been tossed into a can (alongside the smuggled good) at national borders.

While some slavers do engage in illegal slave raids and smuggling operations, the majority are not. Slaving is a legal profession in the Empire, tied primarily into the judicial field. With the CONCORD policies regarding the cessation of foreign slave taking, the majority of slavers are essentially wardens (as they might be called in other societies), involved in detaining and training convicted criminals who have been sentenced to slavery, as well as the marketing and sale of these slaves to Holder Houses. They are also regularly hired for training seminars and counseling by Holder families that are having issues with slave discipline or sale.

It is likely that those slavers, along with the slaves they were overseeing, were hired or otherwise acquired by capsuleers without any knowledge on the capsuleer's activities. Once the capsuleer got to Amarr borders and realized they couldn't cross with the slavers and slaves, the capsuleer stuffed both slaver and slaves into the cans and jettisoned them. The slavers are as much victims as the slaves, and deserve to be returned to the Empire and their families.

Now, some might actually be engaged in illegal activities, though once again as Imperial citizens they should be returned to the Empire for trial. Execution is not a likely result (it is actually a fairly rare sentence in the Empire), and generational slavery would probably only be on the table for severe breaches, where the criminal is believed a threat to his current and future family. Single-generation slavery is the most likely sentence in cases where the crime is minor enough to be worked off in a single lifetime and the criminal is not likely to pass his poor behavior down his bloodline.

Rescue Report:

116.02.06 21:21 Triana Kata 10

These ten used to be what they refer to as Elite slaves or those slaves given to the hardest physical labor. They were rescued from a deathcan near the Tourier gate in Diaderi. I am recording this entry while waiting out the timer in deadspace before returning to one of our centers where these newly freed men will find welcome and new start.

Edit: The Tourier Center is now just over 1000 residents since we started the Diaderi to Zoohen patrol route.

Rescue Report:
116.02.06 22:02 Mucikab Sazonov 3 slavers

I arrived on the scene too late; too late to help the poor people in the first deathcan. Nauplius' hench-girl Calyce lo arrived first and nabbed the survivors from the first can. We managed to rescue 3 slavers from the second can. If is a sad thought that we were only seconds too late and those we missed have been intentionally infected with a disease (vitoxin), bound and shackled and hurt all in the name of religion. The slavers we rescued will be treated well, they are fed, clothed, looked after medically and not roughly treated. We don't do this in the name of a deity just in the name of common decency.

Got any feelings on that?

Rescue and Confiscation Reports:
116.02.06 21:55 Confiscation: (4.8 Mil weapons using new protocol)
116.02.06 22:15 Montgomery Finn 25 (Ashokon at the Emsar gate)
116,02.06 22:36 (blue) 38
116.02.07 00:42 found Heron in deadspace in Girani-Fa (tech 2 weapons on board)
116.02.07 00:54 Nasher Khamsi 10 exotic dancers, female, 7 slaves (Diaderi)

Arturo Ramirez specifically requested a long winded post. I'll leave that up to Ston if he wishes. We believe the Diaderi rescue to be one of the many human trafficking rings in the area. Two new Prowlers will undergo fitting as confiscation vessels as soon as I have time. Ston and Tahrmal will pilot these when the fitting is complete.

You're Cult of the Lash, aren't you?

Rescue Report:

116.02.08 16:43 Bemyslave 240 lives(10 Janitors, 100 Militants, 20 Prisoners, 85 former slaves, 18 hounds, 7 Slavers)

Once in scan range, we found the contents of this deathcan to catch us all off guard a little. Seldom do we find such a wide variety of life on board. Of the 240 lives, only the 85 slaves were considered contraband and illegal to transport from the Empire into the State. While I do not usually contact pilots who are registered owners of deathcans, I have in this case. I simply asked why the non-illegal lives were jettisoned. We'll see what she has to say if she responds. Perhaps her call name says something of the reason. We also have some sorting out to do regarding who all these people are and how they got aboard the same ship. Our staff will be busy over the next few days seeing both the needs of those rescued and sorting out their identities.