Intergalactic Summit

With CEP statement of Dragonaurs involvement in spreading of Kyonoke infection inside Caldari State borders, and the dominant amount of Dragonaur personnel on service on my vessels, the following measures will be taken.

1) All Dragonaur crewmembers in service on my vessels, that are flying under the banner of Caldari State, State Protectorate and Caldari Militia Coalition, are to be immediately discharged from the service.

2) Their unfinished service terms will be paid in full and compensated according to their contracts with compensation for premature contract termination by the employer.

3) No Dragonaur-affiliated personnel will be hired as crewmembers on my vessels until further notice.

Effective from now, 04.05.YC119.

D. Kim, Strike Cmdr.
State Protectorate
Caldari State

I disagree with this decision. The allegation of Dragonaur involvement is obviously planted by Gallentean or Minmatar intelligence agencies or by traitors within the State.

Or they have committed treason. Or it's just FIO attack on Dragonaurs. We don't know much, but I can't take risk and carry potential threat to Caldari State inside my ships. Until those who did that belong or hiding among Dragonaur ranks or just pretend to be Dragonaurs, there will be no Dragonaur on my ship.

I'll let CBT and TD solve it. Meanwhile, I have the State to protect, from foreign and domestic enemies alike.

... I doubt that any Dragonaurs could tolerate being around me for too long, but I'll keep on the lookout for any attempting to infiltrate my crew pending my departure.

For public consideration;

Let us note for the record that one Diana Kim has now openly stated that Templus Dragonaur were a dominant amount of her crew, that she has knowingly provided them with employment for several years despite CEP affirming their status as terrorists, and that she is now stating that she has no intent to report known terrorists to the Caldari Navy or the Chief Executive Panel, even as the State mourns the deaths of nearly fifteen million in Myrskaa at the hands of a Templis Dragonaur conspiracy.

Actually, Makoto, since she's been paying them, they've attacked the State, and money is fungible*, wouldn't that mean she's been materially supporting terrorist activities against the State? In fact, since she's been making money off of their activites—specifically, their activities as her crew—doesn't that mean that her ships have effectively been a terrorist front? That opens her up to all sorts of conspiracy and racketeering charges if she doesn't inform the State of the locations of those Dragonaur she knows about.

I mean, speaking as someone who was a corporate officer in Caldari space for a time, and had to deal with potential criminal liability issues, and all.

* - Fungibility basically means that once money enters a common pool, one credit is indistinguishable from another. So if you need 40 ISK for ammo and 60 ISK for fuel, and I give you 50 ISK and Ali gives you 50 ISK, when you hit Jita a week later and buy everything, neither one of us can claim we were only giving you money for gas, because it's impossible to tell, ultimately, whose money went to buy the missiles.

Ah, Diana, welcome to the lovely world of Racketeering in Criminal Organizations laws. You might want to study up on them.

Essentially, Arrendis, yes. Given that she's knowingly provided aid to a terrorist organization, she may very well be complicit in their crimes. I suspect it'd warrant a court martial, were she anything more than an independent contractor.

What is worse? Diana Kim knowingly hiring known terrorists or people like me who are guilty of not asking?

On a more serious note;

Congrats for coming to that conclusion Kim. I doubt it was a hard decision for you.

I hire crewmembers and ship personnel, trained for ship combat, not for terrorism.

Terrorism is poor man's war. I need better trained personnel than terrorists. I need professionals. I would never hire incompetent crewmembers.

Neither I ever had an open position of "terrorist" on my ship. Tell me, Ms. Vess, do minmatar ships have terrorist position in crewmembers? Our Caldari ships don't.