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Senator Harren, if you\u2019d like to introduce the measure before the vote.\n\nSENATOR CLAY HARREN (U-Kampos-Ellis Sys): Thank you, Speaker. Arash Anello was a family man from Kampos. Besides his partner and two young kids, Arash loved nothing more than the Murray Cup and hauling cargo with his Hull C. Six months ago, he carried a load of raw materials routed for Archangel Station. Sadly, he never made it. Shortly after entering the Chronos System, Arash was ambushed by a pirate pack led by Colby Casper, an escaped QuarterDeck prisoner. Following this tragic incident, my office was flooded with comms asking how our Empire could fail to keep Colby Casper locked up. After months of research and investigation, this bill is the answer my constituents in Ellis and the entire Empire have been demanding.\n\nSimply put, there is a security crisis on QuarterDeck and it\u2019s our responsibility to fix it. This bill will do just that. My proposal outlines a series of improvements to QuarterDeck\u2019s existing security protocols and also creates necessary new ones. Now, I can already hear the awkward shuffling of my fellow senators worried that I will invoke the dreaded word \u201cspending.\u201d So let me address their concerns first. As a member of the Interior Committee, I lead a review of QuarterDeck that showed an uptick in antimatter production can cover the necessary costs to institute every feature of my proposal; hiring more agents to police the prison planet, funding additional help on the nearby JusticeStar Satellite, and even increasing patrols of the surrounding Kellog System. In short, this will reduce the number of escaped prisoners. It will improve QuarterDeck\u2019s conditions. And most importantly, it will make our Empire safer for all law-abiding Citizens and civilians, like Arash Anello. Thank you.\n\nSPEAKER MARSHALL MADRIGAL (U-Borea-Magnus Sys): The floor is now open for debate. The Speaker recognizes the honorable Senator from Corel.\n\nSENATOR GHATA VERAS (C-Lo-Corel Sys): Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Senator Harren, could you enlighten the Senate as to how this bill aims to achieve increased antimatter production on QuarterDeck?\n\nSENATOR CLAY HARREN (U-Kampos-Ellis Sys): Currently, the facility is not meeting production goals. This resolves that issue by taking corrective actions to get the refinery running at an optimal level.\n\nSENATOR GHATA VERAS (C-Lo-Corel Sys): According to the bill\u2019s language, increased production comes from mandating that all QuarterDeck prisoners work at the refinery. As opposed to the current system, which grants reduced sentences to qualified prisoners who volunteer to work there.\n\nSENATOR CLAY HARREN (U-Kampos-Ellis Sys): Correct. Fewer and fewer prisoners have taken the gracious offer of a commuted sentence in exchange for a little hard work.\n\nSENATOR GHATA VERAS (C-Lo-Corel Sys): Are you aware, Senator Harren, that antimatter refineries are considered one of the most dangerous work environments in the entire \u2019verse? In fact, that same Interior Committee report you just referenced states that \u201cdozens of prisoners die each day\u201d while working at QuarterDeck\u2019s antimatter facility.\n\nSENATOR CLAY HARREN (U-Kampos-Ellis Sys): And even more prisoners will die if the overall conditions on QuarterDeck remain as they are. Let me remind you that revenue generated by this bill will also be able to go towards correcting the \u2018unsafe conditions\u2019 outside of the antimatter facility. On a recent fact-finding mission, I witnessed prisoner-on-prisoner violence running rampant among the inmates. I saw food and medical provisions in desperately short supply, while drugs and other black market goods were abundantly available. It is only by requiring prisoners to work at the antimatter refinery that we will be able to generate the credits needed to deal with these security and safety issues on QuarterDeck. Incentivizing prisoners to work at the refinery has failed. So enough of the carrot. It\u2019s time for the stick.\n\nSENATOR GHATA VERAS (C-Lo-Corel Sys): Like you, Senator Harren, I\u2019ve been to QuarterDeck. But, unlike you, I\u2019ve been there more than once. Overall, the conditions are shameful, and I am as committed as anyone to finding a solution. But I refuse to support a bill that funds those changes through what some might consider slave labor.\n\n< inaudible chatter >\n\nSPEAKER MARSHALL MADRIGAL (U-Borea-Magnus Sys): Quiet in the chamber!\n\nSENATOR GHATA VERAS (C-Lo-Corel Sys): One final question. According to a recent article in the Terra Gazette, Senator Harren\u2019s largest campaign contributor is Hurston Dynamics, who purchases large quantities of antimatter from the UEE in order to make quantum cascade lasers, electron guns, and even military warheads.\n\nSENATOR CLAY HARREN (U-Kampos-Ellis Sys): I am failing to hear a question in any of this.\n\nSENATOR GHATA VERAS (C-Lo-Corel Sys): Well, that was a statement, Senator Harren. Here\u2019s another one, taken from the budget office\u2019s assessment of your bill: \u201cIncreased antimatter production by the UEE should drive down its overall cost across the Empire.\u201d So, to get to the question you\u2019re so eager for, if this bill were passed, would Hurston Dynamics, your top political donor, greatly benefit from lower antimatter costs?\n\nSENATOR CLAY HARREN (U-Kampos-Ellis Sys): The entire Empire would benefit, Senator Veras.\n\nSPEAKER MARSHALL MADRIGAL (U-Borea-Magnus Sys): Are there any further questions for Senator Harren?\n\n< pause >\n\nSPEAKER MARSHALL MADRIGAL (U-Borea-Magnus Sys): Quite a few, I see. We are scheduled for an hour recess at 13:00. Let\u2019s take that now. Debate of Senator Harren\u2019s bill will proceed once we\u2019re back in session.\n\n< gavel bang >\n\nTRANSCRIPT BREAK","de_DE":"UEE KONGRESS (396)\n2945-065-30-30 SATZ\n\nSession AutoScript\nGepr\u00fcft und zugelassen - Archivist Yates (#57573BDF)\n\n2945-06-30_12_12:43 - Transkript beginnt\n\nSPEAKER MARSHALL MADRIGAL (U-Borea-Magnus Sys): Zun\u00e4chst oben f\u00fcr Diskussion und folgende Abstimmung ist Senator Harrens Rechnung, um ViertelDeck zu verbessern. Senator Harren, wenn Sie die Ma\u00dfnahme vor der Abstimmung einf\u00fchren m\u00f6chten.\n\nSENATOR CLAY HARREN (U-Kampos-Ellis Sys): Danke, Sprecher. Arash Anello war ein Familienvater aus Kampos. Neben seinem Partner und zwei kleinen Kindern liebte Arash nichts anderes als den Murray Cup und den Transport von Fracht mit seinem Hull C. Vor sechs Monaten trug er eine Ladung Rohstoffe, die f\u00fcr die Archangel Station transportiert wurden. Leider hat er es nie geschafft. Kurz nach dem Betreten des Chronos-Systems wurde Arash von einem Piratenpack unter der F\u00fchrung von Colby Casper, einem entflohenen QuarterDeck-H\u00e4ftling, \u00fcberfallen. Nach diesem tragischen Vorfall wurde mein B\u00fcro mit Funkspr\u00fcchen \u00fcberflutet, die fragten, wie unser Imperium es nicht schaffen konnte, Colby Casper einzusperren. Nach monatelanger Forschung und Untersuchung ist dieser Gesetzentwurf die Antwort, die meine W\u00e4hler in Ellis und das gesamte Imperium gefordert haben.\n\nEinfach ausgedr\u00fcckt, es gibt eine Sicherheitskrise auf QuarterDeck und es liegt in unserer Verantwortung, diese zu beheben. Diese Rechnung wird genau das tun. Mein Vorschlag skizziert eine Reihe von Verbesserungen an den bestehenden Sicherheitsprotokollen von QuarterDeck und schafft auch die notwendigen neuen. Jetzt kann ich bereits das unbeholfene Schlurfen meiner Senatskollegen h\u00f6ren, die besorgt sind, dass ich das gef\u00fcrchtete Wort \"Ausgaben\" aufrufen werde. Lassen Sie mich also zuerst auf ihre Bedenken eingehen. Als Mitglied des Innenausschusses leite ich eine \u00dcberpr\u00fcfung von QuarterDeck, das einen Aufschwung in der Antimaterieproduktion zeigte, kann die notwendigen Kosten decken, um jedes Merkmal meines Vorschlags einzuf\u00fchren; mehr Agenten einzustellen, um den Gef\u00e4ngnisplaneten zu \u00fcberwachen, zus\u00e4tzliche Hilfe auf dem nahegelegenen JusticeStar-Satelliten zu finanzieren und sogar die Patrouillen des umliegenden Kellog-Systems zu verst\u00e4rken. Kurz gesagt, dies wird die Zahl der entflohenen Gefangenen reduzieren. Es wird die Bedingungen von QuarterDeck verbessern. Und vor allem wird es unser Imperium f\u00fcr alle gesetzestreuen B\u00fcrger und Zivilisten wie Arash Anello sicherer machen. Ich danke dir.\n\nSPEAKER MARSHALL MADRIGAL (U-Borea-Magnus Sys): Das Wort steht nun zur Debatte. Der Sprecher erkennt den ehrenwerten Senator von Corel an.\n\nSENATOR GHATA VERAS (C-Lo-Corel Sys): Danke, Herr Pr\u00e4sident. Senator Harren, k\u00f6nnten Sie den Senat aufkl\u00e4ren, wie dieses Gesetz darauf abzielt, eine erh\u00f6hte Antimaterieproduktion auf QuarterDeck zu erreichen?\n\nSENATOR CLAY HARREN (U-Kampos-Ellis Sys): Derzeit erreicht die Anlage die Produktionsziele nicht. Dies l\u00f6st dieses Problem, indem Korrekturma\u00dfnahmen ergriffen werden, um die Raffinerie auf einem optimalen Niveau zu betreiben.\n\nSENATOR GHATA VERAS (C-Lo-Corel Sys): Nach der Sprache des Gesetzentwurfs kommt die erh\u00f6hte Produktion von der Vorschrift, dass alle QuarterDeck-H\u00e4ftlinge in der Raffinerie arbeiten m\u00fcssen. Im Gegensatz zum derzeitigen System, das qualifizierten Gefangenen, die sich freiwillig dort engagieren, reduzierte Strafen gew\u00e4hrt.\n\nSENATOR CLAY HARREN (U-Kampos-Ellis Sys): Richtig. Immer weniger H\u00e4ftlinge haben das gn\u00e4dige Angebot einer Strafumwandlung angenommen, im Austausch f\u00fcr ein wenig harte Arbeit.\n\nSENATOR GHATA VERAS (C-Lo-Corel Sys): Wissen Sie, Senator Harren, dass Antimaterie-Raffinerien als eine der gef\u00e4hrlichsten Arbeitsumgebungen im gesamten Vers gelten? Tats\u00e4chlich besagt derselbe Bericht des Innenausschusses, auf den Sie gerade Bezug genommen haben, dass \"Dutzende von Gefangenen jeden Tag sterben\", w\u00e4hrend sie in der Antimaterieeinrichtung von QuarterDeck arbeiten.\n\nSENATOR CLAY HARREN (U-Kampos-Ellis Sys): Und noch mehr H\u00e4ftlinge werden sterben, wenn die Rahmenbedingungen auf QuarterDeck so bleiben, wie sie sind. Ich m\u00f6chte Sie daran erinnern, dass die Einnahmen aus diesem Gesetz auch dazu beitragen k\u00f6nnen, die \"unsicheren Bedingungen\" au\u00dferhalb der Antimaterieeinrichtung zu korrigieren. Auf einer k\u00fcrzlich durchgef\u00fchrten Erkundungsmission erlebte ich, wie die Gewalt von H\u00e4ftlingen gegen H\u00e4ftlinge unter den H\u00e4ftlingen wucherte. Ich sah, dass die Nahrungsmittel- und Medikamentenversorgung sehr knapp war, w\u00e4hrend Drogen und andere Schwarzmarktprodukte reichlich vorhanden waren. Nur wenn wir von den Gefangenen verlangen, in der Antimaterie-Raffinerie zu arbeiten, k\u00f6nnen wir die notwendigen Kredite generieren, um diese Sicherheitsfragen auf QuarterDeck zu l\u00f6sen. Die Anreize f\u00fcr Gefangene, in der Raffinerie zu arbeiten, sind gescheitert. So genug von der Karotte. Es ist Zeit f\u00fcr den Stock.\n\nSENATOR GHATA VERAS (C-Lo-Corel Sys): Wie Sie, Senator Harren, war ich auch in QuarterDeck. Aber im Gegensatz zu dir war ich mehr als einmal dort. Insgesamt sind die Bedingungen besch\u00e4mend, und ich setze mich wie jeder andere f\u00fcr eine L\u00f6sung ein. Aber ich weigere mich, einen Gesetzentwurf zu unterst\u00fctzen, der diese \u00c4nderungen durch das finanziert, was einige als Sklavenarbeit betrachten k\u00f6nnten.\n\nunh\u00f6rbares Geschw\u00e4tz >\n\nSPEAKER MARSHALL MADRIGAL (U-Borea-Magnus Sys): Ruhe in der Kammer!\n\nSENATOR GHATA VERAS (C-Lo-Corel Sys): Eine letzte Frage. Entsprechend einem neuen Artikel in der Terra Zeitung, ist Senator Harrens gr\u00f6\u00dfter Wahlkampfspender Hurston Dynamics, der gro\u00dfe Mengen Antimaterie von der UEE kauft, um Quantenkaskadenlaser, Elektronenkanonen und sogar milit\u00e4rische Sprengk\u00f6pfe herzustellen.\n\nSENATOR CLAY HARREN (U-Kampos-Ellis Sys): Ich h\u00f6re in diesem Zusammenhang keine Frage.\n\nSENATOR GHATA VERAS (C-Lo-Corel Sys): Nun, das war eine Aussage, Senator Harren. Hier ist noch eine weitere, die von der Beurteilung Ihrer Rechnung durch das Haushaltsb\u00fcro stammt: \"Eine erh\u00f6hte Antimaterieproduktion durch die UEE sollte die Gesamtkosten im gesamten Imperium senken.\" Um also auf die Frage zu kommen, auf die Sie so scharf sind, wenn dieser Gesetzentwurf verabschiedet w\u00fcrde, w\u00fcrde Hurston Dynamics, Ihr wichtigster politischer Geber, stark von niedrigeren Antimateriekosten profitieren?\n\nSENATOR CLAY HARREN (U-Kampos-Ellis Sys): Das gesamte Imperium w\u00fcrde davon profitieren, Senator Veras.\n\nSPEAKER MARSHALL MADRIGAL (U-Borea-Magnus Sys): Gibt es weitere Fragen an Senator Harren?\n\n< Pause > Pause >\n\nSPEAKER MARSHALL MADRIGAL (U-Borea-Magnus Sys): Eine ganze Reihe, wie ich sehe. Wir sind f\u00fcr eine einst\u00fcndige Pause um 13:00 Uhr geplant. Nehmen wir das jetzt. Die Debatte \u00fcber den Gesetzentwurf von Senator Harren wird fortgesetzt, sobald wir wieder in der Sitzung sind.\n\nHammerknall >\n\nTRANSKRIPTUMBRUCH","zh_CN":"UEE CONGRESS (396)\n2945-06-30 SET\n\nSession AutoScript\nProofed and Admitted \u2013Archivist Yates (#57573BDF)\n\n2945-06-30_12:43 \u2013 Transcript Begins\n\nSPEAKER MARSHALL MADRIGAL (U-Borea-Magnus Sys): Next up for discussion and subsequent vote is Senator Harren\u2019s bill to upgrade QuarterDeck. Senator Harren, if you\u2019d like to introduce the measure before the vote.\n\nSENATOR CLAY HARREN (U-Kampos-Ellis Sys): Thank you, Speaker. Arash Anello was a family man from Kampos. Besides his partner and two young kids, Arash loved nothing more than the Murray Cup and hauling cargo with his Hull C. Six months ago, he carried a load of raw materials routed for Archangel Station. Sadly, he never made it. Shortly after entering the Chronos System, Arash was ambushed by a pirate pack led by Colby Casper, an escaped QuarterDeck prisoner. Following this tragic incident, my office was flooded with comms asking how our Empire could fail to keep Colby Casper locked up. After months of research and investigation, this bill is the answer my constituents in Ellis and the entire Empire have been demanding.\n\nSimply put, there is a security crisis on QuarterDeck and it\u2019s our responsibility to fix it. This bill will do just that. My proposal outlines a series of improvements to QuarterDeck\u2019s existing security protocols and also creates necessary new ones. Now, I can already hear the awkward shuffling of my fellow senators worried that I will invoke the dreaded word \u201cspending.\u201d So let me address their concerns first. As a member of the Interior Committee, I lead a review of QuarterDeck that showed an uptick in antimatter production can cover the necessary costs to institute every feature of my proposal; hiring more agents to police the prison planet, funding additional help on the nearby JusticeStar Satellite, and even increasing patrols of the surrounding Kellog System. In short, this will reduce the number of escaped prisoners. It will improve QuarterDeck\u2019s conditions. And most importantly, it will make our Empire safer for all law-abiding Citizens and civilians, like Arash Anello. Thank you.\n\nSPEAKER MARSHALL MADRIGAL (U-Borea-Magnus Sys): The floor is now open for debate. The Speaker recognizes the honorable Senator from Corel.\n\nSENATOR GHATA VERAS (C-Lo-Corel Sys): Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Senator Harren, could you enlighten the Senate as to how this bill aims to achieve increased antimatter production on QuarterDeck?\n\nSENATOR CLAY HARREN (U-Kampos-Ellis Sys): Currently, the facility is not meeting production goals. This resolves that issue by taking corrective actions to get the refinery running at an optimal level.\n\nSENATOR GHATA VERAS (C-Lo-Corel Sys): According to the bill\u2019s language, increased production comes from mandating that all QuarterDeck prisoners work at the refinery. As opposed to the current system, which grants reduced sentences to qualified prisoners who volunteer to work there.\n\nSENATOR CLAY HARREN (U-Kampos-Ellis Sys): Correct. Fewer and fewer prisoners have taken the gracious offer of a commuted sentence in exchange for a little hard work.\n\nSENATOR GHATA VERAS (C-Lo-Corel Sys): Are you aware, Senator Harren, that antimatter refineries are considered one of the most dangerous work environments in the entire \u2019verse? In fact, that same Interior Committee report you just referenced states that \u201cdozens of prisoners die each day\u201d while working at QuarterDeck\u2019s antimatter facility.\n\nSENATOR CLAY HARREN (U-Kampos-Ellis Sys): And even more prisoners will die if the overall conditions on QuarterDeck remain as they are. Let me remind you that revenue generated by this bill will also be able to go towards correcting the \u2018unsafe conditions\u2019 outside of the antimatter facility. On a recent fact-finding mission, I witnessed prisoner-on-prisoner violence running rampant among the inmates. I saw food and medical provisions in desperately short supply, while drugs and other black market goods were abundantly available. It is only by requiring prisoners to work at the antimatter refinery that we will be able to generate the credits needed to deal with these security and safety issues on QuarterDeck. Incentivizing prisoners to work at the refinery has failed. So enough of the carrot. It\u2019s time for the stick.\n\nSENATOR GHATA VERAS (C-Lo-Corel Sys): Like you, Senator Harren, I\u2019ve been to QuarterDeck. But, unlike you, I\u2019ve been there more than once. Overall, the conditions are shameful, and I am as committed as anyone to finding a solution. But I refuse to support a bill that funds those changes through what some might consider slave labor.\n\n< inaudible chatter >\n\nSPEAKER MARSHALL MADRIGAL (U-Borea-Magnus Sys): Quiet in the chamber!\n\nSENATOR GHATA VERAS (C-Lo-Corel Sys): One final question. According to a recent article in the Terra Gazette, Senator Harren\u2019s largest campaign contributor is Hurston Dynamics, who purchases large quantities of antimatter from the UEE in order to make quantum cascade lasers, electron guns, and even military warheads.\n\nSENATOR CLAY HARREN (U-Kampos-Ellis Sys): I am failing to hear a question in any of this.\n\nSENATOR GHATA VERAS (C-Lo-Corel Sys): Well, that was a statement, Senator Harren. Here\u2019s another one, taken from the budget office\u2019s assessment of your bill: \u201cIncreased antimatter production by the UEE should drive down its overall cost across the Empire.\u201d So, to get to the question you\u2019re so eager for, if this bill were passed, would Hurston Dynamics, your top political donor, greatly benefit from lower antimatter costs?\n\nSENATOR CLAY HARREN (U-Kampos-Ellis Sys): The entire Empire would benefit, Senator Veras.\n\nSPEAKER MARSHALL MADRIGAL (U-Borea-Magnus Sys): Are there any further questions for Senator Harren?\n\n< pause >\n\nSPEAKER MARSHALL MADRIGAL (U-Borea-Magnus Sys): Quite a few, I see. We are scheduled for an hour recess at 13:00. Let\u2019s take that now. Debate of Senator Harren\u2019s bill will proceed once we\u2019re back in session.\n\n< gavel bang >\n\nTRANSCRIPT BREAK"},"links_count":0,"comment_count":69,"created_at":"2015-07-01T00:00:00+00:00","created_at_human":"10 years ago"},"meta":{"processed_at":"2026-05-08 02:38:51","valid_relations":["images","links"],"prev_id":14806,"next_id":14808}}