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UEE CONGRESS (396)
2945-06-30 SET
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SPEAKER MARSHALL MADRIGAL (U-Borea-Magnus Sys): Next up for discussion and subsequent vote is Senator Harren’s bill to upgrade QuarterDeck. Senator Harren, if you’d like to introduce the measure before the vote.
SENATOR 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.
Simply put, there is a security crisis on QuarterDeck and it’s our responsibility to fix it. This bill will do just that. My proposal outlines a series of improvements to QuarterDeck’s 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 “spending.” 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’s conditions. And most importantly, it will make our Empire safer for all law-abiding Citizens and civilians, like Arash Anello. Thank you.
SPEAKER MARSHALL MADRIGAL (U-Borea-Magnus Sys): The floor is now open for debate. The Speaker recognizes the honorable Senator from Corel.
SENATOR 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?
SENATOR 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.
SENATOR GHATA VERAS (C-Lo-Corel Sys): According to the bill’s 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.
SENATOR 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.
SENATOR 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 ’verse? In fact, that same Interior Committee report you just referenced states that “dozens of prisoners die each day” while working at QuarterDeck’s antimatter facility.
SENATOR 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 ‘unsafe conditions’ 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’s time for the stick.
SENATOR GHATA VERAS (C-Lo-Corel Sys): Like you, Senator Harren, I’ve been to QuarterDeck. But, unlike you, I’ve 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.
< inaudible chatter >
SPEAKER MARSHALL MADRIGAL (U-Borea-Magnus Sys): Quiet in the chamber!
SENATOR GHATA VERAS (C-Lo-Corel Sys): One final question. According to a recent article in the Terra Gazette, Senator Harren’s 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.
SENATOR CLAY HARREN (U-Kampos-Ellis Sys): I am failing to hear a question in any of this.
SENATOR GHATA VERAS (C-Lo-Corel Sys): Well, that was a statement, Senator Harren. Here’s another one, taken from the budget office’s assessment of your bill: “Increased antimatter production by the UEE should drive down its overall cost across the Empire.” So, to get to the question you’re so eager for, if this bill were passed, would Hurston Dynamics, your top political donor, greatly benefit from lower antimatter costs?
SENATOR CLAY HARREN (U-Kampos-Ellis Sys): The entire Empire would benefit, Senator Veras.
SPEAKER MARSHALL MADRIGAL (U-Borea-Magnus Sys): Are there any further questions for Senator Harren?
< pause >
SPEAKER MARSHALL MADRIGAL (U-Borea-Magnus Sys): Quite a few, I see. We are scheduled for an hour recess at 13:00. Let’s take that now. Debate of Senator Harren’s bill will proceed once we’re back in session.
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2945-06-30 SET
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2945-06-30_12:43 – Transcript Begins
SPEAKER MARSHALL MADRIGAL (U-Borea-Magnus Sys): Next up for discussion and subsequent vote is Senator Harren’s bill to upgrade QuarterDeck. Senator Harren, if you’d like to introduce the measure before the vote.
SENATOR 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.
Simply put, there is a security crisis on QuarterDeck and it’s our responsibility to fix it. This bill will do just that. My proposal outlines a series of improvements to QuarterDeck’s 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 “spending.” 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’s conditions. And most importantly, it will make our Empire safer for all law-abiding Citizens and civilians, like Arash Anello. Thank you.
SPEAKER MARSHALL MADRIGAL (U-Borea-Magnus Sys): The floor is now open for debate. The Speaker recognizes the honorable Senator from Corel.
SENATOR 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?
SENATOR 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.
SENATOR GHATA VERAS (C-Lo-Corel Sys): According to the bill’s 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.
SENATOR 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.
SENATOR 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 ’verse? In fact, that same Interior Committee report you just referenced states that “dozens of prisoners die each day” while working at QuarterDeck’s antimatter facility.
SENATOR 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 ‘unsafe conditions’ 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’s time for the stick.
SENATOR GHATA VERAS (C-Lo-Corel Sys): Like you, Senator Harren, I’ve been to QuarterDeck. But, unlike you, I’ve 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.
< inaudible chatter >
SPEAKER MARSHALL MADRIGAL (U-Borea-Magnus Sys): Quiet in the chamber!
SENATOR GHATA VERAS (C-Lo-Corel Sys): One final question. According to a recent article in the Terra Gazette, Senator Harren’s 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.
SENATOR CLAY HARREN (U-Kampos-Ellis Sys): I am failing to hear a question in any of this.
SENATOR GHATA VERAS (C-Lo-Corel Sys): Well, that was a statement, Senator Harren. Here’s another one, taken from the budget office’s assessment of your bill: “Increased antimatter production by the UEE should drive down its overall cost across the Empire.” So, to get to the question you’re so eager for, if this bill were passed, would Hurston Dynamics, your top political donor, greatly benefit from lower antimatter costs?
SENATOR CLAY HARREN (U-Kampos-Ellis Sys): The entire Empire would benefit, Senator Veras.
SPEAKER MARSHALL MADRIGAL (U-Borea-Magnus Sys): Are there any further questions for Senator Harren?
< pause >
SPEAKER MARSHALL MADRIGAL (U-Borea-Magnus Sys): Quite a few, I see. We are scheduled for an hour recess at 13:00. Let’s take that now. Debate of Senator Harren’s bill will proceed once we’re back in session.
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UEE KONGRESS (396)
2945-065-30-30 SATZ
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SPEAKER MARSHALL MADRIGAL (U-Borea-Magnus Sys): Zunächst oben für Diskussion und folgende Abstimmung ist Senator Harrens Rechnung, um ViertelDeck zu verbessern. Senator Harren, wenn Sie die Maßnahme vor der Abstimmung einführen möchten.
SENATOR 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 für 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 Führung von Colby Casper, einem entflohenen QuarterDeck-Häftling, überfallen. Nach diesem tragischen Vorfall wurde mein Büro mit Funksprüchen überflutet, die fragten, wie unser Imperium es nicht schaffen konnte, Colby Casper einzusperren. Nach monatelanger Forschung und Untersuchung ist dieser Gesetzentwurf die Antwort, die meine Wähler in Ellis und das gesamte Imperium gefordert haben.
Einfach ausgedrückt, 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 hören, die besorgt sind, dass ich das gefürchtete Wort "Ausgaben" aufrufen werde. Lassen Sie mich also zuerst auf ihre Bedenken eingehen. Als Mitglied des Innenausschusses leite ich eine Überprüfung von QuarterDeck, das einen Aufschwung in der Antimaterieproduktion zeigte, kann die notwendigen Kosten decken, um jedes Merkmal meines Vorschlags einzuführen; mehr Agenten einzustellen, um den Gefängnisplaneten zu überwachen, zusätzliche Hilfe auf dem nahegelegenen JusticeStar-Satelliten zu finanzieren und sogar die Patrouillen des umliegenden Kellog-Systems zu verstärken. Kurz gesagt, dies wird die Zahl der entflohenen Gefangenen reduzieren. Es wird die Bedingungen von QuarterDeck verbessern. Und vor allem wird es unser Imperium für alle gesetzestreuen Bürger und Zivilisten wie Arash Anello sicherer machen. Ich danke dir.
SPEAKER MARSHALL MADRIGAL (U-Borea-Magnus Sys): Das Wort steht nun zur Debatte. Der Sprecher erkennt den ehrenwerten Senator von Corel an.
SENATOR GHATA VERAS (C-Lo-Corel Sys): Danke, Herr Präsident. Senator Harren, könnten Sie den Senat aufklären, wie dieses Gesetz darauf abzielt, eine erhöhte Antimaterieproduktion auf QuarterDeck zu erreichen?
SENATOR CLAY HARREN (U-Kampos-Ellis Sys): Derzeit erreicht die Anlage die Produktionsziele nicht. Dies löst dieses Problem, indem Korrekturmaßnahmen ergriffen werden, um die Raffinerie auf einem optimalen Niveau zu betreiben.
SENATOR GHATA VERAS (C-Lo-Corel Sys): Nach der Sprache des Gesetzentwurfs kommt die erhöhte Produktion von der Vorschrift, dass alle QuarterDeck-Häftlinge in der Raffinerie arbeiten müssen. Im Gegensatz zum derzeitigen System, das qualifizierten Gefangenen, die sich freiwillig dort engagieren, reduzierte Strafen gewährt.
SENATOR CLAY HARREN (U-Kampos-Ellis Sys): Richtig. Immer weniger Häftlinge haben das gnädige Angebot einer Strafumwandlung angenommen, im Austausch für ein wenig harte Arbeit.
SENATOR GHATA VERAS (C-Lo-Corel Sys): Wissen Sie, Senator Harren, dass Antimaterie-Raffinerien als eine der gefährlichsten Arbeitsumgebungen im gesamten Vers gelten? Tatsächlich besagt derselbe Bericht des Innenausschusses, auf den Sie gerade Bezug genommen haben, dass "Dutzende von Gefangenen jeden Tag sterben", während sie in der Antimaterieeinrichtung von QuarterDeck arbeiten.
SENATOR CLAY HARREN (U-Kampos-Ellis Sys): Und noch mehr Häftlinge werden sterben, wenn die Rahmenbedingungen auf QuarterDeck so bleiben, wie sie sind. Ich möchte Sie daran erinnern, dass die Einnahmen aus diesem Gesetz auch dazu beitragen können, die "unsicheren Bedingungen" außerhalb der Antimaterieeinrichtung zu korrigieren. Auf einer kürzlich durchgeführten Erkundungsmission erlebte ich, wie die Gewalt von Häftlingen gegen Häftlinge unter den Häftlingen wucherte. Ich sah, dass die Nahrungsmittel- und Medikamentenversorgung sehr knapp war, während Drogen und andere Schwarzmarktprodukte reichlich vorhanden waren. Nur wenn wir von den Gefangenen verlangen, in der Antimaterie-Raffinerie zu arbeiten, können wir die notwendigen Kredite generieren, um diese Sicherheitsfragen auf QuarterDeck zu lösen. Die Anreize für Gefangene, in der Raffinerie zu arbeiten, sind gescheitert. So genug von der Karotte. Es ist Zeit für den Stock.
SENATOR 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 beschämend, und ich setze mich wie jeder andere für eine Lösung ein. Aber ich weigere mich, einen Gesetzentwurf zu unterstützen, der diese Änderungen durch das finanziert, was einige als Sklavenarbeit betrachten könnten.
unhörbares Geschwätz >
SPEAKER MARSHALL MADRIGAL (U-Borea-Magnus Sys): Ruhe in der Kammer!
SENATOR GHATA VERAS (C-Lo-Corel Sys): Eine letzte Frage. Entsprechend einem neuen Artikel in der Terra Zeitung, ist Senator Harrens größter Wahlkampfspender Hurston Dynamics, der große Mengen Antimaterie von der UEE kauft, um Quantenkaskadenlaser, Elektronenkanonen und sogar militärische Sprengköpfe herzustellen.
SENATOR CLAY HARREN (U-Kampos-Ellis Sys): Ich höre in diesem Zusammenhang keine Frage.
SENATOR 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 Haushaltsbüro stammt: "Eine erhöhte 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 würde, würde Hurston Dynamics, Ihr wichtigster politischer Geber, stark von niedrigeren Antimateriekosten profitieren?
SENATOR CLAY HARREN (U-Kampos-Ellis Sys): Das gesamte Imperium würde davon profitieren, Senator Veras.
SPEAKER MARSHALL MADRIGAL (U-Borea-Magnus Sys): Gibt es weitere Fragen an Senator Harren?
< Pause > Pause >
SPEAKER MARSHALL MADRIGAL (U-Borea-Magnus Sys): Eine ganze Reihe, wie ich sehe. Wir sind für eine einstündige Pause um 13:00 Uhr geplant. Nehmen wir das jetzt. Die Debatte über den Gesetzentwurf von Senator Harren wird fortgesetzt, sobald wir wieder in der Sitzung sind.
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2945-06-30_12_12:43 - Transkript beginnt
SPEAKER MARSHALL MADRIGAL (U-Borea-Magnus Sys): Zunächst oben für Diskussion und folgende Abstimmung ist Senator Harrens Rechnung, um ViertelDeck zu verbessern. Senator Harren, wenn Sie die Maßnahme vor der Abstimmung einführen möchten.
SENATOR 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 für 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 Führung von Colby Casper, einem entflohenen QuarterDeck-Häftling, überfallen. Nach diesem tragischen Vorfall wurde mein Büro mit Funksprüchen überflutet, die fragten, wie unser Imperium es nicht schaffen konnte, Colby Casper einzusperren. Nach monatelanger Forschung und Untersuchung ist dieser Gesetzentwurf die Antwort, die meine Wähler in Ellis und das gesamte Imperium gefordert haben.
Einfach ausgedrückt, 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 hören, die besorgt sind, dass ich das gefürchtete Wort "Ausgaben" aufrufen werde. Lassen Sie mich also zuerst auf ihre Bedenken eingehen. Als Mitglied des Innenausschusses leite ich eine Überprüfung von QuarterDeck, das einen Aufschwung in der Antimaterieproduktion zeigte, kann die notwendigen Kosten decken, um jedes Merkmal meines Vorschlags einzuführen; mehr Agenten einzustellen, um den Gefängnisplaneten zu überwachen, zusätzliche Hilfe auf dem nahegelegenen JusticeStar-Satelliten zu finanzieren und sogar die Patrouillen des umliegenden Kellog-Systems zu verstärken. Kurz gesagt, dies wird die Zahl der entflohenen Gefangenen reduzieren. Es wird die Bedingungen von QuarterDeck verbessern. Und vor allem wird es unser Imperium für alle gesetzestreuen Bürger und Zivilisten wie Arash Anello sicherer machen. Ich danke dir.
SPEAKER MARSHALL MADRIGAL (U-Borea-Magnus Sys): Das Wort steht nun zur Debatte. Der Sprecher erkennt den ehrenwerten Senator von Corel an.
SENATOR GHATA VERAS (C-Lo-Corel Sys): Danke, Herr Präsident. Senator Harren, könnten Sie den Senat aufklären, wie dieses Gesetz darauf abzielt, eine erhöhte Antimaterieproduktion auf QuarterDeck zu erreichen?
SENATOR CLAY HARREN (U-Kampos-Ellis Sys): Derzeit erreicht die Anlage die Produktionsziele nicht. Dies löst dieses Problem, indem Korrekturmaßnahmen ergriffen werden, um die Raffinerie auf einem optimalen Niveau zu betreiben.
SENATOR GHATA VERAS (C-Lo-Corel Sys): Nach der Sprache des Gesetzentwurfs kommt die erhöhte Produktion von der Vorschrift, dass alle QuarterDeck-Häftlinge in der Raffinerie arbeiten müssen. Im Gegensatz zum derzeitigen System, das qualifizierten Gefangenen, die sich freiwillig dort engagieren, reduzierte Strafen gewährt.
SENATOR CLAY HARREN (U-Kampos-Ellis Sys): Richtig. Immer weniger Häftlinge haben das gnädige Angebot einer Strafumwandlung angenommen, im Austausch für ein wenig harte Arbeit.
SENATOR GHATA VERAS (C-Lo-Corel Sys): Wissen Sie, Senator Harren, dass Antimaterie-Raffinerien als eine der gefährlichsten Arbeitsumgebungen im gesamten Vers gelten? Tatsächlich besagt derselbe Bericht des Innenausschusses, auf den Sie gerade Bezug genommen haben, dass "Dutzende von Gefangenen jeden Tag sterben", während sie in der Antimaterieeinrichtung von QuarterDeck arbeiten.
SENATOR CLAY HARREN (U-Kampos-Ellis Sys): Und noch mehr Häftlinge werden sterben, wenn die Rahmenbedingungen auf QuarterDeck so bleiben, wie sie sind. Ich möchte Sie daran erinnern, dass die Einnahmen aus diesem Gesetz auch dazu beitragen können, die "unsicheren Bedingungen" außerhalb der Antimaterieeinrichtung zu korrigieren. Auf einer kürzlich durchgeführten Erkundungsmission erlebte ich, wie die Gewalt von Häftlingen gegen Häftlinge unter den Häftlingen wucherte. Ich sah, dass die Nahrungsmittel- und Medikamentenversorgung sehr knapp war, während Drogen und andere Schwarzmarktprodukte reichlich vorhanden waren. Nur wenn wir von den Gefangenen verlangen, in der Antimaterie-Raffinerie zu arbeiten, können wir die notwendigen Kredite generieren, um diese Sicherheitsfragen auf QuarterDeck zu lösen. Die Anreize für Gefangene, in der Raffinerie zu arbeiten, sind gescheitert. So genug von der Karotte. Es ist Zeit für den Stock.
SENATOR 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 beschämend, und ich setze mich wie jeder andere für eine Lösung ein. Aber ich weigere mich, einen Gesetzentwurf zu unterstützen, der diese Änderungen durch das finanziert, was einige als Sklavenarbeit betrachten könnten.
unhörbares Geschwätz >
SPEAKER MARSHALL MADRIGAL (U-Borea-Magnus Sys): Ruhe in der Kammer!
SENATOR GHATA VERAS (C-Lo-Corel Sys): Eine letzte Frage. Entsprechend einem neuen Artikel in der Terra Zeitung, ist Senator Harrens größter Wahlkampfspender Hurston Dynamics, der große Mengen Antimaterie von der UEE kauft, um Quantenkaskadenlaser, Elektronenkanonen und sogar militärische Sprengköpfe herzustellen.
SENATOR CLAY HARREN (U-Kampos-Ellis Sys): Ich höre in diesem Zusammenhang keine Frage.
SENATOR 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 Haushaltsbüro stammt: "Eine erhöhte 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 würde, würde Hurston Dynamics, Ihr wichtigster politischer Geber, stark von niedrigeren Antimateriekosten profitieren?
SENATOR CLAY HARREN (U-Kampos-Ellis Sys): Das gesamte Imperium würde davon profitieren, Senator Veras.
SPEAKER MARSHALL MADRIGAL (U-Borea-Magnus Sys): Gibt es weitere Fragen an Senator Harren?
< Pause > Pause >
SPEAKER MARSHALL MADRIGAL (U-Borea-Magnus Sys): Eine ganze Reihe, wie ich sehe. Wir sind für eine einstündige Pause um 13:00 Uhr geplant. Nehmen wir das jetzt. Die Debatte über den Gesetzentwurf von Senator Harren wird fortgesetzt, sobald wir wieder in der Sitzung sind.
Hammerknall >
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UEE CONGRESS (396)
2945-06-30 SET
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Proofed and Admitted –Archivist Yates (#57573BDF)
2945-06-30_12:43 – Transcript Begins
SPEAKER MARSHALL MADRIGAL (U-Borea-Magnus Sys): Next up for discussion and subsequent vote is Senator Harren’s bill to upgrade QuarterDeck. Senator Harren, if you’d like to introduce the measure before the vote.
SENATOR 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.
Simply put, there is a security crisis on QuarterDeck and it’s our responsibility to fix it. This bill will do just that. My proposal outlines a series of improvements to QuarterDeck’s 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 “spending.” 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’s conditions. And most importantly, it will make our Empire safer for all law-abiding Citizens and civilians, like Arash Anello. Thank you.
SPEAKER MARSHALL MADRIGAL (U-Borea-Magnus Sys): The floor is now open for debate. The Speaker recognizes the honorable Senator from Corel.
SENATOR 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?
SENATOR 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.
SENATOR GHATA VERAS (C-Lo-Corel Sys): According to the bill’s 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.
SENATOR 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.
SENATOR 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 ’verse? In fact, that same Interior Committee report you just referenced states that “dozens of prisoners die each day” while working at QuarterDeck’s antimatter facility.
SENATOR 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 ‘unsafe conditions’ 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’s time for the stick.
SENATOR GHATA VERAS (C-Lo-Corel Sys): Like you, Senator Harren, I’ve been to QuarterDeck. But, unlike you, I’ve 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.
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SPEAKER MARSHALL MADRIGAL (U-Borea-Magnus Sys): Quiet in the chamber!
SENATOR GHATA VERAS (C-Lo-Corel Sys): One final question. According to a recent article in the Terra Gazette, Senator Harren’s 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.
SENATOR CLAY HARREN (U-Kampos-Ellis Sys): I am failing to hear a question in any of this.
SENATOR GHATA VERAS (C-Lo-Corel Sys): Well, that was a statement, Senator Harren. Here’s another one, taken from the budget office’s assessment of your bill: “Increased antimatter production by the UEE should drive down its overall cost across the Empire.” So, to get to the question you’re so eager for, if this bill were passed, would Hurston Dynamics, your top political donor, greatly benefit from lower antimatter costs?
SENATOR CLAY HARREN (U-Kampos-Ellis Sys): The entire Empire would benefit, Senator Veras.
SPEAKER MARSHALL MADRIGAL (U-Borea-Magnus Sys): Are there any further questions for Senator Harren?
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SPEAKER MARSHALL MADRIGAL (U-Borea-Magnus Sys): Quite a few, I see. We are scheduled for an hour recess at 13:00. Let’s take that now. Debate of Senator Harren’s bill will proceed once we’re back in session.
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SPEAKER MARSHALL MADRIGAL (U-Borea-Magnus Sys): Next up for discussion and subsequent vote is Senator Harren’s bill to upgrade QuarterDeck. Senator Harren, if you’d like to introduce the measure before the vote.
SENATOR 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.
Simply put, there is a security crisis on QuarterDeck and it’s our responsibility to fix it. This bill will do just that. My proposal outlines a series of improvements to QuarterDeck’s 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 “spending.” 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’s conditions. And most importantly, it will make our Empire safer for all law-abiding Citizens and civilians, like Arash Anello. Thank you.
SPEAKER MARSHALL MADRIGAL (U-Borea-Magnus Sys): The floor is now open for debate. The Speaker recognizes the honorable Senator from Corel.
SENATOR 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?
SENATOR 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.
SENATOR GHATA VERAS (C-Lo-Corel Sys): According to the bill’s 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.
SENATOR 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.
SENATOR 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 ’verse? In fact, that same Interior Committee report you just referenced states that “dozens of prisoners die each day” while working at QuarterDeck’s antimatter facility.
SENATOR 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 ‘unsafe conditions’ 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’s time for the stick.
SENATOR GHATA VERAS (C-Lo-Corel Sys): Like you, Senator Harren, I’ve been to QuarterDeck. But, unlike you, I’ve 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.
< inaudible chatter >
SPEAKER MARSHALL MADRIGAL (U-Borea-Magnus Sys): Quiet in the chamber!
SENATOR GHATA VERAS (C-Lo-Corel Sys): One final question. According to a recent article in the Terra Gazette, Senator Harren’s 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.
SENATOR CLAY HARREN (U-Kampos-Ellis Sys): I am failing to hear a question in any of this.
SENATOR GHATA VERAS (C-Lo-Corel Sys): Well, that was a statement, Senator Harren. Here’s another one, taken from the budget office’s assessment of your bill: “Increased antimatter production by the UEE should drive down its overall cost across the Empire.” So, to get to the question you’re so eager for, if this bill were passed, would Hurston Dynamics, your top political donor, greatly benefit from lower antimatter costs?
SENATOR CLAY HARREN (U-Kampos-Ellis Sys): The entire Empire would benefit, Senator Veras.
SPEAKER MARSHALL MADRIGAL (U-Borea-Magnus Sys): Are there any further questions for Senator Harren?
< pause >
SPEAKER MARSHALL MADRIGAL (U-Borea-Magnus Sys): Quite a few, I see. We are scheduled for an hour recess at 13:00. Let’s take that now. Debate of Senator Harren’s bill will proceed once we’re back in session.
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