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SENATOR YANN ISHER (C – Angeli – Croshaw Sys): Then you may proceed. SENATOR JUNGER RIES (C – Lorona – Banshee Sys): Ladies and gentlemen, if you will please bring up Initiative #3586-GHSD, it is flagged on today’s agenda if you would like to follow along. At its height, the name Gold Horizon was synonymous with Human expansion. Whenever a new system was discovered and designated for terraforming, one of the corporation’s iconic stations would be sure to follow. It’s truly a testament to the design and engineering of these structures that, even after all these years, we can still find Gold Horizon stations dotted throughout the Empire, but their majesty has long since lost its luster. In the decades that followed the slow dismantling of the company’s assets, the stations began to fall into disrepair. As they did, a criminal element began to infect them. Now Gold Horizon stations are warzones where bands of armed thugs battle for supremacy on a daily, even hourly, basis. My Initiative outlines a plan to eliminate these stations and stop the build-up of a violent and undesirable element. SENATOR FESSEL QUINN (T – Green – Ellis Sys): Mister Senator, a question. SENATOR JUNGER RIES (C – Lorona – Banshee Sys): Of course. SENATOR FESSEL QUINN (T – Green – Ellis Sys): Thank you. Are you planning to evacuate the stations beforehand? Or are these ‘undesirable elements’ part of the demolition parameters? SENATOR JUNGER RIES (C – Lorona – Banshee Sys): If you consult Section Eight of the Initiative, we exhaustively outline scenarios including and not including the evacuation of the denizens. SENATOR FESSEL QUINN (T – Green – Ellis Sys): And what is your conclusion? SENATOR JUNGER RIES (C – Lorona – Banshee Sys): Well, Senator, I simply presented the possibilities. I entrust a well-founded conclusion will be reached after discussion within the Senate. SENATOR FESSEL QUINN (T – Green – Ellis Sys): But you must have a personal opinion on the matter. SENATOR JUNGER RIES (C – Lorona – Banshee Sys): I do, but I wouldn’t presume to preemptively color the debate with my opinion. However, I have brought a speaker who could perhaps share her insight into the situation. This is Lela Rainhardt from the Department of the Interior. SENATOR YANN ISHER (C – Angeli – Croshaw Sys): Step forward, Ms Rainhardt. LELA RAINHARDT: Thank you, Madame Chairwoman. SENATOR JUNGER RIES (C – Lorona – Banshee Sys): Ms. Rainhardt was our lead field agent when assembling the Initiative. As a veteran law enforcement officer, she travelled throughout the systems and surveyed the conditions on the Gold Horizon stations first-hand. LELA RAINHARDT: As you will see in my assessment report located at the end of the Senator’s Initiative, I think it would be prohibitively difficult to attempt to evacuate any civilians from the stations without a devastating cost of life from our law enforcement and military personnel. The people who inhabit these stations are proudly defiant anti-authoritarians who will not hesitate to resort to violence. During my undercover investigations, I personally witnessed three heavily armed contingents of thugs seize control of a facility through prolonged and bloody conflict. SENATOR FESSEL QUINN (T – Green – Ellis Sys): So, you think that we should strike from distance and be done with the whole matter? LELA RAINHARDT: Yes, Senator, I do. SENATOR FESSEL QUINN (T – Green – Ellis Sys): Thank you, Ms. Rainhardt. Senator Ries, one final question. SENATOR JUNGER RIES (C – Lorona – Banshee Sys): Of course. SENATOR FESSEL QUINN (T – Green – Ellis Sys): Looking over your list of Gold Horizon stations currently in operation, I’m noticing the majority of them are outside of the UEE. SENATOR JUNGER RIES (C – Lorona – Banshee Sys): That is correct. SENATOR FESSEL QUINN (T – Green – Ellis Sys): Well, Senator, if they are in lawless systems, aren’t we by definition, not allowed to enforce our laws there? SENATOR JUNGER RIES (C – Lorona – Banshee Sys): You will find that a shocking number of the criminals who set up in these stations use them as bases to launch attacks against the good people inside UEE space. SENATOR FESSEL QUINN (T – Green – Ellis Sys): That may be, but doesn’t that present a slippery jurisdictional conundrum? SENATOR JUNGER RIES (C – Lorona – Banshee Sys): It does indeed and I trust that the Senate will examine it thoroughly. I’m simply presenting the Initiative, Senator, not forcing the execution as a condition. Madame Chairwoman, I will concede the rest of my time but invite my colleagues to review the Initiative and speak to Ms. Rainhardt for her insight. Thank you. SENATOR YANN ISHER (C – Angeli – Croshaw Sys): Thank you, Senator. We will recess for ten minutes and open the floor for discussion. TRANSCRIPT BREAK UEE KONGRESS (396) UNTERAUSSCHUSS FÜR DEN INNENBEREICH 2943-11-19 SATZ Session AutoScript Geprüft und zugelassen - Assistentin Archivarin Burg (#748392BDF) 2943-11-19_09:04 - Sitzung beginnt SENATOR YANN ISHER (C - Angeli - Croshaw Sys): Guten Morgen zusammen. Wenn Sie bitte Ihre Plätze einnehmen, werden wir diese Sitzung des Senatsunterausschusses für das Innere einberufen, um zu bestellen. Ich danke dir. Senator Ries stellt zunächst eine neue Initiative zur Diskussion. Senator Ries, sind Sie vorbereitet? SENATOR JUNGER RIES (C - Lorona - Banshee Sys): Ja, Madame Vorsitzende. SENATOR YANN ISHER (C - Angeli - Croshaw Sys): Dann können Sie fortfahren. SENATOR JUNGER RIES (C - Lorona - Banshee Sys): Meine Damen und Herren, wenn Sie bitte die Initiative #3586-GHSD ansprechen, ist sie auf der heutigen Tagesordnung vermerkt, wenn Sie sie weiterverfolgen möchten. Auf seinem Höhepunkt war der Name Gold Horizon gleichbedeutend mit der menschlichen Expansion. Wann immer ein neues System entdeckt und für das Terraforming vorgesehen wurde, wird eine der legendären Stationen des Unternehmens folgen. Es ist wirklich ein Beweis für das Design und die Technik dieser Bauwerke, dass wir auch nach all den Jahren noch Gold Horizon Stationen im ganzen Reich finden können, aber ihre Majestät hat längst ihren Glanz verloren. In den Jahrzehnten nach dem langsamen Abbau der Vermögenswerte des Unternehmens begannen die Stationen in Verfall zu geraten. Als sie es taten, begann ein kriminelles Element, sie zu infizieren. Heute sind die Stationen von Gold Horizon Warzonen, in denen Bands von bewaffneten Schlägern täglich, ja sogar stündlich um die Vorherrschaft kämpfen. Meine Initiative skizziert einen Plan, um diese Stationen zu beseitigen und den Aufbau eines gewalttätigen und unerwünschten Elements zu stoppen. SENATOR FESSEL QUINN (T - Grün - Ellis Sys): Herr Senator, eine Frage. SENATOR JUNGER RIES (C - Lorona - Banshee Sys): Natürlich. SENATOR FESSEL QUINN (T - Grün - Ellis Sys): Ich danke dir. Planen Sie, die Stationen vorher zu evakuieren? Oder sind diese "unerwünschten Elemente" Teil der Abbruchparameter? SENATOR JUNGER RIES (C - Lorona - Banshee Sys): Wenn Sie Abschnitt Acht der Initiative konsultieren, skizzieren wir ausführlich Szenarien, die die Evakuierung der Bewohner einschließen und nicht einschließen. SENATOR FESSEL QUINN (T - Grün - Ellis Sys): Und was ist Ihre Schlussfolgerung? SENATOR JUNGER RIES (C - Lorona - Banshee Sys): Nun, Senator, ich habe nur die Möglichkeiten vorgestellt. Ich vertraue darauf, dass eine fundierte Schlussfolgerung nach der Diskussion im Senat gezogen wird. SENATOR FESSEL QUINN (T - Grün - Ellis Sys): Aber du musst eine persönliche Meinung zu diesem Thema haben. SENATOR JUNGER RIES (C - Lorona - Banshee Sys): Das tue ich, aber ich würde mich nicht anmaßen, die Debatte präventiv mit meiner Meinung zu färben. Ich habe jedoch eine Rednerin mitgebracht, die vielleicht ihre Einblicke in die Situation teilen könnte. Das ist Lela Rainhardt vom Innenministerium. SENATOR YANN ISHER (C - Angeli - Croshaw Sys): Treten Sie vor, Frau Rainhardt. LELA RAINHARDT: Danke, Madame Vorsitzende. SENATOR JUNGER RIES (C - Lorona - Banshee Sys): Frau Rainhardt war unsere leitende Außendienstmitarbeiterin bei der Zusammenstellung der Initiative. Als erfahrene Strafverfolgungsbeamtin reiste sie durch die Systeme und überprüfte die Bedingungen an den Gold Horizon Stationen aus erster Hand. LELA RAINHARDT: Wie Sie in meinem Bewertungsbericht am Ende der Senator's Initiative sehen werden, denke ich, dass es äußerst schwierig wäre, zu versuchen, Zivilisten von den Stationen zu evakuieren, ohne verheerende Lebenshaltungskosten für unser Polizei- und Militärpersonal. Die Menschen, die diese Stationen bewohnen, sind stolz aufmüpfige Antiautoritäre, die nicht zögern werden, Gewalt anzuwenden. Während meiner verdeckten Ermittlungen habe ich persönlich erlebt, wie drei schwer bewaffnete Kontingente von Schlägern die Kontrolle über eine Einrichtung durch einen längeren und blutigen Konflikt eroberten. SENATOR FESSEL QUINN (T - Grün - Ellis Sys): Sie sind also der Meinung, dass wir aus der Ferne zuschlagen und mit der ganzen Sache fertig werden sollten? LELA RAINHARDT: Ja, Senator, das tue ich. SENATOR FESSEL QUINN (T - Grün - Ellis Sys): Danke, Frau Rainhardt. Senator Ries, eine letzte Frage. SENATOR JUNGER RIES (C - Lorona - Banshee Sys): Natürlich. SENATOR FESSEL QUINN (T - Grün - Ellis Sys): Wenn ich mir Ihre Liste der Gold Horizon Stationen ansehe, die derzeit in Betrieb sind, merke ich, dass die meisten von ihnen außerhalb der UEE liegen. SENATOR JUNGER RIES (C - Lorona - Banshee Sys): Das ist richtig. SENATOR FESSEL QUINN (T - Grün - Ellis Sys): Gut, Senator, wenn sie in den gesetzlosen Systemen sind, sind wir nicht per Definition, nicht erlaubt, unsere Gesetze dort durchzusetzen? SENATOR JUNGER RIES (C - Lorona - Banshee Sys): Sie werden feststellen, dass eine schockierende Anzahl von Kriminellen, die sich in diesen Stationen niedergelassen haben, sie als Basis benutzen, um Angriffe gegen die guten Leute im UEE-Raum zu starten. SENATOR FESSEL QUINN (T - Grün - Ellis Sys): Das mag sein, aber stellt das nicht ein rutschiges juristisches Rätsel dar? SENATOR JUNGER RIES (C - Lorona - Banshee Sys): Das tut es in der Tat, und ich vertraue darauf, dass der Senat es gründlich prüfen wird. Ich präsentiere einfach die Initiative, Senator, nicht erzwingend die Ausführung als Bedingung. Frau Vorsitzende, ich werde den Rest meiner Zeit einräumen, aber meine Kollegen einladen, die Initiative zu überprüfen und mit Frau Rainhardt zu sprechen. Ich danke dir. SENATOR YANN ISHER (C - Angeli - Croshaw Sys): Danke, Senator. Wir werden zehn Minuten Pause machen und das Wort für die Diskussion öffnen. TRANSKRIPTUMBRUCH UEE CONGRESS (396) SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE INTERIOR 2943-11-19 SET Session AutoScript Proofed and Admitted – Assistant Archivist Burg (#748392BDF) 2943-11-19_09:04 – Session Begins SENATOR YANN ISHER (C – Angeli – Croshaw Sys): Good morning everyone. If you will please take your seats, we’ll call this session of the Senate Subcommittee on the Interior to order. Thank you. First on the agenda, Senator Ries is presenting a new initiative for consideration. Senator Ries, are you prepared? SENATOR JUNGER RIES (C – Lorona – Banshee Sys): Yes, Madame Chairwoman. SENATOR YANN ISHER (C – Angeli – Croshaw Sys): Then you may proceed. SENATOR JUNGER RIES (C – Lorona – Banshee Sys): Ladies and gentlemen, if you will please bring up Initiative #3586-GHSD, it is flagged on today’s agenda if you would like to follow along. At its height, the name Gold Horizon was synonymous with Human expansion. Whenever a new system was discovered and designated for terraforming, one of the corporation’s iconic stations would be sure to follow. It’s truly a testament to the design and engineering of these structures that, even after all these years, we can still find Gold Horizon stations dotted throughout the Empire, but their majesty has long since lost its luster. In the decades that followed the slow dismantling of the company’s assets, the stations began to fall into disrepair. As they did, a criminal element began to infect them. Now Gold Horizon stations are warzones where bands of armed thugs battle for supremacy on a daily, even hourly, basis. My Initiative outlines a plan to eliminate these stations and stop the build-up of a violent and undesirable element. SENATOR FESSEL QUINN (T – Green – Ellis Sys): Mister Senator, a question. SENATOR JUNGER RIES (C – Lorona – Banshee Sys): Of course. SENATOR FESSEL QUINN (T – Green – Ellis Sys): Thank you. Are you planning to evacuate the stations beforehand? Or are these ‘undesirable elements’ part of the demolition parameters? SENATOR JUNGER RIES (C – Lorona – Banshee Sys): If you consult Section Eight of the Initiative, we exhaustively outline scenarios including and not including the evacuation of the denizens. SENATOR FESSEL QUINN (T – Green – Ellis Sys): And what is your conclusion? SENATOR JUNGER RIES (C – Lorona – Banshee Sys): Well, Senator, I simply presented the possibilities. I entrust a well-founded conclusion will be reached after discussion within the Senate. SENATOR FESSEL QUINN (T – Green – Ellis Sys): But you must have a personal opinion on the matter. SENATOR JUNGER RIES (C – Lorona – Banshee Sys): I do, but I wouldn’t presume to preemptively color the debate with my opinion. However, I have brought a speaker who could perhaps share her insight into the situation. This is Lela Rainhardt from the Department of the Interior. SENATOR YANN ISHER (C – Angeli – Croshaw Sys): Step forward, Ms Rainhardt. LELA RAINHARDT: Thank you, Madame Chairwoman. SENATOR JUNGER RIES (C – Lorona – Banshee Sys): Ms. Rainhardt was our lead field agent when assembling the Initiative. As a veteran law enforcement officer, she travelled throughout the systems and surveyed the conditions on the Gold Horizon stations first-hand. LELA RAINHARDT: As you will see in my assessment report located at the end of the Senator’s Initiative, I think it would be prohibitively difficult to attempt to evacuate any civilians from the stations without a devastating cost of life from our law enforcement and military personnel. The people who inhabit these stations are proudly defiant anti-authoritarians who will not hesitate to resort to violence. During my undercover investigations, I personally witnessed three heavily armed contingents of thugs seize control of a facility through prolonged and bloody conflict. SENATOR FESSEL QUINN (T – Green – Ellis Sys): So, you think that we should strike from distance and be done with the whole matter? LELA RAINHARDT: Yes, Senator, I do. SENATOR FESSEL QUINN (T – Green – Ellis Sys): Thank you, Ms. Rainhardt. Senator Ries, one final question. SENATOR JUNGER RIES (C – Lorona – Banshee Sys): Of course. SENATOR FESSEL QUINN (T – Green – Ellis Sys): Looking over your list of Gold Horizon stations currently in operation, I’m noticing the majority of them are outside of the UEE. SENATOR JUNGER RIES (C – Lorona – Banshee Sys): That is correct. SENATOR FESSEL QUINN (T – Green – Ellis Sys): Well, Senator, if they are in lawless systems, aren’t we by definition, not allowed to enforce our laws there? SENATOR JUNGER RIES (C – Lorona – Banshee Sys): You will find that a shocking number of the criminals who set up in these stations use them as bases to launch attacks against the good people inside UEE space. SENATOR FESSEL QUINN (T – Green – Ellis Sys): That may be, but doesn’t that present a slippery jurisdictional conundrum? SENATOR JUNGER RIES (C – Lorona – Banshee Sys): It does indeed and I trust that the Senate will examine it thoroughly. I’m simply presenting the Initiative, Senator, not forcing the execution as a condition. Madame Chairwoman, I will concede the rest of my time but invite my colleagues to review the Initiative and speak to Ms. Rainhardt for her insight. Thank you. SENATOR YANN ISHER (C – Angeli – Croshaw Sys): Thank you, Senator. We will recess for ten minutes and open the floor for discussion. TRANSCRIPT BREAK Links ----- No links available. 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