TRAXUS-UESC COMMS[edit]
ANALYZING… FILE TYPE: UESC Comms
PERIOD: Present Day
SPEAKERS: UESC Admiral Sulera [ID: CSUL], Vulcan [ID: VULC]
TOPIC: UESC-Traxus Relations
SUMMARY: An intersystem call between UESC Admiral Sulera and Traxus AI Vulcan regarding salvage rights on Tau Ceti IV.
[CSUL]:
The UESC was very clear when we laid out our arrangements for the Tau Ceti recovery mission. Locating survivors was our goal, first and foremost. In the unfortunate case that there were no survivors, sole jurisdiction was clearly specified to go to our investigation team.
[VULC]:
With consideration, of course, for Traxus's legal salvage rights.
[CSUL]:
Legally, corporations are prohibited from interfering in an active investigation.
[VULC]:
No Traxus representatives, employees, or artificial intelligences have been physically deployed to Tau Ceti IV. My own involvement has been entirely remote and exploratory in nature. We have no physical presence in the system, Admiral. There's no language, in the law or in any of our contractual agreements, that would support a definition of our actions as "interference."
[CSUL]:
What about recruiting mercenaries to act on your behalf?
[VULC]:
Traxus OffWorld Industries doesn't hire Runners. Feel free to make a legal request for our employment records.
[CSUL]:
Are you actually claiming to have had no contact with Runners on Tau Ceti?
[VULC]:
Our actions are all perfectly legal and in line with our contractual agreements. I advise you to consider the larger context. Traxus and the UESC have several mutually beneficial arrangements. If our partnership were compromised, Traxus would be forced to revoke our funding contributions to your mission. Surely a budgetary interruption would be more detrimental to you than some petty conflict with civilian Runners.
[VULC]:
The board has asked me to offer the following encouragement: Our success is your success.
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