High Law and Low Justice, Part 4

[Guest 11456]

Trelene Scrautigue : Luriani Navy 2/Prof 7/Trav 1: Retired Makhidkarum Vice President

[sblock]Trelene relaxes as best she can in her room awaiting what comes next. She is now certain that someone wants a target for the blame and that target is currently her. She has gone through this type of thing many times in her career. She knows that the best action is a relaxed approach. So she will try and get some rest so that she is at her best when next she is questioned.[/sblock]

 

[Maerdwyn]

Ruzz'koff, et. al.:[Sblock]
The lawyer responds with matt of fact confidence that only someone who knows the power is all in his hands can manage. "I am afraid that is out of the question. It is imperitave that the integrity of Ms. Scrautigue's questioning be maintained so that we can arrive at the truth of the matter and ensure that only the proper people are charged--"
Keyes cuts in. "--Nice. Deny her a lawyer on the basis that the investigation is continuing and she hasn't yet been charged, and threaten that other people will get charged if she does speak to them." He turns to the rest of you "Ladies and gentlemen, I have not seen the evidence against Ms. Scrautigue, but I imagine it is circumstantial at best. ["Captain Keyes...." the lawyer begins in a warning tone, only to be glared at by Keyes.] I don't believe any of you people were acting out of anything but the best of motives. I believe that all of you, including, most likely, Ms. Scrautigue. But there is no way the Imperium can let this go unpunished - Walid Nells-Corzin is no doubt in hiding at this point, and I have no idea what will be happening with at the JohnHenry bastards at Tamandere. But I do know thet two decks down there's a former VP of a Nellsian corporation in custody who'll play well as a scapegoat if the Ministry of Justice fails to get the real bad guys. ["KEYES!"] "Just thought I would inform you of that before giving you these NDA's and Agreements to Provide Truthful Testimony," Keys finishes as he slides the papers over to you.[/sblock]

 

[Seonaid]

Ruzz'koff, et. al.: (I like that, hehee)[sblock]Ktarle is not sure what to make of the proceedings, having been through a lot in the past days. She no longer knows who is telling the truth, and the presence of a lawyer and documents to be signed makes her wary. She takes one and reads it thoroughly before doing or saying anything. Every once in a while she casts a glance at Saanath, wondering how much was revealed to him. Tretheasofkhou's death flashes before her again and she shakes her head.[/sblock]

 

[DrZombie]

to the usual suspects.

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"Hmm. Well. I have never abandoned a crewmember of mine, and I'm not starting now. I will not cooperate in any way untill all my crewmembers are released. I will not sign anything untill I have spoken to my lawyer, nor will I agree to keep anything confidential, unless we are all offered the same treatment."

He lifts a finger.
"Don't misunderstand me, I am willing to cooperate fully, and to solve this problem however the cloak-and-dagger-guys want it, but I will not abandon my crewmembers. Not for any price."

Ruzz'koff sits back and grins.

"My name is Ruzz'koff, I held the rank of Luitenant in the Imperial Navy. My identification number is 54852-69321-45-CB."
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[Maerdwyn]

Captain Keyes smiles at Ruzz'koff's words. "Good man." He turns to the lawyer. "I think we shall put things on hold for now, Counselor. I will arrange for their accomodations until their lawyers arrive, and send word to you on the Dawn Treader when they are ready to meet with you again.

Benecic starts to object, but Keyes cuts him off. "Counselor - you know as well as I that if these people tell the truth in court of their own free will you will go a long way towards accomplishing the goal the Emperor has set out for Justice since we arrived here. They want to cooperate, as Lt. Ruzz'koff has just said. But you could still screw this up - most likely by using too heavy a hand against one of their companions. The only one mentioned on that syatem-wide broadcast, by the way - the only one the press is going to be asking for by name. What do you think is going to happen to your career if all these folks say nothing and the case falls apart except for some Makhidkarun scapegoat who isn't the person you really want anyway?"

"While you think about it, I'm sending my first mate to escort Ms. Scrautigue up to us." He activates his commlink and gives an order to that effect.

Benecic says, "This is a mistake, Captain." He gives a stiff bow and leaves the room.

The Captain then asks for the names of a couple passengers who might serve as representative for the others, and after hearing from Ruzz'koff, Dorothy and her husband Arthur, as well as Trel are brought in by a pair of Midshipmen. Several minutes later, a young Ursa man helps a very tired looking Trelene into the room and to a seat at the table. The Captain greets them each in turn and has a pot of Dukhian Tea brought in for Trelene, who looks like she's had an extremely long day.

The Captain bids everyone to eat and make themselves at home. "I will be back in a little while - I have some things to smooth over with the MoJ and probably Fleet Command, too."
Unless someone asks something of him, he leaves, again primising to be back soon.

Everyone is free to talk.

ooc:Spoilers free. [I hope people aren't diappointed on reading them - I think the idea was better in concept than execution.] :\

 

[DrZombie]

Ruzz'koff smiles as he sees Trelene enter.

"Thank you, captain. Trelene has nothing to do with all this mess. She just helped us out."

"Anyway, that was an odd way of putting things : the goal the Emperor has set out for Justice. We're in over our heads, and we need some very good lawyers, I think. You wouldn't happen to know if there are some heavy law-firms planetside that have a score to settle with the Nells? SOmeone who would love to squeeze their unmentionables for all the money he can get? Becauser there are some children amongst the passengers who lost their parents, and who'll need a lot of money to go to the best school the empire can provide. ANd they'll need some counceling, because waking up in a puddle of goo, in the dark, with noone around, is not something they want to remember."
He looks lost in thought for a moment, then shudders.


OOC : that was an interesting read, maerdwyn. Very well played. I'll post my new char sometime this week, and when he's in the game Wilphe can take over.

 

[Wilphe]

Dorothy looks at Ruzz'koff and then around the table, "You know they are probably listening to us right now? Not that it matters much, we have nothing to hide," she settles down, "Of course the Nell's have enemies. Who doesn't, but their enemies all have agendas and long histories and I don't think a Nell's lawyer pointing to a witchunt would help anyones chances of anything aproximating justice."

"And I'm going to be honest here. I don't trust the Imperials anymore than the Nells. They didn't give a damn when I was blowing the whistle about what the Nells were up to and they only care now because they are out to get the Nells for reasons of their own. That's why I haven't signed the NDA they put in front of me, or agreed to go into witness protection. Because if circumstances change and the Imps decide that the Nells are upstanding vassals and they are all friends again that can be used to gag and seperate us."
"Maybe I'm just overly cynical."


"What's this about "Goal the Emperor has set out for justice anyway?""

 

[Maerdwyn]

"What's this about "Goal the Emperor has set out for justice anyway?""

ooc: just to be clear, the captian's tone at that point made you pretty sure he was talking about the "Justice" as in the "Ministry of Justice" not "justice" as in "right and wrong"

 

[Guest 11456]

Trelene Scrautigue : Luriani Navy 2/Prof 7/Trav 1: Retired Makhidkarum Vice President

Trelene collapses into her chair. She gladly accepts the Dukhian Tea and downs half a cup of it before sitting back into the chair and looking around the room. "So! Has everyone had as fun a time as I have had?" She goes on to relate what has happened to her.

 

[Maerdwyn]

As everyone relates their stories, the captain sends a quick message on the room's view screen - "I'll be tied up for a while. The media wants to havea go at you, but I'd advise against it until you've contacted your advocates. I am sending Lt. Khorov back with omst of your belongings - no civilian weapons on a Navy vessel, I'm afraid. But he'll also give you the auth codes for the ship's datalink system, so you can use your own equipment to contact attorneys on the planet's surface. Let Khorov if you need some names and I'll get some for you. Anything you need right now?"

If not, several minutes later, the first mate arrives with to midshipmen pulling a grav sled bearing all the items taken from you after decontamination. Ktarle notices Treth's blood is still missing when she looks at her things, and Trelene's handcomp and anything else containing her records are missing, but that's it. All the data in other people's comps seem to be intact, although most of it has been looked at.

ooc: wondering if anyone wants to try to piece together exactly what happened and a next course of action, or just have me spell it out (as a result of official investigation etc). Reward goes up if you guys do it...