Caspian Convention for Free Trade

# Summary

**The Caspian Convention for Free Trade** is a treaty designed to allow the powers of the  Outback (otherwise known as the Futara Mundi) to send civilian vessels through the Caspian Wormhole without being intensively scanned by ships assigned to the  26th Fleet or  52nd Legion during peacetime. While this is the basis of the Treaty, there are additional clauses and conditions that benefit not only the powers of the Milky Way Galaxy but also every power affected as a whole.

# Terms & Conditions; The Details of The Treaty

#### DECLARATION OF TRADE

This solemn declaration is simultaneously undertaken by the **United Federation of Planets**, the **Klingon Empire**, and the **Romulan Republic** of the Milky Way Galaxy and the **Futara Union**, the **Royals**, the **Asheran Union**, the **Illuminate**, the **Meethraken Chamber of Magistrates**, and the **Fallen** of the Futara Mundi Galaxy. Effective **Stardate 93770.491**, the stellar phenomenon classified as the **Caspian Wormhole** will be made open to unfettered trade to the active powers of the Futara Mundi Galaxy, while the presence of the Twenty-Sixth Fleet and Fifty-Second Legion is allowed to remain in order to further diplomatic relations with the respective powers of the Futara Mundi Galaxy and continue with current exploratory endeavours, so as long as they do not intrude into the borders of the powers listed above that permanently reside in the Futara Mundi Galaxy without their express permission respectively. With this solemn agreement, all parties, individually and collectively, ensure and assure one another that:

1. No member that permanently resides within the Milky Way Galaxy currently stationed within the Futara Mundi Galaxy, at any time or for any given reason, may perform intensive scans on any **civilian vessels** that hails from one of the above-named powers that permanently reside within the Futara Mundi Galaxy enroute to the Caspian Wormhole. Scans will be limited to determining ship functionality, but scanning equipment **will not** be used to scan any cargo being transported. This also extends to the New Australian System that is situated on the other side of the Caspian Wormhole.[1]
2. All borders of each power listed above are to be managed by no other governing power than their own and no one else. Any and all new territory claimed by any power listed above will fall under their jurisdiction and under the protection of this treaty.[2]
3. Upon arrival at the destined system, all civilian vessels in question must comply with the regulations befit to the member government in control of that system.
4. Trade between all powers listed above will be conducted in a fair manner. Each power will stand responsible for any failure of good faith on the part of its members and will certify all goods and services promised by its members are delivered as promised.[3]

[1] *Any civilian vessel that originates from the Futara Mundi Galaxy will come under the jurisdiction of New Australia if they intend to trade with the government that resides on the planet, thus void of the protection of this clause of the Treaty.*

[2] *The designated borders as designated to the Twenty-Sixth Fleet and Fifty-Second Legion will only apply to this clause if vessels that do not conform to the specifications, that would be expected of civilian vessels, enter without prior request, and are enroute to established assets of the Twenty-Sixth Fleet or Fifty-Second Legion.*

[3] *This does not infer that civilian vessels registered to the respective powers of the Futara Mundi Galaxy listed above must comply to an intensive scan. Affirmation of intended destination will be required to avoid any measure of misunderstanding. This is also applicable to any civilian ships registered to the respective powers of the Milky Way Galaxy once within the designated borders of the respective powers of the Futara Mundi Galaxy listed above.*

#### ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS

Conditions and limitations of this treaty include, but may not be limited, as follows:

1. The effects of this treaty are limited to the signatories of the respective powers involved and do not extend to further allies of any parties.
2. No ship not designed to specifically transport civilians and cargo from the territories of one respective power to another will be permitted to proceed at any time or for any given reason, including the escort of civilian transports. Any attempts at doing so will be taken as trespassing and the power whose territories are being intruded on may take action as required.
3. All borders of each power listed above are open to civilian transports to travel through, however, these transports must comply to the regulations and laws as permitted by each respective power listed above.[1]

[1] *Travel to and from the Caspian Wormhole is not subject to this and civilian transports are permitted to travel without being intercepted and/or impeded on by any member that resides permanently within the Milky Way Galaxy currently stationed in the Futara Mundi Galaxy at any time or for any given reason. Any and all civilian vessels that are enroute directly to any established asset of the Twenty-Sixth Fleet or Fifty-Second Legion will fall under Federation or Klingon Imperial regulations for security purposes. This will only be applicable if the vessel in question has openly communicated with any said established asset of the Twenty-Sixth Fleet and the Fifty-Second Legion and requested docking permission .*

**Violation of any of the above insurances and assurances and additional conditions will result in an immediate reprimand of the respective power(s) that are responsible for the infringement.** Continued violation of the above additional conditions will lead to the immediate dissolution of this agreement for the foreseeable future until representatives from each respective power listed above are able to convene together in order to assess the situation and come to a second compromise. **This treaty will remain in effect unless any power listed above engages in active conflict through the declaration of War, regardless of whether it is officially announced or declared otherwise.** The effects of the Treaty will only resume once the active conflict of interests has been resolved between said powers.