The Multiplanetary Act of Mutual Assistance & Free Trade

The **Multiplanetary Act of Mutual Assistance & Free Trade** established formal diplomatic and commercial relations between the Sectoral Republic and the Marsian State. It was signed on October 11, 35 XTE in Olympus. This was the first treaty negotiated by both Mars and Perūn and signifies a historical moment in intersolar diplomacy, ending Mars' 17 years of seclusion and strict border control after gaining independence in the Marsian Civil War. As a result of the treaty, over a dozen ports on both the planet and its' moons, Phobos and Deimos, were commercialized and opened to Perūnian vessels.

## Background

As a result of the Marsian Civil War, the Marsian State had extremely strict border control, leading to several interplanetary incidents between Mars, the United Nations and commercial vessels from Perūn. Treaty negotiations were only made possible by internet communications, beginning with the CEO of Perūnian conglomerate GrimmCorps contacting defense corporation Hess Waffenwerken. This lead to an open dialogue between the Perūnian Federal Council and Marsian leadership.

## Terms and provisions

The treaty is written exactly as follows:

"On October 11th, year 35 XTE (O.S. 2299) the Perūnian Planetary Assembly (PPA) and representatives of the Marsian Empire held unanimous consent in the recognition & ratification of the document titled "The Multiplanetary Act of Mutual Assistance & Free Trade", formally establishing planetary border laws, admiralty conventions, pacts of trade & the status of legal freedom of movement in regards to officially recognized Perūnian or Marsian peoples and territories.

### Article I - Objectives

The objectives of this agreement, as elaborated more specifically through it's articles and principles, including diplomatic treatment, transparency and inter-governmental relations, are to:

***1A***. Eliminate barriers to trade and the facilitation of the cross-border movement of goods and services between the territories of the affected parties;

***1B***. Promote mutual assistance and cooperation between parties and increase substantially the diplomatic enterprise;

***1C***. Establish an effective communications framework between parties for further multilateral cooperation to expand and enhance the benefits of this agreement; and

***1D***. Promote and provide adequate and effective protection & enforcement of an individual jurisdiction's law for the purposes of defending individual liberty, self-governance and cooperation of affected territories.

### Article II - Mutual Assistance between Perūnian and Marsian peoples

This principle asserts that, in the event that the masses of any party are subject to an imminent threat or the danger of aggression, whether it be human, cosmic, or other, that the parties engage themselves mutually and proceed to an immediate consultation, the structure of which outlined under Article 2B, on measures to take in the act of prevention.

### Article III - Military aid in times of non-distress

Any servicemember of the accounted parties has the right to request and the obligation to give aid to and from the other in the matters of:

***3A***. Fuel and/or Resupply that is a necessity for the completion of an officially assigned task, or,

***3B***. Repairs that prevent the completion of an officially assigned task.

### Article IV - Political Status & Political Entities

Under no circumstance should a political entity of one anothers' jurisdiction be intentionally detained, tried, injured or killed, whether in Solar travel or grounded. Any such act shall be treated as treason within the jurisdiction the act was committed.

***4A***. The above is only applicable if the political status of an entity (eg., a ship, or habitat) is, beyond a reasonable doubt, identifiable by way of officially recognized iconography; and

***4AB***. Recognized iconography includes any and all recognizable symbols and emblems of the Marsian or Perūnian states, such as the Marsian Political Ensign and the official flag of the Perūnian Planetary Assembly.

### Article V - Establishment of Free & Reciprocal Trade

All parties agree to openly trade in and continue to establish ports which are freely accessible to all constituents, foreign and domestic;

***6A***. The parties to this agreement also guarantee the official recognition of neutral entities, and the freedom of those neutrals to trade in normal (non-military) goods; and

***6B***. The parties to this agreement agree to the co-creation of a multi-planetary contraband catalogue listing items of which are internationally illegal to traffic, through the use of diplomatic channels and unanimous consent of the leadership of both parties a committee shall be selected to control the creation of such a list. Individual jurisdictions on each planet may have control over the seizure and potential charges or convictions, but all jurisdictions may be subject to the same list.

### Article VI - Establishment of Multi-Planetary Defensive Technologies

Each party agrees to the co-creation of a multi-planetary testing agency and standardization committee for the design and proliferation of defensive technologies, which will be formed through the use of diplomatic channels and unanimous consent of the leadership of both parties.

***7A***. Politicking & the political hierarchy is strictly forbidden from aforementioned grounds.

### Article VIII - The Living Document

This agreement is not to be altered without the unanimous consent of all parties; and

***9A***. All parties to this agreement reserve the right to withdrawal from the agreement with a minimum of 30 (thirty) days notice to the other signatories.

### Article X - The Ratification of this Document

This agreement shall enter into force after the exchange of the respective ratification instruments.

Signed originally in Olympus of the Marsian State, on the eleventh day of October, year 35 XTE. Done in duplicate at the city of Ville Liládifé of the Sectoral Republic of Perūn. In witness whereof, the undersigned Plenipotentiaries have signed this agreement."