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| Rumbling_Growl | Date: Friday, 24 January 14, 3:26 PM | Message # 1 |
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| *The Delegate from the Botori species requested the floor, making the floating box wobble at his huge size and weight but he kept erect as it slid out. He was, when it came down to it, a 11 foot tall anthropomorphic bear, so his voice carried pretty well.*
The Republic and the Botor Enclave have been allies time out of mind, indeed, that is why you label us an allied territory. But we are constantly preyed on by a neighbouring region who seek to cut down our forests, take all our fisheries and even tap our natural ore deposits, which we have pursued a policy of responsible exploitation of for centuries.
My species is not a hostile one, except when provoked, as our evolutionary cousins the ursines are. We never sought to be involved with them and our allowing them to visit our planets was abused when they decided they wished to build settlements among our trees without consent. We aren't good with "propaganda", it is not a Botori thing to tell things which are not true as they disrupt our understanding of situations. But the statements that the Dawferim make that the war is "ritualized" and "tradition" seems to indicate the Botori consent to it. The Dawferim leave their farmlands they built on our worlds, and they hunt us once a year, and attack our ships and take the craftwork of our hands..
To be the prey is not tradition or a ritual, it is murder. And after this happens year in, year out, yes we have to respond and occasionally will destroy farms or crops to pay for the blood that is spilled. What do the Dawferim do with our bodies? They stuff them and mount them on walls, they usually do them too the insult of not eating them and leaving them to rot, wasting an immense amount of food energy.
If I am honest, as we are a species which lives in small villages or alone in caves, but do not think us primitives we have developed spaceflight and fission independent of the rest of the Galaxy before discovery, I am surprised we didnt get wiped out straight away, but it's not that they want to just have our lands to grow crops on.. they want to hunt us, sadistically and barbarically kill us. They "ritualize" hunting us, with rules that only in certain months may Botor be killed is not some archaic system, it is to maintain the population level, they do not want us gone, they see my proud and ancient people as nothing more than sport.
We are grateful, as ever, to the Hutts who discovered us first and who have despite their seeming bad reputation always been willing to help us gain advancement in technology in exchange for a few simple months service in their guard in most cases. We were told by monks that being an Allied Region brought us closer to the Republic and we would be family. But where is this family bond when the Dawferim are allowed to settle on our populated worlds, to hunt us seasonally and to treat us as if we were not sentient. Their sadism knows no bounds, they are a modern race who could use a suitable rifle or blaster to hunt us, but often they do not, they shoot arrows at our young who cannot run fast enough and then follow the trail of blood to find where the child is dead of exhaustion.
I beg you Senators, help your allies. Remove the Dawferim from our worlds and end the seasonal bloodbath they do for sport, sport on sentient beings. Help us to the degree you can, directly would be best but just support and logistics would be a Force-Send.
Note for Republic officials
The Botori have no written language as they lack the manual dexterity in their hands, instead using a form of writing based on smell. Thus please remember Rumbling Growl's name is inexpressable in basic but is simply him giving a rumbling growl. His name is explicitly not Rumbling Growl when speaking to him. .
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| Chancellor_Kruus | Date: Friday, 24 January 14, 3:50 PM | Message # 2 |
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| I believe you may well be in the right and your people may be suffering persecution. I am deeply concerned more each day when I hear of alien native species being marginalized by incomers who take away their dignity and too often, lives. Your people are fine warriors, are they not? Perhaps the Judicials have use for them?
Chancellor Luneray Kruus
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Representative of the People of the Humbarine Sector
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| Roman_Lekpin | Date: Friday, 24 January 14, 6:29 PM | Message # 3 |
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| Not to counteract your plight, Delegate, but I would like to hear from the Dawferim as well. A rebuttal of sorts. If I am correct, both of your peoples have been at war for quite some time.
Roman Lekpin
Former Senator, Lorrd (100 BBY-92 BBY)
Chosen of House Garth
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| Rumbling_Growl | Date: Friday, 24 January 14, 6:57 PM | Message # 4 |
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| Is there a species hunted for pleasure, traditionally, on Lorrd Mr Lekpin? Often humans seem to pick a large mammal or the catching of fish via various means?
Note for Republic officials
The Botori have no written language as they lack the manual dexterity in their hands, instead using a form of writing based on smell. Thus please remember Rumbling Growl's name is inexpressable in basic but is simply him giving a rumbling growl. His name is explicitly not Rumbling Growl when speaking to him. .
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| Roman_Lekpin | Date: Friday, 24 January 14, 7:27 PM | Message # 5 |
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| Lorrd is largely a desert world, Delegate. I'm afraid we don't see much fishing. However, there are some animals that are hunted for sport, yes.
Roman Lekpin
Former Senator, Lorrd (100 BBY-92 BBY)
Chosen of House Garth
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| Rumbling_Growl | Date: Friday, 24 January 14, 7:51 PM | Message # 6 |
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| Senator, the Dawferim see us as you would the fish you hunt. They do it because they enjoy it, we have tried embassies, delegations, but they tell us it is a half millenia long blood feud... I wrote via the Republic observer present to their President and he said he would not rest until every drop of our blood was spread, that the only good Botori was a dead one, he said it was the only way to dissolve the feud. It is plainly a false pretense as their "traditions" just mean they hunt us during a given season and they dont try and exterminate us, they use us as game.
We are sentient beings and run our own worlds and achieved civilization, they do not respect us and see us as animals to be hunted. How can we get them to a negotiating table if they believe it is like talking to a wild beast? You must see the problem, their government calls it a blood feud and honour war to fool Core worlders who believe in honour and chivalry, while their people fight this "war" behind their charade because they enjoy killing for sport and trophies.
Note for Republic officials
The Botori have no written language as they lack the manual dexterity in their hands, instead using a form of writing based on smell. Thus please remember Rumbling Growl's name is inexpressable in basic but is simply him giving a rumbling growl. His name is explicitly not Rumbling Growl when speaking to him. .
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| Roman_Lekpin | Date: Friday, 24 January 14, 7:56 PM | Message # 7 |
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| Delegate, and forgive me for continuing to address you as such, for I am unable to correctly pronounce your name, I am more than empathetic to your plight. If you have been done an injustice, Lorrd would work with the Senate and within the bounds of Republic law to see that this issue is rectified as quickly as possible. However, I have only heard your side of the story, and as we all know, there are two sides to every story. I could not, in good conscience, bring Lorrdian aid and military forces to bear for the Botori without having acknowledged the Dawferim side of the tale as well.
Roman Lekpin
Former Senator, Lorrd (100 BBY-92 BBY)
Chosen of House Garth
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| Rumbling_Growl | Date: Friday, 24 January 14, 8:13 PM | Message # 8 |
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| Every ambassador we have ever sent to them, all unarmed, was shot. They ignore all communication by indirect means. I wish you better luck than I've had contacting them. Sorry not to introduce, I am the Botor Enclave Ambassador to the Republic, I apologize for rarely attending I am most often to be found in the remaining park space left on Coruscant enjoying the natural beauty.
Note for Republic officials
The Botori have no written language as they lack the manual dexterity in their hands, instead using a form of writing based on smell. Thus please remember Rumbling Growl's name is inexpressable in basic but is simply him giving a rumbling growl. His name is explicitly not Rumbling Growl when speaking to him. .
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| Chancellor_Kruus | Date: Friday, 24 January 14, 8:17 PM | Message # 9 |
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| Pwehaps the Chancewor would cwear this up... But as the Botor Enclave is an allied region, trade is not illegal in general.. does any specific law or executive order prevent the donation or sale of arms to either faction? I ask this not for my benefit, but for the very tall Gentleman with the floor.
Chancellor Luneray Kruus
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Supreme Chancellor of the Galactic Republic
President of the Senate &c
Representative of the People of the Humbarine Sector
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| Jeph_Stomwell | Date: Friday, 24 January 14, 8:40 PM | Message # 10 |
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| Let's not be hasty, Senator Kruus. Baltimn, as ever, is an advocate of peace. Bringing Trade Federation arms and ships into an already heated issue will simply cause further problems. If anything, I would recommend the Senate take a stance of discovery and advocate sit-down talks between Botori and Dawferim ambassadors here on Coruscant before we set foot in their area of space, outside of protected Republic aid-giving vessels, backed by the Judicial Forces, in case of need.
Jeph Stomwell
Senator, Baltimn
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