I have been instructed to pass on the following message by King Finley following consultation with the Cenneg Space Agency.
Following the use of an anti-satellite weapon by the Rokkenjiman Armed Forces I wish to place on record the concerns of Ui Cenneslaig and the Cenneg Space Agency. The use of such a weapon system carries with it, even when well planned, a high risk in terms of creating debris. While much of this can be tracked items as small as paint flecks[1] have been recorded as having damaged equipment in orbit. These items are so small that they can not be tracked. Further more the trajectory of debris can not be predicted beyond larger pieces mainly due to ricochet debris[2]. Therefore it is our belief that the launching of such a weapon in the circumstances that we have recently seen should be a last resort. If the situation with your satellite had reached such a point then we are concerned about the tracking of Rokkenjiman satellites and the spirit of the OSSC. As soon as Rokkenjima were aware of such a situation under the "principle of co-operation and mutual assistance" Rokkenjima should have at its earliest stage of knowing informed others as such a situation could have posed a threat to other nations assets. There should have been ample time for international co-operation to have taken place. This would have allowed the moving of assets, a process that could take several days, or as a much better avenue the utilisation of assets such as those avaliable through Daito and East Moreland. The Morelanders have been on record several times offering to use their satellites named Chaser, Bludger and Seeker to remove the satellite safely or place it into a better orbit.
We are seeing ever more launches into space and every launch will leave debris of some kind in our orbits potentially for lengthy periods. As we have seen the nations of the Alucard begin operations to clean up their sea we must be as cautious with space. Moving forward we would like to see assurances that Rokkenjima will abide by the spirit of the OSSC as we believe that on this occasion its actions fall far short of those guides that help us utilise space for "common interest" and " contribute to broad international co-operation".
On behalf of the CSA
King Finley of Ui Cenneslaig
Honourary President of the CSA
OOC - Cheers to Libby for proof read and polish.
