[Binned] Incident Report 09/02/2464

[Kintsugi]

Reporting Personnel: Iliasz Jajszczyk
Job Title of Reporting Personnel: Security Officer
Game ID: cjl-dLmd

Personnel Involved:

Iliasz Jajszczyk, Security Officer: Witness

Sophie Hawkins, Captain: Offender

Unknown Southern Fleet Administration Naval Lieutenant: Other

Mahisa Quraishi, Security Officer: Witness, present in the port hangar bay at the time.

Theo Joutsen, Engineer: Witness, present in the port hangar bay at the time.

Liliya Radic, Security Officer: Witness, present in the port hangar bay at the time.

Secondary Witnesses: 

Reed Calom, Head of Security: Secondary Witness, on duty at time of incident, would have heard security communications. Not present in hangar bay.

Jesse Armstrong, Investigator: Secondary Witness, on duty at time of incident, would have heard security communications. Not present in hangar bay.

Nemo Vaillancourt, Security Officer: Secondary Witness, on duty at time of incident, would have heard security communications. Not present in hangar bay.

Kasimir Rrudzutaks, Bridge Crewman: Secondary Witness, present within port hangar bay at time of incident.
Time of Incident: Roughly 0125 ship time, 9/2/64

Real Time: ~10PM EST, 9/2/22
Location of Incident: SCCV Horizon, deck one, port hangar bay.

Nature of Incident:
[X] - Workplace Hazard
[ ] - Accident/Injury
[ ] - Destruction of Property
[X] - Neglect of Duty
[ ] - Harassment
[ ] - Assault
[X] - Misconduct
[X] - Other (Gross Negligence, Endangerment)

Overview of the Incident: At roughly 0115 ship time, the ship's Captain for that shift, Sophie Hawkins, announced that an SFA officer may be coming aboard the Horizon, and that security should be present at the meeting. Another officer (Mahisa, I think? Her or Radic.) asked why they were coming aboard, and Hawkins said that it was for trading purposes. Because the SFA is a group of pirates responsible for numerous atrocities, hostile actions against the Republic of Biesel - which is the country the Horizon is registered in - and also recently killed two members of the Horizon's crew and injured many more, I said that we should arrest them if they came aboard at all. The captain said that she would not allow this and that she had given the SFA her word that they would not be harmed. We in security privately expressed skepticism about this choice, for the reasons I mentioned before. As the security team moved to the port hangar bay on deck one, I once again requested that we do not allow the SFA to board, and if they did board, that we arrest them. I pointed out that the SFA were a band of pirates who recently killed two members of the Horizon's crew as my reasoning for this, and the captain once again refused and said that they felt they made themselves very clear.

The SFA officer in question did board the ship and trade with the Horizon. I'm not sure exactly, but I believe that Hawkins gave the SFA officer medical supplies in exchange for credits - 1750 or so, I think. She also inexplicably allowed the SFA officer to remain armed with a Solarian Armed Forces-specification combat energy dagger (and whatever else they could have concealed on their person, they were wearing a voidsuit and so could have had a firearm concealed upon their person very easily, or otherwise aboard their shuttle). When an officer (Radic, I think) questioned this, Hawkins replied with something along the lines of "If they defeat you three with just a dagger, you deserved to lose". Thankfully the trade was made without anybody being attacked, but as the SFA officer went to go, Hawkins said that this meeting was quite amicable or amiable (I don't remember the exact word choice on her part), and that "Iliasz wanted to have you arrested", verbatim. All officers present immediately reacted negatively to this remark, and I personally said that is a detail she should have kept to herself. As the SFA officer left, they said when they returned, they would be coming "for answers", implying a threat because of that remark.

In summary: Sophie Hawkins, while acting as the Horizon's captain, allowed an armed pirate in command of a crewed naval ship belonging to a pirate organization that recently attacked the Horizon's crew, killing two Horizon crewmembers in the process (as well as killing the Commanding Officer and Executive Officer of the FSFV Caravaggio, an FSF ship hired to escort the Horizon) and injuring more, to come aboard the Horizon. She traded the Horizon's medical supplies with them in exchange for a tiny sum of credits, which were likely stolen in the first place, and afterwards explicitly told the pirate about an officer who had suggested that the pirate be arrested instead of traded with - therefore allowing the SFA to potentially target this officer. The pirate in question then made a veiled threat of retaliation against the officer (and maybe the Horizon as a whole) as a result of the Captain's remark before leaving with our medical supplies. Hawkins willingly opened up the Horizon and its crew to the risk of a pirate attack, and singled out an officer to potentially be attacked by these pirates.

Submitted Evidence: Unfortunately, I have no evidence beyond eyewitness accounts.

Would you like to be personally interviewed?: 
[X] - Yes
[ ] - No

Did you report it to a Head of Staff or a superior? If so, who? If not, why?: No. Due to the fact a bluespace jump and shift change was imminent, and the offender was the captain, I had no options but an IR.
Actions taken: See above.

Additional Notes: I think we should really make it clear to anybody working in command that the SFA are never to be interacted with or allowed aboard the Horizon, thanks.

Edited September 3, 2022 by DanseMacabre

[Melariara]

Due to an OOC resolution, this IR is being binned.