The PCOC has been formed to protect and augment Free Trade at Petroom, at all times, whatever the cost. The PCOC will have the power to make trade policy for all of it's members, and will be given enough military muscle to back up those policies.
Effective immediately, the PCOC has declared space square 1738 in the Newbian system to be a Free Trade Zone. Combat is not tolerated within the Petroom Free Trade Zone. Any position initiating combat will be posted by all members of the PCOC.
Combat-capable ground parties and all warships are required to notify a PCOC member before they enter the Free Trade Zone. Failure to do so will be considered justification for posting by all PCOC members. Only PCOC forces and units of the Imperial Government are exempt from these restrictions.
Additionally, all Flagritz(th) units are barred from the Petroom Free Trade Zone for acts of piracy committed during week 49 in the space square against a member of the PCOC. Units of the FGZ(p) or FGZ(n) wishing to conduct business within the Free Trade Zone are advised to contact a PCOC member in advance to avoid accidental targeting.
Further information regarding the PCOC and additional PCOC actions will be posted as they become available.
Unnamed sources within the PCOC confirm that the formation of the defense alliance is the direct result of recent hostilities in the Petroom space square which threaten to interrupt trade at the member colonies, as well as the threats of several members of non-Periphery races against PCOC member colonies.