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was a good chance of convincing the Court to act. The other justices were
certainly not supporters of Renraku's growth in the past months, but they also
felt the need to follow procedure. It was procedures like the Court that
allowed the megacorporations to coexist at all without being crippled by
constant conflict. If Renraku was the one not following the rules, then
Renraku would have to be punished, and Osborne could unite the other corps
under Fuchi's banner to do it. So long as she could keep things heading in the
right direction.
"I am sure all of the members of this Court are familiar with how Miles Lanier
came to be in possession of a substantial amount of Renraku stock and
therefore entitled to a position on the corporation's Board of Directors. I am
sure you are also aware that Mr. Lanier's departure from Fuchi was under less
than ... cordial circumstances." That was certainly an understatement. Nearly
everyone in the corporate world knew that Richard Villiers and Miles Lanier
had

ended a years-long friendship over Lanier's departure from Fuchi. It had been
the talk of the corporate gossip circuit for months.
"Mr. Lanier wasted no time in taking his talents and assets to Renraku once
the reading of the dragon's will confirmed him as a shareholder. Although
Fuchi took every precaution against Mr. Lanier walking off with any valuable
secrets and corporate security information, it still took some time for Fuchi
to make all of the necessary arrangements, given the suddenness of President
Dunkelzahn's demise and Mr. Lanier's departure. Even with some of the security
modifications put in place by Richard Villiers himself, Miles Lanier remains a
very capable man who is intimately familiar with Fuchi's security protocols
and procedures.
"Not long after Mr. Lanier took up his position on the board of Renraku, only
a month in fact, the corporation released an upgrade to one of their intrusion
countermeasure systems, the so-called 'Black Samurai' line. This upgrade bears
strong similarities to designs Fuchi was working on at the time. The technical
information on the two programs from our research department is available for
your review from the main databanks. Not long after that, Renraku began
releasing other products, nearly eighty percent of them in the same fields
where Fuchi was engaged in development, with technical similarities to our
prototypes. The correlation of our findings are also available for the Court's
review."
Doi from Mitsuhama spoke up when Osborne paused to let the members of the
Court digest her words. "So you are accusing Renraku of engaging in espionage
against your company with Miles Lanier's help?"
"That's correct," Osborne said, with a glance at Napoli. "We would ask the
Court to require Renraku Computer Systems to produce their records of research
and development to prove that their projects over the past fourteen months
were not developed or completed with information stolen from Fuchi's systems."
"Justice Osborne," Jean-Claude Priault began, "I hope

there is something more substantial to your case against Renraku than some
circumstantial evidence about their developments in fields that have
traditionally been dominated by your firm."
"There is, Mr. Chief Justice," Osborne lied smoothly. "We have information we