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We have had sparse contact with the people of Crete - that is fair enough to say. Aside from a token diplomatic meeting a few years ago, and the occasional coincidental brush with one another within Bretonian space proper, there has been little in the way of any true formalities. An effort was made some months back to open ties with a group known as 'The Brotherhood', an organisation claiming to represent Crete on the galactic stage, but as far as I am aware Général Roche was eventually unable to pursue anything concrete.

Despite these previous setbacks, I have never been blind to the potential of making peaceful contact with even such a far-flung nation. Too few of Sirius' inhabitants are perceptive enough to approach the Gallic Crown with the respect we deserve, and ongoing hostilities with the illegitimate Kingdom of Bretonia can only help us find common ground. However, there is one major query I have right away - exactly what, who, and how many do you represent, monsieur? From your message, it sounds as if you and the 'Custodi' are a subset of the Cretan Empire as a whole, rather than representative of the entire ruling body. The Royal Navy speaks for the Gallic Crown as a whole in military matters, particularly so in these war-torn times, but I get the impression that you may not carry as much gravitas back home in comparison.

Lastly, if there is anything you could provide us with that would undermine the Bretonians the most, it would be intelligence from their southern and eastern borders. It should come as no surprise to anyone that our intelligence on fleet movements, system geography, and many other things is strongest around our main areas of operation. With the inherent instability of jump anomalies, however, and the relative difficulty of sending a substantial reconnaissance team through or all the way around Bretonian core space to keep eyes on their less pressured flank, accurate data on the strength kept garrisoned along these borders would be greatly beneficial.

I must admit, certain parts of your previous message caught me by surprise. I am not entirely appraised with the affairs of the Crown's corporations, but even so I would have expected to have heard if they had mounted a successful expedition as far as Crete before. The news is not entirely unwelcome, however. Île-de-France Shipping is the largest and most influential of the Crown's business concerns, and I am sure they will be very excited to make further inroads into Sirian trade.

I will ensure that a representative of Île-de-France will contact your organisation in the near future. Depending on the value of the exchanged goods and other items, it is also possible that a member of the Royal Navy's Logistics Division will be in touch as well. For now, though, the corporate sector should make better use of their apparent existing experience in this area to fashion something of a beginning of an agreement.

Lastly, there is considerable interest within the Royal Navy's upper echelons of accurately cataloguing the entirety of Bretonia's border systems, for a number of strategic purposes that I am not at liberty to discuss. The Omega cluster is known to us through the Sirian Neural Net's star charts; however, I and many others are of the opinion that some of our pilots would benefit from a personal observation run of the area. The details will need to be worked through, of course, but it would be of immense service to the Royal Navy if a reconnaissance operation of the eastern flank and the Bretonia-Rheinland border were to be completed successfully, owing to the information or the direct assistance of the Custodi. It is a logistical strain for us to range patrols so far from our forward operating bases, and Bretonian-Libertonian patrols throughout enemy space are too numerous for us to slip a larger support vessel through to fuel and maintain our reconnaissance wings. Any aid related to these concerns would be looked on most favourably.