To: BAF High Command (//plus further parties, see the message headers)

Konbanwa
I am taking this transmission now from Aramaki, since your pilot seems to not be interested in leaving a statement and you instead let one of your young Admirals that doesn't have anything better to do than cite laws and justify you firing on your allies.

So let me be clear on this. You engage a Gaul, and when he gets backup you don't want your allies to reinforce your ranks, to avoid losing another pilot? After that, you fire on an ally in the presence of said enemies and justify that by disobeying orders?

I get a feeling now why Bretonia had been performing so poorly in the past two wars, if it is only you protecting them, preferring to risk lives rather to save them and even shoot your allies in a warzone.

Aramaki gave you a pretty nice and reasonable possibility to apologize, instead you ignore his request, try to shift the blame on us, even try to placate us as criminals. You even dare to threaten us.

It is pretty interesting how we Kusarians get to be laughed at because of our sense of honor and stubbornness. Seems you have a twisted sense of the former and a too large portion of the latter.

But I don't want to waste time playing the blame game, I have a war to fight. Since you appear to be uninterested in us as allies, I will deny your request, Admiral. We will not leave this behind. Consider this here to be the end of our alliance. We don't want hotheads and triggerhappy adrenaline junkies like your pilots seem to be to endanger our lives any longer.

Every operation of the Imperial Guard, known to outsiders as 'Exiles', that had been conducted in Bretonia will come to an immediate end. Every soldier of the 343rd and imperial forces will leave your house immediately.

Furthermore, we don't want to see you in the Nagasaki System, which you perhaps know as Tau-29. Any Bretonian vessel except for civilian ones will be ordered to leave our space, and just so you know - this also applies to the bunch of criminals that you call your Privateers.

I hope you will get the Gauls a good beating. We can use them being occupied.

Sayonara
Sakuma Hitomi, Kaigun Chusho

Honored Aramaki Hideo, Kaigun Daii and Sakuma Hitomi, Kaigun Chusho,

I've been following the development of this incident and to be honest with you - I am not pleased with the attitude comming out from both sides. You are discussing an important matters lightly and that is not how it should be done especially during times of war with an enemy we are clearly unable to beat if being separated.

I will not go in depth nor will I take a side in this particular incident for it is a small red point on a very large black background. I hope you will understand what I am trying to say and will not be offended by my symbolism. Nevertheless laws exist to be followed by all men - and those breaking them should be punished. I refer to any parties being allies or not that participate with actions inside our Realm that are in clear violation of the laws. They must follow and respect our laws and obey them with no doubt. Mistakes could be commited but that is why allies exist - to forget such mistakes and forgive one another.

Respectful representatives from Kusari, do not forget that not so long ago your people have declared war on Kingdom of Bretonia. With the arrival of the Gallic forces - most of your fleets were decimated and the rest, which we now know as the Exiles, have remained inside our Realm. We've been working together - "today" we've been feeding our enemies from "yesterday" so "tomorrow" - we could be friends and allies. This is important lesson for both sides which we must never forget just like we must never forget the lifes of our soldiers and pilots that we lost during the war between our Houses. I tell you all this to remind you that we share history and we must never allow the history to repeat itself. That is why I would advice you to reconsider your quick statements.

In order to represent our good intentions and to prove you that we care for a stable relation between us - I would like to personally meet with you so we could discuss any future plans. Whenever you can - I welcome you to Jarrow, my land - on planet New London, and if that is impossible for you I can come to a place of your desire.

Let us not allow the mistakes of a single man to lead us back where we started.

Baron Firmus Piett, Lord of Jarrow, KBE
Military Adviser of the Armed Forces,
Minister of Defense of House Bretonia