Dupont may have handled your organisation and its dealings with the Kingdom previously, but following my return to the position of Grande Maréchale I shall be defining the Royal Navy's stance on The Core and its manufacturing division forthwith. No doubt this will come as a relief after months of dithering around with the Crown's tedious bureaucracy.

Though I have known of your organisation for some time now, given the occasional appearance made by some of your pilots in the Gallic Taus, it appears that both Dupont, in all his ineptitude, and even the King himself has dictated policy towards both the Core's legality within Gallia's borders and your assigned tasks beyond them . Naturally enough - even if I wished to do so - I am in no position to grant you or your pilots permission to enter the Kingdom. However, I am encouraged by your claims of interdicting the Maltese narcotics trade as it attempts to penetrate our outer borders, though the lack of proof in this regard is somewhat concerning. Evidence always holds more weight than sentiment alone.

Furthermore, I share Dupont's scepticism regarding this subsidary corporation of yours, AP Manufacturing. As I understand it, this line of ships is still primarily used by the Bounty Hunters' Guild - an illegal and morally bankrupt organisation that has launched repeated attacks against the Crown's people and personnel for some time now. While I realise that a 'split' of sort has occurred between your paramilitary and this profiteering band of mercenaries and rogues some time in the past, I share the King and his advisors' sentiments of caution to some degree. As such, until the Core can concretely prove otherwise, entry to Gallia will remain prohibited, and I shall not be lobbying for this to change. Given my knowledge of the Sirius Sector's geography, you are far-flung enough from our lands that you should have no business traipsing casually around them in any case. Any violation of this edict will, of course, terminate all business diplomacy, and your organisation will be swiftly reclassified as uncooperative.

However, in light of the recent events within Bretonia's borders, your offer, and the knowledge I already possess personally, I am inclined to agree to a material exchange. We have already acquired some samples of this 'Azurite', of course - a major crisis only one system away from the war front does not go unnoticed - but a further increase of both our stocks and firsthand information of the exact events that occurred in the Bretonian capital would not go amiss. In return, any aid you provide the Royal Navy - and by proxy, the Kingdom itself - will look very favourably for you in any further proceedings that the Core should seek to involve itself in.

I expect a prompt response to my offer.

You raise several interesting points, but I would caution any attempt of yours to advise our diplomatic affairs by proxy. The Guild is a criminal organisation, a classification for them that neither I nor every other Gallic official has any interest in seeing changed. I see you are canny enough to emphasise the growing distance between your organisation's past and theirs, but this is not so much a guarantee as it is you covering your bases.

As for your offers of Azurite and munitions, the Royal Navy is willing to express a vested interest in the second of these commodities. While we have no present or future plans to phase out our own Kingdom-produced technology for Sirian-made armament, I myself see a benefit in ascertaining the exact quality and nature of your corporation's newly developed hardware. As such, it is likely that your invitation will be accepted within the coming weeks and days, as I will be looking to obtain a stock of this product for Royal Naval use immediately. Azurite, meanwhile, we have no need for at the minute, given our already-sizable stocks gathered from the Bretonian incidents earlier this year.

I shall be passing the rest of your information along to the appropriate government divisions, so that it may be discussed accordingly. Further developments will depend upon the results of our own research and background checks - if you have been lying to me anywhere in these communiqués, monsieur Nodtviet, then we will soon find out, and the appropriate consequences will soon follow.