Greetings, noble Blood Dragons. Our relations may not be the best, as you may have not heard of us, however I wish to improve our friendship with both of our groups.
Before I ask for anything, it would be polite of me to do something for you. Name your price, and we'll deliver.
Quite a suggestive name. You want to bring us something to prove your worth?
We can't be bought, Junker, but we welcome gifts and trade. Such gifts help start negotiations and inspire a level of trust. Currently, we don't trust you. The only Junkers we ever cooperated with were driven away from our sphere, and in their place, the Corsairs and Hogosha sleep soundly. But not for long.
But lets get back to the matter at hand. We require a load of Hessian diamonds. You will procure a load and deliver them to our home. We will not send you the location, you will ask the robotic bartender on Ainu.
Merely mention "Code-White-1", and he will provide you with the information you require.
After this is done, we will entertain your suggestions.
Arigatou, Watanabe.
If possible, we would like to broaden our relations with the dragons. Currently, you seem to be the group that has the most power, and the most respectable. We would like to the isolationist views on us eliminated, someday.
Great things start out small, as they say, I'm hoping we could develop some sort of long term agreement.
Perhaps being able to dock on Dragon bases? Or perhaps 'borrowing' some Dragon tech? Though, do not get me wrong, I am not arrogant. I have heard how difficult it is to gain your approval on such matters.
Thus, it brings me to another topic; we share the same enemy. We both do not like the Kusari reigeme. It's frusting for both of us when we are simply shot out of the sky. Therefore, we would like to help you fight them. If you need an ally and we are nearby, we would glady assist you. We also know you do not like some of Samura's allies, we feel the same way. The Hogosha are indeed a nusiance.
What do you think?
The "isolationist" policies exist for a reason. We are a delicately crafted society, and while we have no objections with signing agreements and even allying with outsiders, allowing them into our society and bases on a large scale disrupts the balance. The ramifications of such events were withnessed many times over, and issues arise even today.
That said, we are forced to take the restrictions to a whole new level for some time.
Now to the rest of the matters. To quote, "I am not arrogant."
Yet that is precisely what you appear to be, Grand Marauder. You seethe with arrogance and ambition, not an unexpected pack of traits, but I could afford to be pleasantly surprised ocassionaly.
Rare are those who even mention the sharing of our home, the acquisition of our closely guarded technology, without the fear of their tongues cut out. It's not something we give to every passing mercenary, every would-be warband that gained a small portion of our favor. This is not something you should consider even a remote possibility at this time, taking everything into consideration.
You come to Kusari to sate your greed with the riches of this land. Your turf war with the Hogosha is merely a consequence of this, and the scorn of the "legal" institutions of Kusari is expected. To make further parallels with our plight would be highly illogical and disrespectful.
All this aside, you also failed to offer anything substantial. You wish to "broaden relations", but I'm not certain how you intend to accomplish this. The offering you delivered to us was a good start, but also merely a key that unlocked this phase of negotiations.
You have everything to gain from us, Grand Marauder, and we haven't seen anything you could offer. Until you manage to come up with something considerable, I cannot even consider your presence within our homeland.
Mr. Watanabe.
Perhaps I did ask for too much to be delivered onto our plates. Rather, I was simply looking into the hopeful future. Things like the future take time, much like trust. We are willing to try and achieve to make ourselves respectful to yourselves, we have common enemies. "The enemy of my enemy is my friend". That's a famous, ancient parable that fits itself nicely into both our situations.
If you want us to do supply runs for you, that can be arranged. Same applies for other tasks you may want us to do, in order to build trust. I await your response.
If you truly wish to prove yourselves, I will give you one chance. One.
Previously, you hauled some Hessian Blood Diamonds to the Chrysanthemums, whom in turn brought it to us. There are certain goods that we could use, and devoted suppliers can only improve our economic situation.
Therefore, I am willing to allow your transports access to our bases. Your fighting force will still be restricted, and will not be able to dock, without personal and immediate permission from authorized personnel.
Before you jump at this opportunity, let me explain the peculiarities of our market, and certain guidelines you must follow.
First of all, let me provide the list of goods that are considered illegal or otherwise restricted in our space. Carrying most of these will get you shot without much prior warning or room for explanation:
Cardamine (Both Forms) - Unless when traded to and between GC bases. Cannot be unloaded on Dragon bases, cannot appear in Chugoku.
Artifacts
Slaves
Nox
Nomad materials and technology
Now let us move on to the commodities that we encourage to be imported to our bases:
Blood Diamonds
Food Rations
Black Market Munitions
Niobium
Gold
Light Arms
And finally, the exports:
H-Fuel
Engine Components
Follow these regulations and be mindful with whom and what you deal, for we will be watching you very closely.
You are also encouraged to engage and slay any and all Hogosha, Alliance and Samura vessels that you may encounter. Let's see how you deal with this probation period. Make sure to keep me updated.
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