07-15-2019, 06:45 PM, (This post was last modified: 07-15-2019, 07:55 PM by Backo.
Edit Reason: My proof readers are about as good as my understanding of how centuries work
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The Dreadnought Basillica which was the location of this conference was chosen for a rather symbolic reason - the Maltese victory over the Crayterian Republic in regards for control over the Taus in the face of the destruction of battlegroup Helios and the withdrawal of battlegroup Hades from Omicron Tau, which was also the reason the Maltese Legion held no interest in putting the would-be defeated on the conference table regarding the future of the Tau systems after the Gallic war was over. Valdez knew that the Bretonians held strong interest in reclaiming the control over the Tau systems which their House controlled prior to the two wars of the second and third decade of the ninth century and that such interests would eventually clash with the Maltese interests of controlling Tau-23 and Tau-29 and ensuring the continuous flow of cardamine into Kusari and Liberty. Eliza sat silently across the table from the Bretonian representative as her somewhat tired from exhaustion eyes paid attention to the diplomat's face.
The reason for the asked secrecy of this conference meeting was rather obvious - Bretonia risked losing face if any information of this meeting leaked to public ears, while the Maltese nation, being largely unrecognized as a nation at all and often considered a mere crime organisation, was mostly accepted if not even expected to participate in shady deals for influence over Sirius and its solar systems. Eliza turned her attention to the guards quietly standing post inside the conference room and signaled them with her hand to vacate the room. There was no reason for them to be in the room besides the original projection of military order and control that the Legion strives to portray. In fact to supplement this very image, Eliza herself was in her usual Maltese Legion pilot uniform.
The Cuatroce representative took the initiative to speak before her. By now Eliza had learned that their organisation preferred to send actual diplomats to meetings rather than waste their don's time. Eliza had the possibility to do so as well, even if considering Maria de Santangelo a diplomat was a somewhat far stretch, though the possible gravity of this meeting was something the legionnaire leader wished to handle herself.
"Miss Hall, I'm sure you'll be pleased to find that most Maltese are fairly fluent in your language due to the nature of our nation's economy over the last few centuries. I also understand your, and your nation's of course, concern with keeping this meeting a secrecy as the cooperation between Bretonia and Malta has often been questioned by your allies. If anything I am pleased that Bretonia has agreed to accept our terms to exclude the Crayterians from this conference even if they are still considered your allies against Gallia. My apologies for forgetting to make an introduction myself - I am legionnaire Eliza Valdez, the current leader of the 2nd Maltese Legion and its representative for these negotiations."