TO: MRG <> FROM: MAE

[Monsieur Baguette]

Fabian Montluc

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Monsieur d'Argenlieu,

I must thank you for a prompt reply. Your reaction and response are expected and understandable, although disappointing. But surely your prioritising the interests of the state over some corporate plea renders you a professional with a genuine care for the people of Gallia, which I can only commend and admire.

The witch hunts you are referring to might be quite real. Fearing them I fled Orleanais with the family on hearing the news of the republicans making advance in Il-de-France. Luckily, we being a Confederation now, the government is not centralised and those bigots can stay in their precious republique for all we care. Them running the Confederate Military now is a disgrace, though.

The suspicion of yours towards my organisation is understandable. We are new and upstart in your eyes, most likely. But I hope we can prove our use to the Duchy. As for Republic and the Minarchy - I would rather use my freedom of individual and not engage in business with them. As for the spacecraft sold to entities outside, please, allow me to explain our reasoning. Firstly, those are civilian vessels with no strategic significance. The influx of foreign capital can support the post-war rebuilding. And if our military ships are as good as they are claimed to be, then we have nothing to worry about. Secondly, the decision to sell the ships was made during the interregnum period, so technically, no law was violated as no laws were effective. I am still looking forward to see the updated legislation of either Minarchy we are currently acting under (although, I doubt the Minarchy is even capable of it) or of Confederation. This might be a difficult task as we do not even no what is the legislative organ of Confederation and its powers as compared to the Confederacy members' local governments. At any rate, I believe no legislation was violated while many good Gallic citizens got jobs and need financial stability.

Please, accept my kind apologies for asking such an audacious request and taking your time. I wish you well in your new position as the military of the Confederacy.

Je vous prie de croire, Contre-amiral Daniel d'Argenlieu, à l'assurance de mes salutations distinguées,
Baron Fabian Montluc