The Theta Conference; A Zoner Convention

[Aazalot]

---

Voncloud readjusts his glasses before addressing the question posed by Christian "I believe I can answer that question" he announces as he sighs upon recollection.
"To cut a very long story short, Bretonia's war with Gallia was reaching its conclusion, the Gallic fleet was in New London, on the planet's doorstep. The Bretonian's decided to send a battle group into Omega 49 under the guise of being there as part of a diplomatic envoy" He looks over to Doc and to Paul, both of whom were present for the next part of the story "Soon after a diplomatic conference was called, hosted by Doc at his Estate, representatives from all those involved with Gran Canaria were invited.." He motions to Paul "Paul was there as CEO of OSI, i attended as the planets Security had been my responsibility"
He takes a breath for a moment. "We also had representatives from the Corsairs the Coalition and of course Bretonia's ambassador" his tone turns to that of spite "But it was nothing but a ruse, during those talks despite better options being suggested the Bretonians found any excuse to break away from the talks with the opinion that they had no choice but to annex the planet"
Voncloud stops a moment, his face twisted as his fists clenched tight "I called for them to return to the table of diplomacy, but it fell on deaf ears...their invasion started"
He sighs in defeat. "At first I attempted to mobilize a physical resistance, originally to try to be a show of force, led by my Carrier the Kaldra. Though eventually we did come to blows with the Battlegroup.. But we were out numbered and out gunned. Eventually, we admitted defeat, and instead i, along with those who had joined my make shift fleet turned the focus onto supporting the exodus of those Zoners from Gran Canaria"
With a quick thumb of his nose and another readjustment of his glasses he finished "That little fleet became the Black Kites, and together with those who fled Canaria we started to colonize Pygar"

---

---