FAO Bretonian Office of Crown Contracts

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[Source: HMS Norfolk]
[CommID: Fleet Admiral Nelson]

Guildmaster,

I am indeed grateful for you making the effort to travel here in person. With regards to your proposed agreement I have a few points. First of all, we will need to remove Mollies from Duty 2 in the light of the recent Bretonian Armistace. Might I suggest that we do, however, make explicit mention of the Bretonian Buccaneers in their place given their particular role in spreading piracy throughout Bretonia. With regard to outcasts and junkers, our policy is generally that they should not be attacked unless explicitly found engaged in criminal activity of some form - therefore I would suggest changing "any non-aligned pirate ships" to "any outcasts, junkers or other individuals found to be directly engaged in piracy or terrorist activities".

I would also appreciate the addition of a clause specifying that Guild members should obey all Bretonian Laws whilst in Bretonian space and at the same time not presume to attempt to enforce any of those laws other than those laid down in this Charter. Also at present the Bretonian Government would appreciate if the Guild did not send any vessels of Destroyer class or above into Bretonian space without prior clearance from the Bretonian Government. Naturally such exceptional occasions might arise where we would request such assistance from the Guild, but in general we feel that the safety of Bretonia is better served by the absence of all foreign capital ships from our space.

As another point I feel the full salvage rights clause ought to have an exception attached in cases of items stolen from the Bretonian Crown or vital to national security such as military documents, both of which should be returned to the BAF immediately. Also due to constraints of the war effort, I think that the use of Bretonian class-9 fighter weapons ought to be limited to Guild ships which operate predominently or exclusively in Bretonia and capped at 4 per ship.

Finally I think that a clarification is required as to how this agreement impacts on our regular bounty system. My proposal would be that under the terms of this agreement Guild members agree not to make additional claims for any of our regular bounties under Section 1, though can still make claims for the special bonuses available for specific individuals under Section 2.

I await your response to my suggestions.

Sir Stanley Nelson

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Sir Stanley Nelson




<span style="color:#000066">Charles Canning </span><span style="color:#000066"> Foreign Secretary</span>