To: The Colonial Republic

[Colonial Remnant]

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Greetings Colonel Warner,

I am Iana Ujan, Head Diplomat for the Office of Foreign Affairs.

My apologies for the delay in our reply.

Our President and his advisers have been discussing your proposal.
They feel that there are several factors to consider and have some questions for you and your leaders.
We feel these would be best answered before we meet your representatives in person - such a meeting is dangerous and in these times we cannot even trust the safety of the void.

We understand that the Coalition has recently encountered issues with the Order.
Our interactions with the Order are minimal and as such our relations are not very strong, in any direction.
However such issues could lead to future problems for the Coalition and thus the Republic.
If you could shed some light on the situation we would be very grateful.

The Bounty Hunters Guild.
As I understand it, the guild Core and yourselves have recently come to some accord regarding a cease-fire of sorts.
The Guild were once potentially our enemies and are still unable to claim on our Bounty boards.
They have petitioned for this to be changed however.
Any information you could provide as to your relations with the Guild, and the Core, would be of great help to us in our discussions.

Finally, trade.
Tau-44 is a bountiful system, with many ores buried deep in the resident planets.
We mainly use such ores to assist in construction.
From what I know though, we are lucky.
The terrible tragedy that was the loss of Jiangxi is something that we fear every day.
The purpetrators of such an act can never be forgiven for what they have done.
However we are not merely dwelling on the differences of our past.
The Republic has skilled engineers and our relations with the IMG allow us access to some of the greatest minds in industry.
Such knowledge, and our ores, could be of use to the Coalition.
We would be happy to see an exchange of both goods and knowledge between our peoples.
To benefit Jingxi, the Republic and the Coalition.
Your, and your leader's, thoughts on this matter are of importance to us.
We have learnt from our past to not act rashly when it comes to alliances and to consider that some friends are not friends at all.


Answering these three requests will allow our leaders to swiftly end their discussions and push forward, whichever way these talks take us.
I understand this may be a lot to ask in our initial messages but considering the gravity of your proposal we do not wish to misunderstand anything.

Thank you for your time.


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