[Comm ID: Hans, Roger - Vice Admiral] [Target ID: The Joker; Andy Mac'Ceallach; Commander Lucy Silsbury] [Subject: N/A]
I'm in agreement with the Mister Joker, as far as Dublin is concerned. Minus the joke. Right now we need to fight together, and not over diplomacy issues that we won't agree upon for another life time. But right now as Dublin is concerned, I'll settle for the solution the clown suggested.
Hopefully, both the Molly Council and the Bretonian Government can come to an agreement on who to allow to trade gold and who isn't. We'll settle that for a later time. If that is all, I'll inform my men immediately not to get trigger happy when they see you and your thugs on the scanners, and hopefully we're all in agreement with the terms laid out by Miss Silsbury, and Mister Joker.
Though, there is one small matter regarding Omega-3, Joker. Try your hardest not to piss off the locals to much, and...don't blow up any transports with Military Vehicles inbound to Leeds, we need those.
It is pleasing to see the cogs of diplomacy at work and not the muzzle flashes of weapons.
We, the La Tene, do not wish for hostilities between Bretonia and Mollys. We wish to trade goods, not trade fire.
In relation to this, I would like to point out that in the interests of fair trade, the Mollys ought to get preference on mining fields in Dublin.
Whilst Bretonia has an entire market of goods to stand upon, the Mollys main trade for decades has been Gold and simply Gold. Whilst we, the La Tene, may not follow that philosophy, we do care for the Mollys as a whole.
So while not having access to one field might hurt BMM, it could gravely injure the Mollys in Dublin.
I feel this ought to be considered when slicing up the system.
However I'm not just here to discuss Dublin, I wish to talk about the other Molly installations in Bretonia.
As you well know, Belfast sits in the Newcastle system. A relatively safe system, it enjoyed little piracy from the Mollys.
Now that we have staked our claim on it, we are willing to negotiate territorial and economic deals regarding it and Mull base.
Simply put, we will agree to peaceful terms with the Kingdom of Bretonia, cease all hostilities and open our markets to trade under the following conditions:
- The sovereignty of La Tene space, specified here, is recognised by the Kingdom of Bretonia.
- La Tene space is recognised as being foreign space and as such, Bretonia laws are non-applicable.
- Inverness, an independent system, is recognised as under La Tene influence, if not soveriengty, and non-Bretonian sovereignty.
In return La Tene shall:
- Cease all hostilities with Bretonian vessels, including her corporations
- Actively help against local pirate incursions against Bretonian, and other, corporations
- Actively help restrict the flow of Cardimine into Bretonia and within it's own sovereignty.
- Open it's market to all Bretonian corporations, allowing for the resources of planet Middlesbrough and our general trading, to be beneficial to the Kingdom of Bretonia
We do not wish for war, but we do have the ability to wage it quite well.
I hope you understand that such a deal as presented above is beneficial to both parties and is infact only a recognition of the present status.
Again, may I express how pleased I am to see that Bretonia is willing to negotiate sincerely.
[Comm ID: Hans, Roger - Vice Admiral] [Target ID: The Joker; Andy Mac'Ceallach; Commander Lucy Silsbury; Cael McCormack] [Subject: N/A]
Councilor McCormack, we're here to discuss helping each other out against the Kusari menace, not to start staking claims throughout Bretonia. Simple answer to this. No deal. We'll discuss it when the Bretonian-Kusari war is over with. Not now.
I would like to point out the state of the Bretonian economy, or rather the lack of economy. The sheer level of debt that the Kingdom must be running up ought to be staggering.
How might extra sources of essential minerals and a larger number of customers not help the Bretonian nation?
In this state of near total war, should Bretonia not be trying to appease those they can afford to?
We ask nothing except recognition of the current state of things.
In return we offer new sources of essential minerals, including important Niobium, a larger market to sell Bretonian goods to, an ally against the spread of Cardimine and finally aide against the more common pirates that plague trade.
We offer a lot, in return for little Vice Admiral Hans.
We could simply continue this armistice but that is simply a waste of what could be an extremely helpful friendship.
[font=Trebuchet Ms]What Cael McCormack is trying to do is to show his friendly face, mr. Roger-Roger. Is it too soon to talk about economy while your defenses are down? [color=#33CC00]It surely is but don't turn your back to a sign of good will.
BAF should work on informing all of their officers of these negotiations. It just happened today that this idiotwith unregistered battleship, named 13th|-The.Jerusalem, opened fire at me without a notice while I was exterminating damn Indians in Dublin. Incidents such as these needs to be avoided or it will ruin everything.
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I dunno if I've got "The correct Authority" te talk here, but feck it! The common molly needs a word too!
Since the shattering of the Republic no good has come to anyone but the sairs and the KNF.
Myself, I'v been busting every BMM in dublin I can find, and a fair few squaddies too (including a destroyer I might add) cos I'm a mad dog, I got no orders. If We gonna negotiate, then we need an organisation to do the negotiating, not this fracured mess left behind from the republic, I agree with Himself, the Joker - Reform the republic, take control and get talking!
And get a message board up sos the common molly KNOWS how the negotiations are goin.
As for the actual negotiating, I want a peacefull solution with the brets, Having KNF or this new frog house in control of Dub would be way worse than even these squaddies.
But I WON'T settle for just a ceasfire, thats a just a plain win for the BAF. Mollys have gotta either have:
Exclusive mining rights in the system.
Or shared rights with BMM and IMG, alongside shared patrols with the BAF, And mining tax paid to them from the BMM and IMG, WITHOUT being accused of piracy from the BAF.
That is a free dublin.
*Line standing by*
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Evening gentlemen.
First, please make this Hone bugger out this channel. Second, he's at least right about something : the BAF will negociate with a guenuinely empowered Molly counterpart, not with a bunch of individuals. Also, please remember we are talking about military issues and the political questions you may raise should be dealt with the proper entity, that is, the Bretonia government.
Mister mac'Ceallach, it seems you excluded a mining site from your proposition. I believe it may be a mere transmission error but I would prefer you to confirm this. Keeping it separate from the BAF flight zone will only lower its security coverage. Unless you meant it to be an exclusive Molly mining site ?
On another side matter, we also have to adress the criminal activities from the Molly people. If you do not garantee the free trade in Dublin, I'm affraid the BAF will do the job then. I expect that doing so, simple minds will consider our casual pirate hunt as an aggression against the mollies. I hope your stance won't be affected by such rumours. However, the best option would be to handle the molly criminalty yourself. The less the mollies meet the so-called "squaddies", the better they feel right ?
The same applies about other independant pirates using Aranmore and your own resources as a docking facilities. Concerning this issue, I acknowledge your actions regarding the Indian gang and I take it as a promising omen for our future talks. If the BAF ever spot any other corsair-friendly pirate group our services will let you know and will let yourself apply your own justice again.
Let me know about your actual propositions for Dublin safety, as we should bring our cooperation further than mere flight plans. The corsair threat will only benefit from rigid borders they could cross more freely than both of us would. I will closely look for your opinion, and yours only, Mr mac'Ceallach.
As part of the Molly Council, I'd like to assure you Admiral that this is being discussed.
That said however, La Tene are willing to talk about the situation in Newcastle specifically in a separate dialogue.
If the Military were to recognise our ownership of Belfast and Mull base, Inverness and a small section of Newcastle, we could easily agree upon at least a cease fire of sorts.
I understand this may be infringing upon the political side of things but I believe that we can discuss this simply from a military point of view too.
We control the places that I refer to above and the BAF do not.
A simple fact, much like how the BAF controls New London but we do not.
This does not mean we wish to control New London, simply that we don't.
The same could be said for the BAF in relation to our claims above perhaps?
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Mr Mc Cormack,
so you are basically describing what actually looks like a cease fire. The United Kingdoms of Bretonia are already at cease fire with the Mollies from Dublin, that have been ratified between Mr Collin Breen of the former Molly Republic movement and Feelt Admiral Stanley Nelson, the former BAF Fleet Admiral. As such the BAF already extended this to the Mollies as a whole. As a fact I'm sure you will acknowledge that the BAF gave you little troubles in the past few months, and I am glad to aknowledge that La Tene gave me little troubles too in my time as the Commodore of the Ark Royal. In a strict sense we are already at cease fire Mr Mc Cormack, but let things be clear now and again : in no way a cease fire implements a territorial concession.
On another matter, please read the following if La Tene cares about Dublin status as well.
To the Dublin Council :
I am still waiting for your proposition regarding a military cooperation, provided you speak united and with one voice.
Our cease fire is now effective since a few month and has proven strong enough to move onto something more ambitious. Time changes and not for the best Mollies. It's time to raise together now, since we are the United Kingdoms, by our lands, and in our fights. Along with a common ZOI, I come now with a long term plan divided in several steps, that would gradually be effective as the preceeding steps are completed successfully.
First step : a common channel for patrol reports, joint Molly/BAF operations.
Second step : docking rights in Aranmore/Essex for both parties, emergency only.
Third step : training with our experienced instructors an in a neutral ground.
Fourth step : technology exchange.
Fifth step : financial support.
This of course still have to be discussed, as we have to agree on the terms, details and application schedule. Eventually, political propositions will follow once the Bretonian government will be convinced of your abilities to manage Dublin with a hand firm enough. As such, a common report channel will help both of us to evaluate our respective contributions.
I have also been informed of recent attempts from the Coalition Revolutionary Army, known as SCRA, to contact you. I am not fully aware of their intentions but in any case, it's now time for you to make your choice.
I will look for your answer carefully. Take your time before you reply.
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