Comms ID:Grand Maréchal Ansel Xavier Comms Encryption: High Comms Priority: High
Ansel appears on screen, with a grim expression.
Respected Elders. Allow me to introduce myself. I am Ansel Xavier, as of present Commanding Officer of the Gallic Expeditionary Fleet in Bretonia. A few months ago, we were contacted by a mutual acquaintance, informing us of your intent to host a diplomatic discussion.
While a more formal environment can certainly be arranged...for now, it'll be a discussion between men of war. We share a history of betrayal, and it has defined who we were as a people. The continued stratification and dismissal of the Corsair people as savages is not something we will condone, and You have my personal guarantee that Hispania will return as what it was meant to be.
But for that, we must make a beginning. I've made my move, what's yours?
I'm Decurion Alphonso Perez di Martino, host of Elders War Chamber. A man of war, or the man for war, as we use to say here on Crete. And I'm glad to see your door opens for this diplomatic discussion.
It's true we have a lot of in common with Gallic people. We are both proud nations, both knowing that war is the last solution. We even share some enemies too. In that light, our Council of Elders would see fit to make a Non Aggression Pact with Gallic authorities. Our mutual agreement would be valid for any encounters of our forces when on Bretonian house territory, for a start.
For any additional questions, do not hesitate to contact me, por favor.
Comms ID:Grand Maréchal Ansel Xavier Comms Encryption: High Comms Priority: High
Ansel appears on screen, with a grim expression.
Respected Alphonso De Martino.
It is good to hear that the Council of Elders is as keen on doing these negotiations as Gallic Royal Navy Command is. However, the full contents of what we wish to propose cannot be shared with you over potentially unsecure communications. As a result, I'd like to extend an invitation for a delegation from your nation to meet me and my High Command at Battleship Oubli, Planet Leeds.
If this is unsuitable in some way, a different arrangement can be reached.
CoE shall delegate Senor Trueno Benitez for this task. He's most capable and polite person on our side and I'm sure about mucho great progress our both proud nations will make.
I'm mucho sorry I can't join our delegation my self, due to our Sigma affairs getting hot lately. I was a bit curious about your wine cellar at Oubli, as well. Our plant seeds all burned out in Hispania tragedy, including grape seeds. But it didn't burn out the desire for tasting wines out from our genes.
Oh, one more thing, Senor... Can you personally guarantee security of Senor Benitez and his escorts in Leeds, por favor? Our intelligence intercepted some BAF reports about some trigger-happy Gallic bombers and gunboats operating from Oubli, you know...