Winter is receding. As the peasants emerge from their hovels to return to their fields, so too must Gallia's finest rise and shine like the royal sun.
Le Roi has a great many designs in store for our enemies in the coming months. The planners are planning, information is being gathered, new machines are being built.
We shall, once again, be the armoured, clenched fist of his Majesty. We will, once again, drive home the utter inevitability of the Sirian peasantry's defeat, by every means at our disposal.
By royal decree, the État-major has been tasked to proceed to a headcount of all current active elements. You will use the following form to renew your oath of service to your King. Failure to do so will have GRAVE REPERCUSSIONS. Do as your King commands, and there will be many riches and titles to come.
You have one month from this day.
Honneur, Patrie, Valeur, Discipline.
Renewal of oath
I, [insert name here], [insert, in that order, your rank, office, and title(s) if applicable] of the Marine Royale Gauloise, once again swear fealty to King Charles, eleventh of his name, may his glory be eternal. [If applicable, otherwise remove sentence:] I have been given the honour of commanding the [insert your main capital ship's name here, then its class], whose power I pledge to use in service of our people. Longue vie au Roi et à la Gaule.
I wish to bring the following to my honoured superiors' attention : [//use this space to write your suggestions and/or ideas if applicable, and a comment regarding your expected level of activity/interest. Thanks !]
Sender: Aurelia Madelaine Landreau, Duchesse of Champagne, La Riche fleet Recipient: Marine Royale Gauloise - High Command Subject: Call of the Roll
Bonjour,
I, Aurélia Madelaine Landreau, Commandant, Duchesse de Champagne and Capitaine d'armes of the Marine Royale Gauloise, once again swear fealty to King Charles, eleventh of his name, may his glory be eternal. I have been given the honour of commanding the Roi's Naval Ship La France of Normandy class, whose power I pledge to use in service of our people. Longue vie au Roi et à la Gaule.
Merci et au revoir.
Aurelia Madelaine Landreau
Duchesse of Champagne
Marine Royale Gauloise, Capitaine de Frégate, Capitaine d'armes
Attachments: N/A
I, Pierre Vincent Dupetit-Thouars, Vicomte de Plateau des Couscous and Capitaine de Vaisseau of the Marine Royale Gauloise, once again swear fealty to King Charles, eleventh of his name, may his glory be eternal. I have been given the honour of commanding the Bonne Naissance, Valor-class, whose power I pledge to use in service of our people. Longue vie au Roi et à la Gaule.
I wish to bring the following to my honoured superiors' attention : I saw a half-eaten damburgeur-l'amburgeur or whatever the Libertonians call it, in a trash bin of the Bonne Naissance. It seems that one or more of our cooks have fallen victim to Liberty propaganda. Also, a lot of wine has disappeared from the kitchen mysteriously. I suggest a purge among the kitchen staff. Other than this, everything is going well.
I, Alaric Jean-Paul Favager d'Astier, Capitaine de Corvette of the Marine Royale Gauloise, once again swear fealty to King Charles, eleventh of his name, may his glory be eternal. I have been given the honour of commanding the Roi's Naval Ship Chanzy of the Obstinance-class, whose power I pledge to use in service of our people. Longue vie au Roi et à la Gaule.
I wish to bring the following to my honoured superiors' attention: I am on station with the battleship Castres and ready for forward operations.
*The screen flashes with Fontaine's comm-sig momentarily, then reveals the man himself.
Bonjour.
The order is given, the Roi's subjects obey.
I, Everett Fontaine, capitaine de frigate, commandant et Chambellan of the Marine Royale Gauloise, once again swear fealty to King Charles, ninth ELEVENTH of his name, may his glory be eternal. I have been given the honour of commanding the RNS Algerie, Valor, whose power I pledge to use in service of our people. Longue vie au Roi et à la Gaule.
P.S. Execute the fool who thought we were still on the ninth.
I, Mari Dubois, Capitaine de Corvette of the Marine Royale Gauloise, once again swear fealty to King Charles, eleventh of his name, may his glory be eternal. Longue vie au Roi et à la Gaule.
I wish to bring the following to my honoured superiors' attention : Due to an injury incurred during battle in Magellan, my active flight hours are at the moment reduced pending recovery. Thank you for your understanding.
This Galaxy is vast; its wonders and beauty are almost unfathomable. But the galaxy also hides dark secrets, some of which have lain dormant since the beginning of time itself. There is a danger in secrets, both in seeking and in knowing. Some things are meant to be hidden from view. Some mysteries defy understanding, and sometimes even the things we think we know are untrue. Some secrets should remain untouched.
Sender: Charlyn Joseelyne Recipient: Marine Royale Gauloise - High Command Subject: Call of the Roll
Bonjour,
I, Charlyn Joseelyne, Commandant, Enseigne de Vaisseau of the Marine Royale Gauloise, once again swear fealty to King Charles, eleventh of his name, may his glory be eternal. Longue vie au Roi et à la Gaule.
Merci et au revoir.
Charlyn Joseelyne,
Marine Royale, Enseigne de Vaisseau
Attachments: N/A
I, Jesse de arc, Aspirant of the Marine Royale Gauloise, once again swear fealty to King Charles, eleventh of his name, may his glory be eternal. I have been given the honour of commanding the RNS-Cleopetra, Valor , whose power I pledge to use in service of our people. Longue vie au Roi et à la Gaule.
I, Jean Yves Patrice de Justéton, Contre-Amiral, le Canonnier of the Marine Royale Gauloise, once again swear fealty to King Charles, eleventh of his name, may his glory be eternal. I have been given the honour of commanding the R.N.S. Ressentiment, whose power I pledge to use in service of our people. Longue vie au Roi et à la Gaule.
I wish to bring the following to my honoured superiors' attention : Peasants who do bad, shall be punished, peasants who good, shall be rewarded. Thus I ask for my soldiers of la battlegroup betheny to have the attention they value in form strenghened supply lines! Furthermore I ask for permission to send more punitive expeditions into the house of Liberty to punish all the peasant traitors for their faults in the past.
I, Félix Lacroix, Enseigne de Vaisseau of the Marine Royale Gauloise, once again swear fealty to King Charles, eleventh of his name, may his glory be eternal. Longue vie au Roi et à la Gaule.