I am Baron Fabian Montluc, the head of Montluc Advanced Industries or MAE for short. It was reported to me by one of our researchers, Monsieur Giroux, that your organisation expressed the wish to reach out to MAE leadership. To that end I am contacting you in the capacity of the head of our humble organisation. I am contacting you with good will as you requested and would be interested to hear you out.
Availing the opportunity, I would like to extend my gratitude for refraining from any hostilities against my employee when an alleged member of the Maquis whom you accompanied according to the report did show the good sense and attacked our vessel. That is a good beginning for establishing contact.
Data Packet Delivery Successful Sender:Devin Blackwood Encryption:YES Subject:Introductions.
Fabian Montluc,
I hope you are doing well, I am Devin Blackwood I lead the resistance forces against the Gallic Enclave on Planet Bordeaux. I understand they are your fellow countrymen, but I bare no ill-will towards you or the rest of Gallia. I am no fool, I understand that the command to glass Leeds didn't come from the Citizens of Gallia, it came from The King and his court. As no doubt you wish to see your fellow countrymen returned to you alive and with peace from Bretonia so do we wish to see our countrymen who are currently enslaved by the Gallic Enclave as Serfs on Bordeaux. Additionally, your captain mentioned a disdain for Bretonian Lawfuls we are not aligned with them in any capacity, they would see us labeled as terrorists because we called them out on their abandonment of Leeds, and how they continue to ignore the wounded giant on their doorstep.
As for the Maquis situation, admittedly we have been trying to establish a contact in the Gallic parts of space, they claimed to be influential and valuable as "allies", yet they took nearly 3 months to finish one small request. Hence why I have begun looking elsewhere. Your firm may prove to be a better contact in the region also, far less questionable in the ethics department. Sadly, when we began reaching out they were the only ones to respond to our call.
No doubt you will have your questions ask them, I too have many. With luck, this relationship of our's will bear fruit.
In fact, I do not have many questions about your organisation for your motivation to reach to us is still puzzling to me. We are an engineering company that constructs ships and buildings and conducts correlated research at times. If you are interested in purchasing our ships - we can discuss it. You also should note that the King, his name thrice blessed, is still respected by a significant share of the Gallic population, regardless of the political situation in the Hebrides. The Enclave is deemed as an adversary to the Gallic Confederation right now, but it doesn't mean everyone in the Confederation is actively seeking hostilities with them. I am a civilian from the border system of Quillan and seeking to anger the Enclave would mean having to deal with the professional royalist forces while doing business, and thus endangering my employees. So if you seek us help against the Enclave, it would be unwise of us to comply with your request.
If you have anything in particular to discuss - this channel is open to you. If the motivation was to establish non-hostile relationship, then, Monsieur Blackwood, you might consider it achieved - we have no intention to consider "The Nemesis" vessels hostile to us.
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