Thibault d'Allemagne now raised himself and slowly paced the room.
"Well gentlemen a plethora of different avenues are now emerging, many of which align closely with Gallia's viewpoint, it may be beneficial to split them down for ease of progress.
Of primary concern is the "unhindered use of Jump Drives", at present Gallia is full of reports concerning large fleets of ships appearing, plundering and then moving off. This is obviously of potential military concern but we feel of greater importance is the destabilising effect upon trade and commerce. These devices allow circumventing of most normal border controls and massively upset the delicate balance all our commercial fleets are based upon. Not only the trading routes themselves but also all the ancillary industries, commodity supplies, local workforce standards of living etc. Thus Gallia is keen to reduced the severe impact of these devices, whether it be a "commercial Inter-House Jump Service” with a robust agreed “common regulatory framework", potentially including dedicated termini, or even a complete ban.
We also think it prudent that our intelligence services take a more active interest in these drives and try and ascertain how the technology behind them and ability to produce them seems to be everywhere. From a commercial viewpoint their appearance everywhere at the same time in many hands seems a bit odd. Any initial advantages the makers possessed were instantly negated, this make us wonder if there is not a greater plan behind these devices.
Now onto "the business of wealth creation", as you know Gallia is large with a healthy population we thus are always keen to open "new markets", both to supply some of our raw materials and obviously to export many of our unique products and materials. It is therefore of obvious interest that Rheinland is "sending explorer drones and surveyors into unexplored sectors of the nebula" and willing to "offer these resources to Gallia and Kusari". We would thus need a comprehensive and enforceable licensing arrangement for the import and export of materials, possibly with a dedicated control point at the Orkney transit point, we all have the capabilities for space station building, I suggest we consider building a neutral multi-house base at this point as soon as possible to best serve the interests of all the houses and potential license holders.
We have seen the approach Sirius seem to prefer and with alteration of parties and some wording would foresee no problem, for example your Omega Treaty
“4.3 - Corporate vessels of corporations belonging to …………………. and those belonging to the …………. are allowed unrestricted trade access to each others markets.
4.3.1 - Corporations must abide by the local laws regarding contraband and must purchase required permits for restricted goods.
4.3.2 - The ………………… to make available………………………. Permits may be demanded for this good to be purchased, but the requirements for obtaining said permit must not be prohibitive.”
We speak not just of trade movement, it would also be of benefit to all representatives if we fostered more cultural exchanges between our peoples. We propose establishment of quality regular "passenger" routes to allow both our general public and our business leaders to be able to travel in style between the great nations.
Linked to this we get to "If however a part of this means that Gallia wishes to invest in certain holdings in Rhineland, and even Kusari, of course we can talk about that on its merits" itself an interesting phrase.
Due to the length of supply lines it would of course be beneficial for Gallia to have tangible operational depots within Sirian space without the need to obtain them by military might. Ideally a permanent base in say New Berlin and New Tokyo would be useful focal points for trade links."
Thibault d'Allemagne stood still, stroked his chin then with a final flourish sat down with "Messieurs la balle est dans votre camp".
