The Zoner Conference

[Mikrosh]

After everyone finished their meal, Mikrosh stood up.


First of all, I would like to thank Mr Holiday for he's hospitality, and I would also like to congratulate Mrs
Holiday for the food.

And now,
Gentlemen, if you allow me, I would like to rise some points concerning this meeting.
We've started to debate on certain topics and we somehow forgot the true meaning of this meeting. We've gathered here so we could get a chance to know each other and find a way for all of our groups to work together for a common goal.

He takes a small break and looks around to see the reaction of the other zoners.

I believe that we should leave all the new topics for a while, and focus on the new "council", if we can name it that way. We need to find a way to work together and wash the stains from our Zoner name. A name that our ancestors have built in quite some time.

So, I would like if everyone can come up with an idea on how we could form an alliance that will benefit us all.
But, first, we need to know each other, so, I will introduce myself and The Obsidians, my people.

He takes another short brake while he drinks a sip from he's red wine.

I am Mikrosh Ancestor, overseer of the Obsidian Zoetic. The Obsidians are a small group of independent people that reside in Omicron Zeta. Most of us are war veterans, from different wars. We have all banded together to fight another war, a war that serves mankind as a whole.

Some of our people, including me, where on Toledo, when the nomads attacked. We've seen the force and the brutality that the aliens poses.

With a small gesture he removes a tear from he's left cheek. He tried to mask the gesture and the tear.

I have lost my beloved wife that day. My wife, and a considerable part of my crew, my friends, all vanished in a matter of seconds.

That is the reason why we, the Obsidians have settled in such a hostile territory as Omicron Zeta. We want to be as close as possible to the aliens, so we can keep an eye on them and research any device that might give us a fighting chance against them.

We share the same Zoner ideals as our ancestor did. We, want to explore, we want to be free, we want to prosper. But, in order to achieve that we need to remove the threat first, there is no point to build a house and live with the fear that any day, it can be washed a shore by the ruthless nomads. And if you believe that, being in the middle of a house system, you are safe, you do nothing but fool yourselves.

He takes another break while searching some papers trough he's documents.

As some of you already know, we, The Obsidians are at war with the Core. We, have our reasons to keep this war. One of the reason would be the fact that we either choose to make peace with the Core and risk a war with the Order, since the Core will more likely use Murillo as a forward base to attack The Order, or we keep the war with the Core and stay in good relationship with the Order.

We prefer the Order, since they provide us protection and they allow us to gather nomad samples for our research, while the Core have stated that they will confiscate any nomad samples we'd have.

But there is another reason we want to keep this war running. And that reason, is stated on this papers.
I would like to apologize to all the zoners here that won't get one of this papers. It is nothing personal, just that I don't know you well enough to share this information with you, not yet. I hope that things will change after this conference though.

He then walks around and shares the documents between several zoners at the table. The papers reached only to TAZ, OSI and Phoneix representatives.
The document was nothing but a small piece of paper with something written on it.

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First of all,
I would like to apologize for
using such an ancient way of communication.
But, it is one of the best way to keep information
out of the wrong hands.


As, some of you might not agree with our war with the Core, I want to inform you that at the
moment it is the only way for us to survive. And, isn't the zoner way all about surviving? As
I have already stated, due to our strategic position in Omicron Zeta we had to choose either
The Order, either the Core. We chose the ones that helped before. The Order help us research
the nomads, while the Core would have confiscated our samples to sell them for a few more
drinks. But the most important reason we still fight with the Core is the fact that they have "built"
a blockade in Zeta. They don't have enough power to take out our shields, but, the nomads have.

We are using the Core blockade as a line of defense against the nomads, since if the nomads want
to siege us, they have to pass the Core. So, if the nomads come, with the help of the Order and the
Core, we can fight them off easier.

This blockade however, is not only helpful, since it harms our trade routes. That is why I would like
to ask for some help with certain supplies. There is no need to amass forces to fight of the Core, we
don't want to spare more human lives in vain, but we could use some support with fetching supplies.

We won't ask you to bring supplies to Murilo, that would be foolish, but Star Fortress is safe, we can
move the supplies from there on our own, and that way we won't risk to drag others in this war.

We can provide nomad samples and technology in return.


I appreciate any help you can spare,

Mikrosh Ancestor



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//Note:This Document can only be used by TAZ, OSI and Phoneix at the moment. It serves only as a RP



Then, Mikrosh continues facing all the other zoners.

Now gentlemen, if you have something to ask, about us, feel free. You could also present yourselves if you
will.


As for the meeting, I think we should talk about what kind of "council" we could all agree on, and discuss
matters of zoner security and how should we deal with the threats we face as well as we should deal with
new threats that we might face.


I thank you for your patience.

He then takes back he's sit and sips he's wine.

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