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The Gallic Union · 06-28-2012, 08:26 PM,

Thibault d'Allemagne rocked upon his chair, 'I hope fellow delegates do not mind if I pick up the proceedings before our distinguished Rheinlander representatives speak'.

'Prime Minister Yokitara your translators are impeccable, that was exactly the phrase I ended with and I am please that you have responded with a number or returned 'balls'. It is interesting that you place the Inter-House Jump Service as the initial concern. In an ideal world we probably would wish to turn the clock back, we see the jump drive as a massive destabilising force within the delicate social, economic and military balance of the Universe.

However the people of Gallia are pragmatists so we concur with your general approach to maximising the potentials the jump drive may offer whilst minimising risk. Gallia also considers the unsolicited entry of armed battleship-class vessels as a security threat and thus perceive the control and potential de-fanging of these ships of paramount importance to any protocols.

The first point currently on the table ]all ships participating in this Service should be placed on a common register' would be considered the absolute basic requirement with any plans. This will need rigourous policing and we have to make sure that we are not allowing access to any enemies of any of the three houses signatory nations. It would not make sense for Kusari to sanction jumping of their friends into Rheinland space if they were not also considered Rheinlands friends as well, each group would need to have absolute powers of veto.' Thibault pauses then stresses 'Have we all considered potential sovereignty issues?'

He then rises and begins what is now becoming a trademark pacing around the room.'We also realise that we cannot guarantee absolute safety to any jumping ship so they need some potential defence capabilities. The suggestion of a 'prohibition on the deployment of Mortar-class heavy weapon mounts' is a welcome clause but is it far enough? For the foreseeable pirate deployments they may face are secondaries and flak turrets not enough? '

Thibault steeples his fingers, stops pacing and pauses for what seems an age but was in fact only a few second , just enough to allow people to collect their thoughts before the pacing restarts with a obviously phrased 'fly in the ointment'. 'That said however there is an obvious problem with our Valor battleship design, the longitudinal gun is intergral to structural integrity, we thus have a problem with Gallic prime jumpships. Is there a potential to supply Kusari or Rheinland capital ships in order to limit Gallic weapon capacity? If not then removing heavy weapons may be a moot point.

So in general, to this point we have no real problems with what is on the table. With the next point however our strategists have arrived at a different end point regarding armour. As one of the prime problems seems to be pirate defence when in foreign space we think it would make more sense to increase the jumpship survivability and think carrying an armour rating equivalent to HAU8 is more desirable. Not only will this aid in their survival it will open a longer window of time in which local police and military craft can come to their aid.
Drinks anyone?' asks Thibault as he strides to the crystal decanter set and pours himself a neat spirit of some description.

'Regarning your final point Prime Minister the determination of 'the number, and location of any jump-in points' raises many interesting scenarios. Of prime concern is the mitigation of potential destabilisation to local economies. Would it not be prudent for us to start with only one jump-in location at the onset? It would be logical to build a single dedicated terminus in each house space. Somewhere we can monitor and protect easily. Local transports could supply these termini, maintaining local economies, and jump ships could focus on these termini for supplies. With the resources of three houses to draw upon these could swiftly be constructed. We could also consider having a multi-house peacekeeping force stationed at these termini bases.

The benefits of this approach are numerous. Instead of having alien vessels jumping where-ever they want they are jumping to dedicated 'supermarche'. These one stop 'shops' will allow us to impose limited non-onerous regulations for the jumpers, allow us to maximise their safety by having readily available lawful protection, allow us to regulate imports and exports also importantly allow us to maximise our security by limiting the movement of foreign ships in house space.

Fellow representatives I have sketched out the thoughts of Gallia on the matter of the jump trade potentials and realise time is proceeding apace. Although we have much to discus about other aspects of these talks, especially more normal trade expansion and access to Gallia, I will sit down and allow us to sort one clause at a time.'

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