First Baffin Zoner Zummit at The Zenarch, Malaclypse Freeport

[Gypsie]

The doctor, who was still on the stage, sighed.

Mr. Parkes, your concerns are understandable. However, let me borrow Doc´s words and tell you that the Council of Zoners was rotten because Aurelia Silvan was no other than Aurelia de France. I don´t know how many of you here knew this story, but the person who lead that Council is a known traitor to the Zoner cause. She dragged us into deals that still harm us to the day, such as the Bethelhem Treaty, which was already mentioned.

He stopped talking for a second to let his words reach each pineal gland in the Amphitheatre.

We didn't start the hostilities, royalists did. How do you guess they think about us knowing that Mr. Parkes? The Council of Zoners was born rotten, as I was saying, and that is the reason for it's failure. The Confederation of Freeports, on the other hand, was born out of the need to be united against foreign parties' blackmailing and shady operations against us, the recent problems between Rheinland and OSI being the latest.

He then stared for an instant at Jerard Voncloud.

The Temporary Autonomous Zoners have depleted all means to achieve a diplomatic solution to the Gallic threat problem. Seeing how they didn't want to talk to us, we decided to start preparing for the worst. So yes, if it is what you wanted to hear, we are going to request the CoF help if the day comes when Valors jump through that wormhole which connects us to the Taus! And furthermore, there's no reason to hide that the weapon platforms of this station were built to be ready for that day, despite the official statement we made about them being an anti-pirate measure. There's no reason for us to tell you that lie, after all, you are our closest allies. Each and every Zoner in Sirius is held in a higher esteem than any of our other allies here in Baffin. I hope this is what you wanted to hear Mr. Parkes

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Malaclypse Freeport