OSI Corporate Offices(InRP)

[Aazalot]

Voncloud was pouring himself some scotch into a tumbler as Director kelly came in. Turning around and leaning on the cabinet, he swirled the drink in its glass as Doc had his say. Taking a swig of his drink he looked at Doc coldly

"I never said, i was a diplomat, i have spent a long time, dealing with Corsairs and their supposed 'Honour'. But i am not an Idiot either"

The fox swirls the scotch in its glass as he continues

"I made a deal with the Corsairs, that i would disarm the Populous in exchange for them lifting their idiot law, and removing ships from Orbit. This gives us a substantial amount more time to get ourselves in order. I agreed to disarm the populous, however it was never dictated what I do with the weapons afterwards. Currently they are being stored out of sight on nichols until such a time they can be given back out without the Corsairs knowing or having little time to act"

He takes another swig of his drink "You are right, the robes of diplomacy have no part to play in this any more, you think OSI have done nothing? Its my ships, and my staff who have been safeguarding Canaria airspace as best they can, gone above and beyond their call of duty to try and keep what little control they could have over the Corsairs. OSI trade ships themselves, as Mr Kelly can attest have not been delivering to Crete any sort of supplies. So do not think for a moment that we have been stood idle by in this!" he growls a little but composes himself

"My Deal with the Corsairs, is nothing more than a reprieve, a momentary break so we can get organised. Before hand they were in a position to stem any obvious attempts, now they are not.
Now, Duncan..you ask about our defensive capabilities? They are in no way capable of defending against a full on Corsair attack on its own"

Standing up straight he looks at the other 3 present "The fact is, we cannot do this alone, diplomacy and neutrality, as you have said, ISNT going to work here, but we have to call upon our allies and the other Zoner groups. They also cannot just hide under the banner of neutrality and ignore whats going on here" He looks at Doc specifically "It will effect us all no matter what, question is, who can we rely upon to bolster our defenses?"

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