Lafiel Tarrant

[Lafiel]

3 week later:

Lafiel was nervous she piloted her small fighter craft slowly through the co ordinates that was constantly streaming from the battleship Triumphe that would keep her safe from harm. This was her first mission on her own that the foreign office had appointed her to it had been a day since she had arrived in Orkney she never thought in the end that she would find someone from this foreign land but she had if only by chance. The Triumphe had come through the mine field and she had made first contact in the name of the crown at the helm of that ship was Vice Admiral Dulac second in command of the council. She had then been escorted through the mine field at first she was reluctant to go it made her nervous being cut off so far from home and the armed forces would not be able to come and retrieve her. They had arrived at a small station which she was invited to dock with there she was amazed she was treated with the utmost polite manners. The vice Admiral was the most courteous person she had ever met doing all he could to put her at ease and people sort to her comfort. The discussions and negotations had taken what seemed like hours in which time there had been interruptions by people known as the Gallic Royals and Pirate Corsairs. She was amazed she learnt so much about Gallia and her people and in exchange gave all she knew about the houses of sirius. In the end she was most please with the outcome and at this point although the mine field made her nervous she couldn't wait to return to Bretonia and home especially as she had such wonderful news to tell.

After a days hard flight she arrived home sitting in her fathers apartment on New London she sat behind his desk its tall chair towering over her she always felt like she was a child back home when she sat in it an identical one sat behind the desk in her fathers enormous library back home on Cambridge in the manor of Araluen Estate. She began writing pen to page she prefered to write in this olden style of communication or at least to draft out the report it was another thing that her father had instilled in her along with the rest of his love for history.


*************************** Report to the foreign office***********************************
To the foreign office it is with great news that I return to New London an report with success upon my first mission as Brettonian Diplomatic Envoy to the Council of Gallia an mission in the Orkney system.

I admit at first it is most hard trying to find representatives of these people every person to enter the system of Orkney had little to no information regarding Reunion or the council or anything of the Gallian people.

How ever it was in my great luck that I found such a representative by the name of Vice Admiral Dulac of the council whom had the ability to diplomatically speak on their behalf. I was escorted by him in his battleship the Triumphe through the mind field into the Languedoc system it was there how ever we came under heavy attack by the faction of gallians known as the gallian royals this attack was repelled an we landed on the Guard station Monpellier.

Opening discussions we first launched into a more direct enquiry as to the council itself. It would appear although the Vice Admiral Dulac has the right to speak diplomatically on behalf of the council he is not in fact the leader of the council. The leader of the council is the admiral of the forces however he has been aparently been missing for sometime now he commanded the battleship CLS Guillotine maybe if our boys back home hear any news upon were abouts we can forward it to them however in hindsite Dulac is current acting head of the council and will speak on their behalf to us.

General information about Gallia. The Gallian Royals or the original government before the more democratic liberal council came into play has soley rulled gallia the current head King Louis rules 6 systems 3 core systems are sealed to all outsiders. The Gallian royals are hostile to all outsiders an I have been informed by the council that its intent is to wage war upon the whole of Sirius an its houses. The council holds two systems an they have their two reunion stations in respective places outside the minefields. These two factions are at war an are currently in the second year of the second gallian war between the Royalists an the council. The council have failed to conquer Dauphine an Lorraine. The councils weakness is in industry but there biggest weakness by far is their lack of man power.

The Council's agenda is to make better friends with the houses of Sirius an their two fold goal of preventing Junkers from supplying the Gallic Royal Navy. It might be but a rumour but apparently by far the biggest station of the Junkers an their presence happens to be in Gallic territory we can only hope for the worse that the junkers must have some sort of alliance with the Gallic Royals if the rumours are true. Their second goal is to prevent Nuclear devices to come into the hands of a group known as the Marquis which are a splinter group of the council who seek to defeat the Gallic royals by any means possible even in the mass extermination of their own people as it is apparent to them any none council member is a royalist we may need to be wary of them. The council does not want to see people hurt it is also a personal view of vice admiral that the Marquis has no place in Gallia an should have not part in it. Yet there are other council members whom would disagree.

He then questioned me about our war with the Kusari as should we lose their would be a major change in space in the star maps an he was quite interested I gave him an objective point of view. In a remark to my explanation of our waiting for the right time to remove the Kusari from Leeds he remarked that it mirrors their own battle an their deep patience to pick the right time in their own struggle to move once again on the systems they had failed to conquer.

In regards to the Sovereignty of Orkeny the dispute has been resolved an a treaty been made.

Article 1
Her Majesty the Queen an the empire of Bretonia shall retain sovereignty over the Orkney system

Article 2
The council of Gallia will retain the ownership of Reunion

Article 3
The Council will maintain a force of bombers an fighters that may patrol within 14k from the station or Council owned structure within the orkney system

Article 4
Reunion will not be permitted capital ships within the confines of the orkney system this how ever has been temporarily amended they are permitted Destroyers an gunboats to protect transports an trade vessels of high value as they are under heavy attack by the Outcasts so until that is resolved the temporary amendment stands.



It is also with great news that I have opened trade with the council in a second treaty

Article 1
The Empire of Bretonia an Council of Gallia both open their borders to both free an fair trade amongst the planets an stations of the respective houses.

Article 2
If we produce or Sell devices of Nuclear in nature they are to be well protected an it is illegal to trade nuclear devices in Council territory with the exception of Macon Base in the Burgundy system.

Article 3
The supplying of Nuclear device to the Marquis is forbidden

Article 4
Both Houses will respect the Laws regarding trade for either house less the offender be subject to the law of that house


It is on this day that these treaties are signed we open our arms to new friends and allies in share prosperity. It is my personal view that we have gained the beggining of a very good friendship an potential ally should we be mutually supportive of one another.

The Admiral Bestowed upon me 4 gifts the gift of a substance for our scientists at Cambridge to inspect an make use of. The gift of Knowledge. The gift of a military weapon from the Council armaments and the gift of a new found friend.

Before I finish this report two more incidents occured The colonial Remant interrupted our talks as did a Corsair gunboat known as the Neu later on they claimed to be on a mission of exploration The Vice Admiral did not like this gunboat which was blatantly not on a mission of exploration in council space an sent him out. I believe we should solify our friendship some more as it would appear the vultures are circling.

The Admiral at the end of our talks escorted me back to the Tau jump hole in orkney before returning through the minefield upon our parting he gave best Wishes to Carina Our Queen.

This is the end of my report

Sincerely

The Countess of Araluen

*********************************END OF REPORT**************************************

The hour was late in the evening Lafiel had copied her draft report she yawned as she looked over it for the 10th time she was nervous now how would her report look to Lord Canning a fellow member of the nobility she put her PDA down with the report in it moved from behind the desk and suddenly discarded everything as she worried she headed off to the calming waters of the shower leaving the report sitting there.
She returned about an hour later wearing an expensive night gown it was too hot to sleep in winter night clothes it was a rather humid temperature compared to Cambridge. She resumed her spot sitting in the chair she pulled her knees upto her and reached for the photo on her fathers desk it was one of the photos of back in the day when she was part of a true family she was a lot younger then only seven she stood with her fathers arm around her she half stood behind him very shy of the camera her head peaked around him but she was smiling and so was everyone else her father carrying that regal air around him his face wasn't as hard it was gentle a lot more kindly as if the moment was perfect for him her mum stood there to smiling her brother tall and full of life a young man by then stood flanking Lafiel it didn't show but Lafiel distinctly had remembered her brothers hand gently placed on her back as if to prevent her from escaping all together. There was something wrong Lafiel suddenly realised her brother had his left arm around something no someone about the same height his head was slightly turned as if he were about to speak but the photo distorted it was as if it suddenly stopped or the edge of the photo screen had been damaged or even the data corrupted at the very edge there was what seemed to be a line of blonde hair Lafiel suddenly felt really strange she couldn't explain the feeling but it made her uneasy and she quickly put the photo back on the desk. She didn't remember any of the other photos of that time being like that or at least she didn't think she remembered this photo of the picnic being like that.

She quickly turned gave her PDA one more look over and sent the report onwards she felt troubled now and hurried to bed were the first of a series of dreams began.

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