To: Valhalla Station Administration || Official Kingdom Notice

[Omi]

Royal Naval Battleship Guillestre, Tau-23 System
04. avril, 739 AGS

Sender: Colonel Juliane Lefevre, Marine Royale Gauloise.
Recipient: Valhalla Station Command, Valhalla Station Administration.
Topic: Re: Resolving illegalities.

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Monsieur Arturr,

It does not surprise me that the Colonial terrorists have been unhelpful, aggressive, and, frankly barbaric in their dealings with you. They are inimical to all the good folk of our Kingdom and those who would abide by our rules, and some part of them still believes they have a claim to the remote Tau-44 system despite their total rejection of all attempts at diplomatic outreach.

Unfortunately, no concessions can be made regarding any potential harbouring of personnel and/or equipment hostile to the Crown and its interests, regardless of your intention in allowing elements such as these to dock at your installation. I am told that while the government recognises the delicacy of maintaining such as yours, it is likely that you are ill-informed as to the instability of the region you have chosen to build in. Tau-44 is a troubled system, in short; while our grip is as strong as ever, dissident activity is more prevalent here than in any other Tau. Despite that, regular patrols from Minato and Sulawesi ensure that they are never able to operate for long - a fact we have recently demonstrated. Therefore, while we do not intend to use docking rights at your station for any purpose other than routine inspections and in the most dire of emergencies, should such prove necessary, we must insist on their provision, as well as the adherence to all other conditions laid out in the previous communiqué.

As previously stated, the Crown is willing to issue a guarantee of total protection for your installation providing compliance with our regulations is met. Furthermore, I have been informed that the Gallic Government is also willing to allow the temporary operation of station defense craft up to and including cruiser-class vessels within the Tau-44 system, provided the following stipulations are observed at all times:

• • The exact designations of all capital-class defense craft are clearly and unambigiously provided to the Royal Navy before entering our space.
  
• • Station defense craft comply with any and all orders and directives that may be laid down by Royal Navy pilots.
  
• • Station defense craft remain at their moorings at all times when the installation is not under immediate or impending threat.
  
• • Station defense craft may operate only within a 10 kilometer radius of the installation itself, except for the purposes of transiting directly into or out of the system via the Tau-23 jump anomaly.
  

The issue of the mentioned 'colony ship' will also be a delicate matter, and is not suitable for discussion at this time. Suffice to say, however, that a vessel of such size may encounter severe bureaucratic hurdles attempting to traverse Gallic space legally. It may be more advisable for your command staff to disembark prior to entering our borders and transiting the rest of the way via smaller, more conventional craft.

The rest of your proposal, however - regarding the payment of monthly base upkeep and application for a trade permit - is a discussion for another time, monsieur. As I have said previously, the issue at hand is the glaring one - and once the safety and legality of your installation has been assured, the Crown will undoubtedly be willing to work further with such a cooperative group of individuals. As such, I would suggest that your immediate actions should be to forward the fine outlined in the previous transmission and to reconfigure the docking computers aboard Valhalla in accordance with our transponders, and to notify us once this has been done.

Rest assured that as previously, even in this interim period, your base still rests in a state of limbo as regards its legality, and no terrorist or dissident elements will be permitted to enforce their unjust and undue demands within Gallic space.

In service to the Crown,

Colonel Juliane LeFevre
Marine Royale Gauloise

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Transmission End

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