The Council

[The Council]

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P A C T S , I T R E A T I E S

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R E L A T I O N S

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Gallic Royal Navy

Gallic Royal Police

Gallic Royal Intelligence

Outcasts

Kempeitai

Kusari Naval Forces

Kusari State Police

Lane Hackers

Liberty Rogues

Xenos

Mollys

Corsairs

MND

Rheinland Military

Rheinland Police

EFL Oil & Machinery

IDF Shipping

Kishiro Technologies

Samura Industries

Daumann Heavy Construction

Kruger Minerals

Republican Shipping

ALG Waste Disposal

Gallic Metal Services

Bounty Hunters Guild

Junkers

Hogosha

Farmers Alliance

Coalition Military

Coalition

Red Hessians

Hellfire Legion

Blood Dragons

Gaians

Unione Corse

Bretonian Privateers

Liberty Security Force

Bretonia Intelligence Service

The Order

Independent Miners Guild

Gas Miners Guild

Interspace Commerce

Cryer Pharmaceuticals

Planetform, Inc.

Orbital Spa and Cruise

Liberty Navy

Liberty Police, Inc.

Ageira Technologies

Universal Shipping

Bretonia Armed Forces

Bretonia Police

BMM

Border World Exports

Deep Space Engineering

Gateway Shipping

Crayter Republic

Gallic Brigands

The Maquis

The Council

Gallia

Where everything began and eventually end as well, Gallia hosts most of the allies - The Maquis, Gallic Brigands - and enemies Gallic Royal Forces - of The Council, as well as those in between - the corporations and the Corse.

The Maquis are a more radical version of The Council while the Gallic Brigands are the common pirates and thugs of Gallia. Both organisations have proven to be reliable and resourceful allies, but public association with either hurts The Council's public image within Gallia, and the chance of our ideological differences ripping apart our alliances slowly but steadily increases as we progress towards the end of the civil war.

The GRN, GRP and GRI are the tools of the Crown, the means through which the tyrant oppresses the nation. As such, they are the primary enemies of The Council, despite that though they also must be given the opportunity to defect if they are not as loyal as they might initially appear.

The corporations of Gallia - EFL Oil & Machinery, IDF Shipping and Gallic Metal Service - aren't actively fighting us, but they are supporting the Crown and the GRN's war machine either voluntarily or under pressure. Because of that they aren't to be trusted or be welcome on our installations, but aren't to be hunted down either. Taxes on them as a source of income at the cost of weakening the royalist war machine may be applied.

Out of the three corporations GMS is an exception in the sense that behind the scenes they have been supporting The Council with funds in the past, but only very few high-ranking corporate officers were trusted with this information and the coordination of these funds.

The various families forming the Unione Corse has been trying to balance their union between the two opposite sides of the civil war, so far successfully. As such, while we frequently treat them as business partners akin to the Gallic Brigands, it's useful to stay cautious with them.

Bretonia

As the primary target of the Gallic Conquest it was obvious that The Council would side with the authorities - the Bretonia Armed Forces, the Bretonia Police Authority, the Bretonia Intelligence Service and the Bretonian Privateers - protecting Bretonia against the Gallic Royal Navy since the first days of the conquest, as well as the corporations - Bretonia Mining and Manufacturing, Borderworlds Exports and Gateway Shipping - but the stance to the Bretonian unlawfuls - Mollys and Gaians - wasn't this clear and uniform.

The Mollys were apparently not bothered by the Gallic advance for long, thus they kept fighting Bretonian lawfuls and preying on commercial traffic throughout the house wherever they could. Because of that, they are considered a hostile threat to our transports in Sirius, just like any common pirate.

The Gaians, on the other hand, fell victim to the Royal Navy, having been forced to flee, regroup and retaliate. Recent developments might even develop and reinforce cooperation between them and The Council.

Cooperation between The Council and the lawful authorities of Bretonia has receded due to the increasing distance from Sirius with the siege of Roussillon, as well as due to the end of the alliance between the Independent Miners Guild, the Crayter Republic, The Council, and Bretonia against the Gallic Crown.

Kusari

As the first step of the Gallic Conquest the Gallic Royal Navy decimated the Kusari Naval Forces, allowing republicans to coup the weakened imperial government and turn Kusari into a vassal of Gallia, branding The Council as unwanted entities within their space. The Council helped the remainder of the imperial forces gain strenght and return to Kusari to fight their own civil war, although after a few years of battling eachother the two opposite sides decided to cooperate and form a new government together.

This cooperation, however, did not change anything in the diplomacy of the house, we remained unwanted within Kusari. Because of this, The Council considers the imperial half of the Kusari government traitors to their old alliance, the republican half still being the lapdogs of the Gallic Crown they have always been, and overall unworthy of our trust. As a result we find their corporations - Kishiro Technologies and Samura Industries - untrustworthy, and we remain hostile to their lawful forces - the Kusari Naval Forces, the Kusari State Police and the Kempeitai.

Despite being antagonised by the lawful side of Kusari, The Council did not estabilish long lasting relationships with the local outlaws - the Blood Dragons, the Golden Chrysantemums, or the Farmers Alliance -, nor with the organisation balancing itself on the edge of lawfulness, the Hogosha.

Rheinland

Direct contact with Rheinland altogether has been minimal, if any at all, but their cooperation and apparently cordial relations with the Kingdom of Gallia make them appear to be suspicious in the eyes of The Council. As a result we view both the lawful authorities - the Rheinland Military, the Rheinland Federal Police and the Marinenachrichtendienst - and the national corporations - Kruger Minerals, Dauman Heavy Construction, Republican Shipping and ALG Waste Disposal - untrustworthy, of course not ruling out the possibility of that changing.

With the new connection between Picardy and Cologne through Zurich traffic between the two houses is expected to increase, which we will watch over cautiously.

Old stuff scheduled for replacement

As far as the factions of Sirius are concerned, The Council has had mutually beneficial dealing with both the IMG and the Crayter Republic. Both share with The Council a second mutual enemy besides the Crown: The Outcasts. From the time of The Council's first contact with the Outcasts in the system they call Omicron-80 they have acted with little but hostility towards us. All other Sirian unlawfuls are regarded as unfriendlies and all independent and lawful forces are regarded as neutral until diplomatic contact can be established.

Given cooperative efforts against their mutual enemies, the GRN, the Council managed to get on better terms with the Houses of Liberty and Bretonia, but mostly with the latter. These advantageous relations provide two great allies in combat and two major hubs to expand financially towards in peaceful times. Sadly as a vassal of the Gallic Kingdom, the Republic of Kusari has decided to outlaw the Council within it's jurisdiction, but that did not seem to pose any serious obstacles yet.

In addition to the above the Council managed to achieve cordial relations with both the Temporarily Autonomous Zoners and the remainder of the Imperial Kusari Navy, with the promise of these relations lasting for quite long. Recurring issues of alien nature resulted in occasional cooperations with the Order as well, and the arrogance of the Lane Hackers led both factions into hostilities one may not hope to ease anytime soon.