La Marine Nationale Gauloise - Transmission Centre

[Lanakov]

Chancellerie royale

Adressed to : capitaine de frégate Guillaume de Bertinont


The transmission opens with a radiant, golden Fleur de lys on a royal blue background. Henri-François de Suffren appears on the screen, his thin lips pinched with skepticism.

Monsieur,

It would seem that, indeed, your predecessor utterly failed to inform us of this change, as it were. A remarkable feat of negligence both on his part, and yours ! You have caused the Chancellery to have a hole in its otherwise legendarily impeccable registers ! Suffren scoffs mightily, and it is a thing of dreadful power. Somewhere in the sector, several kittens just died.

Be that as it may. Although your claims could not be verified, because of the aforementioned amateurism in matters of simple record keeping, we have laboured long and hard to find a solution for you. And luckily, one has been found, one that will have you obtain that which you seek, and one that will see you lend assistance to Gallia, pro bono publico, as it were. Pay great attention.

The Kusari minister of foreign affairs, monsieur Toshinori Kojirou, is a renowned master of poetry. He claims to have enchanted thousands of women through the sole, sheer power of his word-weaving. That is an achievement we can only respect.

At this point in our campaigns, Kusari has been of little help to us, and we need this to change. You have been designated to reaffirm our ties to Kusari, and you will do so by directly contacting monsieur Toshinori Kojirou. You will send him a message explaining that Gallia seeks out its old, trusty partner in order to help bring peace and security back in the Tau region through joint maneuvers. You can mention that Gallia helped broker the ceasefire with Rheinland if you feel it appropriate.

Given that monsieur Toshinori Kojirou has such an appetite for poetry, you will oblige him. Your message shall be a poem. And before you even think of it : no prose ! Prose is for amateurs and pretentious buffoons ! You aim to be a comte of his Majesty, you will therefore act the part ! Refuse us, and you will transition from an anonymous peasant to a dishonoured anonymous peasant.

That will be all.

Cordialement,
Henri-François Maximilien René de Suffren, comte du Loiret, Chancelier de Gaule
Chancellerie Royale

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