Internal Memos

[Thexare]

Consul,

Weaver bumped this up to me for direct outreach. It seems the Cadiz Cartel disbanded right around the time their ambassador left. These events are probably directly related.

Maltese governance is currently under some dispute with the Cartel's dissolution, but at least one of the competing parties (one focused primarily on military research, apparently) seems inclined to leave us alone as long as we stay out of the hostilities.

So there's a bit of good news there.

I recommend maintaining a defensive posture in the coming war. We have approximately two percent of the population of Crayter, and cannot realistically fight a war in our current state. I'm also told the effects of another war on civilian morale would be disastrous, especially a war against a party that has thus far done us no harm. We have to see to our own peoples' safety first.

Oh, and I also recommend treating these "republic" insurrectionists as an internal Maltese matter. Not in the sense of "it's your problem, deal with it" but rather, "it's not our situation, we don't want to interfere." I am aware of your sympathies, but it is as Weaver said - we have a job to do, to look after the people of Natio Octavarium.

- V.