TO: Bretonian Parliament and Cabinet of the Kingdom Of Bretonia

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Mister Swindle,

I am not a diplomat and thus I use standartized procedures of inter-Sirian diplomacy. It's all consisted of general phrasing and neutral tone.

We do not act out of 'fear'. 'Fear' is irrational. This whole process of 'diplomacy' is a result of calculations and prognostications. I'll be brief while talking about that.
It's more practical and cost-efficient to not fight you rather than trying to assert direct dominance over Inverness. You say that we hide daggers behind our backs and that's not really true. We hold daggers at each other throats and do that for a long period of time. And we are both content with that status.

We both know that in case of direct confrontation there's low likelihood that something happens. Your forces are already over-stretched and if Bretonian Forces make somekind of movement - all the numerous enemies of Bretonia will make their move. It's easy part.

You have numerous fleets and menpower. We can tunnel through space-time continuum and wreck havok in heart of Bretonia. We would not hesitate to share that technology with those numerous enemies of yours. But what would that achieve in a bigger picture? Nothing. Her Majesty's Treasury will have another hole in the budget, Navy will try to cover new frontline and people of Bretonia will become more discontent with internal affairs. Auxesia? We will fight. This is matter for other type of calculation and analysis.

It's all waste of resources. Pointless and illogical. So it's more efficient to keep the current state of affairs as it is. We get the Dunedin, we can do what we always did and everyone is untroubled and interests of Auxesia and Bretonia do not overlap.

I'll answer the other question. Nothing has changed in Auxesia. We are commited to our self-determination and we always were. This communication would occur in any case and could occur any time in the past. It's a feedback to a developing situation in sector.

But everything that was wrote by now is semantics. We can stretch the talks for a very long period of time but it won't change the outcome - it will change the reaction on that outcome. Auxesia will get control of Inverness, the uncertainty is how will it happen. We are using the possibility of non-violent resolution as it is an option.

Question is, will Bretonia act logically and pragmatic?

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