Dread Patricians

[Lochrath]

"You do not need to worry about me surrounding myself with those who would shoot me for stepping out of line." There was a tone of past experience in that. "What is happening on Atka interests us for two reasons. Allowing Planetform to expand their market outside of Bretonia is a horrible fate, meaning we are not able to influence or stop them as easily. The other is the simple fact that such actions they do will end up hurting humanity in the long run. However it is very far from any of our operational zones and would need us crossing at least part of a house to get to." It was true. With Hudson towards Liberty's bordering systems with Rheinland, any Gaian efforts would need to cross through Liberty, at least two systems, to get there. Without supplies and a resupply point, it would just be sending those pilots to their deaths.

"I will not sit here and say that what you are suggesting is not a good and proper idea. It truly is. I know little of Erie outside of what I can read and seeing it once on a star chart. You need to remember you are trying to convince more than just me. And, I feel I need to remind you again, my movement is focused in and around Bretonia. Not once have you brought up matters that would directly benefit our purpose. We are not going to fight your war for you, sir. If we gain nothing from such agreements than fighting for far off colonies, we will be lacking in our own duties to our own people. Speak directly what we have to gain from this. I do not care for notions of standing together against vague foes, or fighting for freedom or yet more obtuse subjects too wide to pin down. If we were to join in this initiative, what would the Gaians gain from it. What would Bretonia gain from it. If we can not help our own people then there is no reason for us to strain ourselves trying to help others."

The elderly captain was both showing his hand while being direct. To anyone who watch the wider Bretonian news would know that the Gaian movement has been vastly scattered due to the war and was only just recently reconnecting for their efforts. His retort was truthful. The Gaians couldn't fight for someone else's freedom. They were too tied up in their own struggles. There would need to be a proper exchange for anything to work.

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The Lochrath - Foghar Sect