To: Crayter MoFA

[Crayter Republic]

Sentinel Gestalt,

My name is Lily Ward, Minister of Foreign Affairs for the Crayter Republic. I'll admit, this transmission caught us off guard, and I hope you'll forgive me if I take every word you've said here with a copious amount of salt. This isn't the first time Crayter has been presented with diplomacy from your people offering 'understanding' and 'reconciliation', and though I usually welcome talks with foreigners, your Technocracy has constantly shifted its position to the detriment of Crayter and her people, making any attempt at diplomacy look like a waste of time.

Quite frankly, the interest in maintaining relations with Auxesia has always been there. Unlike with the Outcasts, there is no underlying moral dilemma, and unlike Bretonia, there is no territorial dispute. Your peoples' seemingly constant need to poke and prod at Crayter's defining core values, violating laws that Crayter has upheld since frankly even before your people even emerged from the Omicrons, let alone made home in Inverness, and a callous disregard for human life, and a predictable track record of violating the treaties put in place to promote cooperation and understanding, have all played a part in eroding what little trust still remains. History is a constantly written book, and Crayter has maintained a record of every interaction with your people, good and bad, and will continue to do so.

We are well aware of the forces around us that seek to destabilize, and even subjugate, the regions around them, though perhaps more so now than before. For the Great Houses, it's to be expected, and for the Outcasts, it's part of the threat they pose, and it's why both can be managed. The same cannot be applied to your people, as constant misinformation and oversimplification, combined with the offenses I stated earlier, have repeatedly glorified acts which would otherwise be reasonably considered terrorism, not to mention even (borderline?) war crimes.

If Crayter is to discuss terms with Auxesia, then we must take the context of the matter into consideration. Anything less would render the point moot.

Crayter's terms are these:

• Forces of Auxesia and the Crayter Republic will cease all hostile actions henceforth.
  
• Auxesia will abide by Crayter law within all areas of jurisdiction.
  
• Crayter will abide by Technocracy Spacial Regulations within all areas of jurisdiction.
  
• Auxesia will acknowledge Crayter as the defensive party.
  
• Auxesia will submit a one-time payment of three-hundred million Sirius credits (300.000.000sc) as compensation for cumulative law violations, payable to =CR=Treasury
  
• Auxesia will transfer all captive Crayter personnel back to Planet Yuma. Crayter will transfer all captive Technocracy personnel back to Valravn Citadel.
  
• Auxesia will return any Crayter-made equipment and technology back to Crayter; Crayter will return any Auxesia-made equipment back to Auxesia.
  
• Auxesian vessels not conducting trade, or providing escort for vessels conducting such, with installations within Crayter space will request entry from Crayter officials before entering.
  
• Crayterian vessels not conducting trade, or providing escort for vessels conducting such, with installations within Auxesian space will request entry from Auxesian officials before entering.
  

If you feel some of these terms should be adjusted, then Crayter is open to discussion of certain aspects. The first four terms, however, are completely non-negotiable.

I hope we can reach an understanding, Sentinel.

In service to the Republic.

Lily Ward
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Crayter Republic