TO: JERARD VONCLOUD | FROM: NCC

[New Covenant Church]

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SENDER ID : New Covenant Church - Ministry of Foreign Affairs

RECEIVER ID : Jerard Voncloud - (\^/) Phoenix Pygar and Corfu Administrator

SOURCE : Pontifical Palace, Planet Pygar - Omicron Theta System

SUBJECT : Negotiations with Corsair Empire

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NCC Minister of Foreign Affairs
Magister Yuri Orlov

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Mr. Voncloud.

I'm sorry to hear it, but it was what I expected. From the exchanges of words that some of our pilots have had with Corsair ship commanders in Theta space, they don't seem like people very given to dialogue, but rather to the imposition of their wishes by force. These episodes, furthermore, seem to have happened mainly with the commanders of certain Corsair ships who had the same emblem painted on their ship's hulls, some type of red crawling snake. Our pilots have shown us photographs taken of that symbol and i must say that I don't remember ever seeing it, until now, although that is something that doesn't have to mean anything, because we've spent a lot of time isolated from the rest of Sirius. In any case, this lack of capacity for dialogue is very worrying, and strange to me. I agree with you that this isn't the type of responses that used to come from the Corsairs I interacted with years ago.

We'll see how events develop, but for now I think it's best to keep a low profile and not give those savages the opportunity they may be waiting for to begin the total occupation of Theta. For our part, I will ask His Holiness to speak to the officers of our Guard, so that the pilots and the crews of our gunships are instructed that under no circumstances do they give in to the provocations they may suffer from the Corsair commanders, and avoid any confrontation at all. In the same way, you've my word that none of our combat units will start a fight against the Corsairs, unless it's in self-defense, or that of other zoners who are being attacked.

Obviously this could change, if by virtue of some type of coalition or alliance, a plan is drawn up like the one proposed by Mr. Burton, which includes military actions against the Corsairs, but I understand that this is an option that, for the moment, is not on the table. And believe me, I hope it continues like this, but if the time comes, we'll not back down.

I suppose it's a good thing that the Corsairs aren't immediately interested in taking Corfu and Pygar too, but believe me, that doesn't reassure me much. I don't trust any word given by these Corsairs, and I'm quite concerned that you didn't manage to contact any of the Elders. In my settlement we don't feel safe, and the truth is that this is like lying under the blade of a guillotine, which you don't know when it may fall on your neck.

This is why I would like to ask your permission to reinforce the security of our settlement, and recruit and train some temporary defense militias among my settlers who wish to volunteer. We already have our Pontifical Guard, but the truth is that their numbers are very small, and in the event of a Corsair invasion of the planet, we don't believe they will be enough to protect the settlement. The objective of these militias that we wish to create will be to form an armed force that can support the Guard to confront and contain possible attackers in the event of a lightning invasion, while we evacuate civilians. In addition, it will give a feeling of greater security to the settlement's civilian population, which will help maintain order and calm.

To form this militia we need to bring weapons and ammunition to our settlement, and we had also thought about acquiring 10 or 12 light ground vehicles, basically armed jeeps. The weapons will be mainly small guns, rifles and pistols, but also some support machine guns to form defensive barricades at some points, and a few portable anti-armor missile launchers. We would be in charge of paying and bringing all the material to the settlement, it's something that we can currently do without any problem.

I tell you all this because I've no intention of bringing weapons and ammunition to Pygar without your knowledge and authorization. I told you some time ago that we don't want to cause problems, or challenge your authority, and that is how it is, and it will continue to be. I simply ask you to value my request, and to try to understand that if what we fear most ends up happening, it's necessary that we be able to defend ourselves. I can assure you, and you have my word, again, that these armed militias will not go outside the limits of the settlement as long as no Corsair attack occurs. Likewise, this force will be strictly temporary, and if this crisis is resolved peacefully we'll be happy to disband it immediately without a shot having been fired. However, I will abide by whatever your decision is, and at worst, we will defend our settlement with what we already have

Regards, and Deux be with you.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs
House of the Magisters
NCC Curia

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