SOURCE : Pontifical Palace, Planet Pygar - Omicron Theta System
NCC Pontiff His Holiness Gregorius XCVII
Good morning, brothers in the Faith.
As you already know, yesterday our Holy Church received an invitation from Executor Francisco Javier de Creta, of the Corsair Empire, to attend a peace negotiation meeting that will take place in two days at the General Academy of the MFE, here in Theta. I will not deceive you by saying that I've no serious doubts about the intentions of the Corsairs, given their past acts of violence, but the words that Mr. de Creta uses in his message seem sincere in his desire to seek an end to this conflict.
I know exactly how you all feel about the Corsairs, because I feel the same way. I know that it's hard to look favorably on an attempt at negotiation now, when that option was despised by the Corsairs themselves when it was tried in the past, but it's also true that the Executor de Creta himself was the only Corsair who tried to call for a negotiation, just before the first battle around Freeport 9. At that moment perhaps it was too late to take that step, the rage and indignation at the abuses suffered blinded us, and that call to dialogue seemed like one more offense, coming from the Corsairs. However, now we've reached a point in this confrontation where we must stop and think about what is best for us, and for the rest of the inhabitants of the Omicrons. And it seems that the Corsairs have also reached the same point.
Therefore, attending purely to reason, to the common good, and to the Mandate of Deux Our Lord, which entrusts us to always try to resolve conflicts with our human brothers, I've decided to accept the invitation and we'll attend the appointment. I'm not asking you to forget what has happened, because I won't either, but if the Corsairs truly want to reach a peaceful resolution to all of this, we must curb our personal feelings, our anger and desire for revenge, and remain open to the dialogue. If we stop killing each other perhaps within a while our peoples will be able to get closer and collaborate with each other, as we did in the past, and try to achieve that is our Sacred duty.
Magister Yuri Orlov will represent the Church at this diplomatic summit, as corresponds to his position and abilities. I'm seriously concerned about his safety due to circumstances, but I'm confident that the MFE, acting as host, will take the protection of the participants very seriously. In any case, we'll keep on high alert an assault detachment of 50 Pontifical Guards, ready to leave Faith Haven towards the Academy if something goes seriously wrong, Deux forbid.
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