To: Alejandro Harabero

[BobMacaroni]

Malta Hyperspace Starfleet
Incoming Transmission

From:Your Friendly Hispanian Neighbors
To: The Brutes of Crete
Subject:Negotiations
Classification:Highly Confidential

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You propose an interesting prospect, "Executor".

One that I believe betrays your outwardly calm demeanor.

I cannot accept any cessation of hostilities while your warships pollute Omicron Theta, and the Freeport remains oppressed under your thumb. Say what you will about "working out a negotiation with the Zoners", I know personally several Zoner cells which are violently proceeding against your forces, because of what you've done.

Yet given that you were the first to reach out for a parley, it would seem that perhaps this ambition of your wretched "Imperio" did not turn out as well as you imagined it would. After all, it leaves you over-extended, bleeding precious warships away from more important fronts which could desperately use them.

Do not think that we have not watched closely as Corsair battlecruisers came limping from their frontiers to reinforce the cursed system. We are both aware that our resources are better spent elsewhere. What happened since the Freeport was seized was a purposeless waste of life.

A truce is not mine to grant - only an agreement from the Council of Dons can arrange that - but I do hold significant sway and am your best option if you want to see your desire actualized.

No warships are to be positioned in Theta and are only to enter for passage, and the Freeport is to be given back to an accord of various Zoners - including the Phoenix - to act as a neutral buffer once again. In short, the old status quo is to return. We both know how wasteful the conflict turned once it was broken.

Those are my terms.



Alejandro Harabero - Explorador Alfa

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