An Offering of Friendship

[Othman]

Albert unfolded a document as his LWB counterpart was deeply pondering over the details and possible outcomes of an agreement they might come to with the Unioners side.

"Gentlemen, these are the initial terms of Alster Union for a conciliation with the LWB. The terms submitted here might be altered in time depending on the circumstances."

• Unioners will be tutoring the engineering staff of LWB with weekly scheduled programs, organized on Freeport II.
  

• LWB will be granted with access to land on Pacifica for the sole purposes of refueling, reloading the required armaments and departing the base as quickly as they could in order not to abuse the space trafficking of other pilots in return of LWB letting us use Darmstadt with the same conditions.
  

• LWB will be let into Mackenzie with the sole purpose of reaching Bering when they need. In the condition of any problem arising within the drydocks, engineering squads and heavy lifters might be dispatched from Heilbronn in order to aid the required processes. In return, Alster Union demand to use Saar as a quick and safe passage to Stuttgart system. Landing on the stations in Saar and Mackenzie systems without prior consent is out of question.
  

• Alster Union would like to look forward to strenghtening the bonds with LWB both on diplomatical, economical and technological affairs. Therefore we offer the exchanging of weaponization technologies of both sides within a limited quantity, which might be decided in a private meeting, for the purposes of military manoeuvres and R&D progresses.
  

The spokesman reclined back on his seat after sprouting the terms of Alster Union and began to wait for the response of LWB side.

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On the uncharted lagoons of anguish, I sail with a canoe made of my sins.