Kusari-Order Meeting 2:

[Tenacity]

"I understand the GMG is busy lately, and thank you for taking the time to speak with me personally. Unfortunately High Command has restricted any Order personnel from involving themselves in the current Phantom attack against Kusari, and I honestly cant figure out why, I wish our people could help out on Aomori."

"To address your points, first off protection of your vessels... that is guaranteed. We will lay strict orders for no corsair to engage GMG vessels within our space under penalty of destruction. We will certainly provide GMG fuel transports with armed escort through Order space, and the systems between our territories, whenever we are able to spare enough men, you can understand that we are quite thinly stretched right now."

"The Order strives to remain independent of all interfactionary conflicts within Sirius. Our purpose is to defend humanity from alien threats, and to develop technology which can contribute to that defense and the future of Sirius. We are allied with the Corsairs out of a necessity for resources, but we refrain from involving ourselves in any of their disputes unless their homeworld is directly under attack. Since our initial alliance with the Corsairs, we have expanded a great deal and are now developing the necessary measures to procure construction resources on our own, while the corsairs have little to provide us now. We will, of course, remain allied with them as a measure of respect, and because both of our groups provide mutual combat assistance to one another when dealing with Liberty and the Bounty Hunter's Guild."

"On to that point, we did not choose this war with the BHG, they forced it upon us. While we destroy their ships on sight within Order territory, we attempt to ignore their presence in other areas of Sirius unless they first attack. We will be more than happy to respect any cease fire zones established around GMG structures, just as we respect the cease fire laws that the Zoners create for their stations. No attacks will be made against the Bounty Hunter's Guild in the Sigma systems with the exception of self defense, and no engagements will be made within two thousand meters of any GMG structure."

"As for keeping a record of any equipment or vessel exchanges, that I agree with completely. The Order is, again, stretched thin right now and our resources are strained, so all of our ships and equipment are very valuable to us. I am sure the same goes for the GMG. Our leadership parties can discuss any exchange of equipment or ships on a case by case basis to determine whether or not the trade will occur."

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