QCP to the COZ

[Drake]

Pardon the lateness of my reply, I've found myself stretched for time over the past several days.

Of course the Corsairs on Gran Canaria are farmers, the Corsairs have been starving on a barren rock for hundreds of years, it only makes sense that they would grow food on another planet when given the opportunity. But your description of those 'peaceful' Corsair farmers is somewhat misleading; while they might not be the exact same Corsairs who invade Bretonia and murder innocents, they certainly support those Corsairs in both thought and deed. Gran Canaria has a near-constant stream of Corsair warships flying to-and-from the docking ring, and you wish to tell me that they are all merely peaceful farmers? The Corsairs are using Gran Canaria to feed their murderous raiders, and the Zoners are either completely ignorant, or choose to ignore the facts in favour of profit. And whatever else I may think of the Zoners, I don't think they're ignorant.

I just find it disturbing that you would require payment from innocent civilians fleeing from the horrors of war, seeking a new life on a new planet far from the chaos and bloodshed which had been forced upon them. And yet, you allow a nation of thieves and murderers to set up farms and granaries at no charge whatsoever. There are some who would call it 'war profiteering', and that is an act no Bretonian can welcome.

How about we cut to the chase, shall we? I think we both know that the CoZ will not compromise their NFZ laws, am I correct? And they also seem opposed to many of the other points I have brought up. Therefor I ask this: What does the CoZ offer for the sake of this treaty? And please know that the QCP has no need nor desire to make use of Zoner ports, so offers to allow us docking rights on Freeports and such are mostly worthless to us.

From Bretonia With Love,
Edward Hawkins