Richter replied, seemingly ignoring Nomaks movements: "We will be able to help you and your men with shelter and possibly weaponry, but we will not risk pilots or ships to aid a leadership figure of the Core. While we trust you, we do not trust persons such as this Loyola you mentioned."
Nomak looked at Richter without any words for a moment, and then he sat down and said: "That sounds good enough for me. I could then, according to that, offer you my support in Bretonia, to cripple it's import and export as much as we can, while we could for beginning on another side, attempt to assume some more control in the Coronado system and push out the Crayterians. What do you know about Loyola though?"
<"From Darkness, lead me to Light. From Ignorance, to Truth. From Death, to Immortality.">
"I am glad to hear that and I imagine that this cooperation will be most fruitful." Despite a short trace of a smile, Richter continued with a rather emotionless voice: "About this Loyola person, it holds no practical relevance for us, so there is nothing more we have to know about her. The Core are our enemy and whatever she claims to be, will not change this."
"Of course it will be, my friend." - Nomak said, in a satisfied manner. He then lighted up another cigarette and continued speaking:
"If I would think in a logical way, I have more than one reason to believe in your judgment. We work together for almost a decade now and it was proven that it was the rightful choice for both sides."
As he exhaled the smoke through his nose, he added:
"I believe that there isn't much to say right now at this moment. This has to be done very precisely. When I return back to my people, we will first begin with establishing ourselves on Malta. I hear that there is a lot of supporters there, remembering our past deeds for the Nation. This, my friend, means that we will be very limited in available forces but, it will successfully work. As I said, we will work on Taus and Bretonia however, it will require diversity at the beginning. My main fighting forces will focus on re-establishing Maltese borders, while down in Bretonia, for beginning, you will have those who will pillage, and cripple its import and export. This is where our cooperation comes to its purpose, as our forces will work together and back up each other. Within the shortest period possible, we will gain more influence and control over the desired regions. Your offer of shelter and weaponry is very generous, and I only ask you to provide us with this as soon as possible. I consider this as initial, and the desired plan, and I hope that you don't have any objections on it."
<"From Darkness, lead me to Light. From Ignorance, to Truth. From Death, to Immortality.">
"Very well, then we have everything settled" Richter got up and moved towards the door, as another man in Rheinwehr uniform entered the room. "Major Mayer will bring you back to your ship, you will find, that your weapons have been installed while we spoke. I will return to the bridge and send you information on the places, where we can offer shelter to your people."
Richter looked back at Nomak, before leaving the room " I hope will meet again soon, to ensure that our cooperation remains as successfull as it always has been."
"Excellent. I will be waiting, and thank you." - he said as he nodded to Major who nodded as well and gestured him with hand to follow him. They reached out for Nomak's Sabre that had its new guns mounted.
"Overlord, your ship is ready to go back in the space. We also checked your engines and refreshed your ship's systems after installing your new weaponry. You will be able to use them at 100 percent of efficiency. Report back to the ship if you meet any errors."
Nomak shook hands with the Major and went into ship's cockpit. He switched on ships systems, and he could see that it now had more of Rheinland's design. Major silently returned back to the bridge and Nomak turned the ignition on. He could notice that the engines his ship had now worked with less vibration, and he navigated his ship towards the exit.
As soon as he got outside of the battleship, he did test his guns. He held the trigger to the end until the core would run out of energy and would require recharging. He saw that the core recharges at maximum efficiency, and he sent an audio message back to the Schiller:
"Nomak to the Schiller. All systems are green, and the core is working good. Safe skies, out." - he said, as his Sabre entered cruise speed, and sailed toward the direction of the Freeport 11.
<"From Darkness, lead me to Light. From Ignorance, to Truth. From Death, to Immortality.">
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