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Sender: Primeiro tenente Rogelio Axiotis

Subject: The Treaty of Amorgos

Encryption: Alta Criptografia

Recipients: All within Corsair Empire

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Olá and kalhmera fellow Corsairs,

Hermanos and hermanas, as you all are aware, the situation in Omicrons is getting further and further away from being calm each day. Not only out archenemies the Outcasts have always been a source of nuisance, but also Core gringos audaciously took Nauru and operate in our space without any respect. Not to mention the glowing squids, that terrorize the edges of the Empire and even show up in the clouds in the Omicron Gamma. What's more, when all these adversaries were separate, our mighty forces could deal with them successfully. However, there are more than rumors recently about close ties between the Core and Maltese dons. And - as if the Maltese were not blasphemous enough - there are reports of the Outcast WORSHIPPING the jellyships, which make such a nice snack with ouzo when fried. Señors, I believe when you think about a joint offensive of Maltese, the gringos and the flying snacs, it gives you unpleasant taste in the mouth as much as me.
So, it is rather obvious that, in the current circumstances, the Empire would benefit from a strategic alliance with a power that has some common goals with ourselves. Or at least common enemies.
As it happens, we have been contacted recently by representatives of the Order Overwatch, who seek to establish diplomatic relations, as they are facing the same issues as us.
I, Rogelio Axiotis, Primeiro-tenente and Lider do Esquadrao of the BFC was chosen as a negotiator, and we concluded our meeting in Omicron Xi, at the Mykonos orbit, with Grand Admiral Michal Golanski, the commanding officer of the Overwatch.
Please, hermanos, make yourself acknowledged with the agreement we concluded. We call all interested factions to join this agreement, because our enemies are uniting under our nose.

The Strategic Agreement on Omicrons Operations between the Corsair Empire represented by BFC and The Order represented by The Overwatch.

During our negotiations on the orbit of Mykonos and Amorgos the Order representatives, the following was agreed upon:
1) Order vessels do not shoot Corsair vessels, unless in self-defence.
2) Corsair vessels do not shoot Order vessels, unless in self-defence.
3) BFC promises not to tax Order vessels passing through the Empire space. We encourage other Corsair clans to be nice to our amigos, and do not tax them, or at least do that lightly. Naturally, Order traders bringing us food, weapons, hi-tech stuff and other nice things are welcome.
4) Corsairs and the Order are encouraged to help each other to shoot any of the three adversaries we have, namely: the Outcast, the Nomad, the Core ("Los tres enemigos | Os três inimigos | Οι τρεις εχθροί.").
5) The Order promises to enforce no-shooting-corsairs rule to everyone within the space they control.
6) From our part, BFC promises to enforce similar rule in the Imperial space. And encourages other Corsair factions to protect the Order vessels from being destroyed by third parties as well.
7) Because Crete is our sacred homeland, no Order capital vessel is permitted within 20k range of the Planet Crete without prior notification and clearance, except when they are engaging Los Tres Enemigos. In that case, when the pests are eradicated, Order capital vessels will move to a safe distance by default.
8) As a reciprocal measure, we promise not to come closer than 20k to Akabat, symmetrical conditions apply as in the previous entry.
9) As a courtesy, we try not bring our shiny artifacts through the Order-controlled space for the trading with 3rd parties as a general rule. If we find something more peculiar than usual*, the Order offers to buy them from us for pesetas.

* Sometimes they shine too much, or move or hiss and say bad words, you know what I mean. If we find any of these, Order asks to sell these directly to them for pesetas. They want to study their lexicon and organoleptic qualities. We can surely deliver those to the Order scientists, so we get pesetas and our cargo holds do not stink.

As a cherry on a pie, the Order representatives confirmed our claim to Nauru even without being asked, which is both rightful, and honourable.

Naturally, the Coalition question we discussed in such a way that it won't give the reds any benefits against us. Order cannot join any offensives against us, as stated above, and will not interfere with our "business" (with cannons) with the reds.

I ask every other Corsair faction leadership to respond whether you would consider joining the treaty.

May the Empire flourish, and our enemies perish!

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Primeiro tenente Rogelio Axiotis

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Errant Ident: Ilia de Cellar Dor
Errant Outbound Node: Battleship Delos
Topical Proclamation: Negioatet agreement with The Order

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Hola Hermanos y Hermanas!
Let me introduce myself. I am Ilia de Cellar Dor, a representation of my clan, my family, and humble advocate for the Taurus Corsairs.
As the Outcast have allied with the Core, despite their nomad worship, we too need allies. The Order was once a strong Ally.
We appreciate your agreement with The Order and we want to thank our brother Black Flag Corsairs for carrying out the work to make this treaty happen.

We know years of hostile relations won't be forgotten in a minute.
Some of us lost friends and family to the Order. But we are a practical people; we Taurui will stick to these conditions. If needed, we will help to enforce them in Order and Corsair territory, where it would be appropriate to do so.

We'll leave judgement to posterity and faith

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Ofrezco mi carne al cuerpo de Creta. Ofrezco mi corazón a su pasión, mi sangre transfundida al pueblo. Ofrezco mi todo para conocer mi alma; Entonces sabes que estoy realmente vivo.

[Enkidu]

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Errant Ident: Dessalegne Linhares Cabrera
Errant Outbound Node: Thira Colony, Omicron Xi
Topical Proclamation: Negotiated settlement with The Order

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Ilia has given our piece. I stand by his words, so I come forward as a practitioner of the trade. It is not the way of our people to sit quietly on our reservations.

Primeiro Tenente Axiotis, este documento é uma representação do coração indomado do touro. Your family shoulders the gravitas of living history. The Church of Crete will hallow your name at the santuario de sacrificios, for you have made a sacrifice for us, Black Flags.

The Bull is steadfast. The Bull feels the fibre in its muscles and the wire in its bones. We Cretians see law as action. Our justice moves with godspeed. Ambiguity is the enemy of survival, and a document for debate or contest will undermine the spirit of its creators. It is the nature of the young to test the mettle of the old. It is their righteous purpose, to induce contest and the new.

I believe a dishonest man, who was not a signatory to the inceptor's intent, could exploit this treaty without a strong detail of the borders of 'Order-controlled Space.'



That definition must be pressure-tight and rigged for battle. Not to be Guapería; the living church holds to the old ways of Jim Brown and the First guilders. The trade is sacred. No treaty comes above the trade.

The opening of the system known as Omicron Nu is a vital artery for our empire. The Sanctified cartels pass through Nu, and into Minor and Zeta, with the Bull at their backs. The Knossos artifacts carried by these transports fund solar storm shelters, feed desperate mouths, clothe the shorn. They are biotherapy to Leon, the rock of the Jihad to the north. They are the Malvalda standard in the currency of unregistered arms from the Core Worlds – the same arms that scour the Outcasts from the edge systems.

The Church can see a situation where the Order will frame Omicron Minor or Zeta as their space. The Order’s intention must be as precise as their name.

We Tauri will back this treaty with our acts. To sanctify this document, I request that a Tauri attends the next round of negotiations. It’ll help Crete pre-empt any contest - a spiritual eye will heed details another will not. We have our own points of discussion with Order, the fruits and nature of which we pray we will share with the Empire, and with the Flag.

Oh, consider this an open offer to invite yourselves to the Asturian shrine, brothers. They say revelry is good for the soul - we try to be excellent hosts. Pick your pleasure.

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Ofrezco mi carne al cuerpo de Creta. Ofrezco mi corazón a su pasión, mi sangre transfundida al pueblo. Ofrezco mi todo para conocer mi alma; Entonces sabes que estoy realmente vivo.

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Sender: Primeiro tenente Rogelio Axiotis

Location: CNS-Posidao, Syros Shipyard

Subject: The Treaty of Amorgos

Encryption: Alta Criptografia

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Señor Cabrera,

Naturally, we shall conduct the second meeting to delineate the zones of interest and all the corridors precisely. The more interested parties taking part in these talks, the better, so as soon as we hear from the glorious leaders of The Brotherhood and Iberian Empire, we shall have a new meeting the the Order, representatives from all factions together. Since artifact trade is our lifeline, I do not see how anyone could bar us the right of passage via already established corridors. It would be unwise and... lethal.

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Primeiro tenente Rogelio Axiotis

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[Enkidu]

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Errant Ident: Dessalegne Linhares Cabrera
Errant Outbound Node: Thira Colony, Omicron Xi
Topical Proclamation: Negotiated settlement with The Order

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Aye, right you are.

You are an honourable man, Acere. I can raise a glass to that.

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Ofrezco mi carne al cuerpo de Creta. Ofrezco mi corazón a su pasión, mi sangre transfundida al pueblo. Ofrezco mi todo para conocer mi alma; Entonces sabes que estoy realmente vivo.

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Sender: Sebastian Medina Almagro

Recipient: Cretans

Subject: I don't really care.

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Dear all,
You all have become too soft and weak... An alliance with the Order? Really? Ok, here's my answer.
Me importa una mierda!
As for me, all of you can go for a walk hand in hand with your new amigos.
And that point 9 agreement... I don't know if you're just being stupid. How's that "they don't want our beloved glowing rocks in THEIR CONTROLLED SPACE". Know what?... Que se jodan, y ustedes también...
I'll tell my hombres to not attack'em so you can get.... whatever you're searching for with those lunatics.
So, the Iberian Empire will "respect" that little ceasefire, but that will be all. Anyone who wants to step out of line or give us a bad look will be killed.
Having said that, I am going to be honest with you and with your diplomacy, you're making me sick and you should be ashamed.
We, the Cretans, we're Conquistadores, and we take whatever we want at gunpoint.





Adiós!
Sebastian Medina Almagro
Iberian Empire

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Carrier ID: Pepe "El Comisario" Ladron | Carrier: Corsair Imperial channel | Description: Order

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Order things

Caramba hermanos... What are you talking about? *stands up, making many happy moments to his chair*

"Order vessels do not shoot Corsair vessels, unless in self-defence?"
What self-defence? Why would a Corsair shoot at Order? Who ordered THAT?

"hostile relations won't be forgotten?"
Order still exists simply because they have never been hostile to us. They have mucho enemies already, same as us. I'd have Golanski's cojones decorating my cockpit mirror together with el picture of Santa Muerte! Of course I'd have to be very careful not to kiss wrong one when I pray before el battle.

"lost friends and family to the Order?"
Si? Can you show me someone who lost friends and family to the Order?

"not bring our shiny artifacts through the Order-controlled space?"
Hahaha... Good old Golanski... he was joking. Order-controlled something, aaahahahaha!

"Order offers to buy them from us for pesetas?"
Caramba, I'd like to see that, hahahaha. Tell him we agree and to bring his money, hahahaha!

Look, hermanos... now seriously. There is no war with Order. There never was. What war? What treaty? They kissed few communistic butts, ok, ok, bien. If we see them doing it, they will have to kiss more things and I'm not talking about our cheeks.

If you see a Nomad, simply group with Order and enjoy in fried calamari for dinner. Same thing if you see a Core, except we don't eat people any more. Ok, maybe just a leg or something.

And don't let Golanski enter your young empty heads. What do you think, how did he survive all those years surrounded by Nomads, not to mention he returned alive from the battle over Toledo?


*he pressed off button with his hairy macho hand. Button cracked and died thinking: What a wisdom. What a macho.*

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Errant Ident: Dessalegne Linhares Cabrera
Errant Outbound Node: Thira Colony, Omicron Xi
Topical Proclamation: Negotiated settlement with The Order

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You have a hearty spirit, Sebastian. I share your traditionalism - the mantras tell us; it is the way of the Bull to reap all that we are owed.

You know our Greek kin. They hide their rustle of flames behind a sheet of silk. They twist and bend the false civility of the houses in order to destroy them. It is not your way, or mine, yet I trust Axiotis has a that will show the bravery of the empire rather than its supplication. Donde comen dos comen tres - there's enough steel to go around on Crete. Yet you are right to be cautious, brother. Your scepticism makes a man of you, one after my own heart, you might say.


No seas fresco, Sebastian. If you call me a weak man without cause again, I will take whatever I want at gunpoint from you. Such is the way of our people. There is is nothing in the life of another Corsair, and survival is nothing without honour.

I feel like a pesa’o - Enough with the drama. Come - let's sanctify our differences with something stiff. There's no dignity in the neuralnet. You want a brother in arm's reach.

I know a little hole in new martinique where the rum runs free and the entertainment runs freer, if you can humble a priest for a moment. It's not Golanski's cojones you need to be kissing, Elder Ladron.

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Ofrezco mi carne al cuerpo de Creta. Ofrezco mi corazón a su pasión, mi sangre transfundida al pueblo. Ofrezco mi todo para conocer mi alma; Entonces sabes que estoy realmente vivo.

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Sender: Primeiro tenente Rogelio Axiotis

Location: CNS-Posidao, Syros Shipyard

Subject: The Treaty of Amorgos

Encryption: Alta Criptografia

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Señoros,

Tranquilo!

I appreciate our differences. Corsair Empire always stood strong completely surrounded by enemies, yet still we survived and have grown even stronger.
Yet, the times change and some problems of the Empire have never been solved for generations. Do we have a planet with rich soils and clean water? No. Have we wiped out Maltese threat? No. On the contrary, new enemies swarm around in amounts not seen before, despicable Core gringos occupied Nauru, even more despicable communists crawled through some space trench and occupied Tangier, Core holds Skagen orbit blocking us from exploiting whatever shitty resources that planet has, and all of this is right under our nose. I don't even mention frivolous calamari bonanza right nearby in Azores, also known as Omicron Kappa, and there even have been sightings of some weird body-modifying gringos there lurking.

The only reason - no, actually, two reasons - why we, BFC, decided to try to negotiate friendlier terms with the Order is because, señoros, we believe that diplomacy has been neglected by the Empire for too long, and that the old - however honourable - ways are failing to deliver. Should I remind you that the last major standoff that we had in Sigma-17 and subsequent withdrawal of the Maltese forces has been won not only by the virtue of the sword, but also by the virtue of quill? And monet, or course, but still. We had supply contractors from Kusari even!

Recent jump hole reorganization in our space will definitely result in even more tensions with our enemies. Seeking allies, who would not only fly by, but proactively support our fleet is definitely an advantage, to our mind. Si, we can say that the Order lives by our grace, by by whose grace Core made Moluccas - Omicron Delta - its home?! Answer me, señoros, could you look into the eyes of our ancestors and say to them: "We have lost three planets and we cannot do anything with it for years and decades"? Would it make them proud? We need to find a way to take the upper hand. By the looks of it, we don't have it yet. This is why we think the change is necessary. We need to start talking to others whose interests coincide with ours. Otherwise we will soon lose Xi. Or will have a Core base in the Malvada cloud. We cannot eat artifacts. Well, mostly not, at least.

I invite you to rethink your position and join us for talks with the Order. We could use some wisdom of older and bigger members of our nation. Order does not only have men, but also technology. Also, they know about shiny things much more than we do, apart from culinary applications, of course. Some say if you put some of them in guns, you can burn through Maltese ship in one shot.

However, if your position stays unchanged, I respect that. After all, we are the Corsair Hermanos, we shall always stand together.

P.S. And with whom Golanski sleeps is not my concern, unless he wants me to join, but that is not to happen.

End transmission.

Primeiro tenente Rogelio Axiotis

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Carrier ID: Pepe "El Comisario" Ladron | Carrier: Corsair Imperial channel | Description: Order

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I see lot of talks, hermanos... *keeps standing, making you almost see a smile on his chair*

... but I see not lot of listening.

Of course you should sign a treaty with Order if you were shooting on them. Shooting our ex-ally wasn't wise and you see it now. But, there is no treaty to be signed by El Empire, as there was no fire exchange with them. Did you all forget that Fes, Prox and Delos all depend of fresh spare parts delivered by Order?

I'd like to tell you to not repair what's not broken. But there is a lot of something broken, caramba! Order's docking clearances are silently removed for our bases ever since they signed alliance with Coalition. We pretended we don't know about their treatery for years, to keep them at least neutral. But now Prox is helplessly orbiting Crete, rusting beyond repairs. Fes needs parts delivery from Order to finish repairs and leave drydocks of Rhodes. We need her in Omega-55 as soon as possible, to put an end to Core's domination over Skagen's orbit. *spits*

Sooo... who of you great leaders volunteers to see about that red alliance of theirs and get some battleship spare parts delivered by Order?

*he pressed off button with his hairy macho hand. Button cracked and died thinking: What a wisdom. What a macho.*

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