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Thirdfain · Post by **Thirdfain** » 2003-05-24 10:06am

ATTN: All Floater Allies
SUBJ: War Footing
-Secure diplomatic communiques-
Our fleets are severly depleted. WE can triple our combat strength, and increase our ability to support our allies, wiht just another 3 months of yard work- long before the Kokander fleet can be repaired, thanks to our modular, repairable designs.

For goddess's sake, watch the war rhetoric, at least until we as an alliance have the firepower to back it up

Straha · Post by **Straha** » 2003-05-24 10:36am

Thirdfain wrote:ATTN: All Floater Allies
SUBJ: War Footing
-Secure diplomatic communiques-
Our fleets are severly depleted. WE can triple our combat strength, and increase our ability to support our allies, wiht just another 3 months of yard work- long before the Kokander fleet can be repaired, thanks to our modular, repairable designs.

For goddess's sake, watch the war rhetoric, at least until we as an alliance have the firepower to back it up

We're trying to watch the war rhetoric, but he takes everything I say as an insult.

Seggybop · Post by **Seggybop** » 2003-05-24 10:54am

Soirehtyiaz is sending ambassadors to the Mutual Defensive Pact negotiations. Asgard seems to be purposely misinterpreting what others say so that they can fight, and this troubles us.

Darksider · Post by **Darksider** » 2003-05-24 12:00pm

Thirdfain wrote:ATTN: All Floater Allies
SUBJ: War Footing
-Secure diplomatic communiques-
Our fleets are severly depleted. WE can triple our combat strength, and increase our ability to support our allies, wiht just another 3 months of yard work- long before the Kokander fleet can be repaired, thanks to our modular, repairable designs.

For goddess's sake, watch the war rhetoric, at least until we as an alliance have the firepower to back it up

::::::::ENCRYPTED DIPLOMATIC COMMUNIQUES:::::::::

We will watch the war rhetoric. Our intention is only to create peace between all star nations. Unfortunatly the Asgard do not seem to be interested in peace and if it does com to war then our fleets will stand with you again. The refits of our ships with the heavy laser cannond should be complete in another month or so.

Post by **Alyrium Denryle** » 2003-05-24 12:14pm

Clearly you are hell bent on murdering them and no amount of arguement will dissuade you from this vendetta. I expect no better from your bloodythristy bunch. Clearly morality only extends to your kind and your chosen lap dogs. The rest of us must die for opposing the tyranny of the Floaters.

We would like to remind you, that the DE does not have the death penalty, so you have no grounds to call us bloodthirsty...

The Terrorists will be given a fair trial in accordance to our law, and if anything goes wrong in the trial, they are welcome to appeal. I assure you, if for some reason one of our captains went rouge, he would be tried in the same fashion, and recieve the same punishments.

Why not compromise on this matter? We could hold an interstellar criminal court, where all charges brought against them will be handled by a jury of equal proportions of citizens from each of of our people, with judges from each of our nations. Would this be more acceptable?

Tyranny? Last time I checked, a floater never did harm to a single one of your civilians! Floaters are being killed. And you would suggest that these terrorists not be held responsible?

The shipping lanes they target are non-military, and the escorts they destroy are neutral ITASF targets. They are not fighting the military, they are intentionally targeting civilians, and that makes them terrorists.

Post by **Alyrium Denryle** » 2003-05-24 12:22pm

Thirdfain wrote:ATTN: All Floater Allies
SUBJ: War Footing
-Secure diplomatic communiques-
Our fleets are severly depleted. WE can triple our combat strength, and increase our ability to support our allies, wiht just another 3 months of yard work- long before the Kokander fleet can be repaired, thanks to our modular, repairable designs.

For goddess's sake, watch the war rhetoric, at least until we as an alliance have the firepower to back it up

***Encryped diplomatic channel*

We will do what we can. We are currently increasing the power output of our point deense weaponry. We will be able to divert power from our particle beams, and route it through the lasers,...esentially we will then have weapons of the same power as our particle beams, but in laser form. That should counter their defenses....

Pablo Sanchez · Post by **Pablo Sanchez** » 2003-05-24 01:43pm

Stormbringer wrote:To: NRE
From: Asgard
Re: War?

We requst clarification of this message intercepted earlier: "Roman ships have standing orders to break off all sensor contact with Kokand vessels and to engage them until they have been totally destroyed or forced to withdraw. We suggest the Floater Republics adopt a similar policy." Surely you are not contemplating yet another war? Please clarify.

The PSR has this to say to the Asgard, on the subject of the "rogue Kokands":

They are civilians who claim that they are fighting on behalf of a dead government--but we point out that they have yet to engage in anything but petty revenge. The PSR recognizes these persons as nothing more than pirates, and refuses to confer upon the Black Forest Pirates the legitimacy of identification with any government. They operate beyond the pale of government control, and so they operate beyond the protection of military law.

Any ship broadcasting Kokand IFF which violates PSR space will be subject to a single warning hail to power down all systems and surrender. If it fails to respond within one minute, then we will attempt to disable them. However, it is often quite difficult to safely disable a warship, and we cannot take responsibility for their action of entering Slavic territory.

Post by **Beowulf** » 2003-05-24 03:39pm

The OU insists, and will continue to insist that the rogue Kokand forces be tried in Asgard military courts.

Post by **Alyrium Denryle** » 2003-05-24 03:49pm

And again, they will be...for the crimes of mutiny and dessertion. But we also incist that our civilian courts put them on trial in an interstellar criminal court. This would assure that it would not be a "kangaroo trial" as you humans put it"

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2003-05-24 04:41pm

Cpt_Frank wrote:To: Asgard Empire
From: President Li
Subject: current crisis

We hereby transfer command of the PIR fleet elements based within Asgard territory to the Asgard Navy.
Should it come to war now, the PIR will inevitably participate.

To: President Li
From: Emperor Alexander Gustav IV
Re: You Offer

We thank you very much for you offer. While we hope that it will not come to war we appreciate your nation standing with us.

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2003-05-24 05:12pm

{Asgard News Network}

Today marks the official ceremony marking the first recommisioning of the Black Forest-Class damaged in the Floater War. The Derflinger will be formally recomissioned and inducted in the Asgard Imperial Navy tomorrow. This marks the beginning of the rebuilding process for the Asgard Navy after the devestation of the Floater War.

Derflinger was damaged in the engagement with the Floater First Fleet and had to be towed back to the shipyards over Mars. Since then crews have worked hard to repair her and her sisters, pressure made all the more pressing by continued belligerence by the Floaters and their allies. Work is taking less time than expected thanks to military stockpiles amassed by the Kokand and the combined workforces of two military space docks.

The Admiralty has stepped up the time table for recommisioning by several months. The majority of the damaged warships should be recommisioning with the next several months.

* * *

The Naval Expansion construction has been accellerated in light of tensions abroad. The controversy surrounding the act originally has died away. Indeed, the budget overruns incurred by the accellerated construction have been borne stoically in the name of liberty.

The ships themselves are the latest and according to the Admiralty include several advanced technologies. As yet the commissioning date has not been made public. More is this develops.

* * *

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2003-05-24 05:17pm

Straha wrote:Again the threat was unintentional, we merely proposed a solution not realising you would be so virulent against it, and I am sorry for any insult given unintentionally.

It is not your solution which we fing threatening, though we still maintain that they are legal combatants, but the manner in which it was delivered. Given the fact we have been the victims of a war of agression by the Floaters we take any threats from your alliance seriously.

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2003-05-24 05:31pm

{KNS Black Forest}

Vice Admiral Stearns lay awake contemplating his next mood. He had heard the firestorm the convoy attack had stirred up. The Bubbleheads were clearly war-crazy. Not suprising given their racism. He had spent a time as the naval attache in the Kokand Embassy. In private they were a far nastier species than their bullshit made them seem.

And they had caused the downfall of Kokand. He had been part of the pact negotiations for the annexation. Neither side had wanted it but it had been the only way to save the Kokand people from obliteration at the hands of the Floaters and their dupes.

How best to hurt them? Plan Masada wasn't yet finished, and was indefinite at best. And with their jump gates they'd soon be out of reach of his fleet. So how to stop that? Best to make a hit and run. How best to make it work?

He turned and hit the comms.

"Get me the Captains and all the latest intell, better yet get me intel. We have a raid to plan."

Pablo Sanchez · Post by **Pablo Sanchez** » 2003-05-24 05:47pm

Stormbringer wrote:It is not your solution which we fing threatening, though we still maintain that they are legal combatants, but the manner in which it was delivered.

If you consider them legal combatants, then they are your combatants, and your responsibility to bring to heel.

Post by **Beowulf** » 2003-05-24 05:49pm

Pablo Sanchez wrote:
Stormbringer wrote:It is not your solution which we fing threatening, though we still maintain that they are legal combatants, but the manner in which it was delivered.
If you consider them legal combatants, then they are your combatants, and your responsibility to bring to heel.

And they are trying to do so.

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2003-05-24 06:06pm

Pablo Sanchez wrote:
Stormbringer wrote:It is not your solution which we fing threatening, though we still maintain that they are legal combatants, but the manner in which it was delivered.
If you consider them legal combatants, then they are your combatants, and your responsibility to bring to heel.

We are doing everything we can. The problem is we now have twice the territory to police and much less than twice the navy. And tensions with the Floaters have necessitated keeping even more of the fleet home to repel any potential attack.

We dispatched capital untis from Fenris and Vasa fleets to attempt to engage them and end their mutiny. The problem is locating them first. And regrettably our investigation is hampered by a serious lack of intelligence.

Pablo Sanchez · Post by **Pablo Sanchez** » 2003-05-24 06:08pm

Stormbringer wrote:We dispatched capital untis from Fenris and Vasa fleets to attempt to engage them and end their mutiny. The problem is locating them first. And regrettably our investigation is hampered by a serious lack of intelligence.

The PSR and Asgard have cooperated in the past. Perhaps we can come to another understanding.

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2003-05-24 06:10pm

Romulus Augustus gleefully arrived in Rome; unwilling to tell his son and wife the source of his joy. He laughed himself to sleep that night; shortly after delievering a secret order to Astralegios I

He had the grapple; and that was all that mattered.

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2003-05-24 06:22pm

Pablo Sanchez wrote:
Stormbringer wrote:We dispatched capital untis from Fenris and Vasa fleets to attempt to engage them and end their mutiny. The problem is locating them first. And regrettably our investigation is hampered by a serious lack of intelligence.
The PSR and Asgard have cooperated in the past. Perhaps we can come to another understanding.

What did you have in mind? We are certainly interested in making a reasonable agreement.

Raxmei · Post by **Raxmei** » 2003-05-24 06:29pm

From: Skaven
To: Asgard

We have heard reports that you are preparing for war. Please explain. Understand the nature of our alliance. We are not here to support aggression.

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2003-05-24 06:43pm

Raxmei wrote:From: Skaven
To: Asgard

We have heard reports that you are preparing for war. Please explain. Understand the nature of our alliance. We are not here to support aggression.

To: Skaven
From: Asgard Foriegn Office

We are not preparing for war at all. The Monarocan ambassador made a remark threatening war during a diplomatic exchange. This was followed shortly by Roman transmission authorizing attacks. As a precaution we issues a warning to our Fleets to be on their guard against agression. They remain on a heightened state of alert as both gave fishy explanations or not at all. They are not for offensive operations.

Darksider · Post by **Darksider** » 2003-05-24 06:49pm

Thirdfain wrote:ATTN: All Floater Allies
SUBJ: War Footing
-Secure diplomatic communiques-
Our fleets are severly depleted. WE can triple our combat strength, and increase our ability to support our allies, wiht just another 3 months of yard work- long before the Kokander fleet can be repaired, thanks to our modular, repairable designs.

:::::::SECURE DIPLOMATIC TRANSMISSION::::::

ATTN: United Floater Republics
FROM: KSE
RE: Shipyards on Covelan

One of the construction bays at the shipyards on covelan is currently open, dispite our massive fleet refits and new ship construction (we expect to have at least four dozen new ships within four months time) we are offering it for your use to rebuild your fleets.

Pablo Sanchez · Post by **Pablo Sanchez** » 2003-05-24 06:52pm

Stormbringer wrote:What did you have in mind? We are certainly interested in making a reasonable agreement.

Given reasonable and temporary access to Asgard naval bases for resupply (for which we would be willing to offer monetary compensation), we would propose to loan PSR fleet assets to your hunt for the Black Forest. This would come with the understanding that our ships would be under the overall command of Asgard, and that the fugitives must be brought to justice in your courts.

Thirdfain · Post by **Thirdfain** » 2003-05-24 07:01pm

We would fully support such an operation. Our stance that the pirates be brought to justice rapidly and efficiently remains unchanged, and our allies in the PSR seem to have a reasonable plan for assuring that that does happen.

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2003-05-24 07:28pm

Pablo Sanchez wrote:Given reasonable and temporary access to Asgard naval bases for resupply (for which we would be willing to offer monetary compensation), we would propose to loan PSR fleet assets to your hunt for the Black Forest. This would come with the understanding that our ships would be under the overall command of Asgard, and that the fugitives must be brought to justice in your courts.

That is fine with us. There are only two proviso to that: We reserve the right to limit access to top-secret facilities (none of which could hide a fleet after all). And second that we try them only for mutiny (which carries a mind-wipe as the minimum sentence). Given our good relations with the PSR we are happy to accpet this proposal provided our provisos are accpetable.

Thirdfain wrote:We would fully support such an operation. Our stance that the pirates be brought to justice rapidly and efficiently remains unchanged, and our allies in the PSR seem to have a reasonable plan for assuring that that does happen.

You warships are unwelcome and are barred from any system under Asgard control under any circumstances.