SDNW4 Diplomatic Communications Thread

[fgalkin]

Encrypted message via submesonic node XCMA- 50229798
To: The Collector Civilization
From: The Lost

Repeated tests have confirmed possible trans-being origin of the Chamarran species. Unfortunately, the limited number of specimens in our possession prevents us from carrying out further investigations and limits the utility of the findings due to small sample size. We would therefore require additional specimens. After examining the data you have sent us, we have come to the conclusion that a large pool of Chamarrans available for research must be in your possession. Therefore, we require access to this pool, or, alternatively, we are prepared to send a mobile laboratory to assist you with the necessary research. In both cases the results of the research as well as the required equipment shall be shared with your civilization.

Representing the Lost,
Lilith.

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Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin

[fgalkin]

To:United Kingdom of New Anglia
From: The Lost, Section for Trade and Diplomacy


Greetings, fellow sapients.


We thank you for the time you have taken to answer our questions.

We feel that our civilizations have a lot to offer to each other, and wish to open diplomatic and economic relations with your nation. We are ready to send an ambassador to a location of your choice to discuss the specific details of our cooperation. Likewise, we are willing to receive your own envoys at our newly-constructed diplomatic facilities in Sector G3 [coordinates attached].

We hope that our relationship will be friendly and mutually beneficial to our civilizations.


Representing the Lost,

Lilith

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Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin

[fgalkin]

To: The Locrian Collective
From: The Lost, Section for Trade and Diplomacy

Greetings, fellow sapients.

We welcome your decision to participate in the affairs of the galaxy. As we ourselves have decided to end our period of isolation only recently, we find ourselves with a dearth of information about your civilization.

As such, below you will find a set of first contact questions that would greatly ease assist us in establishing diplomatic relations with your people.

I. Please arrange the following statements according to their compatibility with your civilization’s objectives, principles, and values, starting with the most compatible and ending with the least compatible.

1) The primary purpose of any civilization is to ensure the comfort and prosperity of its citizens.
2) Nature exists only to be conquered; one day we shall be as gods.
3) The universe is a dangerous place and we must be dangerous in return. None shall threaten us without suffering the consequences.
4) Our way is the correct way. Therefore, it is only fitting that we share it with the galaxy.
5) Power is its own reward.
6) Few things are nobler than the quest for knowledge. Fortunately for us, there are many mysteries in the universe yet unexplained.
7) Order and Stability are vital to the survival of any civilization, and must be pursued even at the expense of growth and innovation.
8 ) We are but insects in the grand scheme of things, and must be careful not be stepped on.

II. Hypothetical Scenario: It is the year 4400 according to Standard Human Calendar. Your civilization has achieved complete dominance in the Galaxy. Every one of your rivals is either destroyed or has been converted into an ally. Your citizens are free from want and need. Your civilization is free to undertake any project it chooses at its leisure, with the resources of the entire galaxy at its disposal. Please indicate the primary focus of your civilization’s energies and attention in this hypothetical situation.

Please send your responses, as well as any inquiries of your own to our communication relay station in Sector C-6.

Many thanks for your cooperation.

Representing the Lost,

Lilith


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Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin

[PeZook]

Encrypted message via submesonic node XCMA- 50229798
To: The Lost
From: The Collective State

Logistical analysis indicates the optimum solution is to bring additional equipment to test sites, rather than ship large numbers of live specimens over long distances.

Factors in the analysis include:

- Long distance transfers are vulnerable to attack
- Forming representative experimental samples would require intrusion into several test populations
- Equipment set up on site will have immediate access to many samples designed for testing in a variety of conditions, pre-made control groups and breeding populations.
- Our facilities are already operational
- Secure high-power submesonic communications make galactic location of the laboratory irrelevant for the purpose of data-sharing

Therefore, we are prepared to provide facilities for your equipment and personnel in our space.

- 5

[doom3607]

To: The Locrian Collective
From: The Lost, Section for Trade and Diplomacy

Greetings, fellow sapients.

We welcome your decision to participate in the affairs of the galaxy. As we ourselves have decided to end our period of isolation only recently, we find ourselves with a dearth of information about your civilization.

As such, below you will find a set of first contact questions that would greatly ease assist us in establishing diplomatic relations with your people.

I. Please arrange the following statements according to their compatibility with your civilization’s objectives, principles, and values, starting with the most compatible and ending with the least compatible.

1) The primary purpose of any civilization is to ensure the comfort and prosperity of its citizens.
2) Nature exists only to be conquered; one day we shall be as gods.
3) The universe is a dangerous place and we must be dangerous in return. None shall threaten us without suffering the consequences.
4) Our way is the correct way. Therefore, it is only fitting that we share it with the galaxy.
5) Power is its own reward.
6) Few things are nobler than the quest for knowledge. Fortunately for us, there are many mysteries in the universe yet unexplained.
7) Order and Stability are vital to the survival of any civilization, and must be pursued even at the expense of growth and innovation.
8) We are but insects in the grand scheme of things, and must be careful not be stepped on.

II. Hypothetical Scenario: It is the year 4400 according to Standard Human Calendar. Your civilization has achieved complete dominance in the Galaxy. Every one of your rivals is either destroyed or has been converted into an ally. Your citizens are free from want and need. Your civilization is free to undertake any project it chooses at its leisure, with the resources of the entire galaxy at its disposal. Please indicate the primary focus of your civilization’s energies and attention in this hypothetical situation.

Please send your responses, as well as any inquiries of your own to our communication relay station in Sector C-6.

Many thanks for your cooperation.

Representing the Lost,

Lilith


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Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin

To: The Lost, Section for Trade and Diplomacy
From: The Locrian Collective

We also know very little about you, as you seem to have done a very good job hiding from our probes 17,000 years ago. In answer to your questions:

1) The primary purpose of any civilization is to ensure the comfort and prosperity of its citizens.
2) Few things are nobler than the quest for knowledge. Fortunately for us, there are many mysteries in the universe yet unexplained.
3) The universe is a dangerous place and we must be dangerous in return. None shall threaten us without suffering the consequences.
4) Nature exists only to be conquered; one day we shall be as gods.
5) Our way is the correct way. Therefore, it is only fitting that we share it with the galaxy.
6) Order and Stability are vital to the survival of any civilization, and must be pursued even at the expense of growth and innovation.
7) We are but insects in the grand scheme of things, and must be careful not be stepped on.
8) Power is its own reward.

Hypothetical Scenario: We would attempt to ensure that our civilization will last forever. We would begin a project to use all star matter in the galaxy to construct red dwarf stars of the size that would last for ~6 trillion rotations of the human homeworld "Earth" around its primary, and would construct just enough of those for Dyson spheres of the appropriate size around them to comfortably house 1000% percent of our current population with as much room as they could want. The rest of the star matter would be held in reserve for when those run out. Then, we would begin attempting to learn how to create a new universe, and move our civilization into it, so we could survive the end of the universe, and truly last forever, infinitely hopping between universes every few dozen billion years.

Further inquiries: Where did you come from? How long have you existed as starfarers? We explored this entire region of space before our long sleep, and we never found you. We never found anyone. In any case, it is nice to meet another civilization of similar or possibly greater antiquity then ourselves.

Farewell, in peace.

-Locri

[Shroom Man 777]

BRAGULAN MESSAGE TO THE FEDERATED ASCENDANCY
From the People's Department of Limited Foreign Interaction and Human Affairs

Mighty Bragule sends its condolences to the Federated Ascendancy and its bestricken populace of friend Formics and puny humans. The Imperator Byzon expresses his sorrow and regret at the disaster that has struck your good comrade-nation, and extends his paws in comradeship and aid, offering the services of Bragulan expert emergency radiological responders ready to deploy from our embassy in the Ascendancy to Firmament in short notice. The peoples of Bragule are with you in this time of grief as comrade-nations.

[Force Lord]

From: Ravin Nostrum, Foreign Secretary of the Centrality
To: Federated Ascendancy

To whom it may concern,

The Central State expresses its sadness at the needless deaths of hundreds of thousands as well as the leadership of your government. You have our deepest condolences. The Centrality offers you aid in the form of NBC personnel and emergency medics as well as other forms of assistance. The Centrality stands with you.

Sincerely,

Ravin Nostrum, Foreign Secretary of the Centrality.

[doom3607]

From: The Locrian Collective
To: The Federated Ascendancy

We would like to offer our condolences for all the deaths you have just suffered. We regret that we are effectively unable to offer aid, since for the aid to be sentient, we could not send anything less than a full hive fleet, and we doubt you would like a large foreign navy in your skies at such a time. We hope the problems this cause are resolved peacefully, and swiftly.

Farewell, in peace.

-Locri

[RogueIce]

Code: Select all

CIS ENCODED MESSAGE
RECIPENT: SHINRA REPUBLIC
SUBJECT: CLASSIFIED

WE HAVE DETECTED LARGE INCREASE IN MESSAGE TRAFFIC. CONTENTS ARE UNKNOWN TO US. OUR INVESTIGATION REVEALED SIMULTANEOUS ACTIVATION OF WARP GATES FROM SEVERAL NATIONS. FURTHER SEARCH REVEALED REPEATED USAGE OF WARP GATE IN YOUR SPACE. WE SUSPECT YOUR GOVERNMENT IS PLANNING SOMETHING. WE POLITELY ASK FOR YOUR INTENTIONS. CENTRALITY CAN KEEP A SECRET. ANXIOUSLY WAITING REPLY.

[END MESSAGE] 

TO: Central Intelligence Service
FROM: Shinra Intelligence Directorate

SUBJECT: Re: CLASSIFIED
We recognize the concern you may have regarding recent increased Warp Gate activity, however we assure the Centralist State that this activity in no way presents a threat to your nation. We are not at liberty to discuss the matter as it involves parties other than ourselves. We will take your question under advisement and attempt to provide an answer after consultation with our partners.

[Mayabird]

From: The Refuge
Contact and Diplomacy Division
To: The Locrian Collective

Salutations and welcome back to the galaxy at large, though it must be a greatly changed place for your people after your slumber.

We are refugees from a distant and dangerous galaxy, very recently arrived in this space. As newcomers, we are very curious about all that we are finding, and are thus also fellow seekers of information. We would be glad to share and trade our knowledge and learn about your history and background as well.

A diplomatic team is being assembled and will be sent shortly. It is our hope and desire that our further dialogue will be productive and mutually beneficial to us both.

Signed,
The Refuge
Contact and Diplomacy Division

[Shinn Langley Soryu]

Three first contact messages for the price of one! Make sure to pay attention to the timestamps, though. Gotta love Unreal TimeTM.

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[NOTE: Message sent sometime in Q3 3400, emissary expected sometime in Q4 3400.]

To: [Relevant party of nation]
From: The Refuge
Contact and Diplomacy Division

Salutations and wishes of well-being from the Refuge:

The Refuge wishes to send a diplomatic and first contact party to your nation in order to open formal relations and discuss the possibilities of embassies, trade, and other matters of state. We request permission to send a delegation. They can arrive by warp gate or by hyperspace.

The diplomatic party will arrive with a military escort. Our party must be treated with the respect normally given to foreign officials and ambassadors. Any attempts at harm, mistreatment or coercion will not be met lightly.

We will bring gifts for an exchange with the hopes that we may mutually benefit each other.

May our future contacts be fruitful and lead to ever-greater friendship, understanding, and gain.

- The Refuge
Contact and Diplomacy Division

FROM: Holy Imperial Department of State
TO: The Refuge, Contact and Diplomacy Division
SUBJECT: First Contact

To whom it may concern,

We of the Holy Empire of Haruhi Suzumiya would be honored to accept a diplomatic/first contact party from the Refuge. We are just as curious about your nation as you are about ours, and this will be a truly invaluable opportunity for the two of us to learn from each other.

Your party will be cleared to arrive via warp gate and will be given the highest priority. However, we politely request that your military escort be kept as light as possible; under current Imperial law, no single ship larger than 100 points on the Stefan-Wylkins Scale of Composite Cost and Capabilities may be allowed to transit via warp gate.

We look forward to establishing cordial and fruitful relationships between our two nations.

Sincerely,

M. Asahina
Secretary of State, Holy Empire of Haruhi Suzumiya

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[NOTE: Message sent sometime in Q4 3400 (after the departure of the Refuge emissary), emissary expected sometime in Q1 3401.]

[Widebeam hyperwave transmission from sector C-6 detected]

Greetings, fellow sapients of the galaxy. In light of recent galactic events, we have decided to reconsider our long-standing policy of isolation, and are now seeking diplomatic contact with your civilizations.

Below you will find a set of first contact questions that would greatly assist us in establishing diplomatic relations with your people.

I. Please arrange the following statements according to their compatibility with your civilization’s objectives, principles, and values, starting with the most compatible and ending with the least compatible.

1) The primary purpose of any civilization is to ensure the comfort and prosperity of its citizens.
2) Nature exists only to be conquered; one day we shall be as gods.
3) The universe is a dangerous place and we must be dangerous in return. None shall threaten us without suffering the consequences.
4) Our way is the correct way. Therefore, it is only fitting that we share it with the galaxy.
5) Power is its own reward.
6) Few things are nobler than the quest for knowledge. Fortunately for us, there are many mysteries in the universe yet unexplained.
7) Order and Stability are vital to the survival of any civilization, and must be pursued even at the expense of growth and innovation.
8 ) We are but insects in the grand scheme of things, and must be careful not be stepped on.

II. Hypothetical Scenario: It is the year 4400 according to Standard Human Calendar. Your civilization has achieved complete dominance in the Galaxy. Every one of your rivals is either destroyed or has been converted into an ally. Your citizens are free from want and need. Your civilization is free to undertake any project it chooses at its leisure, with the resources of the entire galaxy at its disposal. Please indicate the primary focus of your civilization’s energies and attention in this hypothetical situation.

Please send your responses, as well as any inquiries of your own to our communication relay station in Sector C-6.

Many thanks for your cooperation.

FROM: Holy Imperial Department of State
TO: The Lost
SUBJECT: First Contact

To whom it may concern,

We of the Holy Empire of Haruhi Suzumiya would like to extend the warmest of welcomes to your nation. We apologize for the relative tardiness of our response, as our nation has had other issues, both internal and external, to contend with. We would be honored to accept an emissary from your nation to facilitate diplomatic contact. Your diplomatic party will be cleared to travel via warp gate and will be given the highest priority; however, we politely request that your military escort be kept as light as possible, as under current Imperial law, no single ship larger than 100 points on the Stefan-Wylkins Scale of Composite Cost and Capabilities may be allowed to transit via warp gate.

Our responses to your queries are as follows:

I. Please arrange the following statements according to their compatibility with your civilization’s objectives, principles, and values, starting with the most compatible and ending with the least compatible.

1 ) The primary purpose of any civilization is to ensure the comfort and prosperity of its citizens.
6 ) Few things are nobler than the quest for knowledge. Fortunately for us, there are many mysteries in the universe yet unexplained.
3 ) The universe is a dangerous place and we must be dangerous in return. None shall threaten us without suffering the consequences.
4 ) Our way is the correct way. Therefore, it is only fitting that we share it with the galaxy.
2 ) Nature exists only to be conquered; one day we shall be as gods.
7 ) Order and Stability are vital to the survival of any civilization, and must be pursued even at the expense of growth and innovation.
5 ) Power is its own reward.
8 ) We are but insects in the grand scheme of things, and must be careful not be stepped on.

If you require more detailed answers, we would be more than happy to discuss in person with your emissary.

II. Hypothetical Scenario: It is the year 4400 according to Standard Human Calendar. Your civilization has achieved complete dominance in the Galaxy. Every one of your rivals is either destroyed or has been converted into an ally. Your citizens are free from want and need. Your civilization is free to undertake any project it chooses at its leisure, with the resources of the entire galaxy at its disposal. Please indicate the primary focus of your civilization’s energies and attention in this hypothetical situation.

As pleasing as the idea of the entire galaxy at total peace and under the banner of Empress Haruhi may be, in all honesty, we cannot imagine how such a scenario may come to pass as a practical manner. As such, at this point we can only answer in generalities. Like many other galactic powers, our long-term goals do include expansion to other galaxies, and potentially other universes. Our sole remaining security concerns would be to observe for any external threats that may jeopardize our expansion efforts and to ensure the continued comfort and prosperity of our people. Of course, the contuined pursuit of knowledge will remain important. If you require a more detailed answer, again, we would be more than happy to discuss in person with your emissary.

We look forward to establishing cordial and fruitful relationships between our two nations.

Sincerely,

M. Asahina
Secretary of State, Holy Empire of Haruhi Suzumiya

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[NOTE: Message sent sometime in Q1 3400 (after the departure of the Lost emissary), diplomatic mission to be sent sometime in Q2 3401.]

FROM: The Locrian Collective
TO: Whoever hears this.

Greetings, civilizations of the galaxy! You know us as Locrians. When you first found us, we were asleep. This, obviously, is no longer the case. Recently, our monitors have detected enough communication to justify us waking up. Thus, here we are.

Since we haven't had relations with any of you, well, ever, we'd like to take this opportunity to start them. Due to difficulties inherent in our nature, we cannot send you embassies, so we would like to request you send yours to the following coordinates, which are the location of our homeworld. Your ambassadors may, of course, use our warp gate to reach the system.

We would also like to establish free trade with anyone who is willing. We have also noticed this thing you call "ESP". This is new to us, we've never seen it before. We would like to acquire copies of your data on the phenomenon, and would also like to purchase enough devices that shield against it to completely shield twenty planets and twenty fleets.

Likewise, we would like to learn about all your civilization's space-age history. While the ancient drones we sent out were monitoring your worlds for a long, long time, they were programmed to self-destruct by flying into the system primary upon the inhabitant's first crewed interplanetary flight, because that is when the odds of detection become unacceptably high. Thus, we know a good deal about all your pasts, but not much about you now.

That's all for now. Farewell, in peace, and please rebroadcast this message so anyone who was out of range or missed it can hear it.

-Locri

FROM: Holy Imperial Department of State
TO: The Locrian Collective
SUBJECT: First Contact

To whom it may concern,

We of the Holy Empire of Haruhi Suzumiya would like to extend the warmest of welcomes to your nation. We would be honored to send a diplomatic party to your nation, and we are more than prepared to discuss matters of trade and history.

We look forward to establishing cordial and fruitful relationships between our two nations.

Sincerely,

M. Asahina
Secretary of State, Holy Empire of Haruhi Suzumiya

[Master_Baerne]

FROM: M. Jacques Dupont, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs
TO: The Bragulan Star Empire, the Centrality, the Locrian Collective

To whom it may concern,

On behalf of the Ascendant people, I thank you for your kind words and offers of aid in this dark time. We would very much appreciate the expertise of the Bragulan people in dealing with radiation-related illnesses, and appreciate the Centrality's offer, but hope to have finished immediate treatment and repair work by the time Centralist personnel could arrive. Again, thank you for the concern your nations have shown.

Sincerely,
J Dupont, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs

[KlavoHunter]

NOTE: This message is being hand carried by official diplomatic couriers through warp gates, and will be presented in person by the respective Shinra ambassadors to the appropriate foreign government officials. As such, it is not subject to electronic or other intercept.

December 3400

FROM: Sultan Klavo C
TO: The President of the Shinra Republic

We apologize for not replying sooner; we were holding our breath on the actions of the Orkish WAAAGH! we correctly anticipated, and now that they have laid their sights upon the Multiuniversal Empire of Happiness, they have set into motion a chain of events that is all too clear to us now. The Sultanate of Klavostan will commit itself to the utmost in this coalition effort to bring about the end of the barbaric government of the MEH. Initial liaison officers will be arriving shortly.

[Force Lord]

FROM: M. Jacques Dupont, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs
TO: The Bragulan Star Empire, the Centrality, the Locrian Collective

To whom it may concern,

On behalf of the Ascendant people, I thank you for your kind words and offers of aid in this dark time. We would very much appreciate the expertise of the Bragulan people in dealing with radiation-related illnesses, and appreciate the Centrality's offer, but hope to have finished immediate treatment and repair work by the time Centralist personnel could arrive. Again, thank you for the concern your nations have shown.

Sincerely,
J Dupont, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs

From: Ravin Nostrum, Foreign Secretary of the Centrality
To: M. Jacques Dupont, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs

We see. Is there anything else in which you may require our aid?

Sincerely,
Ravin Nostrum, Foreign Secretary of the Centrality

[Shroom Man 777]

From the desk of Jack Turdner, Ultimate Wild Space Trader Extraordinaire

To the Lost

Tally ho and shiver me timbers, you horny scaled scallywags you! Tis I, Jack Turder, the greatest trader in Wild Space! Ever since word of my exploits at the BEEEF has spread, more and more people have been clamoring at my feet to get them samples of the most outrageous monstrosities in the galaxy. Time and time again I've had to go back to Skuuuuuullll Planet just to get them the gnarly beasties they desire. But now, I've encountered one request that I may not be able to fulfill by my lonesome. At least, not without a sufficiently large dragnet to tow around the Skuuuullll Planet's solar system, the Skuuuuulll System!

My clients have requested a Space Kraken, you see, and I've heard from my 'sources' that you little Lost devils are into the Space Kraken business. So I have a business proposition for you, ol' chaps: I want to buy a Space Kraken. All I need to know is how much do they cost, and if you're not inclined to sell one, then where could I get me one of them tentacly monstrosities?

'Cause I'll pay for them beasties prompt and proper, if you please. But if you won't hand them over, or if they're not for sale, then I'm gonna have to put a cutlass between my teeth, grab me a harpoon gun and a snorkel, and go for a little swim and try to wrangle me one of those little huge buggeroos. 'Cause that's the kind of guy I am, like they say, 'Jack Turdner, he'll drop his trousers and give you a sound rogering if that's what it takes to get the job done!'

A rim-tam-too and a ziggady-zoo! Tally ho and Timbuktu! Jack Turder, most dashingest derry-do do-gooder in all the universe, out!


Attached is a copy of a Solarian tabloid's classified ads section:

WANTED

Space Kraken. Must be enormous and big enough to swallow a small ship whole. Must be capable of space travel. Interstellar/hyper capability optional. Must have huge tentacles lined with either suckers or claws, or suckered claws. House training optional. Must have an appetite for destruction.

[Darkevilme]

From:The Ocean's People, A25
To:The Klavostani Sultanate

Honoured fellow sentients,
We have long been in gratitude to your generousity although we have been modest in our needs and asked little in decades prior. So we beg acknowledgement for the direness of the need that brings us once again to your corals seeking your benevolence. The recklessness of our unwelcome neighbour has put not just themselves but our own nation under peril from the green hued, warlike and chaotic horde known as the ork. We have done what we can to shield ourselves and bolster our implements of warfare. But to claim to predict the ork is a path to lost tentacles and so we cannot claim our defences sufficient. So with our home ocean at risk from this storm we beseech you humbly for aid in defence of our dearest home.

Signed,
-Red that tinges relations with beings from the oceans above, speaking for the council of The People.

[Mayabird]

Transmission: Encrypted Very Tightbeam, Special Inhumanist League Code BBB
From: The Refuge, [If you are receiving this, you know who we are]
To: Bragule, Inhumanist League Liaison

Authorization for Badwill Operation NOM approved. May commence when ready.

[Shroom Man 777]

Transmission: Encrypted Very Tightbeam, Special Inhumanist League Code BBB
From: Bragule, Inhumanist League Liaison
To: The Refuge

Acknowledged, comrades.

[Shroom Man 777]

BRAGULAN MESSAGE FORWARDED TO THE REFUGE CONTACT DIVISION
From the People's Department of Limited Foreign Interaction and Human Affairs

Comrades, it is apparent to mighty Bragule that recent events in the Outlands have changed the regional interstellar situation drastically. The rapid escalation of hostilities in the area, from the spate of nano-terrorism to the escalation of Centralite aggression, to finally the inexplicable Karlack attack on the planet Aray, has given the mighty Star Empire of Bragule numerous causes for concern and now it can no longer stay silent on such matters so close to its territories.

Bragule wishes to ask the assistance of the Refuge, a comrade-nation mutually located within the regional scope of affairs, in an effort to potentially diffuse the fragile situation, re-establish stability in the region, and promote cosmopolitical harmony in the spaces near our territories. Knowing the commitments of both Bragulan and Refugee forces, this assistance must primarily be diplomatic in nature.

Another request is aid in liaising with the human polity known as the United Star Kingdom of New Anglia, a nation with which Bragule has minimal communications with, for it is known that the Refuge has a diplomatic mission situated there that may be able to act as liaisons for Bragulan diplomatic efforts. Bragule is a proud nation and does not make this request lightly, and the decision to ask the Refuge's comradely assistance was one that came after considerable consideration.

The matter Bragule wishes to relay to the Anglians is the presence of their fleet elements in the Outlands regions. Our early warning stations have detected Anglian warships patrolling Outlands space and intervening in multiple planets. The subject of Anglian intervention in the Outlands is of concern to us, and the Star Empire wishes to know the kingdom's intentions for its actions in the region so proximal to clarify the purpose of its intervention and its short- and long-term goals in an area so proximal to Bragulan territory.



BRAGULAN MESSAGE TO ALL PEOPLES OF THE GALAXY
From the People's Department of Limited Foreign Interaction and Human Affairs

Bragule condemns the Byzantine Imperium, the Centrality, and the Nova-Atlantean Commonwealth in their interferences in Outlands affairs that have resulted in the escalation of violence in the region and the purposeless loss of countless lives.

The Imperator chastises the attempts at introducing foreign ideologies and religions to the proletarian peoples of the Outlands, in particularly those misguided beliefs that promote totalitarianism and fascism at the expense of the freedoms all peoples hold so dear, and false faiths of leadership cults centered on divine dictators. The ruthless promotion and expansionisms of these ideologies, heedless of the will and lives of the people crushed under them, is deplorable in Bragule's eyes. As is said in the Quotations of Byzon, "freedom is the right of all sentient beings", and all who go against this axiom of truth are no better than supreme tyrants of imperialism.

Moreover, the Imperator also rebukes the acts of nano-terrorism to mutilate the puny feeble furless forms of the humans in the Outlands. The use of such weapons of mass destruction has no place in the galaxy, and is an uncalled for act for any civilized nation. The subsequent wanton shipment of armaments to the various warring movements in the Outlands only exacerbates the violence inherent in that region of space as well. This callousness and disdain for lives, this willingness to inflict suffering and death in promoting some careless cause, is deplorable in the extreme. Byzon looks down upon the perpetrators of these atrocities like the minuscule mortal midgets they are.

It is the solemn hope of the Imperator Byzon that one day the nations of the galaxy may behave themselves more accordingly to the democratic will of their free peoples and in the name of cosmic harmony. But so long as shameful acts of cowardice and terrorism like these persist, the Byzonic enlightenment of galactic civilization is stymied. The Father of Civilization and Bringer of the Morning Light, Byzon, can only work on in selfless nobilitude to ensure that one day all uncultured brute nations beyond Bragule's borders may finally rest in peace.

[Shroom Man 777]

BRAGULAN MESSAGE FORWARDED TO THE FEDERATED ASCENDANCY
From the People's Department of Limited Foreign Interaction and Human Affairs

Our early detection posts have observed a sizable Ascendant fleet bound rimwards with a projected trajectory towards the former Outlands. As this region is proximal to Bragspace, the arrival of a foreign force from far away is of great concern to the Star Empire of Bragule and we kindly ask to be enlightened as to the purpose of said sizable Ascendant fleet's presence in the area.

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Transmission: Encrypted Very Tightbeam, Inhumanist League Code Alfa-NTZ
From: Bragule, Inhumanist League Liaison
To: Formic Hive Queen, [Contact details supplied by Inhumanist League guest book ]
CC: The Refuge, [If they are receiving this, we know who they are]

Comrades, the plight of our inhuman brethren in the Outlands regions can be ignored no longer. With the dastardly imperialism, expansionism, fanaticism, fascism, nano-terrorism, colonialism, militarism, totalitarianism and all other forms of antagonisms performed by the human nations and factions upon each other spilling over to inflict violence upon the inhumans of the Outlands, we can no longer afford to stand idle and watch these myriad perfidiousities.

Thus it is not lightly, and is in fact quite gravely, decided by the inhumanitarian peoples of Bragule under the auspices of the Imperator Byzon himself - Gardener of Bragulan Happiness and Coryphaeus of Science - that an inhuman intervention must be staged.

The peace and order of the area is not only in the best interests of the peoples there, but also of the inhuman nations of Bragule and the Refuge - the two nations most adjacent to the turbulent region, and whose sphere of influence can bring a positive stabilizing effect on the distraught areas. As Bragule's, and the Refuge's, proximity makes them the most able to influence change on the region, the two nations can form the core of the inhumanitarian intervention.

However, this cannot be possible without the outside diplomatic support of the Formic peoples, in order to grant legitimacy to the effort that may be cosmopolitically recognized by other non-inhuman nations. Thus Formic support in this matter is vital. Should the Formic nation wish to also provide material aid in the form of ships and soldiers despite the considerable distances involved, then they are welcomed to do so.

The diplomatic, and perhaps material, support of other inhuman nations may also be requested - but as the Formic nation was amongst the first to react to the crisis in the Outlands, it was thus the first to be contacted regarding this matter.

Most importantly, the inhuman nature of this intervention must be kept covert. As discussed in the very first meeting of the Inhumanist League, covert actions are necessary for the horrible hordes of human hegemony may be galvanized upon witnessing the inhuman nations overtly unified in a single banner - and an overreaction on part of the puny humans due to the deficiencies of their puny brains is something Bragule wishes to avoid as of now. Thus it is of import that this intervention be played out without the appearance of inhumanism, though the actions will be coordinated by members of the Inhumanist League in the name of inhumanism.

The nature of our covert inhumanism may require us to use human parties to further our inhumanitarian agenda. The intervention will require the acceptance and assistance of the local powers in the Outlands, some of which may include human factions. Moreover, some foreign human nations - such as the Anglians, whose ships are already in the region - may need to be diplomatically placated by allowing them a role in aiding the stricken peoples of the Outlands. However, as the main load of the effort will be shouldered by Bragule and the Refuge, this will ensure that any foreign humanistic attempt at imperialism will be stymied.

Comrades, your understanding and cooperation in this matter would be highly appreciated. Not only by the peoples of Bragule, who wish to come to the proletarian aid of all peoples suffering under the yoke of oppression or devastated by great and terrible disasters, but also for the Outlander themselves who have been repeatedly violated by the malicious wiles of the hegemonic human hordes. Inhumanism is their only hope for peace.

[Master_Baerne]

BRAGULAN MESSAGE FORWARDED TO THE FEDERATED ASCENDANCY
From the People's Department of Limited Foreign Interaction and Human Affairs

Our early detection posts have observed a sizable Ascendant fleet bound rimwards with a projected trajectory towards the former Outlands. As this region is proximal to Bragspace, the arrival of a foreign force from far away is of great concern to the Star Empire of Bragule and we kindly ask to be enlightened as to the purpose of said sizable Ascendant fleet's presence in the area.

From the Foreign and War Ministries of the Federated Ascendancy

To whom it may concern,

While we understand your concern, the Star Empire may rest assured that the Starfleet units en route to the former Outlander Commissions are intended only to guarantee the safety and sentientarian rights of Outland residents. No offense action is intended towards Bragule, and indeed the Ascendancy would greatly appreciate any cooperative efforts the Star Empire would consider making.


Her Illustrious Excellency Admiral Countess Elizabeth Seagrace of New Baerne
Admiral Commanding, Isabella Sector Fleet

His Excellency M Jaques Dupont
Deputy Foreign Minister

Transmission: Encrypted Very Tightbeam, Inhumanist League Code Alfa-NTZ
From: Bragule, Inhumanist League Liaison
To: Formic Hive Queen, [Contact details supplied by Inhumanist League guest book ]
CC: The Refuge, [If they are receiving this, we know who they are]

Comrades, the plight of our inhuman brethren in the Outlands regions can be ignored no longer. With the dastardly imperialism, expansionism, fanaticism, fascism, nano-terrorism, colonialism, militarism, totalitarianism and all other forms of antagonisms performed by the human nations and factions upon each other spilling over to inflict violence upon the inhumans of the Outlands, we can no longer afford to stand idle and watch these myriad perfidiousities.

Thus it is not lightly, and is in fact quite gravely, decided by the inhumanitarian peoples of Bragule under the auspices of the Imperator Byzon himself - Gardener of Bragulan Happiness and Coryphaeus of Science - that an inhuman intervention must be staged.

The peace and order of the area is not only in the best interests of the peoples there, but also of the inhuman nations of Bragule and the Refuge - the two nations most adjacent to the turbulent region, and whose sphere of influence can bring a positive stabilizing effect on the distraught areas. As Bragule's, and the Refuge's, proximity makes them the most able to influence change on the region, the two nations can form the core of the inhumanitarian intervention.

However, this cannot be possible without the outside diplomatic support of the Formic peoples, in order to grant legitimacy to the effort that may be cosmopolitically recognized by other non-inhuman nations. Thus Formic support in this matter is vital. Should the Formic nation wish to also provide material aid in the form of ships and soldiers despite the considerable distances involved, then they are welcomed to do so.

The diplomatic, and perhaps material, support of other inhuman nations may also be requested - but as the Formic nation was amongst the first to react to the crisis in the Outlands, it was thus the first to be contacted regarding this matter.

Most importantly, the inhuman nature of this intervention must be kept covert. As discussed in the very first meeting of the Inhumanist League, covert actions are necessary for the horrible hordes of human hegemony may be galvanized upon witnessing the inhuman nations overtly unified in a single banner - and an overreaction on part of the puny humans due to the deficiencies of their puny brains is something Bragule wishes to avoid as of now. Thus it is of import that this intervention be played out without the appearance of inhumanism, though the actions will be coordinated by members of the Inhumanist League in the name of inhumanism.

The nature of our covert inhumanism may require us to use human parties to further our inhumanitarian agenda. The intervention will require the acceptance and assistance of the local powers in the Outlands, some of which may include human factions. Moreover, some foreign human nations - such as the Anglians, whose ships are already in the region - may need to be diplomatically placated by allowing them a role in aiding the stricken peoples of the Outlands. However, as the main load of the effort will be shouldered by Bragule and the Refuge, this will ensure that any foreign humanistic attempt at imperialism will be stymied.

Comrades, your understanding and cooperation in this matter would be highly appreciated. Not only by the peoples of Bragule, who wish to come to the proletarian aid of all peoples suffering under the yoke of oppression or devastated by great and terrible disasters, but also for the Outlander themselves who have been repeatedly violated by the malicious wiles of the hegemonic human hordes. Inhumanism is their only hope for peace.

From: Hive Queen Skrit Skrit Skree, Formic Inhumanist League Liason
To: Bragule, Inhumanist League Liason

Sir,

As you will no doubt be aware, an Ascendant fleet has departed for the Outlander Commissions. That fleet is currently composed entirely of Formic warships under the command of Hive Queen Iklickclick, though it may be joined, and her authority superceded, by human units at some point in the future. Accompanying the Hive Queen are some fifty million troops aboard armed transports, all of them Formic and under Formic command.

We offer this force as proof of our commitment to Inhumanism. Because it is in the central government's interest to claim our expedition as their own, the galaxy at large will not know of our newfound allegiance - all the better. We gain experience at coordinating large military actions, positive press, and more, all at the expense of the central government. Any Bragulan cooperation or assistance in pacifying the Commissions and presenting evidence to the galaxy of the incompetence of human governments, as contrasted to the competence and goodwill of nonhumans, would be welcome.

Your comrade in Inhumanism,
Hive Queen Skrit Skrit Skree

[KlavoHunter]

From:The Ocean's People, A25
To:The Klavostani Sultanate

Honoured fellow sentients,
We have long been in gratitude to your generousity although we have been modest in our needs and asked little in decades prior. So we beg acknowledgement for the direness of the need that brings us once again to your corals seeking your benevolence. The recklessness of our unwelcome neighbour has put not just themselves but our own nation under peril from the green hued, warlike and chaotic horde known as the ork. We have done what we can to shield ourselves and bolster our implements of warfare. But to claim to predict the ork is a path to lost tentacles and so we cannot claim our defences sufficient. So with our home ocean at risk from this storm we beseech you humbly for aid in defence of our dearest home.

Signed,
-Red that tinges relations with beings from the oceans above, speaking for the council of The People.

[~Encrypted Short-Range Transmission via Stealthship~]

From: The Sultanate of Klavostan
To: The Ocean's People, A25

Your people have been fortunate up until this point in the flow of interstellar history, but you are unfortunately all too correct in predicting and bracing for the oncoming storm. The situation is indeed aggravated by the unexpected presence of your powerful, foolish new neighbor, as we now cannot send any major warfleets to assist you in the event of Orkish attack. However, you are privileged to know that we are operating a number of light stealth ships in the region, and their Captains are now under orders to provide you with early-warning of Orkish attack, and any other assistance as may be feasible.


Attached: Pertinent datafiles, encrypted comm channels, etc.

[Mayabird]

To: The Commonwealth Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Nova Atlantean Commonwealth of Worlds
From: Contact and Diplomacy Division
The Refuge

Your nation's recent actions in the Outlands are detestable. We condemn to the strongest your actions releasing and disseminating biological nanoweapons and further destabilizing this already anarchic region of space.

The Refuge demands nothing short of your forces' and proxies' withdrawal and the withdrawal of all nanoweapons still under your control. Failure to do so will lead to very regrettable consequences.

[Zor]

To: The Commonwealth Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Nova Atlantean Commonwealth of Worlds
From: Contact and Diplomacy Division
The Refuge

Your nation's recent actions in the Outlands are detestable. We condemn to the strongest your actions releasing and disseminating biological nanoweapons and further destabilizing this already anarchic region of space.

The Refuge demands nothing short of your forces' and proxies' withdrawal and the withdrawal of all nanoweapons still under your control. Failure to do so will lead to very regrettable consequences.

From: The Hon. Stepan Xiaowen, Commonwealth Ministry of Foreign Affairs
To: The Refuge

The recent incident in the Outlands involving nanotechnological weaponry against civilians was in no way the result of the Commonwealth's government, but that of a group of radical Tau Terrorists to which the Commonwealth has no affiliation with. We have not invested military forces within the former Outlander Commissions. You condemn us for actions which are not ours.

[Mayabird]

To: The Commonwealth Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Nova Atlantean Commonwealth of Worlds
From: Contact and Diplomacy Division
The Refuge

Your nation's recent actions in the Outlands are detestable. We condemn to the strongest your actions releasing and disseminating biological nanoweapons and further destabilizing this already anarchic region of space.

The Refuge demands nothing short of your forces' and proxies' withdrawal and the withdrawal of all nanoweapons still under your control. Failure to do so will lead to very regrettable consequences.

From: The Hon. Stepan Xiaowen, Commonwealth Ministry of Foreign Affairs
To: The Refuge

The recent incident in the Outlands involving nanotechnological weaponry against civilians was in no way the result of the Commonwealth's government, but that of a group of radical Tau Terrorists to which the Commonwealth has no affiliation with. We have not invested military forces within the former Outlander Commissions. You condemn us for actions which are not ours.

To: The Hon. Stepan Xiaowen, Commonwealth Ministry of Foreign Affairs
From: The Refuge, Contact and Diplomacy Division

The level of sophistication of the nanoweapons is far in advance of what any organization short of a national or other interstellar group is capable of. If your story is correct, your nation is either blind to the doings of massive and dangerous groups within its confines, or actively sheltering and promoting dangerous terrorist organizations, i.e., proxies.

Attached is evidence we have assembled over the preceding weeks demonstrating the technological sophistication of these nanoweapons and an analysis of how they could not have been created by any small scale group, especially not to the amounts that have been released in the Outlands. This information and analysis will be disseminated on open and public channels and to other nations which which we hold diplomatic communications, among other consequences, should our ultimatum not be met.

Attachment enclosed: evidence and analysis of sufficiently advanced nanotechnology