Spartan Diplomacy

[paramir]

stupid format, it makes copying difficult

We have received your post and are considering it.

Good! That means we're getting somewhere.

I appreciate your pointing out that you lost out on potential profits from pod popping with the Hunter while it was within Morgan control. I did not realize that. To the extent the results of the pod popping exceeded (if it did) the cost of the probe action, Morgan may actually not be out as much money as I initially thought. I'll have to see how many pods were popped and what the result of the pod popping was.

We would expect nothing less - this was potential profit that was, dare I use the word, stolen from us by your aggressive action.

We would like to get back to normalizing relationships with Sparta so that we can share trade and screenshots of ships in the nearby waters with each other.

I can't make any guarantees about that - once we have had a brief period of normalized relations, the Junta could consider that. Please bear in mind that your stock, excuse the metaphore but I find it fitting, is very low in the Federation right now.

Additionally, right now neither of us are benefiting from vendetta.

Well said - the status quo is certainly unbearable.

As always, I would like to restart payments on ECs for the tech purchases, return the Hunter to Spartan control, restart and share trade between us, and share screenshots amonst us.

The order of procedure sounds good to me. However I can't stress enough that the Hunter must be safely back in our hands before the Junta can consider a peace treaty and a continuation of normal monetary traffic. The reasons for this I've already stated.
You are still skirting the issue of the lump sum payment you owe us for simply neglecting all of our treaties (this is considered a different sum from the pod-popping reparations, in case you were mixing them up by accident).

Lt. Colonel Kassiopeia

You know your way to active when your posting the repllies, not the diplomat