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Googlie was trying to post the memo in the Spartan Embassy, so I guess I'll just post it myself. Remember, the official position of the Federation is to disregard this memo.
CONFIDENTIAL MEMORANDUM
To: Mr. Chaunk, CEO, Morgan Industries (the “Corporation”)
From: Lieutenant-Colonel Googlie, Joint Chair of the Junta, The Spartan Federation (the "Federation")
Subject: Testing the conditions for a "Deep Pact" between our factions
Date: Mission Year- 2143
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This is a personal initiative and does not reflect the official position of the Federation
By way of background, I lead a "wing" of the Junta informally known as "the pro-Morgan wing". I have recently been arguing in Junta sessions that we consider establishing much closer relations between our two factions, creating, if you will, on Chiron, a "Military-Industrial" complex intertwining of our officers and your economists and scientists.
By focusing our efforts on certain key technologies such as Doctrine Flexibility and Planetary Networks - to the exclusion of more traditional research paths that lead to Industrial Automation - we have succeeded in exploring much of Chiron, have infiltrated several factions, and have met - and signed Treaties with - all 6 other factions that survived Planetfall.
And while our military build-up has been proceeding as planned, our covert operations and diplomatic efforts have yielded impressive results. (As an example, we now possess the useful technologies of Ethical Calculus, Gene Splicing and Ecological Engineering, to name but 3. I was instrumental in persuading the Junta this year to offer the Corporation the opportunity of licensing the Ethical Calculus technology)
But clearly, as a faction that likes its "expensive toys", we cannot over the long haul hope to compete economically and scientifically with a faction such as the Corporation, and this leads me to approach you with the following suggestion for consideration by your Board:
Let us pact together, for a period to that point in time where we - together - discover the Mind Machine Interface technology. At that juncture we then have the option of going our separate ways, or perhaps extending our co-operation to the attainment of some future milestone technology, such as Super Tensile Solids, again agreeing to part company at that point.
While it is inevitable that upon that parting we will compete for the victory of our own Philosophies, in suggesting this latter pact duration we are pretty much conceding that we are unlikely to want to wage vendetta against you, as strong as you will be by that point in time.
We would see this pact as being non-exclusive (in that we realize that to maximize your economic potential you will want to pact with all 6 factions, if possible) but will be all-inclusive. If we have researched or probed a tech that you lack, you need only ask and it will be sent forthwith, and vice versa. Our two factions will run an integrated economy where we will provide navy and air force services, provide exploration information and, to the extent that our meager research efforts allow, leapfrog with you in researching technologies on both our critical paths. We would be integrated to the extent that we will agree in advance which Special Projects we will each pursue (and I would broadly see the Federation concentrating on those that provided free base facilities - to offset our lack of energy production and ease the economic burden we would be to the Corporation - and the Corporation focusing on those that provided research, economic and population boosts)
Thus the role of the Corporation would be as a research and economic engine, while that of the Federation would be defense, threat suppression and global projection of power. The Corporation would likely grow through internal expansion, the Federation through external acquisition.
And when that time comes where we part ways and endeavor to impose our unique ideology on Chiron, the Corporation will likely have the option of dominating economically, or scientifically (by transcendence), while the Federation's choices will likely be diplomatically (by persuading a 3/4 majority of Chiron's citizens that Spartan rule is beneficial, or militarily - by forcing them to accept that rule) It should promise to be an interesting time in Chiron politics.
So, my dear CEO, I have given you much food for thought. Your answer needn't be this year, as the year end is almost upon us, but I would appreciate your initial reaction which, if favorable, will embolden me to continue to vigorously prosecute a Morgan alliance within the Junta discussions
Sincerely,
Lt. Col Googlie
To: Mr. Chaunk, CEO, Morgan Industries (the “Corporation”)
From: Lieutenant-Colonel Googlie, Joint Chair of the Junta, The Spartan Federation (the "Federation")
Subject: Testing the conditions for a "Deep Pact" between our factions
Date: Mission Year- 2143
************************************************** ************************************************** **********
This is a personal initiative and does not reflect the official position of the Federation
By way of background, I lead a "wing" of the Junta informally known as "the pro-Morgan wing". I have recently been arguing in Junta sessions that we consider establishing much closer relations between our two factions, creating, if you will, on Chiron, a "Military-Industrial" complex intertwining of our officers and your economists and scientists.
By focusing our efforts on certain key technologies such as Doctrine Flexibility and Planetary Networks - to the exclusion of more traditional research paths that lead to Industrial Automation - we have succeeded in exploring much of Chiron, have infiltrated several factions, and have met - and signed Treaties with - all 6 other factions that survived Planetfall.
And while our military build-up has been proceeding as planned, our covert operations and diplomatic efforts have yielded impressive results. (As an example, we now possess the useful technologies of Ethical Calculus, Gene Splicing and Ecological Engineering, to name but 3. I was instrumental in persuading the Junta this year to offer the Corporation the opportunity of licensing the Ethical Calculus technology)
But clearly, as a faction that likes its "expensive toys", we cannot over the long haul hope to compete economically and scientifically with a faction such as the Corporation, and this leads me to approach you with the following suggestion for consideration by your Board:
Let us pact together, for a period to that point in time where we - together - discover the Mind Machine Interface technology. At that juncture we then have the option of going our separate ways, or perhaps extending our co-operation to the attainment of some future milestone technology, such as Super Tensile Solids, again agreeing to part company at that point.
While it is inevitable that upon that parting we will compete for the victory of our own Philosophies, in suggesting this latter pact duration we are pretty much conceding that we are unlikely to want to wage vendetta against you, as strong as you will be by that point in time.
We would see this pact as being non-exclusive (in that we realize that to maximize your economic potential you will want to pact with all 6 factions, if possible) but will be all-inclusive. If we have researched or probed a tech that you lack, you need only ask and it will be sent forthwith, and vice versa. Our two factions will run an integrated economy where we will provide navy and air force services, provide exploration information and, to the extent that our meager research efforts allow, leapfrog with you in researching technologies on both our critical paths. We would be integrated to the extent that we will agree in advance which Special Projects we will each pursue (and I would broadly see the Federation concentrating on those that provided free base facilities - to offset our lack of energy production and ease the economic burden we would be to the Corporation - and the Corporation focusing on those that provided research, economic and population boosts)
Thus the role of the Corporation would be as a research and economic engine, while that of the Federation would be defense, threat suppression and global projection of power. The Corporation would likely grow through internal expansion, the Federation through external acquisition.
And when that time comes where we part ways and endeavor to impose our unique ideology on Chiron, the Corporation will likely have the option of dominating economically, or scientifically (by transcendence), while the Federation's choices will likely be diplomatically (by persuading a 3/4 majority of Chiron's citizens that Spartan rule is beneficial, or militarily - by forcing them to accept that rule) It should promise to be an interesting time in Chiron politics.
So, my dear CEO, I have given you much food for thought. Your answer needn't be this year, as the year end is almost upon us, but I would appreciate your initial reaction which, if favorable, will embolden me to continue to vigorously prosecute a Morgan alliance within the Junta discussions
Sincerely,
Lt. Col Googlie
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