WPR Comms officer Keiki Kono listened to the Vorsica offer silently taking down notes of the products they offered. After the Valkyrian spoke of the price, Kono responded, "I see, that is certainly an enticing offer for the Worker's party of Reizen however, we are unsure of what the current exchange rate is for Rei to Pacific dollar. I will relay your offer to Minister Kokonoe, and we hope that your organization will help us defeat the Nationalists and capitalists."

Admiral Yamamoto was discussing the Bzerneleg ultimatum with the other Fleet commanders of the Imperial Frost Navy.

6th Fleet Adm. Akagi Yamamoto (Y): ... the forces of the Frost Empire will be met with fury and fire. Thus ends the Bzerneleg ultimatum.

9th Fleet Adm. Rukia Toshizou (T): It appears their arrogance knows no bounds Admiral Yamamoto, its a surprise that they managed to overwhelm your fleet.

3rd Fleet Adm. Kirino Yui (KY): Indeed it is a surprise that you pulled back from the fight when you had the submersible fleet on hand to deal with the aggressors.

1st Fleet Adm. Remilia A. Firenze (F): Now isn't the time to be questioning the Admiral's conduct in the battle. It was our own strategic failures to adapt to the situation at hand. I should have relinquished command of the missile submarines so that the Bzern tasted the molten rain of our burst missiles. 

Y: No ma'am, that was not necessary. Even if I received the missile batteries I still couldn't fire first without playing into their narrative of acting as tyrants. As long as they remained outside the intercept zone I could have fulfilled the mission. 

2nd Fleet Adm. Ami Iida (I): But that was at the cost of sacrificing our sailors. Our subordinates who trained to PROTECT this great country of ours. There could have been other ways, like pulling back the surface fleet into the strait and letting the subs wait in ambush. Instead you parked your fleet and waited to be attacked like a FOOL!

12th Fleet Grand Admiral Seijurou Kuribayashi (SK): That's enough! Admiral Yamamoto did what he thought was necessary to avoid bloodshed. If you had read Admiral Yamamoto's report you would have realized that the Bzerneleg fleet would have breached the blockade zone immediately and then cry foul the moment our submarines responded to their invasion. 

F: Admirals please settle down, we are going off topic. Admiral Yamamoto's conduct is not the issue here. the issue is how do we deal with the Bzerneleg invasion now that they've attacked us first?

Y: With respect to that, I believe we should strike them and whittle down their supply lines. The Bzerneleg reinforcements was foolish enough to push their ships beyond the breaking point. 

SK: What do you mean foolish enough to push past the breaking point?

Y: Before the attack my men found that their cruisers were pushing 77 knots when we detected them 100 miles from the 6th fleet. As you know most vessels have an average max cruising speed of 30-40 knots per hour to sustain long range missions. However, the Bzerneleg reinforcements rushed to join their colleagues as if they didn't want to miss the battle. 

SK: I see, so you believe that the surviving reinforcements of theirs have sustained long term damage?

Y: Indeed, any sea captain worth his or her salt knows the capabilities of their vessel and do not actively tax her unless necessary.

I: But that doesn't explain what we're going to do about the invaders.

K: On the contrary it does. We have the home advantage. Mibu Island and the Yamato island chains provide excellent naval bases for our fleets to recuperate and whittle down the enemy fleet. They Bzern have more than likely unknowingly abused their fleet that it only requires a push before they're engines are dead in the water and easy pickings for our fleet.

KY: indeed that may be the case but our casualties will most definitely increase.

F: In any case we should respond to their absurd ultimatum with a firm refusal. Shall we draft a joint refusal or should I tell them that we firmly refuse.

4: We see no issues if you do it your majesty

Y: Actually If I may?

F: What is it?

Y: I would like the privilege of refusing their ultimatum.

F: I understand. Does anyone else oppose Admiral Yamamoto's wish?

K: I think I speak for the majority your majesty but if given the opportunity to condemn the enemy for killing our sailors in an illegal invasion, I would not hesitate to issue a firm condemnation and refusal.

F: Then it is agreed.