General Staff Office, Oured, Frost Empire

Lt. Gen. Kuribayashi: It appears the Harm-Gordhists have tried to launch an offensive. Perhaps they haven't received our minister's calls for a return to the table like civilized adults.

Gen. Kurihara: And what is the status of their offensive?

Lt. Gen. Kuribayashi: Dead in their tracks, General Kurihara. However, their Air force has caused considerable headaches for the old pill boxes that still litter the front lines. 

Gen. Anno: Ha, who cares about those old things. Their Army is inferior to our own devoted troops. We should simply use this opportunity to launch a full scale invasion to not only retake the continent but also push into their capital.

Gen. Ikko: I'd watch your tongue, Anno... Those 'old things' are still manned by OUR troops and they have been great at reducing our own casualties while exacerbating theirs. 

Adm. Nagumo: The Navy also has some good news as well... We have seized control of the seas separating them from us. Their pitiful navy stood no chance against the full power of the 9th fleet and we have largely cut them off from their Southern forces.

Adm. Yamamoto: Despite our good news, I would advise caution before we consider escalating the conflict.

Gen. Anno: Getting cold feet Admiral? 

Adm. Yamamoto: No, you reckless fool. I am saying we must cover our flanks. Keep the other Empires, especially those barbarians in the Quarantine Zone from exploiting the war into their favor. Imagine if we moved in their mainland and they pull their Northern Garrisons Southward to repel us?

Gen. Kurihara: He's right, That would undo years of work in containing those zealots. I'd rather not launch another brutal campaign against them on the Harm-Gord mainland just to dislodge those pyromaniac worshippers.

Gen. Ikko: There's also the matter of the Ryccians and Drakari Empire's as well. They may preemptively try to join the Harm-Gordhists if it meant keeping the Empire in check.

Adm. Adachi: That's unlikely since the two empires hate each other. There's also the fact that the Drakari's egalitarian ways clash with the Harm-Gord Empire.

Gen. Ikko: But there's still the Ryccians to deal with.

Gen. Kurihara: The Ryccians won't be an issue. The Drakari are fully keen on dismantling the Ryccian Empire, and we have no interest in their mainland. We can enact the Zett protocol, and rely on the Navy to carry us to their overseas territories. Thus securing our hegemony over Pacifica's oceans, and allow the Drakari to invade any coastal city on the Ryccian Mainland.

Gen. Ikko: I see, but will the Drakari even be willing to work with us in the event that Ryccia joins the Gords? After all our predecessor's more brutal policies have soured previous relations with them.

Lt. Gen. Kuribayashi: That's up to the diplomats. After all we are still a meritocratic society, albeit one based on heavy militarism and nationalism. Furthermore, unlike the Ryccian Fascists, our disagreements stem largely on the treatment of prisoners. Our predecessors worked them to death as though they were slaves, but we have made great strides in improving their treatment, although they are still used as guinea pigs to test out medical procedures when they are injured or sick.

Gen. Anno: A pity... Prisoners of War deserve a much harsher sentence for dishonoring their country and themselves.

Adm. Kenshin: (Sighs) General Anno, it is a wonder how someone as pigheaded as you even managed to claw your way up here with such abhorrent views. 

Gen. Anno: It is because I know What must be done you cow-

Lt, Gen. Kuribayashi: That's ENOUGH Anno! I know we instill a fatalistic view on our own, but that is by necessity! Our men have no choice but to fight to the last man because we all know what awaits a prisoner in a harm-gord, finixian and Ryccian camp, Agony and despair. They'll be lucky if Death's sweet embrace takes them before they experience the horrors those monsters can inflict upon a man. 

Gen. Kurihara: (raises his hand as though to calm down the other officers) Gentlemen, calm down. Admiral Kenshin is entitled to his own opinions while General Anno is also entitled to his own. That being said, the mistakes of the past staff office are one's we shouldn't repeat and are being remedied. So long as either Empire stays out of our way we will maintain neutral ties and let them fight each other as they have done with us with regards to the Harm-Gordists and the Finixians. Of course we could send word to the Drakari to gauge their interests in a possible non-aggression pact allowing us to free troops to deal with our respective foes.