| The Treecuu Visit - The Birth of a New Era |
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"I'll be sure to leave the excessive amount of guns at home, Chairman."
The King smiled as did the Strategos. Perhaps these xenos had more in common with them then initialy thought. They seemed to have humour though. "As for your visit to Elvoon that would be feasible, though perhaps we shouldn't rush such a visit. We should let both our peoples accomodate with the new facts we will forge the following days. I know that Stoinian media will be all over this visit, though I can't speak for your part. We should wait for things to calm down more." "As for embassies. Perhaps we should also have some on these hub worlds, Arcadia and Elvoon. As a means to solidify the trade route. I am confident we could start the building of the embassies. Though if I remember correctly. Governor Seect told me that on your capital of Ecteen you had an embassy of Ryccians, which are Terrans aswell. Governor Seect mentioned it wouldn't be too hard a stretch to place the Stoinian embassy next to the Ryccian one, would this still be reasonable demand?" The King asked inquisitively, but without any negative undertones. It had only been a week since the Little Rascal incident. Regardless, they wouldn't back down from their Terran brethren. Sure some of the Stoinian Officials would call him mad, but life needs risks to build a thriving future. Pacifica: Myria, Sallodesia, Stoinia • A1-0: Stoinian Star Kingdom • Aurora: Kingdom of Threnebor
"Of course", answered the President. "Let us know when you are ready to visit us."
The president looked at his foreign minister, who nodded. "Diplomatic missions on Arcadia and Elvoon would be a good idea. We suggest they shall have a lesser rank than those on our capital worlds though. And the location of the embassy on Ecteen, we believe placing it next to the Ryccians would be beneficial from many perspectives. You would be most welcome to have one built there." said the president. "Is there a particular location you would recommend for the Treecuu embassy?" asked the foreign minister.
"I agree. The diplomatic mission on Elvoon and Arcadia should be just mere ceremonial. Perhaps a few meetings here and there, but the focus should be on officially opening the trade routes."
The Chancellor interjected. "As for the location of an embassy, we could refurnish one of the old governmental buildings at King's Square. It's an important square where our first monarch personally had killed the Colossus, presumed to be the Mardakii leader due to its colossal size. Nowadays it serves as an important hub for Stoinian Culture celebrations. It would put you right at the cultural frontier. Though you may expect initial resistance from the populace." The King said in a calm tone. "On that note. It would be perhaps voluntary to orchestrate an event to gain our people's trust. We should focus on certain pirate elements that we know of at our border. A joint operation of sorts, to speed up the trust between our peoples." The King clicked on the console and the proposed trade route showed up on the map. "With your permission we could pin the pirates towards the trade route and push them over to your end. Then we pursue them and find that their vessels have already been destroyed by yours. Since you have cloaking technology, I believe laying down an ambush for these pirates wouldn't be too much of a problem. We would have to accumulate more data on this pirate gang behaviour, about a week if we are right. So in a week and a half we would push them over to your side. When the public hears about this, you will receive more respect than by any words you could possibly say. Would this be an acceptable proposal?" The King looked at the President. Perhaps it was too much for the Treecuu to have criminals infringe on their borders. But surely they could see the benefit in it and the Stoinians would do their best to control the situation as much as possible. Pacifica: Myria, Sallodesia, Stoinia • A1-0: Stoinian Star Kingdom • Aurora: Kingdom of Threnebor
The Treecuu accepted the proposition for the location of the embassy.
The plan to speed up the gaining the peoples' trust in each other almost stunned the Treecuu delegation. It was truly a strategy befitting of the sinister Committee. The Chairman and Foreign Minister looked at each other and nodded. Except for achieving what the King planned, it would also achieve something equally important: people's faith in the Treecuu way of dominating space to assert peace and stability would increase. And so would the power of the Committee. Truly a win-win scenario. The President on the other hand thought it would unnecessarily cruel and a false way of building trust, but he had to play along. "A fine plan, indeed" he answered. The Foreign Minister continued. "We shall be ready. Our Remote Fleets will be eager to clear out some pirate scum. I propose we post observers on ships in respective forces to learn more about the capabilities and methods for possible future increased cooperation between our forces."
"Very well then gentlemen. I believe we had quite productive day. Strategos Hague will work out the details of this operation with Chairman Tham. We will send for you once our diner is ready in roughly three hours. Feel free to visit the Capitol, though I suggest we dispatch guards with you if you wish to do so. One can never be too careful when our nation has only known xenos through war. That sentiment will remain until you gain the people's respect. I hope this cooperation will last for centuries to come."
The King dismissed the room and headed out. Strategos Hague however immediately went towards Tham. "Well Chariman Tham, I believe we should finalise the cooperation. I believe the best choice for observers on our side would be Admiral Graciano Marino Garibaldi. He would be more than eager if I am not mistaken. Perhaps the Treecuu would like to send Captain Tuuc as an observer to us?" The Strategos smiled. It was perhaps a new policy being made by the Stoinians that the initial people who made first contact should further enhance the cooperation. It wouldn't hurt anyone, they would more easily adapt to the said person. Pacifica: Myria, Sallodesia, Stoinia • A1-0: Stoinian Star Kingdom • Aurora: Kingdom of Threnebor
Fortunately for the Committee it had been a Remote Fleet ship that had been involved in the first contact, otherwise Tham would have been reluctant accepting the suggestion. Captains of the Remote Fleet were screened and deemed very loyal.
"He would be the right man for the task. He performed spotlessly." A Treecuu captain and a Stoinian Admiral. It would be a small propaganda win that in this regard, a Treecuu captain would be equal to an alien admiral. "Now to the rules of engagement. How you usually do this is unknown to me, but I believe it would be best to have survivors that we let the press film. Once we are done with them, we will want to hand them over to you for prosecution, according to your laws, whatever they might be on this matter."
"In our nation we have severe punishment for pirates like the ones we intend to apprehend. If they were given back to us, they would be held up for execution no doubt. Perhaps it might be a more fitting image if you were to do this yourselves, with Stoinian supervision. Of course if that would fit Treecuu law that is. It would certainly prove your claims that you want to bring order to the galaxy. I am sure our populace would agree with you. We have a saying for that: killing two birds with one stone. I am sure you can understand what I am getting at."
Douglas Hague was, as one might suspect, a military man. But his appointment as Strategos after Anson MacArthur's death has given him a lot of insight in the political mechanism in his nation. This was due to the lengthy conversations with his King. Perhaps this could come as a surprise to the Treecuu, but his guts told him that he wouldn't. Nonetheless this action would prove the Treecuu a valuable ally, a lesson which the Stoinian populace would need to learn. "As for the procedures, we wouldn't want our observers to be left without their job. Our military procedures can be noted by your observer. We will transmit the exact transfer point to you tomorrow morning. Now I believe you should head to your room and relax after this long day. I am sure you will have plenty to discuss with our King at the diner table." He pointed to a Royal Guardsman to escort Chairman Tham. The Strategos may have come over as uncooperative to Tham, but the Stoinians had a clear military policy. Xenos only learned it through combat and they certainly wouldn't spill it out to them. That much had to be made clear to them. They would either write it down themselves or face it. That was the new policy that had been made for any foreign nation. If the Treecuu believed they had gained the Stoinians complete trust, they were wrong. The King was already pushing things too far for the populace to digest. It had been a wonder the people in Sinaia were so receptive, surely the outer colony worlds would be much harder to convince. The three Treecuu were escorted to their respective guest rooms. All three next to each other. Their rooms were in the old neo-classical style from Earth with chandeliers serving as light. Their beds were big. but nothing grandiose. As for the insectoid Ivict there may appear problems as the bathroom may prove difficult, because there were no changes for his biological set-up. They were each guarded by two guardsmen. One Stoinian and one Treecuu. They were free to move to each others room, but for now the Stoinian Guardsmen would insist on them staying in their rooms. Pacifica: Myria, Sallodesia, Stoinia • A1-0: Stoinian Star Kingdom • Aurora: Kingdom of Threnebor
A few hours past by and all over Sinaia the people were starting to have their own diner. Perhaps the Treecuu had become hungry themselves, but soon they could hear a knock on their door. A Squad of Stoinian Congressional Guardsmen had come to escort them to their diner. They wore a different uniform than Royal Guards, a less royal look. As the Treecuu passed through the halls they saw the occasional painting which depicted Stoinian heroes from King Alexandru I to Strategos Anson MacArthur. As well as pictures of Stoinians massacring the ancient Mardakii. Some may have found it intimidating, but to the Stoinians it was a vivid memory.
The table was large and could hold up to 42 persons. The Stoinians had amassed their Ministers of Trade (Tudor Boc), Finance (William Arnolds), Industry (Werner von Zollern), Agriculture (Ecaterina Vladimirescu) and Foreign Relations (Pyotr Ivanovich Pushkov). The Minister of Foreign Relations was also accompanied by his military counterpart High Legate Josiah Morgan. They were all accompanied by a few of their deputies. Between the different Stoinians Ministers were places reserved for their Treecuu counterparts if they were present. Though the main Treecuu trio was concentrated around the King. The Queen however was absent as she had other duties to attend to in her place however was Crown Prince Carol next to his father. President Cuul sat on the opposite side of Crown Prince Carol. As soon as they had all taken their seats the King arose with a glass of wine and looked et President Cuul. "President Cuul. I present to you my son, Crown Prince Carol, heir to the Stoinian Throne.I hope you don't mind to share a few thoughts with the future Stoinian monarch. Let us have this diner as the beginning of a friendship between our peoples." He than gave Cuul a glass of wine and explained to him that they should toast and while doing so look each other in the eye, as was Stoinian custom. The President joined the King and presented their toast and soon the whole table had joined. Afterwards they started to eat the bread which was already served on the table. The Ministers started to whisper to their deputies, but nothing too loud that everyon could hear. Soon the Crown Prince asked the President with a smile. "So President Cuul, how do the Treecuu people do these days? Perhaps you could share a few of your customs with us? I am sure you have picked quite a few of our customs by now. And we Stoinians are very fond of customs and traditions." The Crown Prince was like his father, curious about their new friends and was more open to it than most Stoinians. Had there been a member of Lord Thorne's Party this question alone would have caused an upstir, but they weren't here and they wouldn't be if the Capital polls were right. Pacifica: Myria, Sallodesia, Stoinia • A1-0: Stoinian Star Kingdom • Aurora: Kingdom of Threnebor
President Cuul noted with pleasure that the Committee members engaged in discussion with the Stoinians next to them and were too busy monitoring him. It improved his mood, even though he wouldn't be able to speak as freely as he would have liked.
"We Treecuu are what you Stoinians would call a practical people. Tradition and customs are under constant scrutiny so to make sure that they serve a rational purpose. If people no longer know the purpose of a specific ritual and have to guess why it's there, we normally abolish it. This may sound a bit 'heartless', but showing respect for one's origin and your values with specific symbols, craftsmanship or greetings for example, may be a very rational practise indeed." Answered Cuul, and continued. "I noted the painted canvases on display on our way through the halls. I believe they serve an excellent example. Depicting important people and historical events through various imagery is a common practise in the Star Empire too, but we normally use more contemporary means, such as various forms of photonic recapturing or holographic projections. I take it that the paintings is a way to connect with your ancestors and honour them? And perhaps the extra time taken to produce these works honours what's depicted?"
"I see, Mr. President. Although it may seem like we ourselves are very traditional, we had to make such reforms ourselves when we first settled on this planet. The most notable of which are religious reforms of Islam. Lord Taavi Rouhani reformed the old Terran church into a more modern version: Stoinian Islam. Of course the Catholics also appointed their own new Pope, as contact with the Terran Pope was lost. Surely you get the picture, but the traditions we still hold aren't likely to disappear soon. They still bind us with our old homeworld of Terra."
The Crown Prince responded and the waitresses appeared with food. It was a small portion of Borsch. An ancient soup-like recipe from Terra. A favourite in Sinaia and ethnic European planets. Although typically made sour, this version was sweetened as it may already prove difficult to the Treecuu to digest it as it is. While the waitresses served the food, the King answered the President in his baritone voice which proved much lower than his son's. "The paintings serve us as a reminder of what our ancestors had to endure. In a way yes to connect with them and honour the sacrifices they made. The time put into such a painting isn't really put meaning into. Well maybe the artist himself may have, but it certainly wouldn't be the point in it." "As for these holographic projectors, we don't use them as we don't have them yet. You see, when I was but a child, the Velutarians declared war on us and killing my father. This extended into a 16 year long conflict, costing the lives of 8,7 trillion of our kin. May God forgive them" The King and Crown Prince did an Orthodox cross. "That war halted any unnecessary technology, though we know for a fact they used something similar. Our research division are working on it, but their technology has proven to be cryptic. It took us twelve years to reverse engineer their shield systems. But now that the nation is rebuilt, we are looking into such technology." He then turned to his soup and explained the contents of it to the President as well as the cultural meaning of it. "They also used a different FTL propulsion system than us, we call it Slipspace. We're also researching its capabilities. Come to think of it, I haven't been informed of your propulsion systems. Would you care to inform me?" The King proceeded to eat from his Borsch while dipping some of the bread that remained in it. Pacifica: Myria, Sallodesia, Stoinia • A1-0: Stoinian Star Kingdom • Aurora: Kingdom of Threnebor
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