NationStates Jolt Archive

In the news today. Our beloved Emperor Mishimi beheaded the Tordoran Ambassader and then ordered the head mailed back to Tordor with an Letter explaining why. It is unknown how the Tordoran will react. More when details come in.

TNN News Flash:

Queen Seria has sent her response to the beheading of her Ambassador by the Zerni Emperor by mailing him the head of one of his daughters. It is unknown how the Emperor will react to this but it seems to this reporter that trouble is just beganing.

ZNN News flash:Emperor Mishimi mails the head of Queen Seria of Tordor's brother in law to Tordor, Royal Capital. Announces he is not amused and threatens to start mailing Tordorans back to Tordor... peice by Peice. The Tordoran Embassy has also offically been closed as the Staff have been arrested. Reportly the same has happened to the staff of the Zerni Embassy in Tordor.

The Temple of Paladine: Istar

The Royal Court was in debate over the current government expenses and how to translate this to the refurbishment of the Empire's space fleet, the Guild Merchants and the Nobles were going over the most minor of government spending in the last quarter to make sure that every single dime was going where it should be.

During the very loud and boring debate the First Son Revando, head of the Revered Sons of Paladine was telling the Kingpriest about the interesting bit of news he had seen on CNN. "It seems that the two empires of Tordor and Zerni have been sending each other the bodyparts of the other nation's citizens for quite sometime now. Very messy if you ask me."

The elvish Kingpriest grabbed a goblet of moragnac the finest wine in all of Istar and took a sip and waved the servant away from the dais before speaking in his soft flutelike voice, "It will be best to remain silent on the matter for the time being, unless they start to kill Istarans and mail each other the bodyparts, its a private matter between two national leaders and too messy for the Church to deal with at this time."

The First Son nodded and grabbed a goblet of moragnac for himself.


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Kingpriest Legeoius I
”Fe Paladas cado, bid Istaras apalo, tam Gidam codo.”
The Eternal Holy Star Empire of Istar

OOC:Nice build up before trouble really starts.

IC:
TNN: In responce to the actions of Emperor Mimiru, Queen Seria has ordered the arrest of all Zerni Nationals in Tordors Lands and Systems and declared she would mail the head of an Zerni national every month intil the Emperor apologies. Their has not yet been a responce from the Zerni Emperor to this.

IC: ZNN Report: His greatnes Emperor Mimiru, has responded by declaring he would mail back an body part of an Tordoran national every week intil Queen Seria apologied for frist the insult of her Ambassador to his mother and then for the later insults. It looks like things are heating up.

IC: ZNN Report: His greatnes Emperor Mimiru, has responded by declaring he would mail back an body part of an Tordoran national every week intil Queen Seria apologied for frist the insult of her Ambassador to his mother and then for the later insults. It looks like things are heating up.

King Doran read the report on his desk and spoke to the head of the RSC. "You means, its time to place the bets. 2 to 1 their be at war by years end. " Lord Gerni spoke. "I wouldn't take that bet. From the looks of it, I said before years end. It looks like right blood feud is geting going. Surpising I wonder what the Ambassador did. The Zerni are usually to busy being free marketists and making more money than anyone else expcally that emperor. From all reports he's the richest man on the Planet, if not the Galaxy. This should be intresting."

TNN News Flash: War. Emperor Mimiru has delcared war on on Tordor today after months of Tordor and Zerni mailing body parts of nationals belonging to each country. This is surpising as Tordor is double if not triple the size of Zerni. Further more the Emperor proclamed that he would attack but force the enemy to come to Zerni and that he would not seek or accept allies as this conflect is purely between Tordor and Zerni. All this reporter has to say is that the Emperor of Zerni is either a genius or a utter mad man but Tordor's glorious forces will surely crush them like bugs.

KRIEGSPIEL ARMY DEPOT

"General Griffin?" Griffin looked up at the captain.
"Yes Randy?"
"Our radar stations have picked up somthing interesting."
"What?"
"Emperor Mishimi of Zerni beheaded the Tordoran Ambassader."
Griffin looked up. He took the report and read.
"I thought beheading was done away with. Well it appears that Mishimi wasn't worried about a open casket funeral. Leave it in my SEMI IMPORTANT pile."
"What if it becomes war?"
"Then we'll sit tight and offer peacekeepers if needed."

ZNN: In announcement today Emperor Mimiru has made the annoucement that he will not wage an offensve war agaist the Tordorans but intends to defeat all attempts to invade intill the cost is too high for the enemy. This is beause Zerni can not win a ground war agaist the overwelming numbers of extremely hightly trained troops and speically troops the Tordorans could bring to bear. The Stratagy is to sent all the enemy forces sent to the bottom of the ocean with Zerni's powerful Navy. The Emperor also declared that the war would not harm Zerni Free market economy and the government will continue its hands off policy.

OOC:To note Tordor's navy stinks. It concists a lot of gun only Destroyers and frigates but thats it.

Tordor, a year after the declaration of war: Tordor had gathered vast Armada of ships to transport 250,000 Troops for the crushing of Tordor, guarded by Tordor's finest an Fleet of Nearly 250 Gunboat Destroyers and Frigates. After a Moving speech by Prime Minster calling the Zerni cowards cowering behind their money and that the Glorious armies of Tordor would crush them like bugs and bring the Zerni Emperor's head back on a pike prepared just for him. Then with bands playing on deck of the ships the Fleet set sail for Zerni, a Cheering crowd behind them.

A Message sent to both Queen Seria and Emperor Mimiru from Archbishop Ferdinand of TOC:

"This is most disturbing News. Beheading, I'm pretty sure, is against Thou Shalt Not Commit Murder. And you're both damaging your ability to get into Heaven with this Head Exchanging. There is a simple and calm way to sort this out, this is no reason to lose your heads... Err, those that have not lost them already anyway... Just discuss this calmly, and with a clear head... Err... ANYWAY! You really must discuss this without these impure thoughts... No, that's not what I mean... Just please stop killing people, and sending their body parts through the postal service, it's most unbeheading of... I mean, unbecoming of both of you.

What was I saying again...?"

Meanwhile with grim intent 10 subs, 18 battleships, 27 BattleCruisers, 49 Destroyers, 78 Frigates and 98 Corvettes steamed out ports and gathered into a fleet to meet the Invasion force at sea. Meanwhile several other massive fleets were being gathered and formed as the Zerni prepared to attack the incoming fleet that would coming from Tordor. They would sent the Tordorans Invasion Fleet and any later invasion Fleets to the bottom of the ocean to feed the fishes or they would die, For the Glory of the Divine Emperor.

The Tordoran Armada steamed on towards Zerni in high Spirits. After all who could really expect the Zerni, imperal Free Marketists could really put up a fight agaist all the might of Tordor. They would no doubt capalate as soon as they saw the might of the forces going agaist them. This war would be done in few months and then they would all go home.

As the frist Imperal Fleet sailed to intercept the invasion fleet, Lord Admiral Yatomo sat in his quarters thinking about the coming battle. He was worried; He didn't know what ships were defending the enemy fleet and he had little Intellence about what ships were defending the enemy fleet. He did know his duty to the Emperor. He would stop the invasion force or he would die trying, it was his duty and honor to do so. And as he thought about it the fleet sailed on to destiny as is steamed fowards every closer to the Tordoran Armada.

Meanwhile the Tordoran armada runs into a problem of epic porportions...

Grand Admiral Koransi yelled as he entered the bridge of his flag ship. He had just left his chambers after the 3-D holographic map that served as both map, radar and sonar crashed. "What happened to the Map." A Techican spoke. "We've lost the signal from the Orbital Command Station."
Koransi cursed. "How? Get it back up, we're sailing blind with no way to find the enemy fleet intil reaches sight range if we don't have it up." The Techican spoke. "We been trying something is either blocking the signal or something has happened at the Orbital Command Station." Koransi cursed. This didn't bode well, if this continued they would be siting ducks. He spoke again. "Order the Fleet to stop. Order the Fleet to surrond the transports. If the Zerni attack their be siting ducks." The Bridge went into a fury of motion as the bridge crew rushed to carry out the Grand Admirals orders.

Meanwhile the Tordoran armada runs into a problem of epic porportions...

Grand Admiral Koransi yelled as he entered the bridge of his flag ship. He had just left his chambers after the 3-D holographic map that served as both map, radar and sonar crashed. "What happened to the Map." A Techican spoke. "We've lost the signal from the Orbital Command Station."
Koransi cursed. "How? Get it back up, we're sailing blind with no way to find the enemy fleet intil reaches sight range if we don't have it up." The Techican spoke. "We been trying something is either blocking the signal or something has happened at the Orbital Command Station." Koransi cursed. This didn't bode well, if this continued they would be siting ducks. He spoke again. "Order the Fleet to stop. Order the Fleet to surrond the transports. If the Zerni attack their be siting ducks." The Bridge went into a fury of motion as the bridge crew rushed to carry out the Grand Admirals orders.

Back in Zerni, Emperor Mishimi looked proudly at his grandson. "Good job my boy, those viruses should keep them very busy and has given our forces an advange." The grandson, Jorani Mishimi borana spoke harshly. "Thank grandfather. I hope they all die, they murdered my sister, their Ambassador called great Grandmother a Cheap whore and tried to hit on her." The Boy, no older than 15 glared forward at the thought of the past events.

Meanwhile else where the Fleet finally reached the Armada and spread out to better attack it while the subs underwater went forward. At given signal from the Flag ship the Fleet Open fire in a Great barrage even as the Subs began their attacks.

On the Orbital Command Station they were in Panic, somehow somebody manged to hack into their systems and nailed them with a half dozen viriuses. They could barely keep the Life surport systems up as they tried to the fight the computer viruses, one even mulated it self everytime they tried to kill it and it keep getting smarter. They had no time to keep the 3 diminonial map updated and beamed down to the Planet.

The Armada:

Grand Admiral Koransi Stared at the Massive enemy warships from the bridge and knew he was not only out out numbered but outgunned by the enemy forces. He couldn't handle battleships and cruisers. Expecally not in these numbers and all the lesser ships. He felt a sinking feeling as the enemy found the range and began destroying warships and Transports often in the case of the large and powerful Cruisers and battleships in a single volley even as his ships attempted to fire back in return volleys. He knew then what he had to do. If the Aramda stayed here they would all be killed. He moved to give the order for the fleet to scatter and withdraw when the Destroyer that served as his Flagship Exploded as a Shell struck the Maganze and the whole ship exploded in a great fireball and all around the Armada was being wiped out as the sea turned red with blood and black with oil as the battle raged and tens of thousands at their deaths in matter of minutes.

OOC: :shock: Lets see, over 250,000 troops in the transports, then theres the crew of the transports, the crews of the Tordoran destroyers and frigates. I would have to say this is going to rank as the highest toll for a naval battle and the most one sided.

Lord Admiral Yatomo Impassively stared as his fleet Steady wiped out the enemy's Armada. This battle was hopeless one sided, but he knew the same would be true if the Tordorans were able to land troops in Zerni. As the Sea Battle raged the Zerni subs spread out and began to hunt and destroy any Tordoran ships that tried to flee the battle. Lord Admiral Yatomo gave the order that any survivers from the enemy ships would be left to the mercies of the sea as the battle began to draw to an close. They were the enemy and attempted invaders. As soon as the battle was done they would leave this place of death and return to Zerni, maybe the Tordorans would get the point, otherwise they would have to repeat this again.

The News of the great sea battle and the lost of 1000 ships, 270,000 Soldiers and sailors sweep though the hearts and minds of the Tordoran people. The Miltary high command was shocked, the Prime Minster had a had an heart attack after reciving the news, Queen Seria was reported to wandering through her Palace saiding "Koransi give me back my Fleet." It was unbelivable, that Tordor could suffer such a massive defeat at the hands of nation that was nearly two thirds smaller and Tordor with a much smaller miltary whos while they had a somewhat modern navy had an army that was still runing around with swords, spears, glaves and other medival weaponary. All those men lost to never return to the shores of the homeland, it was unbelievable.

On hearing the news of the great battle King Doran had only one thing to say. "Somebody has better get those to nations to the peace table quickly or this war is going to get real nasty real quick and its likely to spread with all the vast numbers of foreign nationals in both countries that are likely to get killed."

Emperor Mishimi made the following statement about the victory. "We have had a great victory and made an example to show the Tordoran what will happen if they continue this war. We will send all their forces that come to the bottom of the sea."

Emperor Mishimi made the following statement about the victory. "We have had a great victory and made an example to show the Tordoran what will happen if they continue this war. We will send all their forces that come to the bottom of the sea."

After recovering from his heart attack, the Prime Minster attempted to order the Queen to use the Tordoran Orbital WMD to Vaperize the Zerni Capital, However Queen Seria has refused to do so and told the Prime minster in shocking words we will not repeat to stuff it. Parlament responded as well by an over welming vote of no confendence in the Prime Minster removing him from offfice. It is supected however that this was done because of Ecomony reasons, as Geran Corp would stand to lose money if the war went to that stage as it had business interests in Zerni and such a war would piss off mightly Mega Corporations such as Resi and others.

ZNN:Emperor Mishimi today reorganized the Zerni navy into 7 Fleets to defend the home Islands today and stated that unless somebody is wishing to act to Mediate that he would have no more contact with the Tordorans over than to sent their warfleets to the bottom of the sea. He state that business will continue as usual like the war never started and since Zerni is a free market, the Tordoran Geran Corp will able to continue to do business in Zerni.

Queen Seria issued an statement that if someone was willing to mediate she would agree to it. However it is unkown who would be willing to do so.

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The Socialist Republic of Xanthal has been alerted by telegram that a mediator may be needed here. The Ministry of International Affiars, with the authorization of Xanthalian Dictator Mimiru, is offering to provide this service if both sides are willing to meet on neutral ground to make their cases and discuss peaceful solutions. Both sides are requested to acknowledge and respond to this offer as soon as possible in order to avoid further aggression.

We are willing to accept Xanthalian medation.

Queen Seria

We are more than willing to accept medation.

~Emperor Mishimi

Both sides are instructed to dispatch a single, unarmed transport carrying the diplomats and/or leaders they wish to be present at the mediation to the Xanthalian capital system of Aellis. You may send armed escorts for safety up to the Xanthalian border, at which point protection of your diplomatic transport must be handed over to the Xanthalian Armada, which will have an escort waiting for you as you arrive. Neither side is permitted to bring any weapons whatsoever into Xanthalian space. All attendees will be scanned and physically searched for such weapons to ensure that no foul play occurs. Once your transports have been handed over to Xanthalian protection, they will be escorted to the site of the negotiations. We await the arrival of your transports.

Queen Seria is coming, however the only Royal transport is specally made light Cruiser thats sole porpice is to transport the Queen. Would it be acceptable that it be used with the weapons powered down? As any Tradisonal guards, it will take some doing to get them to leave their weapons, expecally their honor blades and expecally with the samurai. But if it must be done.

I would be rather put off by having to leave my honor blade or my companion sword but if it must be done, I guess I will have to make it up to the Kami somehow, same with my Imperal guardsmen. I will come in my Personal Yaht with the weapons powered down.

~Emperor Mishimi

After consideration, it has been decided that armed transported are acceptable, but weapons must be not only powered down, but completely offline.

Very well.

The Royal Cruiser set an course with Queen Seria onboard for Xanthalian space, weapons offline but sheilds up.

At the same time, one of the ships of the Zerni Merchant fleet with Emperor Mishimi set an course for Xanthalian space, it was armed only with light defensive weapons meant to fend of Pirate Starfighters, this would be powered down and taken off line when they reached the safetly of Xanthalian space.

Xanthalian Armada escort fleets awaited each ship at its designated arrival point.

The Royal Cruiser with Queen Seria on board arrived in Xanthalian space with the queen impatient to get business going.

The royal cruiser is met by two Dreadnaughts and three Sabre class vessels. They escort the craft to a Starbase in orbit of Aellis IX.

Emperor Mishimi's transport stopped just outside of Xanthalian space for the Emperor to transport over to his personal Yaht which then entered xanthalian space the light weapons aboard disarmed.

The Zerni craft recieves the same escort and arrives shortly afterward at the station.

Queen Seria, dismbarked from her cruiser under an excort of Traditional Tordorans guards, in all the scene looked like something out of an Japanese Samurai Manga in all minus the weaponary which they had been forbiden to have on them. All of them were dressed in Tradional Japanese style clothing with some different variation on the designs.

Emperor Mishimi also dismbarked and both he, his court officals and his guards looked out of place, they looked like they belonged in the ancient times when the Japanese Emperors weren't just figure heads power rulers of Japan.

The queen is let to the conference room, two of her escorts are allowed in with her. The room has a long table, three seats on each end and the seat for the mediator in the middle of the length. It has a pitcher of water and glasses on each end, and a single replicator is housed in the wall in the event food is needed by the participants. The mediator gets out of his chair and walks to the Queen, bowing. He is a pureblood Human, a rare sight in Xanthal these days. Still, he is one of the best negotiators in the Ministry of International Affairs. He stands about five and a half feet tall, caucasian, and lightly built. His face is disarming and gentle, his well-combed midlength blonde hair flowing down to shoulder height. "Your Majesty, it is an honor to meet you. I am Rodney Lahr. I work for the Xanthalian Ministry of International Affairs. I will serve as the mediator for this meeting."

Emperor Mishimi looked around and spoke. "Hmm no welcome." one of the court officals spoke up about it being an insult but quieted when Emperor Mishimi gave him an look which shut up the offical and so they waited in silence. Emperor Mishimi standing calmly, the court officals behind him and the guards standing at attention but weaponless.

Queen Seira nodded, she her self was tall for an Tordoran, standing at 4 ' 11' when the average Tordoran stood at 4' 9". "It is pleasent to me you as well."

The Xanthalian security people get to the Zerni after about four minutes. After quick apologies and explanations that they were checking out the Tordorans, they complete their work as quickly as possible and clear the Emperor to proceed to the conference room.

Mr. Lahr leads the queen and her escorts to their side of the table. "Please, sit down. I've been informed that the Zerni have already arrived, so we should be able to begin very shortly."

Emperor Mishimi, also with two officals entered the confrence room and moved opposite of Queen Seria and her two officals. Emperor Mishimi, he was the type of person like of old who could calmly conduct an tea cermony while complating or talking about the slaughter of thousands of his enemies. He was an Samurai the ruling class of Zerni and even in the modern era he and the Zerni nobles held to the old ways brought from Japan by their anceistors.

Queen Seria studied the Zerni Emperor. He and his people were an contrast to her own the Tordorans, they had both been exiled and driven from Japan, the Zerni from the time when the Emperor truely ruled Japan in the anceint times and the Tordorans during the chaos after the Emperor lost power over the nobles and before the rise of the shoguns during the feudal era. Both the Tordorans and the Zerni keep their anceint ways but the Zerni threw themselves into trade with little to now governmential control and the Tordorans threw themselves into Frist stagmenation then pursing the advancement of Techology. One could symbolize them as the Zerni Samurai/merchant and the Tordoran Samurai/Sciencist.

Mr. Lahr proceeds to the Emperor, bowing respectfully again. "Emperor Mishimi, it is an honor to meet you. I am Rodney Lahr. I work for the Xanthalian Ministry of International Affairs. I will serve as the mediator for this meeting. Please, sit down and let's begin our discussion."

Emperor Mishimi nodded his head slightly. "It is good to meet you Lahr Rodney. Let us began." He sat down.

Rodney takes his seat. "Now, I have read the papers concerning the facts behind your conflict thus far, but I would like to hear the story as each of you sees it. Emperor Mishimi, if you would present your side of the story, I would be most pleased. I also request of the rest of you to allow the Emperor to present his story without interruption. The Queen will have a chance to tell her story as well."

Emperor Mishimi began calmly sipping an cup of tea. "It began in my palace, the Tordoran Ambassdor made an most gravious insults to my Mother, being rude, insulting, hiting on her like she was an prosutute and worse, I did what was the right and proper thing response. What was improper, was the beheading of my Ambassador who done nothing to deserve it, by custom or duty. So I responded, and it went back and forth, however Queen Seria went to far in killing my granddaughter. The rest is common knowlage. Every thing was done right and proper by Tradison and custom."

Emperor Mishimi began calmly sipping an cup of tea. "It began in my palace, the Tordoran Ambassdor made an most gravious insults to my Mother, being rude, insulting, hiting on her like she was an prosutute and worse, I did what was the right and proper thing response. What was improper, was the beheading of my Ambassador who done nothing to deserve it, by custom or duty. So I responded, and it went back and forth, however Queen Seria went to far in killing my granddaughter. The rest is common knowlage. Every thing was done right and proper by Tradison and custom."

"I see. Queen Seria, please present your story."

Queen Seria also sipped tea and also speaking calmly she began. "After the beheading my Ambassador, I followed custom and Tradition and sent the head of the Zerni Ambassador back in response and it went from there by the terms of custom and Tradition. All very prim and proper including cuting his grand daughters head off as an message of out little I cared for him and his family. Then he finally decared war and an invasion fleet was sent and destroyed by his navy. But still it was done proper by custom and Tradition even his forces leaving the survivers to drown. But as mine foe said, the rest is common knowlage."

"It would seem that your respective traditions, while direct, are not conductive to peaceful resolutions. First of all, we must address the source of these problems. Whilst it is not my place to question your traditions, can we agree to stop this 'eye for an eye' policy for the moment? Peace cannot be achieved if these executions continue."

Queen Seria nodded calmly and replied in a calm manner used by both Zerni and Tordorans even they were preparing or talking about slaughters thousands of their enemies. "After all I belive I mailed back in pieces every Zerni in Tordor. Then yes I belive I can."

Emperor nodded calmly and replied in a calm manner used by both Zerni and Tordorans even they were preparing or talking about slaughters thousands of their enemies. "After all I belive I mailed back in pieces every Tordoran in Zerni. Yes I belive I can."

Queen Seria nodded. "The same."

Mr. Lahr frowns slightly, but quickly covers it. "Mmm. Well, at least we can establish that no more will die. I assume you have cut civilian transport between your nations to prevent any more of this execution?"

Queen Seria spoke. "Why, we may be at war but business continues as usual, it would take an act of Parlament to end travel and as for the Zerni, as the Emperor himself could tell you, the Zerni don't ban travel at all, its bad for trade. The businesses just make sure that they use agents to conduct their business that are not from either country."

Emperor Mishimi nodded. "Business must continue after all, Zerni is an free Market economy. Trade doesn't stop because of an war."

"True, but I would ask that you close your borders to passenger liners from each others' nations. It wouldn't do to give your governments more 'enemies' to kill."

Queen Seria. "That would be quite impossable. Besides we alrightly agreed not to behead anymore of each citizens. Besides Geran Corp and I doubt the Various Mega super Corporations operating would ever allow their business to be cut."

Queen Seria. "That would be quite impossable. Besides we alrightly agreed not to behead anymore of each citizens. Besides Geran Corp and I doubt the Various Mega super Corporations operating would ever allow their business to be cut."

Mr. Lahr looks slightly disturbed at that comment, but moves on. "Very well then. So, what is it that Tordor wishes to gain from this conflict? Besides revenge."

Queen Seria looked puzzled. "Revenge? Its an matter of Honor, custom and Traditionial duty. Revenge if any is secondary to those. I did what I did because it was my duty to do so."((Gee and you wonder why the Teritorans find both of them so odd. They got an strange and wacked sense of honor thrown in with their nutty customs and traditions.))

Emperor Mishimi nodded. "Honor must be up held, I can apology for doing my traditional duty to defend my mothers honor or to avenge the death of mine grand daughter. "

"Fortunately I'm not asking you to apologize. Honor. Well, that's something... So, would it betray this honor to simply stop fighting? My role here is simple. The only thing that your nations have taken from one another is the lives of your citizens. I would be more comfortable if I could seal you off from one another, but apparently that is not possible. Therefore, it is essentially my job to ask you two to shake hands and agree to let well enough alone. I also recommend that you not execute foreigners from now on. That is a very good way to initiate unnecessary bloodshed. I am limited by my position as a mediator in that I can only ask you to do things, not order you. So, I'm asking you both... Can you agree to withdraw your forces and end hostilities? I can draw up a formal pact if you'd like."

Emperor Mishimi spoke. "Neither of our forces are in each's country, my navy just wiped out an Tordoran invasion fleet, killing 270,000 or so Tordoran Soilders and sailors. Hostiliies could be ended. Of course Honor must be unheld." He looked at Queen Seria. "Prehaps an Duel to death between me and Queen Seria after hosilities are ended formally with an Gurentee of venegence from the loser's family. Either that or we arrange an Marrage between members of our familes or finally hostages sent to both countries from each other royal familes as gurentee of intentions Prehaps."

"Somehow I doubt that sending each other hostages would help in the long run... Would it be possible to arrange a marriage between your families?"

Queen Seria spoke calmly. "Hmm, My youngest daughter prehaps..."

The mediator looks questioningly to Emperor Mishimi. "Would you approve of this?"

Emperor Mishimi. "Hmm, well it would confine the war to an bedroom anyway, saves the tordorans from losing more than an quarter of million people again at sea to my forces with little loses in my imperal navy. Her daughter could marry one of my grandsons."

"And this would end hostilities?" Mr. Lahr was grossly unfamiliar with the traditions of Tordor and Zerni, so he was feeling his way along as he went.

OOC: Tordor, what exactly was it that you were talking about doing at the end of our last thread?

"And Universe knows we don't need that. Fine. Well then, I'll let you both go. In one week I expect you both back here with the couple. We should conduct the ceremony without delay."

OOC:You mean the thing that was so shocking for the Tordorans, Queen Seria moved off world so nows theres two capitals, The Royal capital on the world of Tordora and the Parlamentally capital on Tordor, she also called the capital an cesspool and an few other choise words.

IC:Queen Seria nodded. "Of course it would, its the only really pernment solution short of me and the Zerni Emperor having a dual to the death."

"And Universe knows we don't need that. Fine. Well then, I'll let you both go. In one week I expect you both back here with the couple. We should conduct the ceremony without delay."

Queen Seria spoke. "Yes, I am afraid we will have forgo some of the normal cerimonies but we can get Shinto priest to do it, expecally as the Emperor over there is the offical high Priest of the Shinto reglion. I still don't know how he manged to superside the Authority of the Japanese Emperor as the head but he did it. My Daughter will be here."

Emperor Mishimi merely smiled and. "Yes, my Grandson will be there, he knows his duties. Have no doubt of that."

Mr. Lahr bows. "Good, then it's settled. I will see you both again in one week."
He sees his "guests" off to their ships, and settles in for dinner. The government would keep him here until his job was done, so he had time to kill.

OOC: I suggest you fast-forward to your arrival in one week.

Queen Seria space Cruiser was returning, this time with her daughter aboard as well, with an wedding party for the arranged treaty wedding.

Emperor Mishimi was returning as well, with his grandson and Zerni wedding guests on his personal space yaht.

The guests are carefully searched and scanned to prevent the wedding from becoming a battleground, then are permitted into the reception hall. It has been decorated for the occasion according to Tordoran and Zerni standards, and where the traditions clash improvization has been made. The end result is very good. Not perfect, but an excellent attempt by people with little idea what they were doing. Mr. Lahr is present, along with several Xanthalian witnesses. He is uncertain what his guests have in mind, but in the event of a conflict he has practiced to preform the ceremony himself if necessary. The room itself, as mentioned before, is well-decorated for the event, and food and drink have been provided in both Tordoran and Zerni style for the guests. Mr. Lahr greets the Queen and Emperor. "Hello! I must say, I'm glad you both came. A mediator's worst nightmare is when his appointments don't show."

Queen Seria spoke. "Yes. Indeed and I see the Emperor brought both the his grandson and the priest."

Emperor Mishimi nodded as the soon to be married couple went off with the priest and the ceromony began. "You know I would have almost prefered to fight you to the death. Oh well, the war will continue in the bedroom and behind closed doors, I will feel sorry if theres any childern but its for the greater good."

Rodney isn't entirely sure he's happy with this solution, but it would seem to be the only way to avoid an all-out deathmatch between the quarreling nations. He leaves the room, but not before passing both the Queen and the Emperor a note requesting that they join him in the conference room after the ceremony. The Queen's note asks her to show up an hour earlier than the Emperor's, so to the outside observer it is clear that he wishes to meet with them seperately.

Queen Seria after the wedding went to the conference room wondoring what Rodney wanted.

Rodney Lahr sits calmly on one end of the table and motions for the Queen to sit at the other side. His position at the table shows that he is the one who will be making a deal this time.

Queen Seria comes in and sits down across from Rodney. She spoke. "Yes. You wished to see me."

Rodney smiles. "Yes. I wanted to ask you about the TLPA. Have they been causing any more trouble for you since our strike?"

Queen Seria. "Not really, their main strength was on earth and you got the few in the Tordoran systems. The Teritorans and other IDI nations as well as the Western Asians, were very precise in hunting down and killing the survivers but still, I moved the Royal capital to Tordora because all the certain and unquestioned surport for the Monarchy is not on old earth with all the scheming politicians, nobles and the Massive Mega SuperCorporation Geran Corp which creates confusing and uncertain loyalites but in the Tordoran Systems. I didn't call the old capital and now the Parlamently capital an cesspool for no reason."

"Yes. Your nation is in considerable political instability, isn't it? That's why I called you here. Feel free to just walk away if you want to, but hear this. What would you say if the Xanthalian government offered to help you seize total power in your nation with its military? Hypothetically, of course."

Queen Seria. "The only thing thats unstable is the 300 million living in the anceint Tordoran homeland, the more than an Billion people living in the Tordoran systems however, hold loyality only to the monarchy, they complete ingore the Parlament and the Prime Minster. I also control the Minstries of defense and Police. What I don't have in an central Intellegence service, the Prime Minster does but they been shown for how incompant they are. I know I can't go to the Teritorans and they, Kecha and Haraki have the best of the Elite. What I get comes from various miltary Itelligence agencies, Intellengce gathering by the regular and special police forces, like the Techological Police core, the Tank Police and such."

"We are well aware of your situation. If you were to let the Xanthalian government help you, you could restructure the government in whatever way you wanted. Your opposition would be too dead to object. And with your own forces combined with those of the Xanthalian Military and Armada we could easily 'convince' the more reluctant Tordorans on Earth to follow you. You are a competent ruler, Queen Seria. Your nation cannot be great while fools such as the Prime Minister are allowed to clumsily handle the affairs of your homeland. You could make your nation whole! Great! And with the Xanthalian Republic at your back, you would have all the resources you'd need to rebuild the atrophied parts of the nation formerly run by those morons!"

Queen Seria spoke. "Tempting, but it would not be right, injust, it would be down right dishonorable and an betrayal of duty and trust. Reform is the true answer and just because one is opposed does not give one the right to kill the opposion."

OOC: Good answer. You pass the test!
IC: "I see. That is all right then. I am glad you say that. Your devotion to your duty and sense of honor authorizes me to offer you a peaceful alliance with the Republic."

Queen Seria spoke. "That sounds most intresting."

"We are prepared to offer a trade and military alliance to you. Unfortunately, even though my previous offers were false and were merely to test you, my words hold the ring of truth. What of the Prime Minster and the Parlament? What part would they have to play in an alliance? Can we make a pact with you alone, or must we summon your other government representatives?"

Queen Seria. "I nor my Parents never gave up the right to negotate with other countries, I make treaties with other countries on my own, no legal problems."

"Good. Then, would you be willing to join us in an alliance?"

"Good. Then, would you be willing to join us in an alliance?"

Queen Seria spoke. "Yes, as long as its not warmogering allaince. Other than war moggering idotic upsupers and their followers that pop up time to time, Tordorans on the whole are not that warlike, give us advanced robotics, cybernetics, computers and other high techologies anyday."

"Xanthal does not warmonger. You should know that from experience. We could have blasted our way onto your planets to deal with the TLPA, but we instead worked with you. We could have solved our dispute with the people of Than VI by vaporizing the planet, but we instead took years of diplomatic harassment and terrorism without flinching until we could once again peacefully interact with them. Xanthal does not like war, but we have had the chance to prove on several occasions that we are quite capable of it when it becomes necessary. Tordor is recovering still from long years of abuse, both internal and external. We can help you to build up your nation and establish it firmly as a legitimate and fair state in the eyes of the international community... And the IDI."

Queen Seria nodded. "Very well, well we do not have to worry about Techologial lagging, you would be hard pressed to find an country with more advanced or better, advanced robotics, cybernetics, computers and other high techologies minus biologal and genenic sceinces of course."

"I am well aware, believe me. However, your biggest problem is unrest. That leaves you vulnerable, especially your Earth colony. We can't do much more for you now than you can do for yourselves, but we can help. Besides, more trade allies never hurt anybody.

Queen Seria nodded. "Indeed, that is true, very true."

"So, it is a deal then. I will see that the proper papers are sent to you, and you should send us any forms we need as well."

Queen Seria nodded. "Yes, we will, this will be most benfital."

Rodney concludes his business with the queen and sends her away back to the wedding reception with his best wishes. He then waits for the Emperor to arrive.

Emperor Mishimi walked in quietly at the appointed time and moved across from Rodney.

Rodney Lahr is most pleased. Today was proving to be a valuable addition to his already outstanding record. He smiles broadly at the Emperor and gets right to the point, reading his counterpart's lack of formality as a request for the brief version of his request. "The Socialist Republic of Xanthal would like to offer you the opportunity to engage in a formal alliance with us, either trade, military, or both."

Emperor Mishimi spoke. "Intresting you you know that Zerni main intrest is trade and protection of trade, we don't keep an miltary bigger than we need to defend our self and that is mainly naval forces and an small forces for defending the trade routes in space."

"All the better reason to ally both ways. Improve both our economies through trade and ensure that you are adequately defended if you are attacked by a more powerful nation."

Emperor Mishimi. "And I am sure any arguement I would bring up you would have an counter for. I will go for an Treaty, it can only help in the long run."

Rodney spreads his arms. "Wonderful! I will have the paperwork sent to you shortly back at your office." He concludes his business, files his report, and goes to bed. By the next morning the reception is over and the Tordorans and Zerni have all left. Rodney heads back to Aellis V with three more stars on his record.

OOC: And that's the end of this thread.