NationStates Jolt Archive

*The sun is just breaching the Horizon as the Diplomatic plane from Vekonias touches down at the private Airport. A middle aged Gentleman and an entourage of bodyguards alight the jet and walk to the state Limousine. The flag of Vekonias waft in the morning breeze from both wings.

As soon as the men are in the vehicle it speeds of in the direction of Londinium. The nation of Vekonias is full of anticipation of a healthy diplomatic relationship with this nation.

The car arrives at the Foreign office of 22 Walsingham Street. Where one of the Bodyguards alights the vehicle. After checking the vicinity he opens the door so Lord Nathaniel can alight the vehicle* :lol:

*the two stationary guards of the ministry dont flinch at all, they allow the veskonian to walk up the steps and into the Ministry for foreign affairs,*

*inside the lavish decorations of many different culures entwined under the centrall figurehead, of brittania, and in the center of the room was a magnificent water feature, it was the 3 guardian angels of brittania and beneath them clean fresh water for refreshing and drinking*

*up a flight of stairs a man peers over the bannister, he views the visitor and begins to happily trott down the stairs with his hand outstreched waiting for a handshake*

come sir, you must have had a long journey, the Minister will see you once you have refreshed yourself. Is there anything i can get you?

*Lord Nathaniel holds out his right hand and shakes the hand of the gentleman.*

"Iam fine m'lord. The journey was fine and luxurious, far better than I imagined. If it is at all possible, I would like to get on with why I am here and hopefully partake in a few of the fine Brandy we have heard so much at home."

*The Ambassador stifles a laugh at his own joke and waits for an answer from his host. His eyes scan the lavish decor of the room. It was nothing more an nothing less of what he would expect from the Home of the Foreign affairs.*

*very well m'lord, the foreign minister has been expecting you, i shall take you to his office*

*with a geasturing signal from his hand, the man leads the way up the small staircase, at the top there are 3 doors, one st of double doors, and two doors of ordinarey looks,
the man opens the double doors and walks intot he room, geasturing for Lord nathaniel to follow him*

*an elderly gentleman stands up behind his desk and extends his hand for a greeting, he was slightly stooped and held in his hand a walking stick, which was silver at the top and at the tip, *

greetings, my esteemed friend, i am informed that you are the new Ambasador to the Most glorious empire of old brittania, we welcome you and hope that you find our pleasent country to your liking,
now, we bought you here to discuss trade, what can we do for you, and what can you deliver to us?

*Lord Nathaniel takes the Ministers hand and shakes it*

"No need to stand M'lord please remain seated. Ah yes I look forward to my stay in this pleasant land. At present our export is rather small as we are a new Nation. However we are eager to open a trade route with Old Brittannia as you are well aware."

*The Ambassador pauses for a few moments to clear his mind and begins to list off what Vekonias has to offer.*

"We can offer the following in trade;

Luxury Items;

Crude Oil
Refined Oil and Petroleum
Medium and low carat Diamonds
Saphire
Platinum

Crops
Wheat
Barley
Rye
Hops
Tea
Cocoa
Sugar cane
PineApples
Bananas
Coconuts/Coconut Oil
Grapes

Animals
Pigs
Goats
Cows
Various game birds
We also have Ostrich farms
and we do shark and most fish products

We are new and our Army is small and weapons inadequate. We wish your assistance in equiping our forces, land. air and sea as well as any training you can offer.

In return I will ask permission to set up an Embassy in this country and offer you an Embassy on our shores with full diplmatic Immunity and so forth. As well as the offer to open a full trade route unhindered to your nation.

We also need help with infrastructure and so forth to make us a bigger stronger nation. Basicaly whatever aid you can give Vekonias will not be forgotten and will be repaid thrice fold."

*Lord Nathaniel stops and awaits for the Minister to consider the offer.*

*the man raises his hand to his face, he listens with interest, it had long been the policy of the empire to colonise and then take what was required, but those days were dying, or dead, trade, economy, and sheer muscle were what was needed in this new age, oh brittania had an army, it stretched out before you everywhere within the empire, the glorious tank regiments, the whir of the machinery onboard the naval vessals*

it is food we require, our population is weaker fromt he lack of it, our supermarkets and other food retailers are huge conglomerates, they preassure the government to take food forcibally from our smaller regions, but this government is a democratic one, and we are ont he way to disbanding the empire, obviously it cannot be done without alot of fuss, so we are taking it one step at a time

*the old man fiddles with a draw for a whole, he takes out a red book and passes it accros the table*, in there is listed the excess produced by the ministry of defence last month, i think what you will find to your interest is the following:

Scorpion tanks, -light armour speeds of up to 70 mph low damage on enemy targets good for acessing difficult area's quickly

Challanger II - this is the mainstay of our tank forces, however we have recently developed the new generation in armoured warfare so this model will become obselete soon enough, it is famous and i am sure its attributes are well known to you,

as far as naval forces go, i am afraid we are rather at a loss, we can offer you patroll boats, some of our older destroyers i suppose, but we cannot help but wondering what you would need a naval force for, though we also understand in the interest of free trade and international commerce there are such times as we say "difficulties arise from the sea to engulf the world"

we heavily recomend that out of air and naval forces you buy the Sea-king helicopter, we have found in thi day and age of submarine warfare, its anti submarine devices are extremely valuable, we can supply you on this very day with up too 200 of those, and more will be on their way, new, from Westlands as soon as we sort of the finer details (westlands is an air force design and factory complex)

we require half or 3 quaters of whatever your nation turns out food wise per anum, we have alot of mouths to feed, for this priveledge we are willign to offer you free, aswell of course paying for the goods, the OB591 assualt rifle, this is a good all round multipurpous weapon, used everywhere, with origional attachments for bayonetts, which of course survived, to the latest in lazer sightings and night vision scopes, we will give you as a gift up too 2 million of these rifles, we have a huge excess,

ships we are willing to sell would be 3 defunct destroyers, outclassed by brittanic Serpent class range of naval warfare assets but we have

HMS Orion
Hms Olympia
and HMS Forthought (strateegic command ship ballistic missile capacity)

they will cost a small fortune, but i am sure we can come to some agreement, was their anything ive missed?

*the man sits down and begins to have breathing difficulties, he is imeadiately helped by aides who bring him a tablet*

*Lord Nathaniel ponders this for a moment and waits for the elederly gentleman to recover.As he regains his composure he makes his offer.*

"What I propose to offer at this time is We will give you sole rights to 35% of all Mines or mined material from our nation and a 3rd of all the rest of our supplies listed earlier.

For this we ask for the military hardware you have offered in all classes. The Naval Vessels we hope to be fully equiped and functional. We would like to purchase a Aircraft Carrier as well.

Also since we are entering into this negotiation as a friendly Nation, we ask for full military support in time of conflict. We also offer to support your Nation in the same way.

To Secure this My Premier has given me the permission to sign any Military Accord or treaty that is necessary. Subject to my approval. Now what of this brandy I hear so much about shall we seal the agreement over a sip?"

*Nathaniel looks to the Minister satisfied with the proceedings so far.*

*the minister shoo's away his aide's and quickly regains his frail composure*

the Priminister is looking to extend our support, we accept your offer of millitary support, we are sure that there will be dar tiems for brittania, which we mut prepare for, you know, when you face the abyss having friendship next to you is a most comforting thought

an aircraft carrier you say

*the man dithers and thinks, he knew of one, but it was brand new, just finished and christened,*
well the HMS regent has just been built, i cannot think of any better aircraft carrier,
3 communications rooms, a full ballistic missile capacity, scientific and geographical data sotred in its computers, the latest radar sonar infra red tracking devices, if this agreement was ever meant to be sealed by a more valliant ship, *the old man smiles*

we accept this offer, the ship will make its way for a port of your governments choice after a week, all the ships including this one will come fully operational and equipes with Trident missiles and regular shells, we also have naval officers standingby to help train your new recruits, as our shipping is consistant with personel specifications it takes some training usualy for people to get used to our temperamental ships.

*the man extends his arm again to shake on the deal*

*Lord nathaniel smiles and takes the mans Hand. Feeling totaly satisfication at a good negotiaiton for his nation.*

"I think we have come to a satisfactory conclusion for both nations. I look forward to a long and prosperous relationship with Old Brittania and look forward to meeting the great Lady herself in the near future. Now shall w have a brandy or do you have more pressing engagements? If so I shall go and check out the Embassy of Vekonias."

*The Ambassador waits to see what the Minister wishes to do, knowing his time is probably pressed.*

*Lord nathaniel smiles and takes the mans Hand. Feeling totaly satisfication at a good negotiaiton for his nation.*

"I think we have come to a satisfactory conclusion for both nations. I look forward to a long and prosperous relationship with Old Brittania and look forward to meeting the great Lady herself in the near future. Now shall w have a brandy or do you have more pressing engagements? If so I shall go and check out the Embassy of Vekonias."

*The Ambassador waits to see what the Minister wishes to do, knowing his time is probably pressed.*

i would like a brandy but....
*the minister peers at the stack of paperwork sitting next to him in its beaurocratic confidence*

i tell you what old chap *the minister takes from his draw a bottle of something*

your welcome to this, its one of the finest brands we do here,
we bought the company off the french and began making it ourselves a while ago now

Du-vele bran,y jolly good stuff, enjoy.

*Lord nathaniel accepts the offer of the Brandy and bids the Minister farewell. He then travels to the Embassy House which is to be his new home for the forseeable future.

He has his meal before contacting his Premier Travis Mcullockin telling him the good news and all the details of the new Alliance with Old Britannia. The Premier is more than happy with the proceedings and thank the Ambassador for a job well done.*