Aequatio
08-12-2007, 01:20
Ebon Tor, Magna Casa, Aequatius Prime
The late afternoon bustle of traffic far below in the capital's main streets could barely be heard through the open balcony door of President Holden Reid's office as he spoke with the Secretary of Defence, Heidi Ghoddard, and Secretary of State, Sacha Novoselic, concerning the recent operational planning for the acquisition of overseas holdings in the region of Continentia. Normally the Republic would have worked its own realpolitik diplomacy as it had in its gaining of bases in Haven months prior along with the joint military/civilian operations in colonization, but such efforts proved to be time consuming and enormously expensive, so it was decided on a different means to the same end for Continentia in secret behind the closed doors of the President's personal office.
"Aurum Domus is a most isolated nation within the region, Holden," Mentioned Sacha as he sipped from a tumbler with poured Whiskey from Avellorn, "We would not see much, if any, resistance to an invasion from our own forces, at least not on the level we saw during our Havenic operations."
"Is there a chance that we could actually see support for these operations?" Asked the president, "Granted, I know that we can formulate and maintain an expeditionary force to perform the invasion and sustain themselves, but having a nation nearby to act as a staging area would help make things much easier for the operation and our forces."
"The Willinkian Federation has had open claims to the islands to the south of the Aurum Domus mainland, refusing to even acknowledge their authority over them," Said Novoselic, "I'm sure that they would be more than happy to host our forces and even cooperate for an joint operation if we were to ask them."
"Using Willinkian airbases and harbours would speed up the tempo of operations by allowing us to deploy quickly and overrun the Aurumittes before they have the opportunity to resist," Said Ghoddard as she drank from bottled spring water, "Plus the proximity of Willink compared to Aurum Domus will provide us with a great advantage and allow for the use of Air Force strike packages to hit strategic targets, leaving the Navy's Carrier Air Wings to support the landings."
"No matter discussing such details now," Said Reid, "At the moment we must bring the Willinkians into these matters and discuss such items with their military and national leaders. Have a communique sent to their foreign relations department and we will await their reply."
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To: Whom it may concern, Department of Foreign Affairs, Willinkian Federation
From: Sacha Novoselic, Secretary of State, Aequatian Republic
It is at this time that the Aequatian Republic is interested in performing operations within your sphere of influence concerning the nation of Aurum Domus and wish to open discussions concerning future joint efforts and mandates of such operations.
The late afternoon bustle of traffic far below in the capital's main streets could barely be heard through the open balcony door of President Holden Reid's office as he spoke with the Secretary of Defence, Heidi Ghoddard, and Secretary of State, Sacha Novoselic, concerning the recent operational planning for the acquisition of overseas holdings in the region of Continentia. Normally the Republic would have worked its own realpolitik diplomacy as it had in its gaining of bases in Haven months prior along with the joint military/civilian operations in colonization, but such efforts proved to be time consuming and enormously expensive, so it was decided on a different means to the same end for Continentia in secret behind the closed doors of the President's personal office.
"Aurum Domus is a most isolated nation within the region, Holden," Mentioned Sacha as he sipped from a tumbler with poured Whiskey from Avellorn, "We would not see much, if any, resistance to an invasion from our own forces, at least not on the level we saw during our Havenic operations."
"Is there a chance that we could actually see support for these operations?" Asked the president, "Granted, I know that we can formulate and maintain an expeditionary force to perform the invasion and sustain themselves, but having a nation nearby to act as a staging area would help make things much easier for the operation and our forces."
"The Willinkian Federation has had open claims to the islands to the south of the Aurum Domus mainland, refusing to even acknowledge their authority over them," Said Novoselic, "I'm sure that they would be more than happy to host our forces and even cooperate for an joint operation if we were to ask them."
"Using Willinkian airbases and harbours would speed up the tempo of operations by allowing us to deploy quickly and overrun the Aurumittes before they have the opportunity to resist," Said Ghoddard as she drank from bottled spring water, "Plus the proximity of Willink compared to Aurum Domus will provide us with a great advantage and allow for the use of Air Force strike packages to hit strategic targets, leaving the Navy's Carrier Air Wings to support the landings."
"No matter discussing such details now," Said Reid, "At the moment we must bring the Willinkians into these matters and discuss such items with their military and national leaders. Have a communique sent to their foreign relations department and we will await their reply."
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To: Whom it may concern, Department of Foreign Affairs, Willinkian Federation
From: Sacha Novoselic, Secretary of State, Aequatian Republic
It is at this time that the Aequatian Republic is interested in performing operations within your sphere of influence concerning the nation of Aurum Domus and wish to open discussions concerning future joint efforts and mandates of such operations.