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Skyland Mt. is a peaceful democracy, while international politics is unfortunatly extreemly volatile. Thus while we have little standing military, we would like to purchase defensive equipment for use in national defence if necessary. Specificaly, we wish to purchase the following:

12 batteries of AA defenses

6 armed patrol boats

1 squadron of interceptor or air superiority fighters

12 light tanks

No offense is intended, however, our constitution prohibits the purchase of arms from nations which do not respect human rights, have dealings with terrorists, or are run by authoritarian regiems.

Sincerly,

Secretary of Deffence's office, Vespburg square, in the nation of Skyland Mt.

Skyland Mt. is a peaceful democracy, while international politics is unfortunatly extreemly volatile. Thus while we have little standing military, we would like to purchase defensive equipment for use in national defence if necessary. Specificaly, we wish to purchase the following:

12 batteries of AA defenses

6 armed patrol boats

1 squadron of interceptor or air superiority fighters

12 light tanks

No offense is intended, however, our constitution prohibits the purchase of arms from nations which do not respect human rights, have dealings with terrorists, or are run by authoritarian regiems.

Sincerly,

Secretary of Deffence's office, Vespburg square, in the nation of Skyland Mt.

Greetings to the people of Skyland Mt.

On the behalf of South Norfair, and with full consent of its people and of its ruling nobility, I've decided to grant Skyland Mt. with everything she claimed she needed. Also, the air squadron is of interceptors. Finally, invested with power from the people and from our royal lineage, I offer South Norfair to Guarantee Skyland Mt. independence. Much more often than we would rather see, a democratic nation is unthroned by the iron fist of the militarists abroad. Therefore, amazed by your initiative as a democratic nation, we fully and throughly will guard your independence in event of war. Sign here, please.

His Habsburg Highness the Prince of South Norfair

Thank you for your offer of support. We are a small nation, which we feel makes our initiative all the more important. Thankyou for your generous offer, which we whole-heartedly accept. It is comforting to be reminded in this dark world that other nations value democracy, just as we do.

signed: office of the Presidency, Vespberg Square.

Purchase aproved by Congress and The Department Of Defence.

It is our wish that we will not have to fight for our freedom, and we will endevor not to draw you into needlessly volatile situation. However, in a worst case sennario, The Department Of Defense feels that you should be aware of our military capabilities, inso much as national security allows disclosure of such information.

Enclosed is a brief summary of our capabilities.

National Guard: About 500 active personnel and 720 reservists. this unit is non offensive and is charged with protecting envoys and government buildings. Equipment-wise they are an up-gunned Police force.

Air Force: Enlists about 1000 active personnel, about 10% pilots, and about 500 reservists, of which around 5% are pilots. We have 2 squadrons of interceptors, and some helicopter gunships. We also have a significant and expanding AA defense system. Our air force is purely defensive.

Coast Guard: We have about a dozen search and rescue vehicals, and around a dozen patrol boats. Our coast guard is tasked with search and rescue, and customs and interdiction, though it is not entirely sufficient in the later role. Our coast guard employs around 1000 active personnel and about 5500 reservists.

Relief Forces: Tasked with providing relief in disaster areas, engaging in peace keeping missions, and protecting shipments of aid. Employs roughly 5000 active personnel, with about 6000 reservists. has Hum-vees and cargo planes, backed up with older helicopters and a few obsolete tanks.

Special Forces: Numbers between 1 and 300 personnel. Generaly have the best gear, and are held in reserve for covert raids, presision strikes, and backing up the police in anti-terrorism work.

Donald Ducksfelt looked down at his PDA, read the message and began to ‘pen’ a reply, direct from the Meadonian leadership conference.


MEMO


To: The Department of the Secretary of Defence, Vespburg square, in the nation of Skyland Mt.

From: Donald Ducksfelt, Secretry for Defence, The Googleistic Democracy of Googlewoop


Dear Sir/Madam,

Just a quick note to enquire whether your small peaceful democracy of little military standing would be interested in a military alliance with Googlewoop, a much larger peaceful democracy with considerable military standing.

As a nation we see that it is our obligation to promote the well being of likeminded nations in there infancy so that one day, they may join our greater cause of promoting democracy world wide.

I am currently attending a world leadership conference but nothing much seems to be happening here, so should you be interested in opening official dialogue, I could travel with a delegation to your nation immediately.


Regards

Donald Ducksfelt


The secretary pocketed his PDA and walked over to inform the president.

Thank you very much, Googlewoop. It would be my honor as President to meet with you personaly, in order to discuss a possible alliance. Obviously our forces are limited, however, we would offer what support we can to like-minded nations. Unfortunately, our congress will need reassurances that you are as free as you claim to be, however, we will procede on the assumption that this is mere buerocratic red tape. Please observe our order of battle, and inform us of how you feel our capabilities could best be integrated into an alliance in the unfortunate event of war. Please also note the previous offer of support I have received as well. Would you consider three way negotiations?

Signed: The Office Of The President, Vespberg Square

TO: Acquisitions Co-ordinator, Skyland Mt.
FROM: Diplomatic Corps of the Protectorate of Lyras

RE: Request for military equipment

Your requirements for military equipment with which to defend your nation against those who would oppress or exterminate you and the freedom you enjoy are noted, and not unusual.

Should your require high calibre equipment for a variety of purposes, feel free to examine the selection available through Lyran Arms. Contact and purchases, or grants, can be requested through Lieutenant-General Aleksandr, Director of the Lyran Governmental Trade Department.

Regards and best wishes.

General Wallins
Officer-Directing
Lyran Diplomatic Corps
Bredubar
Protectorate of Lyras

TO: Acquisitions Co-ordinator, Skyland Mt.
FROM: Garth Bluntston, CEO, Really Defiant Ind. Metallunax

RE: Request for military equipment

We have noted your interest in purchasing equipment to arm your defense forces. We hope that you will consider us as you make your crucial decisions regarding your nation's best hope for the future.

We are proud to produce a wide variety of both missile and artillery based AA and can deliver them on short order. Our systems are reliable, robust and effective, with an excellent service history.

A major facet of our design philosophy is to demand that our product maintain a superb field deployment ability. Our standard light battery consists of six emplacements of twin mount 45 MM cannons connected by hardwire to a central phased radar array. Auxiliary manual operation of the individual emplacements is available should the radar be unavailable. Two power generation trucks, two shop trucks, 6 supply trucks, and one command/control LAV round out the battery and enable the unit to be deployed on short notice in rough field conditions with minimal support for several weeks.

This is only a small sample of what we have available and we hope that you will consider us for your needs.

Sincerely,

Garth Bluntston, CEO, Really Defiant Ind. Metallunax

MEMO


To: The Office Of The President, Vespberg Square

From: Jon Hay, President, The Googleistic Democracy of Googlewoop


Mr President,

As your Googlewooper counterpart I have reviewed some of your concerns brought to my attention by my Secretary for Defence.

Firstly I would like to assure you that Googlewoop is not necessarily looking to gain anything from any deal and you have no reason to be suspicious of our motives. Googlewoop has simply witnessed the annihilation of too many young nations by large, often fascist/socialist, superpowers.

Many of these victim nations are occupied due to the discovery of valuable resources. As your nation will inevitably have to find a way of financing your own growth you will, without a doubt become the target of such militaristic nations as a result. To survive in the commercial world however, you will need to generate wealth from your nation regardless of the risk of this threat.

We propose a simple mutual defence deal. This will of course benefit you exponentially more for the first few years of your nation’s international interactions as you will be noted as under the protection of a one of the world superpowers and Skyland Mt will eventually grow to become a nation capable of providing a return on our investment in your safety.

This will immediately have two effects;

Firstly and most importantly, knowledge of your involvement with us will provide a significant deterrent to any nation or power harbouring designs of military action against you.

Secondly, in the unlikely event of war, you will have the full support of Googlewoop and her other allies which, given the current world political climate and our diplomatic, economic and military strength, will almost certainly result in the successful defence of your nation’s interests and the substantial knocking back of those of the foreign aggressor.

Currently we are not looking to sign into any new group alliances but naturally we have no problem with other likeminded nations supporting you as well, both temporarily and as long term signed allies.

Our offer however is more notification that should you ever need to mention our name, as a 5 Billion strong nation, to get out of a tight spot or call on us for assistance in conflicts, we are but a telegram away and always willing to assist a fellow democracy.

Secretary for Defence Ducksfelt will contact you later regarding suggestions for the use of both of our forces in such a deal.

Should you have any more concerns or questions feel free to contact my office or that of any of my staff and Secretaries of Government.


Regards

Jon Hay

Skyland Mt. is a peaceful democracy, while international politics is unfortunatly extreemly volatile. Thus while we have little standing military, we would like to purchase defensive equipment for use in national defence if necessary. Specificaly, we wish to purchase the following:

12 batteries of AA defenses

6 armed patrol boats

1 squadron of interceptor or air superiority fighters

12 light tanks

No offense is intended, however, our constitution prohibits the purchase of arms from nations which do not respect human rights, have dealings with terrorists, or are run by authoritarian regiems.

Sincerly,

Secretary of Deffence's office, Vespburg square, in the nation of Skyland Mt.

COMMUNIQUE FROM THE DESK OF GEN.GRAND. HEIMHOLTZ KRAKAUER
TO:SECRETARY OF DEFENSE OFFICE, VESPBURG SQUARE, SKYLAND MT.

Dear Mr. Secretary,
As such small democratic nation, it seems illogical to join forces with another like minded nation so vastly superior in size to yours. Though it may be against your ideals, a union with a more militaristic nation such as the Imperium of Belkaros, who though ruled by an Emperor has a voting People's Congress and Civilian Representative Council. A union with us would prevent our militaristic allies from attacking you, and for a small price (1.3221% of annual GDP) the might of the Imperium of Belkaros will be yours.
Though this may seem counterintuitive, consider why a large, powerhungry nation would be willing to aid you for nothing in return, and remember this offer as your national identity is slowly but surley dissolved by your new 'friend'.
Yours,
Genralis Grandis Hiemholtz Krakauer

We hope we have purchased all the weapons we need for the time being, however, if we should need to upgrade our weapons later on we would be most interested in purchasing AA systems. Considering the lethal power of air strikes this sort of protection is our main defense priority.

Skyland Mt. is a peaceful democracy, while international politics is unfortunatly extreemly volatile. Thus while we have little standing military, we would like to purchase defensive equipment for use in national defence if necessary. Specificaly, we wish to purchase the following:

12 batteries of AA defenses

6 armed patrol boats

1 squadron of interceptor or air superiority fighters

12 light tanks

No offense is intended, however, our constitution prohibits the purchase of arms from nations which do not respect human rights, have dealings with terrorists, or are run by authoritarian regiems.

Sincerly,

Secretary of Deffence's office, Vespburg square, in the nation of Skyland Mt.

To: The nation of Skyland Mt

As a fellow peaceful democracy, my government offers it's services in the form of it's defensive industries. With an almost unlimited selection and unmatched services and discounts, our Defense Industries offer something unique among the many arms industries of the world. A military tailored to each nations specify needs.

Should you have any questions or just wish to browse our catalog, we invite you to visit us here at UEMS (United Earthling Military Systems) (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=471334)

We look forward from hearing from you.

Sincerely, Nicholas Stevens [CEO of UEMS] and Chancellor Wolfgang Muller [Prime Minister of The Commonwealth Kingdom of United Earthlings]