WHAT IN THE NAME OF VAAL IS GOING ON HERE?" General Aposum Kiln's tiny militia in their stealthy, swift, but small ship managed to arrive in the dock unnoticed, as well as rendezvous with the unexpected Voldritch vessel. Aposum had no idea who the unscrupulous looking character across from the Dictator was, but he was determined to find out. General Kiln snapped his fingers, and one of his soldiers removed the satin cloak that obscured his body, and the turban that obscured his face. Another soldier dutifully pulled up a chair and Kiln sat down, reached out his hand to shake the hand of both men, gaudy golden rings weighing his hand down slightly.<br/><br/>"Certainly an empire with your technological prowess is not picking on smaller, more vulnerable nations, Admiral Ron Knofer? As a nation which desires trade with the Fortuna-Ainowan colony, the great Vaaldom of Bhuj'eruba requests you not establish any action in the region which might impede the Motherland's trading. As for you Dictator, we fear we cannot let you make any decisions which may negatively affect your sovereignty. Bhuj'eruba shall mediate between the two parties on this issue. Our interests are mutual, would you two not agree?" General Aposum Kiln sat there with neat posture and expected the captain Daina of the Voldritch ship would be arriving any second now.<br/><br/>"In addition, it would be highly unethical of me not to inform the Kingdom of Illayra that one of their rightful colonies is making trade agreements which may directly endanger the Kingdom. Dictator of Fortuna-Ainowan, I must urge you reconsider for such "invitations" may not be in your best interest in the long-run. Do you wish for these foreign ships to turn your lush, green and preserved nation into a docking bay? Certainly you value your colony more than to prostitute it as a military base?" the General was crude, but sharply honest and did not mince words.<br/><br/><br/>Every man has his limits.<br/><br/>Admiral Konfer was at his. Anger slowly grew up inside of him and threaten to lash out at the ignorant, rude general. But instead, Admiral Konfer harnessed the energy for the words that he was about to say. He slowly stood up and faced the general his eyes now lacking the friendly spirit they used to carry.<br/><br/>"General Kiln, I do not recall at any point today giving you permission to board my vessel, sit in on this trade negotiation, and give your lovely and ignorant filled commentary. As of right now, you are actually trespassing and violating both national and international naval agreements. Correct me if I am wrong, but I thought the man who sits before me is a man who leads a sovereign nation of islands who just fairly recently earned its independence, not some puppet that you whisper into his ear dictating what is right for his nation.<br/><br/>Further more, your lack of understanding of both the details of the offer and what the current situation means you have no right to judge it as such. Do you even see the benefits from this for ALL the surrounding nations as well as Fortuna-Ainowan?" He paused and gave a sigh to both compose himself and demonstrate great self control. "You have no reason to be concerned of your trade ships meeting any sort of problems from the Empire of Karlsland. In fact, this will open up new trade routes in the skies above since our cargo aircraft will finally be in range of your nation as well as others. In turn, this could potentially give your nation, Dictator, a significant boost in foreign commerce, only bolstering your economy." he closed his eyes and paused for a moment, then began to speak again. "Let me make this clear to both of you, if The Empire of Karlsland wanted to have a true military presence in the area, there would be a much bigger fleet waiting outside and we would have no need for an airfield. Our bombers already have the range they need for any situation. As I said before to the Dictator, The Empire of Karlsland is looking to expand it's political connections and economic trading sphere. That is all I have to say to you, General." With that, a squad of Karlslandic Marines formed up outside the already cramp conference room, and the squad leader entered, nodding to the admiral.<br/><br/>"I deny you further audience aboard my ship, and will only ask once politely for you and your staff to leave. You are fairly lucky General, if it I didn't know you any better, I would have assumed this was just some headstrong, inexperienced, self entitled officer that I would have thrown into the brig until he was present before martial court for violating Karlslandic and international naval policies. Naval Officer Rovn will escort you out. Leader of Fortuna-Ainowan, are there any objections from you?" He stare was stern, but he had held his anger back. General Aposum Kiln was probably saved any further tongue lashing or trial because of the past they shared as seamen.<br/><br/>-------------------------------------------------------------------<br/>Capital of Kingdom of Illarya<br/><br/>The ambassador's vehicle was just arriving in front of the governmental building that held the leader of the nation. A well dressed man carrying a light suitcase stepped out of the car and entered the building, waiting for an audience with the leader of the Kingdom of Illarya.