In one of his first actions as president of Mandalore, Alek Sigint wishes to bring up the matter of a Mandalorian military once more with the UMS, hopefully with Nod representatives present as well. This meeting would be held in the capital of Mandalore, Encerti, so the representatives may see how Mandalore is developing since independence was declared. We hope these representatives can come here, to discuss Mandalore and see its developments?

The United Mechodamian States will send a delegate promptly.

We thank the UMS for agreeing to this meeting. We will begin as soon as the Nod delegate arrives.

The nation of Mandalore under one, Alek Sigint already has the support of the NoN for an extended military prescence in the world, thus we shall not send a member of our diplomatic corps to this meeting.

We will, however, be sending a representative from the National military hardware conglomerate of the NoN, which is made up of the Nod Military Industries (NMI), National Defence International Inc, (NDII) and MILitary Aviation Complex (MILAC).

Capital Building
Encerti, Mandalore


Alek Sigint sat down at his chair in the small, circular table and gestured for the representatives from Nod and UMS to sit down.
"So, as you know, we are here to discuss the possibility of Mandalore having an armed forces. While Nod has already agreed to tihs, we need the UMS to agree to it. I should point out that being a small population, we could not have a very large army."

"Does the UMS have anything to say to this?"

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IC: Sigint waited patiently for a response.

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IC:

The United Mechodamian States reaffirms her stance that a fully mobilized force in the region, at the current moment, will not be tolerated. With that said, we request an audience between the three dignitaries present in a remote and secure setting for reasons that will be explained.

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IC: Sigint is somewhat suspicious, and so requests that at least a group of lightly armed policemen be allowed to accompany him to this 'remote location'.

"Nyani and her diplomatic team have finished their tasks in the Kingdom of Serca. She and her full retinue shall attend this meeting."


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IC:
The purpose of this meeting is to discuss some issues that aren't fully suitable for this environment due to the nature of the information.

Very well, but this meeting would not be met with Alek Sigint as usual but with Jack Carter. Is this acceptable to you?

Of course.

Excellent. Then name the place, and we will be there. We will have 3 very lightly armed guards with Carter during the meeting, you understand of course.

Alright. The meeting will take place here as you understand the potential gravity of the situation. Is the Nation of Nod willing to here what we have to say?

"Minister Nyani is enroute."

OOC: I assume the Nod entourage has arrived by now.
IC: "Well then." Carter walked into the meeting room. "Excellent to meet you." he shook hands with the representatives.

OOC: Carter in the meeting room, just to give you an idea of what he looks like

"The room has already been scanned for bugs by my entourage so all is in order. Now if this will be limited to the three representatives, including myself, that would be for the best."

Carter hesitated, then gestured for his guards to leave. As they exited the room, Carter said, "Now it's just us three. What is it you wanted to discuss so privately?"

"The nature of this information is vital for the advancement of Eastern Africa. As you are aware, there has been a usurp of power in the wake of Novak's formation in the Arabian Peninsula. Carthage has also shown to begin intervening in African affairs in its best interest which is also the best interest of Africa in our opinion. The Italian nation in Eastern Africa is expanding itself to become a nuclear power, meaning more nuclear weapons will be present in Eastern Africa in an already destabilized region. Cochin stills holds Bososa under its imperial control. It is this that we are presenting a proposal to cooperate with one another to actively remove the foreign Italian powers from Eastern Africa first as a means to keep imperialistic peoples away from our continent.

As for the militarization of Mandalore, we can agree to a minimal armed force for the time being unless we do agree to cooperate in such a manner to eliminate imperialistic powers from incorporating their will on the African continent."

"Yeah, I've been hearing quite a bit about it." Carter replied. "I, as well as most of the Mandalorian Party, are against imperialism in Africa, especially when it comes to nations with nuclear capability. As for cooperation, I can agree to it only as long as it remains purely diplomatic. At this time I don't want Mandalore becoming militarily engaged. I do want us to have a military, but it would need time for training and arming.
"I trust that you will be using only diplomatic means for now, and won't resort to war or military violence unless provoked? Of course Mandalore will be of little use if you do plan to use military means, not only because we don't have a military, but also because when we do get one it'll need time to be trained and armed effectively."

"I'm afraid we have a big problem..." Carter said. "Furon launched several missiles at Mandalore some time ago, and while most have been shot down, some of them have still reached their targets. I request that Mandalore be allowed to return the favour somehow..."

Callin pulled out a palm pilot and vigorously typed away. "We will handle this situation. And as to your question, diplomacy is always our prerogative. An address to Furon will be made shortly."

"Thank you. A missile was en route to our location, but thankfully that one was shot down. Mass civilian casualties have been suffered, however..." he shook his head.

Callin sighed. "Do you have any hard intelligence you can give us so we can possibly discern the origin of these missiles?"

"Only a public statement by the Furonese that they launched the missiles, and the fact that an argument occured between Mandalore and Furon as the motivation."

"So nothing in regards to trajectory locations or remnants of the missiles?"

"We do know that several missiles were launched directly at Encerti, where we are in the capital, but they were destroyed. In addition, several were aimed at smaller cities and towns."

"I wanted to discuss the possibility of a large-scale missile defense and radar system, to be constructed by the famed Dr. Kettenheim." Carter said. "To prevent something like this. I want to clear it with you first, it will be a purely defense system."