
Increasing reports have reached this news desk of the sudden appearance of "bad $@! Space Marines" throughout the Federation's frontiers. While initially the Delegates Council was responding to these reports as "wicked awesome balls-tripping good-times" as a result of a recent spike in science fiction interest, the sheer number of confirmed reports has inspired a unanimous decision by the Delegates to be the first to make contact, or "at least score some killer space weed".

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LSF - CAL Mutual Defence Optional Aggression Pact
Sovereignty
It is demonstrated that the sovereignty of each participating alliance and their members shall be held sacrosanct.
Non-Aggression
No member nation of either alliance will declare war on any member nation of the other, provide aid, be it military, money, technology, knowledge and intelligence, to enemies of the other, or commit acts of espionage against the other.
Friendship
The signatory alliances and their members will treat each other with as much respect and decency as they would their own members. Alliance members are expected to show tact and consideration when addressing any grievances by making full use of proper diplomatic channels. Any and all information gathered by one of the signatories with potential impact on the security of the other must be privately forwarded to them within 24 hours upon receiving the information. All parts of said information must be disclosed, including its' sources.
Mutual Intelligence
The signatory alliances will refrain from any intelligence gathering or active intelligence operation, including, but not limited, to obtaining information from private forums, IRC channels, or through the use of former or current members of the other. Each signatory alliance will provide to the other any offers of said intelligence or active operations made by any third party.
Mutual Defense
An attack on one signatory alliance will be considered as an attack on both and shall be treated as such by the other signatory.
Military assistance must be given within 48 hours of the official recognition of state of war by the signatory under attack or official appeal for assistance by the said signatory, may it be public or private.
Optional Aggression
In the event that either signatory should choose to initiate aggression against a third party, the aggressor signatory may request any level of support deemed necessary from the other signatory. However, the other signatory has full sovereignty over their involvement in any aggressive act on the behalf of the initial aggressor.
Withdrawal
The present treaty is concluded in perpetuity, with the provision that both signatory alliances will become unbound from the terms of this treaty 24 hours after notice of its termination for cause is given in the form of a public announcement from a duly elected or appointed leader of the withdrawing signatory alliance , to be posted on the board of the Cybernations Forums and the respective forums of the signatory alliances. A minimum of 24 hours notice must be provided in private to the leadership of the signatory alliances prior to the public announcement of the termination of this agreement. Both signatories are highly encouraged to seek the diplomatic solution of the problem before the termination of the agreement. Violations of this agreement are grounds for dissolution of this agreement without prior notice.
Signed for the Crimson Auric Legion
Mak Stormwielder - Chapter Master
Evil Lord Doom - Master of the Forge
Isaacblue72 - Captain of the Auric Guard
Signed for the Libertarian Socialist Federation
The Delegates Council
