Escape

[Lynneth]

To: Cochin government
From: Laura Sieger aka Laura Sostra

To whom it may concern,

As you know, we have recently been forced out by Germany when we merely wished for independence from the nation - which, in their hypocrisy, they have denied us, but given the Gothic Empire.
We request asylum, and a conference to talk more in detail about everything. If you wish, I will bring some of those who you had previous dealings with, such as the CEO of E.ON.

Deepest Regards,
Laura Sieger

[king of cochin]

[quote]To: Laura Sieger aka Laura Sostra

The Kingdom has always had excellent relations with South Germany dating to the days of the German Democratic Republic and then Vereinigte Deutsche Länder. Though by the activation of the treaty we had been forced to wage a war in Germany, we hold no ill will towards the people of Germany.

The Kingdom of Cochin grants asylum to your people. You are welcome to hail port at any of the various ports in the Kingdom of Cochin, though the port of Colombo would best suit the purposes for now.

As regards the meeting, you are welcome to Cochin City. Of course the presence of an official with whom we have had prior interactions would greatly contribute to the bonhomie of the occasion.

Yours Sincerely,

HH Kerala Varma,
The King of Cochin[/quote]

[Lynneth]

To: HH Kerala Varma, King of Cochin
From: Laura Sieger aka Laura Sostra

As the majority of us currently resides in the former GDR Space Station [i]Bismarck[/i], we will take a shuttle and land at the space port closest to your capital.
This should be SLC Dagring. Please advise us on whether another location would be better.

Meanwhile, we will notify all ships with refugees on them to set course for Colombo. Please not that the fleeing population may outnumber the current population of Sri Lanka.
We'll do our best to live peacefully with the natives.

Regards,
Laura Sieger

[king of cochin]

[quote name='Lynneth' timestamp='1281620483' post='2412632']
To: HH Kerala Varma, King of Cochin
From: Laura Sieger aka Laura Sostra

As the majority of us currently resides in the former GDR Space Station [i]Bismarck[/i], we will take a shuttle and land at the space port closest to your capital.
This should be SLC Dagring. Please advise us on whether another location would be better.

Meanwhile, we will notify all ships with refugees on them to set course for Colombo. Please not that the fleeing population may outnumber the current population of Sri Lanka.
We'll do our best to live peacefully with the natives.

Regards,
Laura Sieger
[/quote]


[quote]To: Laura Sieger aka Laura Sostra

You have permission to land at SLC Dagring from where your delegation would be transported to Cochin City. AS regards Lanka, we have discussed the issue with the Provincial Governor of the province and all assistance would be provided for your people.

Yours Sincerely,

HH Kerala Varma.[/quote]

[Lynneth]

[quote]To: HH Kerala Varma, King of Cochin
From: Laura Sieger

Thank you. Our shuttle will arrive within the next hours. I don't know when the first ships will arrive, but it might take a few days. There's many still pouring out of our old home.

Regards, Laura Sieger[/quote]


Some hours later, around 11 in the morning, an [url="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/Lynneth_del_Serpentas/AE/CNRP/Military/Shuttle/The_Next_Endeavour_by_JamieTakahash.jpg"]Endeavour[/url] class shuttle would approach SLC Dagring from above the atmosphere.
Thanks to its advanced heat- and radiation shielding as well as its revolutionary design, it was more than capable of maneuvering in atmosphere with ease even at higher speeds. It also was capable of simply flying like a normal plane for a time in the case that the spaceport had to be cleared first.

[king of cochin]

[quote name='Lynneth' timestamp='1281630559' post='2412820']
Some hours later, around 11 in the morning, an [url="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/Lynneth_del_Serpentas/AE/CNRP/Military/Shuttle/The_Next_Endeavour_by_JamieTakahash.jpg"]Endeavour[/url] class shuttle would approach SLC Dagring from above the atmosphere.
Thanks to its advanced heat- and radiation shielding as well as its revolutionary design, it was more than capable of maneuvering in atmosphere with ease even at higher speeds. It also was capable of simply flying like a normal plane for a time in the case that the spaceport had to be cleared first.
[/quote]

The German space shuttle had been given priority taxiing by SLC Dagring and waiting for its passengers would be an Executive Fleet Merat of Royal Cochin Air Force which would take them to the Executive Air Field, outside Cochin City. An MH53 would then convey the delegation to the Hill Palace where they would be escorted to the King's Office, where HH Kerala Varma, the King of Cochin would be awaiting them.

KP Varma, Minister of External Affairs and Prasanna Vickremasinghe, Governor of Lanka Province would also be with the King for the meeting.

Edited August 12, 2010 by king of cochin

[Lynneth]

[quote name='king of cochin' timestamp='1281630757' post='2412823']
The German space shuttle had been given priority taxiing by SLC Dagring and waiting for its passengers would be an Executive Fleet Merat of Royal Cochin Air Force which would take them to the Executive Air Field, outside Cochin City. An MH53 would then convey the delegation to the Hill Palace where they would be escorted to the King's Office, where HH Kerala Varma, the King of Cochin would be awaiting them.

KP Varma, Minister of External Affairs and Prasanna Vickremasinghe, Governor of Lanka Province would also be with the King for the meeting.
[/quote]
With Laura were several other people, though no bodyguards. Alexander - though out of his armour - was there, as well as Wulf Bernotat, CEO of E.ON, Heinrich von Brentano, the Foreign Advisor of the time when the Kingdom had been in talks about the fusion power plants and a few others. All in all, there were twelve people, though it was expected that only three of them would have anything to say, if at all.
"Your Highness Kerala Varma, it's an honour meeting you. I'm [url="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/Lynneth_del_Serpentas/AE/CNRP/Corp/Laura_head.png"]Laura Sieger[/url], currently CEO of Sostra Holdings."
She wasn't entirely sure about Indian customs and thus simply bowed, afterwards taking the King's hand if it was offered.

[king of cochin]

[quote name='Lynneth' timestamp='1281631997' post='2412842']
With Laura were several other people, though no bodyguards. Alexander - though out of his armour - was there, as well as Wulf Bernotat, CEO of E.ON, Heinrich von Brentano, the Foreign Advisor of the time when the Kingdom had been in talks about the fusion power plants and a few others. All in all, there were twelve people, though it was expected that only three of them would have anything to say, if at all.
"Your Highness Kerala Varma, it's an honour meeting you. I'm [url="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/Lynneth_del_Serpentas/AE/CNRP/Corp/Laura_head.png"]Laura Sieger[/url], currently CEO of Sostra Holdings."
She wasn't entirely sure about Indian customs and thus simply bowed, afterwards taking the King's hand if it was offered.
[/quote]

Kerala Varma shook hands with Laura and bade her and her delegation to sit, "Welcome to Cochin, Ms. Sieger. I regret the sequence of events that caused you and your people so much grief and now to this situation. You must understand, however that though the Kingdom has always considered Germans as close allies and friends our treaty had still been with VDL, and we were honor bound to come to the defense of the legitimate government of VDL and had to array our forces against you. We hope there would be no ill will?"

[Lynneth]

[quote name='king of cochin' timestamp='1281632620' post='2412849']
Kerala Varma shook hands with Laura and bade her and her delegation to sit, "Welcome to Cochin, Ms. Sieger. I regret the sequence of events that caused you and your people so much grief and now to this situation. You must understand, however that though the Kingdom has always considered Germans as close allies and friends our treaty had still been with VDL, and we were honor bound to come to the defense of the legitimate government of VDL and had to array our forces against you. We hope there would be no ill will?"
[/quote]
The young woman smiled at the King after everyone had sat down.
"No animosities exist between us. You honoured the treaty Sarkara, friend of my Father Leclerc, made with your nation. Currently, we are only looking for a place to gather, re-order and rebuild. With your Kingdom having been a good friend of the GDR, I had hoped that you might be willing to help us with this."

[king of cochin]

[quote name='Lynneth' timestamp='1281633677' post='2412866']
The young woman smiled at the King after everyone had sat down.
"No animosities exist between us. You honoured the treaty Sarkara, friend of my Father Leclerc, made with your nation. Currently, we are only looking for a place to gather, re-order and rebuild. With your Kingdom having been a good friend of the GDR, I had hoped that you might be willing to help us with this."
[/quote]

"We shall definitely help you. Please tell me how we can be of assistance," Kerala Varma asked of the technocrat businesswoman.

[Lynneth]

[quote name='king of cochin' timestamp='1281633789' post='2412869']
"We shall definitely help you. Please tell me how we can be of assistance," Kerala Varma asked of the technocrat businesswoman.
[/quote]
"Well, we're really only looking for a place to stay, a new home. A new government as well, perhaps. However, I'm aware that some nations here in Asia have a...Well, strained relationship with nations not led by natives.
I would do my best to make sure a government would have more than appropriate representation from the natives of whichever region we are allowed to claim.
With many of our people already on the way to Sri Lanka...Would it be possible for us to cooperate with the local government and declare a new nation on the island?"

[king of cochin]

[quote name='Lynneth' timestamp='1281635395' post='2412898']
"Well, we're really only looking for a place to stay, a new home. A new government as well, perhaps. However, I'm aware that some nations here in Asia have a...Well, strained relationship with nations not led by natives.
I would do my best to make sure a government would have more than appropriate representation from the natives of whichever region we are allowed to claim.
With many of our people already on the way to Sri Lanka...Would it be possible for us to cooperate with the local government and declare a new nation on the island?"
[/quote]

Kerala Varma looked at Prasanna Vickremasinghe and said, "It could be possible for us to cede Lanka to you. We had discussed such a possibility when we received your request for asylum and in fact it is not something we are averse to."

"Being part of the Kingdom has brought only prosperity and peace to our region after years of endless strife. The people of Lanka have always welcomed guests with open arms, in that we share the assimilative culture of Cochin. We do not have a great history of association with Germans, but we would not forbid you shelter in your time of need. We only hope that you would assure us equality and freedoms as we experience with Cochin. We hope that being part of your nation we would achieve far greater prosperity without losing the traditional and cultural links which we have always enjoyed with the subcontinent and which was renewed once again being part of the Kingdom of Cochin," Prasanna Vickremasinghe.

[Lynneth]

[quote name='king of cochin' timestamp='1281636024' post='2412912']
Kerala Varma looked at Prasanna Vickremasinghe and said, "It could be possible for us to cede Lanka to you. We had discussed such a possibility when we received your request for asylum and in fact it is not something we are averse to."

"Being part of the Kingdom has brought only prosperity and peace to our region after years of endless strife. The people of Lanka have always welcomed guests with open arms, in that we share the assimilative culture of Cochin. We do not have a great history of association with Germans, but we would not forbid you shelter in your time of need. We only hope that you would assure us equality and freedoms as we experience with Cochin. We hope that being part of your nation we would achieve far greater prosperity without losing the traditional and cultural links which we have always enjoyed with the subcontinent and which was renewed once again being part of the Kingdom of Cochin," Prasanna Vickremasinghe.
[/quote]
"Just as we have respected all cultures within the GDR's sphere of influence, we'll respect yours. Just as we've given all cultures in the GDR's sphere of influence the same rights, freedoms and equality, we shall give the same to you. That I promise.
I sincerely hope that we can work together to create a nation as free, or freer than the GDR was."

[king of cochin]

[quote name='Lynneth' timestamp='1281637471' post='2412951']
"Just as we have respected all cultures within the GDR's sphere of influence, we'll respect yours. Just as we've given all cultures in the GDR's sphere of influence the same rights, freedoms and equality, we shall give the same to you. That I promise.
I sincerely hope that we can work together to create a nation as free, or freer than the GDR was."
[/quote]

"In that case we happily relinquish sovereignty of Lanka to you. Now there are certain technical issues that would need to be sorted out. Ever since we annexed Lanka we have been conducting a massive development program in Lanka principal amongst which is the Sethu Samduram Bridge Project to connect Indian Subctontinent with Lanka. We hope this would not be disrupted? This bridge could prove to be a tool for long term prosperity and cultural relations between the people of the regions. This bridge could also serve as a vital trade link between our nations.

The Royal Cochin Defense Forces also has several garrisons and bases in Lanka, principally around Batticaloa, Hambantota and Galle including the major Royal Cochin Naval Base Hambantota. We would require some time to redeploy them all back to the Kingdom.

As an aside, we hope that you would not cede this territory or its parts thereof to any third party nation as long as the Kingdom exists? We fear for the fate of our brothers in Lanka if any dystopic nation such as Andonia establishes governance over these lands. It would also be a considerable threat to our national security," Kerala Varma said

[Lynneth]

[quote name='king of cochin' timestamp='1281637993' post='2412966']
"In that case we happily relinquish sovereignty of Lanka to you. Now there are certain technical issues that would need to be sorted out. Ever since we annexed Lanka we have been conducting a massive development program in Lanka principal amongst which is the Sethu Samduram Bridge Project to connect Indian Subctontinent with Lanka. We hope this would not be disrupted? This bridge could prove to be a tool for long term prosperity and cultural relations between the people of the regions. This bridge could also serve as a vital trade link between our nations.

The Royal Cochin Defense Forces also has several garrisons and bases in Lanka, principally around Batticaloa, Hambantota and Galle including the major Royal Cochin Naval Base Hambantota. We would require some time to redeploy them all back to the Kingdom.

As an aside, we hope that you would not cede this territory or its parts thereof to any third party nation as long as the Kingdom exists? We fear for the fate of our brothers in Lanka if any dystopic nation such as Andonia establishes governance over these lands. It would also be a considerable threat to our national security," Kerala Varma said
[/quote]
"The bridge we'll gladly build together with you, of course. There is no reason for its construction to be interrupted.
Regarding your troops, take your time. Withdrawing them orderly and slowly as doing the same hastily and without organisation.
Ceding the land to another nation is of course out of the question. We don't wish anyone living on these lands to potentially come under dystopic or oppressive-fascist nations.

There is something else that I'd like to discuss with you after we have cleared everything regarding the new government. It has to do with the Launch Loop. I'll give you further details once we're done with everything else."

[king of cochin]

[quote name='Lynneth' timestamp='1281639150' post='2412996']
"The bridge we'll gladly build together with you, of course. There is no reason for its construction to be interrupted.
Regarding your troops, take your time. Withdrawing them orderly and slowly as doing the same hastily and without organisation.
Ceding the land to another nation is of course out of the question. We don't wish anyone living on these lands to potentially come under dystopic or oppressive-fascist nations.

There is something else that I'd like to discuss with you after we have cleared everything regarding the new government. It has to do with the Launch Loop. I'll give you further details once we're done with everything else."
[/quote]

"The Equatorial Launch Loop at SLC Maldives? Hmm. Very well. Would you be interested in any specialized diplomatic treaties that could be signed during the transfer of sovereignty? After all as neighbors it would be best for us to cement our relationships in strength from the advent itself. Have you decided on the name of your nation?," Kerala Varma asked.

[Lynneth]

[quote name='king of cochin' timestamp='1281639485' post='2413002']
"The Equatorial Launch Loop at SLC Maldives? Hmm. Very well. Would you be interested in any specialized diplomatic treaties that could be signed during the transfer of sovereignty? After all as neighbors it would be best for us to cement our relationships in strength from the advent itself. Have you decided on the name of your nation?," Kerala Varma asked.
[/quote]
"That Launch Loop, yes. And it would certainly be a possibility to sign such a treaty. I'm thinking one of optional defense should be the very least to be signed.
Regarding a name...That is to be decided, but currently, we are leaning towards the traditional name: Sri Lanka. The exact form of government will most likely lean towards a Republic."

[king of cochin]

[quote name='Lynneth' timestamp='1281640942' post='2413035']
"That Launch Loop, yes. And it would certainly be a possibility to sign such a treaty. I'm thinking one of optional defense should be the very least to be signed.
Regarding a name...That is to be decided, but currently, we are leaning towards the traditional name: Sri Lanka. The exact form of government will most likely lean towards a Republic."
[/quote]

"Very well, you are free to declare the nation whenever you want. We would be honored to sign an Optional Defense Pact with you with Preferential Trade Clauses. Rest assured you can always count on the Kingdom for any amount of help you want. Now if you would have a draft document we can make this official," Kerala Varma said.

[Lynneth]

[quote name='king of cochin' timestamp='1281641190' post='2413042']
"Very well, you are free to declare the nation whenever you want. We would be honored to sign an Optional Defense Pact with you with Preferential Trade Clauses. Rest assured you can always count on the Kingdom for any amount of help you want. Now if you would have a draft document we can make this official," Kerala Varma said.
[/quote]
"I in fact happent to have a draft ready."

[quote][center][u][size="5"]Treaty of Colombo[/size][/u]
Republic of Sri Lanka - Kingdom of Cochin Optional Defense Pact[/center]

Preamble:
We, the sovereign nations of the Kingdom of Cochin (KoC) and the Republic of Sri Lanka (RSL), in order to form a stable organization, ensure peace and security, and create a base for a history of friendship and trade relations do hereby establish this optional treaty of military and political cooperation.


Article 1-
Sovereignty-

Each of the nations bearing a signature on this treaty hereby declares that they will uphold the values and honor of said signatories’ sovereignty. They agree not to invade, interfere in internal affairs, or oppress the other signatory that partakes in this treaty.

Article 2-
Non-Aggression and Intelligence-

The governments of KoC and RSL agree to neither declare war nor send secret operations to de-stabilize the other signatory. If either nation has intelligence about a threat to the other signatory, it is their duty to inform them.

Article 3-
Optional Defense-

In the event either nation falls under attack, the other nation is encouraged, though not required, to come to its defense and declare war on the nation that attacked it.

Article 4-
Military Co-Operation-

Both nations agree to share military intelligence and have a united command center during war times. Weapons will be sold at 5% lesser prices. Military R&D may be shared if the nation leaders agree.

Article 5-
Economic Co-Operation-

Both nations agree to improve trade. They agree to have preferences over their products in the markets then other nation products. They agree to share the profits and import duties shall be cut by 5%-10%.

Article 6-
Cancellation-

This treaty can be cancelled by either party giving 72 hours notice to the other, upon agreement of both parties the 72 hours may be waived.

Signed for the Kingdom of Cochin,

Signed for the Republic of Sri Lanka,
[/quote]

"What do you think? It'll be signed once we have elected a President."

[king of cochin]

"This draft is acceptable to us, Ms. Sieger. I wholeheartedly sign this for Kingdom of Cochin in the hope for a long association as friends and allies," Kerala Varma said before signing the treaty.

[quote]Sd,

His Highness Kerala Varma,
The King of Cochin[/quote]

[Lynneth]

[quote name='king of cochin' timestamp='1281642613' post='2413092']
"This draft is acceptable to us, Ms. Sieger. I wholeheartedly sign this for Kingdom of Cochin in the hope for a long association as friends and allies," Kerala Varma said before signing the treaty.
[/quote]
"Well, now that this is out of the way, the Launch Loop...
You may not know it, but the GDR had been planning to establish at least one permanent outpost on Earth's satellite, Luna, to mine its resources.
As we have secured a majority, if not all of the old technologies, we'll be able to continue these plans, and perhaps expand them. However, to bring material into space at reasonable prices, one needs either a Space Elevator, or a Launch Loop, the latter of which is in fact cheaper over time.
I would thus ask whether Cochin and Sri Lanka can work together in aspects of space-exploration and the like in the future, once we have established an appropriate agency. This would include the use of the Launch Loop."

[king of cochin]

[quote name='Lynneth' timestamp='1281643669' post='2413132']
"Well, now that this is out of the way, the Launch Loop...
You may not know it, but the GDR had been planning to establish at least one permanent outpost on Earth's satellite, Luna, to mine its resources.
As we have secured a majority, if not all of the old technologies, we'll be able to continue these plans, and perhaps expand them. However, to bring material into space at reasonable prices, one needs either a Space Elevator, or a Launch Loop, the latter of which is in fact cheaper over time.
I would thus ask whether Cochin and Sri Lanka can work together in aspects of space-exploration and the like in the future, once we have established an appropriate agency. This would include the use of the Launch Loop."
[/quote]

"The Kingdom has always been grateful for the cooperation accorded by GDR and later VDL in sharing with us the services of Space Elevator. Thus we see no harm in continuing that history of association with you. An Equatorial Launch Loop is operating at Foamullah Island in Maldives, as the SLC Maldives. Apart from this we have conventional Space Launch Centers at SLC Dagring, SLC Thumba and SLC Sriharikota. We foresee great advantages in cooperating with you in this endeavor. The Equatorial Launch Loop and other launch capabilities like Skylon Orbital Transfer Vehicle, Pushpak Space Shuttle as well as our range of Heavy Lift Launch Rockets would be shared with Sri Lanka. We only hope that our own Space agency, Cochin Space Research Organization be able to benefit with association with the higher technology concepts of yours," Kerala Varma said.

[Lynneth]

[quote name='king of cochin' timestamp='1281644021' post='2413141']
"The Kingdom has always been grateful for the cooperation accorded by GDR and later VDL in sharing with us the services of Space Elevator. Thus we see no harm in continuing that history of association with you. An Equatorial Launch Loop is operating at Foamullah Island in Maldives, as the SLC Maldives. Apart from this we have conventional Space Launch Centers at SLC Dagring, SLC Thumba and SLC Sriharikota. We foresee great advantages in cooperating with you in this endeavor. The Equatorial Launch Loop and other launch capabilities like Skylon Orbital Transfer Vehicle, Pushpak Space Shuttle as well as our range of Heavy Lift Launch Rockets would be shared with Sri Lanka. We only hope that our own Space agency, Cochin Space Research Organization be able to benefit with association with the higher technology concepts of yours," Kerala Varma said.
[/quote]
"Mhm."
Laura nodded.
"Currently, we have three types of shuttles: [url="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/Lynneth_del_Serpentas/AE/CNRP/Military/Shuttle/The_Next_Endeavour_by_JamieTakahash.jpg"]Endeavour[/url], for Earth-Orbit transfer. It was the one used for landing at SLC Dagring.
The second type is the [url="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/Lynneth_del_Serpentas/AE/CNRP/Military/Shuttle/Pegasus_by_bagera3005.png"]Pegasus[/url] shuttle. We plan to use it for Orbit-Moon transfers.
The latest vessel is the [url="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/Lynneth_del_Serpentas/AE/CNRP/Bayern/GDR/Explorer-1.png"]Explorer[/url], of which we have only one. It is an extremely long-range spacecraft with a crew of 40 to 50. Its usual complement is an Endeavour shuttle, but that can be replaced to free space for cargo transport. The ship it roughly 200 meters long.
We also are currently planning a specialised transport vessel, which would be used to transport resources over large distances at cheap prices. Unfortunately, there are no blueprints available as of now.

I do hope very much that we both will benefit a lot from this cooperation."

[king of cochin]

[quote name='Lynneth' timestamp='1281645151' post='2413168']
"Mhm."
Laura nodded.
"Currently, we have three types of shuttles: [url="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/Lynneth_del_Serpentas/AE/CNRP/Military/Shuttle/The_Next_Endeavour_by_JamieTakahash.jpg"]Endeavour[/url], for Earth-Orbit transfer. It was the one used for landing at SLC Dagring.
The second type is the [url="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/Lynneth_del_Serpentas/AE/CNRP/Military/Shuttle/Pegasus_by_bagera3005.png"]Pegasus[/url] shuttle. We plan to use it for Orbit-Moon transfers.
The latest vessel is the [url="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/Lynneth_del_Serpentas/AE/CNRP/Bayern/GDR/Explorer-1.png"]Explorer[/url], of which we have only one. It is an extremely long-range spacecraft with a crew of 40 to 50. Its usual complement is an Endeavour shuttle, but that can be replaced to free space for cargo transport. The ship it roughly 200 meters long.
We also are currently planning a specialised transport vessel, which would be used to transport resources over large distances at cheap prices. Unfortunately, there are no blueprints available as of now.

I do hope very much that we both will benefit a lot from this cooperation."
[/quote]

"Truly ambitious technologies and truly worthy of a nation such as yours. Our Space Assets are far more conventional and of lower caliber, but then of course we hope that the cooperation would reflect on our own capabilities in the long term. Our own assets in Or bit include the Trisanku Space Station, Trisanku Annex, the Orbital Refueling Facility and the Dhruva Biosphere Project which is nearing completion. Although not at the scale of your technologies, we believe these can support your ventures on a smaller scale," Kerala Varma said.

[Lynneth]

[quote name='king of cochin' timestamp='1281704050' post='2414256']
"Truly ambitious technologies and truly worthy of a nation such as yours. Our Space Assets are far more conventional and of lower caliber, but then of course we hope that the cooperation would reflect on our own capabilities in the long term. Our own assets in Or bit include the Trisanku Space Station, Trisanku Annex, the Orbital Refueling Facility and the Dhruva Biosphere Project which is nearing completion. Although not at the scale of your technologies, we believe these can support your ventures on a smaller scale," Kerala Varma said.
[/quote]
"The essential part is easy ground-orbit transport of materials. Recent research has shown that the space elevator is much more expensive than a launch loop over time. If one does the math, the Elevator would cost more than 3,000 dollars per kilogram at a yearly payload of 2,000 metric tons. This is far too expensive to be economical.
Thus I'm glad that you've imitated the GDR's efforts to build a launch loop; The large version at 2,000 kilometers length should be capable of launching material into space at a mere 30 dollars per kilogram at up to 300,000 metric tons per year. For this, proper power plants are needed though, and I believe those you currently utilize aren't sufficient.
Please correct me if I'm wrong.

Anyways, as we've secured our important technologies via several paths, amongst them taking it with us to the space station and sending stealth bombers onto a west-southwest course to Madeira, we have full access to everything relevant. Luckily, even if we hadn't done this, everything would be in Estuaire as well, where Sostra is currently building a branch right above the relevant territory. Only to secure it and do some business over there.

At the moment, we're planning to re-establish a proper presence in space, meaning we need to start up a new space program. This has the second-highest priority at the moment, highest being the construction of enough homes for all the refugees coming in.
In the short term, we wish to re-establish supply runs to the Bismarck space station, which we'll rename.
In the medium term, we plan to establish at least one permanent outpost on the Moon. This includes mining operations, because there's plenty of materials abundant on the Moon, but rare on Earth.
In the long term...Well, we're still planning.

Cooperation can only help bring both of us further."