Re: Azrain & the Peace Accord

Basil A. Daoust (daoust@ibm.net)
Fri, 10 Apr 1998 23:00:50 -0400

Rodgers, Robert wrote:
>
> Mr. Seehawk,
>
> You have, in my opinion, totally missed the point. Captain Arr informed
> the world of two things: The LoC told him to get out of Azrain, and
> that the LoC has garrisoned Azrain. You are correct in saying that they
> have the right to control their own cities, and if one of them were to
> land unannounced in one of my ports I would probably act similarly.
> Captain Arrr may dispute that right on the basis of past treaties, but
> that is not my concern.
>
> It is the second piece of information that is the issue. Some of us on
> Camaris, and by that I imply that this is not the PLATO leadership
> speaking, are quite concerned that an alliance that has acted in an
> unpredicatable and dishonorable matter in the recent past controls a
> port that is less than a month sailing from our shores. I have made my
> position clear on this issue, and several of my allies feel the same
> way. My dear Captain speaks of his motives, and for him they are valid.
> Mine are much more simple--I don't want these people to be in control of
> Azrain, and if they don't withdraw I am going to do something about it.
>
> Now, do I have the "right" to do this? That is a difficult question.
> If I were to decide that I no longer wanted you to control Drassa, and
> came along with enough forces to boot you out, I would, even in my own
> mind, not be "right" to do that. Drassa is on the other side of the
> world, and any activity there would be naked agression on my part.
> Azrain, though, is in my backyard. The only reason that I didn't settle
> there initially was the agressive and unfriendly tactics of the NE in
> the early game. Now, I consider it to be within the sphere of influence
> where I care what is going on, and I think I am within my rights to not
> want it to be under the control of a rogue alliance.
>
> I'll leave it to the lawyers to determine the fairness of these
> statements.
>
> Ming

Dear Ming,

by this very statement you give your threatened target equal rights
to attack your cities on
Camaris. They would only be doing it to protect themselves.

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