"No contact with the Estates General on Arc-Royal is necessary at the moment; I have been given full authorization to provide information and intelligence. It is the latter that concerns me most. As you may know, our forces captured several clan bondsmen last month, and thanks to other, more discrete sources, we have been able to assemble a fairly good picture of clan intentions for the immediate future. As you know, the invaders have consolidated their forces, moving on Tamar last month, and currently against the FWL on Coventry. What directly troubles my government, however, is a third fleet gathering now for a move on Arc-Royal. Transmissions signed by the ilKhan, and passed along to Arc-Royal by certain sources, indicate that a smaller task force is to move on Arc-Royal itself in three weeks or so."
"Estimates indicate a possible 3-5 warships moving on our space. While this is a minor enough force in itself, Arc-Royal possesses only a single capital vessel, and we cannot hope to stop them alone. In essence, my call for cooperation is a cry for help. What we ask is that Lyran fleet assets gather, and oppose the clans at Arc-Royal. Let us do it ourselves; let it be a show of Lyran strength and unity to wash away the bickering of the last months. Although the force might be small by clan standards, a unified Lyran victory would be key for our own political purposes and would show all others that they cannot prey on our worlds without cost."
"In exchange, I can offer the full cooperation and integration of the Arc-Royal zone with the wider Commonwealth. In effect, our capitulation on claims to sovereign authority and submission to Tharkad. All we ask are that the representatives from Arc-Royal's Estates General not appointed under emergency powers be restored to their positions on Tharkad, and immunity from prosecution for our leadership. Those conditions being met, we would accept either Duke Kelswa-Steiner or the General of the Armies as Archon."
"I won't pretend that we don't ask this out of a certain panic, but there is enough to be gained as a whole for the Lyran people that I hope the offer nonetheless suits."
