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Commodore Derialt took a moment to consider the proposals outlined in the treaty, absentmindedly flipping his pen end over end on the table as he did so. "Excuse me for a moment," he said, standing and walking over to the corner of the room to place a call.

He returned to the table after a few moments of quiet discussion over the FTL comm unit. "While Enceladus is prepared to accept the other articles of the treaty, we too, take issue with Articles III and IV - those which mandate our participation in a collective defence agreement. We have no wish to be pulled into a war against any nation which does not directly threaten us or our interests. Furthermore, even with the acceptance of the offered 10% of the PCCU land holdings on Caelmare, we will still have comparatively little investment in this world relative to many of the other nations involved in this treaty. Therefore, it would be unreasonable to expect us to hold equal responsibility for the defence of this planet."