Subject: Alliance
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 1998 13:11:04 -0400
From: Jim Bell (Valesh) to Shadow Fleet

Dark Lords
As a small Centauri ship (the Valash) my life is not long in this space. I will aid the shadow cause by closing with the Whitestar and then attempting to destroy the Vorlon hybrid. This should indicate that the house of Morluc is willing to die for the Dark Lords cause.
Though the Narn energy mines are going to be deadly, I can't get there as fast to destroy the enemies of the empire.
Capt. Kaloc of House Morluc

This is Capt Kaloc of the House Morluc, I will act as your advance guard by slowing by 2 and vectoring toward the Earthers while rotating slightly to the shadow ships. I will then observe the actions of the enemy fleets and re-evaluate my position.

Alien ships, this is the Centauri Republic Battlecruiser Past Glories, state your intentions.

Centauri Captain, this is Earth Force Captain Matthew Moore aboard the EAS Harpy. Well met. Our intentions here are mostly to deal with these strange aliens. We have little data on their capabilities, and fear that they may be able to singly overwhelm any of the other forces present.

Therefore, we propose a cease fire between our two forces to deal with this other threat. Are you agreeable?

Captain Kaloc,

Your offer is acceptable. I'm sure that the Emperor will be pleased to know that with your capable leadership and superior technology, you were able to defeat more numerous and dangerous foes. As the sole survivor (assuming), you alone will reap the glory of victory.

Ei'do'lon

A small, private shuttle of Centauri design immerges from the nearby jumpgate and plots a course to your vessel. As it approaches, you are hailed. "Centauri battlecruiser, I have a representative of one of the nearby fleets who wishes to speak with the Lord Captain."
Should you allow the shuttle to approach, it aligns with your docking bay and lands without incident. The representative is shown to the Lord Captain's ready room where you await him. "Good day, Captain," the attractive, well-dressed human says. "I have an offer from my associates in the large, black ships. Since time is short and our goals are limited, I'll dispense with the usual "What do you want?" and offer this: Join us and survive this battle. I doubt you'll get such an offer from the Narns, and Earthforce is in no position to guarantee your safety. I'm sure that the Emperor would be pleased to receive the Captain who destroyed two Narn vessels, two Earthforce vessels and a Whitestar. Well captain, what do you say?"

A small, private shuttle of Earth design immerges from the nearby jumpgate and plots a course to your vessel. As it approaches, you are hailed. "Earthforce destroyer, I have a representative of one of the nearby fleets who wishes to speak with the Captain."
Should you allow the shuttle to approach, it aligns with your docking bay and lands without incident. The representative is shown to the Captain's ready room where you await him. "Good day, Captain," the attractive, well-dressed human says. "I have an offer from my associates, in the large, black ships. Since time is short and our goals are limited, I'll dispense with the usual "What do you want?" and offer this: Join us and survive this battle. The Centauri will be too busy dealing with the Narns and the Narns are in no position to bargain. I'm sure the Earthforce leadership would be very willing to bestow a general's star on a captain who defeated a superior force of aggressive Narn and Centauri vessels. Well captain, what do you say?"

Narn Captain,

A small, private shuttle of Narn design immerges from the nearby jumpgate and plots a course to your vessel. As it approaches, you are hailed. "Narn cruiser, I have a representative of one of the nearby fleets who wishes to speak with the Warmaster."
Should you allow the shuttle to approach, it aligns with your docking bay and lands without incident. The representative is shown to the Warmaster's ready room where you await him.
"Good day, Captain," the attractive, well-dressed human says. "I have an offer from my associates, in the large, black ships. Since time is short and our goals are limited, I'll dispense with the usual _What do you want?_ and offer this: Join us and survive this battle. The Centauri will undoubtably be going after you and the Earthforce vessels will likely be recruited by the Centauri to deal with us. If we turn the tables on the Centauri and help you crush them and the Earthforce, the K'hari will reward you well.
Well Warmaster, what do you say?"

Well sirs. I'm not sure I speak for the Captains of the other Earth Force ships, but I am wary of your offer. What assurances can you give us of your intentions? And what guarantee that after the Narn and Centauri forces are dispatched that you will not in turn turn upon out forces, and leave yourself the sole survivor of this meeting?

Captain, we can offer no guarantees, anymore that you could guarantee your own good faith. Judge then by our actions and decide for yourself. But judge quickly, we can't guarantee your safety unless we have some understanding.

And when the Centauri and Narn vessels are burning hulks, what will stop us from turning on you? Why would we destroy that which we have worked so hard to create? The Narns are weak and the Centauri have grown decadent and must be removed to make way for the future. Now is the time for humanity to take the next step in evolution.

DEATH TO THE CENTAURI.

reply to shadow agent,

We will take what you suggest under consideration. However, the fact that the shadows killed all of the mind walkers during the time of G'Quan, does not lead us to trust you. We will not fire on you, but we will take a defensive posture. The Centauri are already dead in our eyes, if you offer alliance with them, you will be dead as well. So your life is in your own hands, attack us and you will be killed, leave us alone and we will not bother with you. Now get off my ship and take you little hidden friends with you. Any shadow agents on my ship in 15 standard minutes will be killed.

From: Narn Battlecruiser G'Quaneth
To: Centauri Ships

Consider this day to be a partial pay back for what you did to our world. Do not expect to hide behind the skirts of your Shadow Masters.

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Subject: Hailing Earth Ships
Date: Fri, 07 Aug 1998 18:21:53 -0700
From: Scott Jaqua (G'Quaneth) to Earthforce fleet.

From: Commander Narn Battle cruiser G'Quaneth
To: Commander Earth Alliance Task Force
Re: Alliance

Commander,

Please accept our assurances that we mean you no harm. We have but one score to settle this day. The Centauri will not be be alive come days end. I should hope that you have given up on your nonaggression treaty with the Centauri, forced on you by the traitor president Clark. I propose that you join us in the destruction of the Centauri. In return we will support any bid you make against the Shadows. In this way will both master and puppet be destroyed.

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