Oyada
“Ahhhh, speculation…” Davidson found straight-up facts to be quite easy. There were things that needed to be said, and others best left unsaid of course, but that was simple to handle unless you started getting into white lies or ones of omission. That, obviously, was where matters became complicated. Now, speculation was even worse, especially considering his and Zhilra’s respective positions; he didn’t know what she would do is he started speculating on events, and didn’t know if he would phrase things correctly.
“You know, it’s easy to tell who around these parts finds themselves a touch irritated with them, but whether that irritation translates into actual votes for removal…weeell…that’s another thing entirely. See, Miss Zhilra, problem with speculation is that eventually you might start believing your own bullcrap, and then find yourself in front of the council making a fool of yourself. Or someone else runs with what you’ve said and then you’ve got a right mess on your hands…wouldn’t you agree?”
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Roania
Ordinarily Siri would have preferred to make her own travel arrangements, but at the insistence of her Vice Chairman, she begrudgingly allowed those responsibilities to be delegated to her staff. Her volatile and abrasive attitude towards diplomats would be akin to setting loose a bull in a china shop, especially when you’re making requests. Besides, it was far better for her to focus on rereading reports from her staff in the Grummian embassy on Rudan Prime and figuring out what point she wanted to get across with the Emperor than busying herself with other countries’ diplomatic staff.
Her staff had managed to clear the itinerary with the Solontian diplomatic corps without much of an issue; they were amenable to the reasoning the Grummians had put forth. After all, the Chairwoman intended to be heading to the Radiant Empire in an effort to bringing about some sort of peace, or at least bring back an understanding of this whole mess. Better to get the full picture before one acts. That was the diplomatic way, was it not? Ultimately, they negotiated transit of a single battlecruiser. No one wanted to be too disruptive of interstellar transit; they just wanted to essentially jump the line and get immediate access, and Siri’s personal flagship was far too large for this mode of transit. The two-way hypergates transported the ship from the surface of Earth to Solont, where a one-way orbital gate sent it to the Roanian home system.
Further, even though it was assumed that the Roanian ambassador would have done so just for intel reasons, the Grummian diplomatic staff gave essentially a heads up that the Chairwoman was intending to visit their Emperor within a day and making sure to point out that they were permitted to do so, according to the Emperor’s own hand. The intent was for there to be no surprises when her battlecruiser, the NGSS Kilimanjaro, dropped onto the edge of Rudan System.
Note: Cleared with Solont.
