The Commenor Mandalore Connection

[RC 212]

CSA Space
Orbit of Commennor

[member="Lady Kay"] :: -OR- Any CSA Diplomats


A single Jast Whisperlite Shuttle flanked by two larger Jast 3's emerged from hypserspace. A small tear in the fabric of the space itself opened up, spitting them out. Above Commenor the alarms would be going off, but this was no armed escort. She'd had the vessels Mandalorian Empire Sigil toned down so as not to alarm the Denizens of the Commenor Systems Alliance.

From the cockpit she watched, a cup of Caf in her hand as they drew closer. Behind her only a small security detail of two Super Commandos, decked out in their armor, but helmets removed. Both from Australis.

"Ma'am we are entering the sensor range of Commenor."

She took a sip and nodded, running a hand through her sandy colored waves of hair.

"Excellent. Begin broadcasting our Diplomatic IFF and request a landing pad."

"Aye Ma'am."

She cast an eye back at the two Commandos. Talson and Kerry they were called. Borhter and sister, prone to bickering. One picked their nails with a knife, crushgaunts set to the side while the other leaned back smoking a deathstick. She didn't chortle them. They were here by her request and she pretty much let them do whatever.

"You two ready?"

"Ready as we'll ever be I guess. Rather be gutting folks on a battlefield."

"Can't gut everyone." She replied, leaning over the seat and peering through the viewport with squinted eyes.

"We can gut anyone we like. Mando's are famous for it. What's a Morrellian girl know about Mandalorian Culture anyways."

She grinned and shot a wry glance back at the two.

"Exceptional at war. Recent Civil war, problems reintegrating the Force Users back into your society. Strong Leadership skills. Great athletes, family type folk. But I do know one thing. With so large an Army and so few actual plot-table acres on Mandalore, food is scarce."

"We can hunt."

"Yea but you can't fight a crusade without supply lines. And let me tell ya," She said, smiling.

"Commenors got her fingers in every supply line there is."

"Hailing freqs are open, requesting landing now."

She nodded.

"Chance I can get one of those deathsticks?"

Kerry glanced up surprised.

"You smoke?"

"Used to be a peasant working a street stall. Of course I smoke."

 

[Kay-Larr]

"Sir? We've got an incoming diplomatic vessel requestion permission to land in a place of our choosing."

"Where are they from?"

"Mandalorian Empire it looks like."

"Again? Must be new to the fold. Give them the co-ordinates to their Embassy's landing pad. I'll let the Lady know."

"Yes sir." The co-ordinates were dispatched. The young officer wasn't so sure about this. Weren't they aware of their Embassy? Whatever the case, the Mandalorians had their own people there to prevent trouble.

Minutes later Kay was notified. She was busy in her map room. Focusing on what was going on elsewhere helped to keep her mind occupied with something other than her husband's trial. And now here was something else. "Yasha didn't tell me that she was sending anyone..." She spoke out loud to herself. Maybe it was something in cpnversation that she had missed during her last visit with [member="Yasha Mantis"] . Of course the young leader was pregnant. Perhaps she was now forbidden to travel.

Kay left the map room with her assistant and Head of the House, Olivia already waiting for her. "I'm getting a transpprt ready, my Lady. And here's your datapad and one of your favourite tea sets." Indeed they were her favourite, made all the more special with their ability to detect Force Use. "Shall I fetch your umbrella as well?"

"No thanks, Olivia. These will be fine." She took the datapad and tea set in hand, tucking the former under her arm while she walked to the foyer. "Let's hope that they bring us good news."

In no time at all she was outside and stepping into a transport to take her to the Mandalorian Embassy.

[member="Serrena Chiz"]

 

[RC 212]

[member="Lady Kay"]

"We have an Embassy here? I was not apprised."

"Yeah well there's a lot of things that kinda fell to the wayside with current conflict. but yea for the most part we got an embassy here. Kinda run down and relations are practically Zero."

She nodded.

"Excellent."

The Aide withing the control room raised an eyerbow.

"How so?"

"It's a fresh slate, though I'll have to dig a bit deeper. Where are we meeting?"

"Second room on the left."

She nodded and took her leave, strolling into the room and taking a seat. She wasn't used to any of this, but she'd soon be. Morrellia had never maintained an Embassies, nor extra galactic ties beyond local borders....

 

[Kay-Larr]

Kay was brought to the Mandalorian Embassy with a couple of her guards in tow. They wore their uniforms, instead of armour like most would. Commenor wasn't at war, afterall. She exited her transport, tea in hand. It was nice to see activity here again. Hopefully it'd be good for everyone. Commenor was a place of peace. Unlike the failed attempts by others to have the biggest players in the Galaxy come together in the same place, they had managed to do so here. The big difference however was that Kay was sure that the leaders weren't on Commenor at the same time.

She walked to the designated room and smiled, bowing her head as she looked to [member="Serrena Chiz"] and her aides. "Welcome to Commenor. To what do we owe the honour?" Hopefully everything was alright with Yasha. But more than likely she'd hear from [member="Gray Raxis"] or [member="Baiko no Kaho"] if they weren't.

 

[RC 212]

[member="Lady Kay"]

Serrena rose and delivered a curt bow.

"Your Highness. A pleasure to meet you. I'm Serrena Chiz, diplomat to the Mandalorian Empire."

She waved to the chair.

"Please be comfortable. The topic of business today is a little get to know you action and of course some negotiating a deal, if you're game for it."

She wasn't the savviest when it came to protocol. but she knew how to be relaxed. Which was more than most Diplomats could say for themselves.

"Excuse the look of this place too. I had no idea we even had an Embassy."

 

[Kay-Larr]

Kay sat herself down at the table, placing her tea in front of her while [member="Serrena Chiz"] introduced herself and let her know about the purpose of the visit.

No bad news. That was good.

She smiled a little, glancing around at the room. "Oh not to worry. Clan Raxis is supposed to tend to it as well. But since I'm now the only member of it living here, I guess that it fell on me to look after this place. So it's partly my fault that it got a little dusty."

Kay leaned back in her chair. "So tell me a bit about yourself, if you don't mind."

 

[RC 212]

[member="Lady Kay"]

"Me?" She replied, a bit surprised. No one really cared about Diplomats after all. Not in todays Galaxy.

"Well your excellency, born on Morrellia to a Peasant family. Got into sales to make a living. Mostly street stuff. After that got some creds together and ground my way up until I could get the hell out of there."

She paused and lit a smoke.

"I worked as the Diplomatic Aid and then Chief Diplomat of Morrellia before it fell into the Sith fold. Left after the Silvers left."

"Now I'm here. Your turn."

 

[Kay-Larr]

Kay smiled at the sudden surprise that [member="Serrena Chiz"] displayed over her being asked about herself. She didn't want all of the attention on her and as this was supposed to be a get-to-know-you meeting, it just made sense to ask.

She wasn't surpirsed at all to hear that Serrena rose to the top instead of being born into it. Her mannerisms suggested as much.

"Well I was given up for adoption at a young age, though I was never adopted. I went to school, did some travelling. Became a Senator and got married for a short time. I was widowed after three years. After that I spent the last decade going in and out of politics, rescuing slaves and fighting the Hutt Cartel. Before the Republic fell during the Crusades, I was elected President of Commenor. Not long afterwards the Elders that ruled here had died, leaving me to take their place. I've been Queen ever since. Married for the second time, gave birth to twins and have grown my own little Empire, one built with safety and prosperity in mind. Neutrality is the key to that."

 

[RC 212]

[member="Lady Kay"]

Serrena nodded.

"I'd agree with that. From what I understand the CSA has weathered quite a few storms as well as neighbors."

Her aides came to whisper something to her, but she stopped them and shook her head.

"Give us the room."

"Ma'am, you sre about this?"

"Yes. Wait outside."

...

Boots clicking marked their passage through the doors and now she was alone on her end of the table. She took another drag of the smoke and let it release.

"Let's get into some details then? As far as I understand your background is with Clan Raxis who, honestly have quite the checkered past. Regardless we aren't here to discuss that. I was sent to broker a Free Trade Agreement, but first the Prologue.

As far as I understand, recently the King Committed treason and is on trial. You Minister of Defense and another of the Raxis house have an ongoing feud, and she may have committed treason against an ally herself. In addition your neighbors the Alliance are dangerously on the edge of a Coup led by the Corsucant First fanatics. The First Order has been chipping away their southern borders."

She paused, and inhaled then exhaled, finishing the smoke.

"Your closest Ally in the region the Free Worlds has just undergone a catastrophic collapse, and left a Power Vacuum in the Core. The Sith are launching an all out Campaign towards the core. No doubt aiming to sweep back Coruscant. Is there anyhting else as far as regional issues I've missed?"

 

[Kay-Larr]

Kay nodded in agreement. They had certainly been kept out of the Galaxy's conflicts. People needed safety.

A brow was raised as the aides were excused from the room by [member="Serrena Chiz"] . What is it that was to be discussed without their presence? She picked up her tea and had a sip while Serrena began to speak once the two of them were alone.

Some of what she had said, Kay was well aware of. Yet there were other situations that she was not yet up to speed on. Of course she had plenty of distractions, and her government was a bit isolated from others as well. "Former King...Veiere relinquished the crown before his attack on Deneba. I was also unaware of a coupe underway on Coruscant."

As for the Free Worlds, they may have been the closest foreign government to Commenor by region, they were not the CSA's closest ally. None had been more generous to the CSA than the Galactic Empire. "The Sith are moving towards the Core? That...doesn't surprise me to hear. I'm sure that both the Silvers and the Alliance will slow down or put a stop to that." Maybe even the Republic Remnant too.

Yet Kay wasn't planning on talking about what everyone else was doing. Nor was she wanting to have to answer to others about her husband and former Military of Defence, both of which had made grave errors in judgement. So she changed the topic back to the initial one. "What would your trade agreement entail? Family or not, I cannot offer any more than what I have done for other governments if I am to keep our stance of neutrality."

 

[RC 212]

[member="Lady Kay"]

"Excellent. Then what has been offered to your other callers?" She asked, keeping her head cool.

 

[Kay-Larr]

Short and too the point. Sometimes that was the best thing. "We have a fifteen percent tariff on goods coming in. No more, no less. There is a list of items that aren't permitted through our borders, mostly illegal things like spice and slave trafficking. All shipments moving through our territories are protected along the routes and shipments are subject to random inspections."

Pretty straightforward. Whether or not it was something that [member="Serrena Chiz"] found to be reasonable remained to be seen.

 

[RC 212]

[member="Lady Kay"]

She nodded and then took a sip of the Tea that Kay's aid had brought. It was earthy, and she appreciated that.

"Nice tea by the way. And of course, one could only expect a certain amount of civility regarding goods and their procurement. I have a counter offer to that. Mand'Alor the Infernal is very interested to open up a Free Trade Agreement. Mostly in the aspect that we are trying to rebuild our Economy and Society after Ra's antics and the Civil war."

She paused, and took another sip.

"We'd be willing to match a zero percent tariff on all goods, but with a cover. We'll charge fifteen percent tariffs, and then backchannel them through a rathole back to your coffers. If you'll do the same for us, we walk away richer and more prosperous and no one is the wiser. Your image of neutrality remains untarnished."

 

[Kay-Larr]

Kay nodded as [member="Serrena Chiz"] complimented the tea. Of course it was good tea. It was Sapir, one of the best. She was addicted to it, but more so as she used it as a crutch. It wasn't as though the tea itself had addicting properties.

Mand'Alor the Infernal. Is that what they were calling [member="Yasha Mantis"] ? It was hard to keep track. She was just used to...well, proper names. She nodded again to the remark of their economy needing to grow. It was why the CSA and others pitched in not only money, but the start up of construction and hiring of the locals so that they could rebuild their world on their own.

But more seemed to be needed. And given that she was sort of Yasha's aunt, meaning that she was family, well....she had to live up to that. "That's a compromise that I can accept. And we would still send our humanitarian aid at no cost. That won't change."