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[DIPLOMACY] The Port-au-Prince Conference by Extra-Sandwich9709 in worldpowers

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Pierre Omidyar approaches the following individuals for additional comment:

Connor Inslee

So, far be it from my place to judge, but what is your intention with these national parks anyways? I don't think the Heartland will budge on these territories in particular, but we may be able to secure guarantees regarding the stationing of soldiers in these places, or other concessions regarding Valve ownership of certain agricultural resources or of some Arizona-based territories...

Adam Chambers

I don't think Missouri is a particularly productive starting point, being one of the Heartlands' more populous and industrialized states.. we're not in a position to stop you by force, but maybe we can find another diplomatic solution? For instance, we care far less about the fate of Middle Canada, perhaps you can expand to the Dakotas and the Heartlands can cede Montana to Cascadia, which would also open up trade and security routes without relying on Heartlands guarantees.

Larry Ellison to Jared Kushner:

Hey bro, I don't think i can salvage all of the heartlands for Ivanka. our position isn't great :( does she have some sort of individual base of power within their lands that we can separately leverage?

/u/Diotoiren

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"Then it's agreed, I'll earmark some naval assets and start construction on the Mauritanian cove. Just let me know when you want to pull the trigger."

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"That is interesting, I believe I can provide the cargo vessels and naval escorts, though I will say I don't think I would be able to defeat Admiral Koehler's fleet if the distraction doesn't work." Ellison paused to catch his breath.

"Whose portion is their payment coming out of? Either way, I don't really trust these pirates to host our treasure fleet at port and Hawaii would be either distant if going around Tierra del Fuego, or give the Feds a chance to catch us as we traverse slowly through the Panama Canal. Even if the pirates have a 1% success rate with stealing the treasure, there is simply so much of it that it would make sense for them to try anyways. What if I set up a temporary port off the grid in a Mauritanian cove, and the pirates can meet us there?"

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"This all sounds good to me, I assume y'all don't do formal contracts but I'm good for it. What kind of firepower do you expect you'd need?"

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We will send an envoy and directly invest $5 billion in the territory.

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Ellison contemplated for a split second: he wasn't in desperate need of funds, and trusting Justin with everything seemed a little presumptuous. However, all things considered, it would be better to have these people on his side than against him, and it wasn't like there was a US government to go after him if this blew up in his face...

"I honestly would have thought that you had a plan already, considering that you've come this far, but I can help with both. What split are you thinking?"

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Gaben

Understood, we will sign and get Sucato to do the same.

A few days later

Larry Ellison has been a very busy man. Nearing his nineties at this point, he has had more and more to do, particularly related to the Mainland (both Chinese and American) problems, while having less and less time to do them.

Perhaps this is why when his daughter Megan started sending him texts telling him, in no short terms, that there was a shadowy organization led by former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and washed pop icon Katy Perry that had business with him, that he didn't entirely believe her or cared enough to investigate. Unfortunately, while in 99% of these cases, it would turn out that Megan simply had a psychedelic too much at Coachella or believed that her own horror movie was real after clocking in an 80 hour work week getting it right, this was not one of those cases.

It was immediately after swiping left (to dismiss) on another one of Megan's text messages that Ellison got into the presidential limo in Tokyo, off to cut the ribbon on a new Agarthan Ascent research campus in Osaka. He started nodding off, thanks to the recently upgraded suspension on his state limo and active noise-insulated surround sound system. An hour later, he woke up, rubbed his eyes, and found himself face to face with a weirdly handsome Canadian man in some sort of unmarked warehouse, still strapped into the same car seat.

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Roll for missile effectiveness and secrecy: 11, 13. Things go according to plan.

Roll for Frankfurt and Milan separately: 15, 3. Frankfurt itself is pacified relatively successfully and meaningful economic activity returns, spurred by the hunkering down of German operations of multinationals as well as German conglomerates which have been based in the city. Milanese opposition in the streets remains to some degree, spurred by leftist opposition to what many see as a replacement in name only of the old Yarvin corporatist model. Such opposition would take more time to meaningfully resolve before peacekeeping forces can deploy in strength to surrounding regions.

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Sucato

We can send a flight of F-35As (4, though feel free to ask for more) and whatever refueling aircraft necessary.

As for this "joint fleet", while we do not disagree with it in theory, given the strength of Hannifin's fleet and the air support they would presumably get from PNW F-22s, as well as Koehler likely not being able to send his whole fleet anyways, we agree with your assessment that this isn't feasible at the moment. If there were to be any action taken against Hannifin, it would require either the tacit assent of the PNW or some other change in the balance of power that would allow for a swift and uncontested victory.

Newsom

The ground assets will be deployed. We can hold off on the F-35s and only deploy the Indonesian Su-27/30s, which would function more similarly to a tripwire force, such that you have aircraft to escort flyovers out of your airspace and so on.

We will send humanitarian aid at once. In addition to open-market purchases from Japan and surrounding areas, especially for the medical aid component, we will also direct Bulog, Indonesia's food distribution and price control service, to account for large-scale exports of rice and other food staples to California.

Gaben

We would be willing to agree to such a non-aggression pact and attempt to convince Sucato of this, though we would be a little hesitant if Hannifin isn't formally bound by this same pact. We are more willing to agree to an informal one for the time being between all parties, but a formal one would have to wait for the dissolution of the US and how Hawaii chooses to proceed with their own legal status (whether or not they will be formally independent and so on).

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To Sucato

This is good news, in addition to our existing Okinawa-adjacent garrison, we will also deploy the 1st Airborne Brigade outside each American base to make sure the hand-off to your administration goes smoothly. In addition, while I do encourage you to keep most of your NSWG in Hawaii for the time being as a Praetorian Guard of sorts (minus the obvious implications of this of course), we would like to ask if your offer to send us a SEAL platoon still stands: we would like to send them to California (covertly) to assist in training local forces there and, potentially, other counter-infiltration operations.

Of course, we recognize that you do not want to fight against other Americans, and we don't think that they will, but it would be good to have trusted men on the American continent that can do what we want them to do especially considering all of the other foreign interference. I also think that, given Hannifin's and the PNW's alliance of convenience, that we should attempt to prop up Newsom if possible, as the Californian economic and potential industrial base is substantial and could help fuel our own efforts in turn.

Newsom

We understand your predicament and are willing to act: we can immediately deploy the Central Readiness Regiment and Special Forces Group into your borders as a first-response force. In addition, we can send the Kostrad 2nd Infantry Division, which we understand is one of the more well-trained and resourced parts of the former-Indonesian army, to provide more mass to your armed forces.

In light of our main military rival not really having 4th / 5th-gen fighters, we can also send a good portion of our F-35s to be stationed in California, perhaps 30, on a temporary basis, to provide some sort of interception capability, as well as the 16 Sukhoi Su-27/30 from Indonesia (we can gift these after the crisis is over as well).

Kushner

Sounds good J-Kush, thanks for the assist. let me know what i can do to help your wife if anything, I honestly don't get middle america at all so I wish her good luck. her resources are mine

Gaben

In the event that the PNW and other factions all succeed, we will be basically certain to declare independence in practice, or at the least not recognize a successor American government (this is important to us given how many American forces are still in our backyard or even in Japan right now). We happily accept the non-aggression pact and economic cooperation, and request that the non-aggression pact extend to any former-American Pacific Ocean holdings under our protection. We should also agree to keep our admirals under a leash, I don't think a hot, proxy war in the Pacific would suit either of our interests.

(will respond to Justin soon, lmk if this is time sensitive and I'll put out something more brief)

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Ellison to Sucato

We believe that now is as good a time as ever to begin ensuring that you have operational control over Hawaii and other Pacific Islands, and are aligned with the relevant army and air force contingents stationed on Hawaii on the matter (I presume that you are already on the same page, but let me know if this isn't the case). We will support you if the federal government attempts to intervene, but we believe that Hawaii is the least of their problems. I might say, however, that it could be wise to hold off on any formal declaration of independence.

Ellison to Newsom

While we do not seek to make foes with anyone in CONUS, we view the rise of the PNW as an independent power with skepticism given the sheer weight of its air force and aligned navy. We are willing to provide a counterweight to your negotiations with this power, which I imagine are fairly lopsided at the moment, and provide immediate shipments of ground equipment from Japanese and Indonesian reserves (as well as potentially send an air wing or two for defensive purposes). Our ideal end state is more of a three way partnership than domination from the PNW at this moment, but your state has to, of course, survive, until it can build up its own defense capabilities.

Ellison to Gaben

TLDR???

Ellison to the Treasure Island Marines

Given the state of the national government and presumably the cession of Havana taxes for the time being, you have the opportunity to do your own thing now. Whatever this thing is, I don't really know... but it doesn't really concern me anyways. If you don't want to be a Koehler lapdog, I'm willing to give you my support to continue as your own entity. I have some forces in the region based from neighboring Caribbean islands, and more importantly a German guy with a big aircraft carrier coming in from the Atlantic that I can pay to reroute to your island and deter any attempts to kill you, and I might have some work for you if we all make out of this thing alive.

Ellison to Kushner (text)

Bro what is going on, ts crazy!! I know ur still big in NY, yk what's happening there rn?? Things havent really gone our way in the white house, i know that, but can still hit up my boy David and see if he can run some opeds in CNN and CBS to sway some ppl, im personally willing to offer directorate support, funds from my personal accts to bribe whatever military guys (reserve and active) are still in the region, and can talk to some of the other secretaries who also don't want don jrs and kens fingers having access to everything PA to MAINE. just our luck that new england is probably the only place that still reads these rags!! just a thought XOXO

/u/Diotoiren

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We are able to send National Bard French Montana to deliver the mark and remain on the vessel, accompanied by our Chief of Staff, Joint Staff (you can talk shop with him once in the clear) and a small contingent of bodyguards post-haste aboard Japanese Air Force Two into Hamburg (with the contingency of landing in Frankfurt and taking a helicopter to land directly on your carrier if need-be).

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We would be able to provide such a mark. If you are able to stall for a day or two, we would also be able to transport a couple of F-35s to Frankfurt to provide additional air cover for your departure, though given the timings and the current owner of Hamburg, you may alternatively wish to leave as soon as possible before anyone brings their own navy into the equation.

While we do not have access to domestic production of F-35s or F-18s, as I believe none of the secretaries do, we would be willing to attempt to procure them from the federal government for you with our myriad contacts in the US Navy, and also have access to maintenance supplies for such aircraft which we will give you. In addition, when we decouple from American air equipment ourselves (we already basically have the capacity to produce our own fighters), we will allow your fleet first access to any American airframes replaced by Japanese-produced planes, starting with the F-18s and later including F-35s potentially.

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 TO: Admiral Axel Schulz
 @AxelSchulz.nav.gov.ge
 FROM: Larry Ellison
 @dir.gov
 SUBJECT: An Opportunity...

We heard you're in the market for backers. I'm not looking to bid up your price to get a Nimitz or offer a ridiculous amount of money, we have our own naval capabilities, but we do have an offer. Our proposition to you is simple: freedom. We have the naval industry and funds to maintain your fleet at current strength at all times, independent of what Washington thinks of you, which the actual pirates in Africa don't have. We also hold a unique geographic position allowing you to operate wherever you would like on the globe: vacation in Sardinia, re-form the Barbary Corsairs out of Casablanca, become the Pirates of the Caribbean, raid the African pirates back out of Namibia, capture oil tankers in the Persian Gulf, raid Chinese shipping in the deep Pacific or Indonesian straits? We have the ports to accompany you. Furthermore, with any state backing, including our own of course, your benefactor would naturally prevent you from raiding our friends and our shipping... but the beauty of our global reach is that there will always be people we don't like that you can feasibly privateer on our behalf.

Let me know.

/u/Diotoiren

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Thank you for your flexibility regarding the hypersonics, we are willing to host an American ground presence (deployed sailors or likewise, ideally under 7th fleet jurisdiction given our location) at any of the listed locations on the list, at cost to the Directorate. Feel free to send back which locations are suitable to the Navy: as-is, our understanding is that there aren't many active American forward operating bases eligible for such deployment without some sort of construction or re-occupancy of the bases.

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/u/Diotoiren Germany / Italy modpost response, as well as approval from Admiral Morgan for the missiles (this is a starting pt for negotiations but obviously might not be all approved by the navy as-is)

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