VOTGW-2

=Chapter 2=
==Vignettes of the General War==
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Director-General,
I appreciate your notification of your intentions and your request for diplomatic and logistical support, but I regret that I must refuse, and further must caution you against pursuing any sort of agreement with the Capellan Confederation. 
It is deeply disconcerting that the Terran Hegemony should even consider any defense pact with the Confederation. The Capellans' actions during the Third Andurien War make it clear that they cannot and should not be trusted. Fundamentally, House Liao are opportunists who see generosity as a sign of weakness, and diplomacy as a tool of manipulation. It must never be forgotten that when offered generous terms to end the Third Andurien War, the Capellan Confederation instead attacked with their full force, leading to the death of our Captain General, another four years of fighting, and ultimately the scouring of five worlds by retreating Capellan troops. Let us also recall that this current conflict between the Capellans and Taurians is one of their own making, a result of atrocities committed by the Confederation against a vastly weaker opponent during the Rim War. I can see no legitimate reason for the Terran Hegemony to get involved in this internal matter playing out on our borders.
My father believed in you, sir. He believed in your vision of a unified, peaceful humanity, and it cost him and tens of thousands of innocents their lives at Capellan hands. Whatever reasons you put forward, the Free Worlds League will consider any joint operations or military treaties between the Terran Hegemony and the Capellan Confederation as a clear and present danger to the security of the Free Worlds League, and will act accordingly.
Respectfully,
Captain-General Marion Marik
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He let out another smile. "It should be a hell of a show."
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