Emergence

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1

Noi sat at her desk, looking out her window. Spread before her was the cast metropolis of Hikaruton. Towering spires filled with drones going about their daily buisness, the new construction of the Drakkengaurd immigrants, and the access tunnels to the Arkane tunnels all spread before her, baking in the mid day desert sun. She looked down at the paperwork piled in front of her, mostly foreign requests and reports from allies not hooked into the Hive. Noi hated paperwork, but she had let it pile up much to long. The populace grew worried of the encroaching violence on all sides of the relatively peaceful Pax borders. She sighed, remembering the past years when she would have sallied the union to war, forging the Hive’s strength through blood and iron. To her right was a small red phone, a remnant of the pre-hive times. She stared at it for a few minutes, noticing its well worn cradle.

‘How many conversations went through this handset over the decades?’ She thought to herself.

She picked up the handset and pressed a few buttons. Two lines connected almost immediately to the governments of the Free Pacific States and East Malaysia.

A simple statement was made, short and to the point.
“We need to talk. You are invited here, or we can meet elsewhere, but I would prefer to do it quickly.”

2

“Understood. I’ll come to you – I’ll leave today.” President Christopher Arctoris gingerly hung up the phone, then looked up at the room of quiet advisers in front of him. The group was normally anything but quiet, and indeed before the phone rang, several had been shouting over one another. But while Arctoris’ low poll numbers in the run-up to the election were of importance, any concern over that paled in comparison to the concern raised by a Pax call on the red line.

“Noi wants a meeting,” Arctoris finally said, “in person.” He held up his hand as several of the advisers began to object. “If the Pax wanted a war, they’d not begin by killing me.” The President laughed after a moment. “Honestly, given the way this election is going, that’d probably be the best thing for my numbers.”

Christopher Arctoris had run for President on the nationalist ticket, pledging to ensure the nation was properly defended to prevent another crisis like the Drone revolt. Arctoris had invested hundreds of billions of dollars in defense, getting the country ready to take on Packilvania. But no war ever came. Instead, the Pax became quieter and quieter, becoming increasingly less of a concern. Four years later, Arctoris looked the fool for spending so much, and for neglecting domestic issues. He looked set to lose the Blue House come November, the only question was to whom.

But for the moment, Arctoris was still the President. And so, an hour later, he was aboard Free Pacifican 1, reviewing intelligence reports as the 747 made its way across the Bay of Joy.

3

It was 47c by the time the plane had landed on a litte used runway. Two escorts were assigned to take Arctoris to Noi. They were both human, but heavily modified. It was a short time later that they all arrived at Noi’s offices. Nestled near the top of a Pax Spire, it was one of the tallest buildings in Hikaruton.

“Welcome to our desert paradise. I hope the heat doesn’t bother you.” Noi said as she took her seat at a round glass table covered in scattered reports. “I had hoped to have both of my guests at the same table, but it appears our third is preoccupied with other matters. It is no worry, I will get to them later.”

She gestured for Arctoris to be seated, and cleared a spot on the table. A map of the region appeared on it.

“I am sure you are aware of the state of our region.” She said gesturing to various spots on the map. “War is breaking out at an alarming pace. To the east, the southern hills are burning. Dveria and Listonia are poised to destroy countless lives. Someone has stolen particle cannons from Pax outposts.” She sighed and looked towards Arctoris. “Out of all of this, we have sat silently. It may be hard for the region to believe, but I have seen enough blood in my life. What the countless wars of conquest gained us in the past, peace and diplomacy have brought us tenfold. We doubled our planetary strength when we united with our brothers Drak.”

Noi stood and walked towards her window, gazing over the horizon.

“It is only a matter of time before war comes again. It is in in our backyards. I am sure you wish for peace as well.” She turned to Arctoris again. “The manilla envelope in front of you outlines a proposal for a lasting peace for the south. I plan to present the same to the Malaysians. I could have sent this to you via messenger, but I wanted to present my sincerity in this. If a lasting peace cannot be obtained by long time rivals as ourselves, then there is no hope for the region. I fear the military buildups would provoke the end wars.”

**Incredibly simplified contents of the envelope:

1: Military alliance proposal.
2: Citizen reciprocity proposal. (Pax citizens have free access to FPS as they would there own territories and vice versa)
3: If 2 in unnaceptable, then a transfer of Cuttersville to Pax dominion. Pax will renounce claims to Lyon and support its integration into the Free Pacific States.
4: Economic union proposal.
5: Proposal for joint condemnation of the ongoing conflicts in TEP

4

Prince Justin Jung was working in his mother’s office for the day, his new normal since she wanted him to have more responsibility and learn how to be a leader. He was vested with the power of a Emperor and could make any decision without his mother but he preferred to consult her on anything major.

Not much was going on but he was with a few cabinet members having a normal daily meeting when an ancient looking phone that was set on the desk started to ring. Everyone stopped and looked at it intently because it was a phone that no one ever expected to ring. It could only mean one thing… The Pax wanted to talk.

Justin took a deep breath and picked it up. He was shocked – it was Noi herself – and she wanted to meet in person. He went over that his mother was not in but he could meet her and would leave shortly then the line disconnected. He looked up at the cabinet member who were waiting a patiently as they could which caused him to inadvertently smile.

“No we’re not going to war but she, yes Noi herself called, and she wants to meet… right now. So I’m getting on Shuttle Craft One and going since I don’t want to disturb my mother in her studies.” Without another word he got up and left the room while they scrambled to contact their departments to have on standby.

Less than 10 minuets later Justin was in the air with two Imperial Guard escort ships that were only a little larger than a shuttle but had a crew of 15 each to meet with Noi. He could only wonder what Noi would wanted but he figured while they flew he could read confidential diplomatic observations and personal opinions written by his mother. She had written in detail about each meeting she had with Noi during her tenure as leader of The Pax and before she was the leader of the Hive.

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OOC: I will assume this is right after my current RP.

5

Christopher Arctoris raised an eyebrow, taking the envelope gingerly, and thumbing through its contents. He did his best to appear nonplussed, but in reality, he was sheerly shocked. Noi proposed an utter change to bilateral relations – indeed, an utter change to life as most Free Pacificans knew it. Not just an end to the cold war, but the beginning of a new alliance.

Many thoughts raced through the President’s mind. First, outrage. How could they dare to think that after 2006, there could be a military alliance? An open border? He’d fought and killed drones, and nearly died at their hand. Now he was supposed to take that same hand in friendship? Everything in him made him want to reject the deal outright, everything about the Pax purely disgusted him.

Yet a second thought soon came, opportunity. Arctoris faced almost certain defeat at the polls in November, and was viewed in most circles as the paranoid Paxite that lacked any real accomplishments. Ending his four year term by negotiating an end to the cold war, though – that’d be an accomplishment. The kind of accomplishment that’d utterly change the electoral landscape.

So the question ultimately became what Arctoris cared about more: his political fortunes or his personal beliefs. Realizing that this was the bottom line took the President about thirty seconds – but choosing between these two items took less than a second.

“I’m not sure all of this can be achieved overnight,” President Arctoris said, looking up at Noi, “but I am certainly welcome to it. Our two nations must let bygones be bygones, and seek to move forward in peace. We’ll need to see what the East Malaysians say, of course, but my thought immediately goes to the EPTO. Perhaps this organization could a new meaning as a new alliance between the Pax, the East Malaysians, the Free Pacific States, and any other nation interested in promoting peace and security in the region. Perhaps this, amongst other steps, could put us on the road to seeing all of this happen.”

Arctoris smiled. Not just because he meant what he said – but also, in the back of the mind, as he imagined the positive outcome of announcing this to the Free Pacifican public.

6

Noi smiled.

“Of course, I realize this will take a bit of time on your nations part.”

Noi paused.

“It seems the prince has arrived.” Noi said as Jung was led into the meeting room. “Welcome, I hope you can forgive the weather. It seems that the desert is trying to melt us all. I assume you have met Artoris. Please sit and bring yourself up to speed with the discusion had between the two of us.”

7

Justin smiled and nodded at President Arctoris and spoke to Noi. “I guess it is pretty hot outside which I don’t mind if I have a beach to cool off in. Anyway I can’t wait to see what brings us all together.” He took the package that was labeled for him and looked over the contents.

“Well this could be a pleasant surprise for sure,” he said he looked up at Noi while still looking through everything. “I can not say if I could go along with everything here but proposal four and five I can say right now I could go with hands down with a few minor stipulations. With the militarily alliance and citizen reciprocity… could you explain how that would work?”

8

“The military alliance would be standard for the region, containing mostly a formed defensive coalition to counter any emerging threats from the rest of the region. It would also contain provisions for offensive actions taken by the coalition in any areas of joint interest, such as quelling unrest in bordering states, etc…”

“The citizen reciprocity is something we think would benefit us all. It would eliminate all barriers of entry or exit for citizens of our respective nations. Essentially, a Pax drone entering East Malaysia would be treated as a Malaysion citizen, a FPS citizen crossing into the Pax Draconica would be given the same rights as a drone, etc… It would also eliminate barriers to citizens of any of our three nations from conducting trade. I can say, that it would also eliminate the necessity of assimilation to reside in the Pax Draconica.”