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[h2][color=red][b]The Imperium of Hiron[/b][/color][/h2][/center]
[u][b]The Enemy of My Enemy[/b][/u]

While before the Imperium had maintained almost no communication with the warlords of Xiang, due mostly to the constantly shifting loyalties and strengths of the various warlords and lack of centralized command, the rather pragmatic Imperium and its Emperor began to take a closer look as the Meung started their 'expedition' into the Xiang lands. Reporters and scouts from the area seemed to lend some insight into Meung military tactics and successes as well as failures, with the Imperial high command thoroughly scrutinizing the mass assembly of irregulars. But that was less important than another precept: The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

As much as the Imperium had a significant distaste for the warlords of Xiang and held a quiet desire to conquer the savages and bring civilization and prosperity to her people, such a conquest would be years, if not decades away. In the immediate term, the Xiang Warlords stood against the Grand Kingdom of Meung, and that made them [i]useful[/i], if only temporary. And things that were useful, Dragon Emperor Ryugo Shuu valued.

Seeking to undermine the Meung position on the mainland, the Imperium thus sent out the diplomats Suno Iziro, the chief negotiator who had previously been sent to Meung and recently returned from there, Takana Takano, and Aizo Tsutto, and two translators capable of speaking the Xiang language(s) with an armed guard of eight Imperial soldiers as well as Colonels Tetsu and Eigoi, using the [i]TES Sakunosho[/i] once more, to a port in Du Nam. Colonels Tetsu were well versed in Kalpian methods of warfare as well some experimental Imperial doctrines.

Once in Du Nam, the diplomat, colonels, and guard would proceed to the warlords fighting the Meung to make an offer of the Imperium providing advisors to instruct their armies in the fight against Meung in exchange for some small monetary payments of a few million dollars. If accepted, the colonels would stay behind as an advance guard of advisors, in lieu of the provision of more. In reality, the Imperium was prepared to send the advisors for free, but would of course like to extract as much wealth as possible at the same time.

If the warlords accepted the advisors, Aizo Tsutto would return to the [i]TES Sakunosho[/i] with four guards to let the Imperium know of the acceptance, leaving Suno Iziro and Takana Takano with the translators, remaining guards, and colonels. The colonels would begin instructing the warlord armies and turning them from a ramshackle shitshow into something resembling a modern fighting force and possibly directly commanding their forces in battle should the warlords allow it. Suno Iziro and Takana Takano would proceed onwards with the remaining guard, seeking to negotiate between the warlords and unite them against their common enemy of the Meung.

If the warlords rejected the advisors, the colonels would return with Aizo to alert the Imperium, but Suno Izirio and Takana Takano would continue with their mission of attempting to unite the warlords against the Meung.

[hider=Summary]The Imperium sends a contingent of advisors and colonels to the Xiang Warlords with guard, offering immediate advisor help to their armies in exchange for as much currency as the negotiators can extract. Even if the warlords refuse the advisors, a number of diplomats are to stay and attempt to form cohesion among the warlords in the face of Meung aggression.[/hider]