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[h2][color=red][b]The Imperium of Hiron[/b][/color][/h2][/center]
[u][b]License to Kill[/b][/u]

Ambassador Renshou Iyogo sat sipping a cup of hot tea in the Hironese Embassy within Aetoria, reading one of the daily Tyrian newspapers. Most of it was filled with news about the progress of the war, particularly the bloody fighting on the Itheraen front. Outside a foggy closed window, people milled about in the snowy streets of Aetoria, trying to get on with their lives in the face of possible invasion by the Veletians in particular. Iyogo drew his suit more tightly against his body, trying to keep warm whilst wishing the Embassy had a series of fireplaces. In truth, it was a rather small office nestled away within the Tyrian capitol, not deemed to be of particular importance to the Imperium. The Imperium viewed the quality of most of its Embassies as non-vital, considering none of them handled sensitive matters that weren't public knowledge. The Hidden Arm was tasked with more clandestine issues, and its operating centers were absolutely secret.

Iyogo looked up lightly when a knock on his door drew his attention, followed by the voice of a young woman calling out, "Ambassador, we've received a communication from the Ministry."

Waving his hand to enter despite not being seen, Iyogo also grumbled a, "Bring it in."

The secretary entered, bowed, and then slid the communication to the Ambassador across his desk before awaiting further orders. Iyogo picked it up and took his time in reading the paper before deciding to tell the secretary, "Schedule an appointment with the Tyrians. I need to discuss the procurement of a license to produce Pragers with them." The woman bowed and quickly exited, moving to alert the Tyrians.

To detail it more closely, the Imperium was seeking to procure a license to produce Pragers for a period of ten years, ideally with the license costing around 5-10 million dollars. There was a very specific stipulation that the Ministry had ordered though: that the Ambassador word the eventual agreement such that the Imperium could hold the license but be allowed to negotiate with owners of foreign factories to produce Pragers purely for the Imperium's military. The specifics would, of course, be negotiated between the Imperium and the Tyrians shortly.

[u][b]An Imperial Machine Gun[/b][/u]

Across the world, another secretary strolled towards the CEO's office of Imperial Arms with an Imperial Decree in hand, written and signed by the Dragon Emperor himself. Imperial Arms was the foremost small arms company in the Imperium, and with the Model 1 undergoing final touches, would essentially be crowning itself as the foremost rifle company in the world. This capability was recognized by the Emperor, and it was a capability that he wished to have expanded to another category of weapon.

The woman knocked quietly on the office door, waiting a few minutes before the CEO, Tagano Abe, gave her permission to enter. Quickly bowing before entering the man's space, the secretary announced, "Sir, I have an Imperial Decree for you."

Abe's eyebrows raised for a moment as he rubbed his chin, "A Decree for me specifically? What does the Emperor want, I wonder. Let me have a look at it." Receiving the Decree, Abe opened it carefully, making sure not to tear the paper, "So the Emperor is ordering us to establish a division dedicated to researching and creating machine guns. We are being provided with ten Pragers to take a look at and carefully reverse engineer to create an understanding how these weapons work. He'll subsidize the division once the new budget is made... Very interesting."

Looking towards the woman, Abe asked simply, "Are the Pragers here?" She nodded and motioned towards the lower levels of the building, "Arrived with the courier, sir." Leaning back in his seat, the CEO waved her off after instructing the woman, "Write a letter thanking the Emperor for his order. Imperial Arms will get right on creating the division as soon as possible. I'll have our human resources conduct a search for the most qualified engineers and gunsmiths we can find to add to our ranks, and once the Model 1 is done, I'm sure Mazuki will find it a thrill to look at a Prager."

[hider=Summary]The Imperium has its Ambassador to the Tyro-Redanian Empire schedule an appointment to negotiate the procurement of a license to produce Pragers. The Imperium hopes to procure the license in such a way that it can be then be used by the Imperium to negotiate with foreign factory owners to produce Pragers specifically for the Imperium.

The Emperor also issues a Decree to Imperial Arms ordering it to establish a Machine Guns division whose entire goal is to research and create machine guns by first reverse engineering ten Pragers given to it, lending Imperial Arms a deepened understanding of the mechanics behind the weapons. The division's creation will be subsidized after the fact once the new budget is made.[/hider]