[Chris Blagdon]

Greetings apologies for being ... err .. late. The Artarian diplomatic core have been observing these discussions for some time. Owing to the length of time it takes to traverse the Galaxy in our woefully outdated ships I'm afraid our ambassador has only just arrived.

King Maximal ll sends everyone his best wishes. And also let it be known that he has dispatched a fleet to Thermolian territory to act as a potential peace keeping force. I know, I know the wars just started. But it will take them such a long time to get there one side or another will be sueing for peace by then.
I ask that all empires allow this fleet free passage.

Dont worry about us being unable to contact our fleet we have just installed a marvellous new device that we're calling a telephone. We also proudly announce that we are researching into a brand new device called a radiophone. Which will cancel the need for spooling all that cable out behind the ships.
We will be taking orders for both these exciting new technologies at our council embassy.
Yours truly Ambassaor Tosh.