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Kalistani Republic
Premier Minister Acknowledges Deltaria's offer for support
Hopes Delatrian ships will weaken Blockade
Kaliburg, Ananto District
September 8, 3987


Premier Estevez, welcoming the Deltarian Detachment to Kalistan, and answering questions about Deltarian suppression of their recent slave revolt

The Indralan Blockade is slowly strangling the Kalistani Republic, but Kalistan got some welcomed news recently.  Deltaria has officially declared war on Indrala, and has committed six cruisers and a Battleship to the theater.  While experts in Kalistan doubt this will tip the scales against the Indralan Tortoise fleet, the assistance would certainly be welcomed by the LAFA fleet Kalistan is currently fielding.  The LAFAs have engaged the Indralan Navy for a year now, with only limited success.  While losing a total of 27 LAFA crew members in various strike maneuvers, Kalistan has scored a number of hits on various light military vessels in Kalistani Waters, and has taken a toll on the civilian commercial traffic that Indrala has attempted to protect.  Kalistan has sunk one freighter ship, and has crippled another on the high seas:  Most of the attacks have come at night, while the ships are at anchor. 

The Premier, Juan Carlos Estevez, welcomed the commitment of Deltarian ships to Kalistani waters. 

"Well, they have offered us a guarantee.  We happen to find their treatment of their slaves rather distasteful, and there will certainly be a time when they will have to answer to the world for the wanton destruction of human life.  But at the time, we are not in the position to look a gift horse in the mouth.  Upon the Arrival of the Deltarian detachment, we will coordinate our LAFA attacks around their superior fire power, and should see more success on the ocean."

Meanwhile, Kalistan's armed forces continue to dig into positions around the island.  Given an apparent focus on naval combat by Indrala, Kalistan's forces have had time to reinforce and resupply their positions on land, and will continue to standby in case a defense of the homeland is necessary. Said Milicent Grognard, Defense Minister, "We are absolutely ready for the Faded Empire should they decide to try anything funny.  We have focused defense on the Mainland, given the essential infrastructure which is located there-  the Partisans  have also taken up fortified positions in Ananto, and will coordinate efforts with the regular Army to defend the Island if that ever becomes necessary."  The Militia and the Regular forces are surprisingly absent from the streets of the main cities in Kalistan:  One reason is the need to carry on with life despite impending attack by the Indralan fleet.