Helow the old iron pacts and my old alliances from the time of the lore wars are dead its tyme to look for fresh allies and you have been selected as a candidate i am admiral arkion serving as diplomant and would request and alliance from the IRON IMPERUM to the Empire of Thrawn and a peice of coincidence one of our ancient admirals was named
thrawn a brilliant tactical leader but was overtaken by the progress of technology and the growing world 
