Tandi Protocol

The Tandi Protocol - named for the first foreign minister of the Antaran Empire, Milo Tandi - is a document established under the reign of Lucco I that remains a guideline for Imperial policy in the spheres of diplomacy and territorial expansion.

Diplomacy
It is standard policy for the Empire to exercise initial diplomatic efforts after first contact has been made in the interest of ascertaining as much information as is possible with regards to the background of the people or organization in question. Likewise, the Empire will seek to quietly gather as much information as is readily acquirable with regards to the military capabilities of the faction.

Past initial contact, and during the course of its fact-finding about the faction, Imperial diplomats will seek further information on the faction's current policies and objectives and determine the compatibility or lack thereof with Imperial policy and objectives. Once the relevant information has been gathered, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will begin to formulate a more coherent approach to the group.

Expansion
At all times during its regular operations, leads on open systems with potentially viable worlds are to be followed by the Grand Fleet with as much alacrity as is possible. Investigation of such claims is made usually by a fast, medium warship with a survey team aboard. Any system found unsettled and absent the presence of any known power results in the world with the best conditions for a settlement being visited by the surveying ship and a settlement ship being dispatched.

At least one to three warships will remain to protect the newly established settlement for a three-month period after initial setup.

Colonial Support
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