What Marsden has not officially mentioned, of course, is that trade (and diplomatic) relations between Stellvia and Greenwood are unchanged, and same for relations between Greenwood and the US.
Unofficially, he fully endorses it, he's just having one of those "I want something from Washington, so must pretend to give a shit" months.
Remember, his response to the question of statehood and/or independence for Greenwood has always been, "not yet, wabbit..."
Caldwell, unfortunately, has outright orders to be a dick about it, and has less ability to dodge those orders than Dodge.
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Unofficially, he fully endorses it, he's just having one of those "I want something from Washington, so must pretend to give a shit" months.
Remember, his response to the question of statehood and/or independence for Greenwood has always been, "not yet, wabbit..."
Caldwell, unfortunately, has outright orders to be a dick about it, and has less ability to dodge those orders than Dodge.
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Sucrose Octanitrate.
Proof positive that with sufficient motivation, you can make anything explode.