From: Matthew J. Burns To: The Nogitsune Subject: Business
Mr. Shiro.
I am Minister Burns of the Republican Provisional Assembly. I am also the administrator of Connacht Depot, our refinery installation.
You will be glad to know that despite reservations, the Assembly has agreed to grant you the right to purchase gold from our refinery -- assuming you are negotiating on your own behalf and not that of a larger organisation. Otherwise, we need to know if you intend to operate any more ships for this trade besides your own.
This accord comes with the expectation that you will provide our movement with certain supplies in exchange -- supplies that we may not have ready access to. If you are interested, we may also offer extra payment for delivering certain exotic items to us. You will be our guest while in Dublin, so please do not do anything that would make us withdraw from this agreement. I trust that will not be a problem.
It is a great pleasure to receive this message. And I want to assure you that my benefactors have nothing but the utmost respect for you and your fledgling state. I have been informed that there are currently no other plans to deploy transports other than the Nogitsune to Dublin for our business arrangements. Though, my employers have kept information sensitive like this compartmentalized in the past, and as such I can only speak on the matters I have been made aware of.
My benefactors within Kusari look forward to doing business with you, and view this as a very lucrative opportunity both parties. My ship should be more than capable of securing your 'exotic items', so long as they do not originate from Gallia or ports with a Bretonian police presence. Such parties are less than accommodating and doing business with those worlds and stations is impractical at best. Additionally I can confidently assure you of not only being able to supply your people with goods and materials to make your bases more comfortable, but also, shall we say more practical items as well. My benefactors have been able to secure docking clearance for Detroit Munitions, as one example. Muddling the manifests and associated paperwork is something my communications officer has some talent with, and assures me that these 'lost shipments' can be recovered and brought to a place where they will no doubt find some use.
We of course defer to your needs, provided your fine men and women are able to provide us a secure and discrete source of gold for my employers. I have instructed my crew to treat your men and women with the utmost respect, and we shall endeavor to make our transactions succinct and subtle.