Origin: Bounty Hunters Guild Offices, Planet Houston, Texas | RESOLVING... | VERIFIED | Sender: Guildmaster John "Mephistoles" Marshall | RESOLVING... | VERIFIED | Data Input: Text Only, No Attachments Recipient: Deep Space Engineering
Subject: Customised Bison Purchase
To whom it may concern,
My name is John Marshall and I'm representing myself as a member of the Bounty Hunters Guild.
I'm in contact because I want to buy a Bison, and as the civilian producers of this ship you're the obvious port of call. There's always the second-hand market, but that's not going to cut it for me. I want one fresh off the line, and I'm asking for some changes to be made to the standard model to meet my needs.
Those needs are the secure transport of prisoners, and whatever assorted scum that has been collected, that need to be moved to or from a detainment facility safely. The sort of scum that The Guild collects while they hang around on the lanes for transports like DSE's to ambush. For this reason, I want to know what changes can be made to the cargo hold of a Bison to accommodate the most vile and dangerous that Sirius has to offer. About half of a standard hold would be enough, preferably sacrificing as little space as possible to hold onto the ability to shift additional non-breathing cargo.
Let me know what's possible here, and what needs to be done to make it reality. Credits are no obstacle.
Thank you for contacting Deep Space Engineering, for all your transport vessel needs. I would first like to congratulate you on your excellent selection, as the C5 "Bison" remains a leading choice in armored heavy transport for civilian and law enforcement duties alike.
While there do remain unscrupulous individuals utilizing improperly-equipped holds for sensitive cargo, you may be pleased to know that for centuries, there have been modular solutions to cargo storage to ensure the best containers befitting the goods are used every time, whether they are passengers, hazardous materials, gasses, liquids, or metals. Containers can be rapidly switched at any shipyard and most major ports. Unfortunately, we cannot make full assurances when third party containers are equipped, as is permitted with open CT-series transports. Sadly, lack of proper guarantees of safety and quality by others have contributed to the misconception that moving live and sensitive cargo via transport vessels is unsafe.
However, with the latest DSE manufactured vessels, you have the added benefit, security, and overall peace of mind from our proprietary storage solutions, with a wide selection of options tailored specifically with law-enforcement in mind, including fixed, tamper-proof holds for your specific mission. I suspect that this is what you are looking for. For a discerning customer, we can absolutely offer a premium fitting to seamlessly integrate necessary life support systems for live cargo and hardened storage for contraband, while still maintaining the same overall storage capacity, hull dimensions, reinforcement, and armament for a ship of its class.
If this interests you, I can put you in touch with a sales associate to work on the particulars. As part of our continuing commitment to customer service, you will also receive regular updates on the progress of your order to ensure everything proceeds to your satisfaction.
Thank you again for choosing Deep Space Engineering. We hope to hear from you again.
Regards, Michelle Dunn
Administrator
Baltimore Shipyard
Origin: Bounty Hunters Guild Offices, Planet Houston, Texas | RESOLVING... | VERIFIED | Sender: Guildmaster John "Mephistoles" Marshall | RESOLVING... | VERIFIED | Data Input: Text Only, No Attachments Recipient: Deep Space Engineering | Michelle Dunn
Subject: Re: Customised Bison Purchase
Ms. Dunn,
It's clear you've dealt with requests like this before and know how to handle them.
I like that.
Like many men and women in The Guild, my line of work is to go out in a fighter and get my hands dirty, putting my life on the line daily. This means I haven't much time to learn about the finer workings of companies like yours: I hope this doesn't give too much of a bad impression. Shoving a bunch of escape pods into any old hold is better than the people I have to deal with deserve, they should count themselves lucky I'd come to you first.
I'm sure you're very busy, so if you need to put me in touch with someone who can turn my request into an actual flying ship without taking up more of your valuable time, I'd be happy with that. I'm very interested in completing an appropriate transaction with DSE.
Your "Bison" Heavy Armored class transport is ready and I am more than happy to say everything is okay and whole modification was without a single problem. Life Support systems are fully operational, the door between crew section and cargo hold are stronger than before in case some naughty guys would love to escape. Also armor plates has been installed without a problem.
Your "Bison" class transport is ready, Baltimore Shipyard in New York, dock 2A.
Modification costs 50,000,000 credits, please send them to the Deep Space Engineering bank account - DSE)Ft.Knox - Plus a hull price, but our Baltimore Ship Dealer will have to deal with it.
Please provide us with visual proof of the cash transfer.