Evenin' to ya boys. 'M afraid Pygmy's currently not available for this, he sends his regards nevertheless. I'll get t'the point. My name ain't terribly important, just know I speak fer th'Alliance.

We're going to be acquiring various minerals t'sell, raw ones 'course. We don't have th'contacts or the refineries t'do this on our own, ya see. 'S why we come t'ya. Exact surveys still have t'be done, but we know for a fact there's minerals with commercial an' military applications present.

What we propose fer these minerals is simple. We ship th'raw ores to ya Freeport in Magellan, where ya can be th'middleman in shippin' it elsewhere to be refined, sold, whatever ya boys normally do. I can assure ya our transports won't be seen dockin' on th'base, an' we won't bring any trouble if it follows us. Measures'll be taken t'keep this strictly smooth bid'ness.

Gimme a holler back.

We're pleased to hear that IMG is willing t'speak business. Hard to come by, being who we are. We're no strangers to backroom dealings, otherwise we'd have died out a long time ago. There shouldn't be any issues keeping it that way.

Regarding your questions as to the source 'o the ore, the most I'll say's it's from a planet. We'll be conducting the surveys on our own, can't be too trustworthy I'm sure ya know when it comes t'business. Of course ya'll be sent summaries of the findings, t'better set-up buyers and the like.

Accordin' t'our fancy lab coat department, surveys for a good portion of the planet t'start workin' with should take several weeks to a month, with what we got. This's a long term deal we're lookin' t'set up here, I might add. Ain't no wham bam thank ya ma'am type.