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[Goliath]

|\Display ID - Bolin "Vulture" Zhao |\Location - Somewhere in Rheinland Hello, honorable foreign customer! Your order for one, premium quality Hawk has been completed. All custom made for you and you alone. Nobody else in the world will have the same kind of high quality bird like yours! Trust me on this one. I have taken the liberty of integrating the Unioners' basic transponder credentials with the help of a very helpful other customer on Pacifica. He walked away with a very powerful lucky charm, and I get to make you just a little bit happier! Very good deal, no? Yes, very good deal indeed. Give me a good review if you like your product, mister customer. And tell your friends, your family and your ancestors how good Zhao's merchandise is. A good word from a smart, reputable individual such as yourself goes a long way! It helps small businesses such as mine to grow larger! Ta-ta for now, mister customer! Mataatode! ~Your best entrepreneur, Zhao.

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✶✶✶ UNIONER ENCRYPTED UPLINK – [ERRORCODE#78723] ?Z-5500 "Bloodhound" Pirate Very Heavy Fighter ?✶✶✶

CALLSIGN: BANDERSNATCH

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>>> VERBINDUNG HERGESTELLT <<<

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ECHO-NINE-SEVEN-ONE-TWO-ZETA-'BANDERSNATCH'

TO: Bolin "Vulture" Zhao
FROM: Yannik Haas, Arbeiter
SUBJECT: Never look a Gift Hawk in the Mouth (get it? Although it wasn't a gift, I paid for it. You get me).

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UN-VF81 'ARBEITER'

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│ DESIGNATION: Z-5500 "BLOODHOUND"' │
│ CLASS: PIRATE VERY HEAVY FIGHTER │
│ HULL INTEGRITY: ██████████ 100% │
│ SHIELDS: ██████████ 90% │
│ POWER CORE: AFTERMARKET THORIUM MOX REACTOR │
│ ARMAMENT: [ERRORCODE#127891] │
│ CREW: 1 PILOT // AUTOMATED SYSTEMS: ACTIVE │
│ CURRENT LOCATION: REDACTED │
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TECHNICAL ANALYSIS

With its increased power capacity, "The Bloodhound" represents a [in]significant threat to police forces and shipping targets in Sirius. Heavily modified [ruined] from its original chassis design, this fighter is fast [slow] and can deliver a lethal [to the pilot] payload and array of offensive weaponry. These factors make this ship of great value [in that it's cheap as rust] to alternative [woefully inadequate] fighting forces everywhere.

This fighter is also widely regarded as a "piece of crap".

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Heeey, Bolin! Bolin Zhao!

Yeah, so, uh, like, um, uh. I know a sweet deal when I see one - and duuude, you gave me like, three deals, for the price of one, man!



JVerdammt ja, I'm -the- honorable foreign customer! The one n' only, my man - Der Anfang und das Ende, der verdammte König!
[F**ck yeah]-----------------------------------------[The alpha and the omega, the f**cking king]


Hey, do you know what my wing said about you, my man? They said, get this, that you're a scam artist!



Don't buy hawks from rando' artifact dealers, they said. Well, look at 'em now. Err, that'd be difficult, given that they're many, many lightyears away from each other right now. Imagination!



For the money I paid - that was a steal, man. I robbed you. Well, I rob a load of people, but not to the point I can't feel bad about putting an honest trader down. There isn't enough like you out there, Zhao.



I am not kidding - this kit ship is a tuner's wettest of wanderlusts. It's -the- ideal tinkertweak for up-and-coming Arbeiters who feel a Starflier or a 'Tracker is a set of training wheels.



See, here's the problem - I'm out of berthing space, and they barely trust me with this Paduan clunker. But I wasn't going to let that Tear shed, no way. I gave her a once over - got that seat massager functional - addictive, that - then palmed it over to the VJP - that's the Vereinigung Junger Piloten [Association of Young Pilots]. It's a cut above a sim but a notch below a Falc'.

I hear some young tearaway went and robbed someone for ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY MILLION CREDITS on her first sortie. If you don't believe me, I'll cut her into the channel. She can give you the post flight review.

So, the next time I get called out for my "ridiculous financial decisions?", or some narc' impugn the integrity of your services? I'm going to tell them about how Zhao's Hyper-Hawk made me, uh, strike that - the cause of the Workers - one hundred and fify million credits, in one sortie, when I wasn't even at the controls.

Man, I've got a rock of salininated paradise, infused with Marseilles Nox - it isn't going to smoke itself.

I'll tell you what - I'm going to put the kid on comms' - she flew in it, she should give you her opinion. If she liked it, then I'll add you to our suppliers list. Importers as reliable as you, Zhao, are hard to come by.

Yeah, I'm going to enjoy myself. Put my feet up, get blazed out of the disc of the universe - leave the review to the next generation.

Okay, what was that kid's neural address again?


Uh, I'll go by name.... Sapir Kellerman?

Alright, I've got her... stand by...

[RECIPIENT LIST: UPDATED | +1 NEURAL ADDRESS|- RECIPHERING...76%...83%......]

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...Übertragung endet...

VERBINDUNG UNTERBROCHEN

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Transmitting Officer: Yannik Haas
Rank / Position: Arbeiter
Sector: Valais Pocket

✶✶✶ TRANSMISSION TERMINATED ✶✶✶

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THE SYNDIC LEAGUES
(A co-operative of Rheinland's outlawed trade unions, determined to take the underworld for themselves.)

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[Goliath]

|\Display ID - Bolin "Vulture" Zhao |\Location - Somewhere in Rheinland Why, hello again to you! I am so glad that you are pleased with your purchase, mister customer! Maybe do another someday, yes? Maybe your friends can buy too! I have very good prices for loyal customers. I still have premium quality ships for sale, as well as trinkets and charms. Your friend really sounds like a very cool in-di-vidual, yes! I would love to hear every detail of their story. And any more impressive adventures that they do. Doing my part in supporting young blood fills me with joy! And pride of course. Ta-taaa! Don't let the tax people catch you. Their jealousy knows no bounds. ~Your best entrepreneur, Zhao.

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