My name is Ozei Ruousha, I help run the Gaelic Wyvern Inn alongside my partner, Kayla Trevarthian.
I noticed that ALG seems to have a sizeable cleanup operation in Gallia's Languedoc system!
This is a shot in the dark, here: Do you happen to have four (4) refurbished Cruche-de-Fer Mark II Neutron Cannons on hand?
I am hoping to re-outfit my Inn security Vulture (or possibly a new Shirogane) with a set of them, as they are a solid compliment to a pair of Heavy Railguns, according to my virtual reality test runs!
I would opt for a set of new blasters, but Bretonia seems to restrict the use of Gallic technology and goods.
I figured if I want to try and secure a legal use permit for Cruche-de-Fers in Bretonia, it might go over better with them, if I give my financial support instead to a non-Gallic organization.
Not to mention the potential story behind reclaimed items is quite cozy to me! (Who owned them previously; what was their role; who had a hand in the reclaimed items' retrieval?)
Please do let me know if this is something you can assist with, and what you would like in exchange (be it supplies, credits, catering courtesy of the Gaelic Wyvern Inn, or something else!)
ID: Simon Giraud
From: Briancon Station Subject: RE: Refurbished Salvage Inquiry
To Ozei Ruousha,
Good day to you, M. Ruousha. I am Simon Giraud, and I head the spacecraft engineering department at ALG's Research and Development Division.
It is atypical for buyers to seek weapons such as the Cruche-de-Fer in used condition unless their budget is very tight indeed, since models of new manufacture are quite inexpensive and widely available. Most of our salvaged examples are thus used as parts spares, or go to tinkerers and collectors of specific variations.
But your reasoning does make sense, and we can provide documentation of origin and proof of purchase for salvaged weapons for you to provide to the relevant authorities - how much weight this will carry, I can make no guarantees for. My employer's own history with the Kingdom of Bretonia is fraught with difficulties, to put it mildly.
I have surveyed our inventory at Briancon and identified four good condition examples of the type you seek in a single source batch, which we would be happy to reserve for your purchase. You express interest in the story, a curiosity naturally shared among our own salvagers given our occupation, so I will reconstruct what we know: The weapons were salvaged from a Hawk we located and retrieved in the outskirts of the system in 834-11. The vessel was undamaged and the reasons for its abandonment are unclear; there may have been software issues that we cannot trace, as its electronics were wiped. What is remarkable is that sundries found aboard the ship date at the latest to 818 A.S. As it is a ship of Sirius manufacture, this would have made it among the earliest to breach the minefield - unless the pilot carried exclusively heavily aged supplies with them. This makes it particularly unusual that they were also using weaponry of Gallic manufacture.
Who were they and what was their fate? A mystery likely never to be solved, but if you wish to bring their armaments to new purpose, please visit us at Briancon.
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*Message from Ozei Ruousha, Innkeeper of the Gaelic Wyvern Inn*
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Hail there, Mister Simon! Good to hear from you!
I would be absolutely delighted to reserve those refurbished blasters you found, yes please!
A Hawk dating back to 818... That would be the year after Gallia revealed itself. That seems rather early for a Sirian vessel to be fully compatible with Gallic weaponry. Do you think perhaps that someone from Gallia got their hands on an open-market Hawk? Those CTE models are rather wide-spread and dependable - They last a good long while if you take care of them. Hawks are rather slim profile, too - Its pilot might even could sneak through a minefield with one, if they had knowledge of a secret safe tunnel way through the field? Gallia did seem awfully well prepared to counter the combined fleets of Bretonia and Kusari - I remember that day they showed up, it was all OVER the news!
Anyways, sorry for rambling! A rather interesting little mystery, and I suppose my wild imagination is part of why I started up a traveling tavern!
I shall make preparations for bringing my Vulture up to Briancon this coming weekend! As an aside, I do not suppose that undamaged Hawk the weapons were salvaged from is for sale? I rather like the thought of flying a ship with a story like that! Might be that I re-purpose it into a rapid-delivery vessel for the Inn. Please do let me know!
Is there an account of yours that I should forward the funds for the guns to, or shall I hold off until I am on-site?
Either way - Hope to speak again soon!
Cheers! ~Ozei Ruousha
<Ozei.Ruousha@GaelicWyvernInn.net>
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