There are several things regarding our last conversation I would have preferred to have occurred differently. But this is wishful thinking. I believe that while we could talk each other to death over who is truly at fault that this would be less productive than actually working out solutions that present tangible benefit.
You are interested in investments that would help secure the interests of your family.
I am sworn to secure the interests of my people and our country.
There is scope for alignment, despite the obvious quirks and differences which can result in gunfire. To this point I've strictly reprimanded the man responsible from my side. You can expect there to be no repeat incidents.
Still, as a more permanent solution, you might consider integrating your prospective investments through Malta's official ambassador to the LFR. Signora Fiorella Arianna De Marco. I can loop her into this channel, should you be willing to conduct talks this way.
You may also choose to suspend contact entirely. I expect nothing.
I am surprised that you still saw fit to contact me after embarrassing both yourself and my family in such a spectacular fashion. And to not even so much as hint at a formal apology. Another display of barbarian brazenness, perhaps. I assume you at least put the animal responsible to death? The only punishment befitting such a heinous act of insubordination.
As for Lady de Marco: While she may have earned the respect of Malta's dons through her cunning diplomacy and business acumen, my family has no intention of sharing our business with her - at least not yet. This is an Aglienti enterprise.
Now, if you are serious about continuing our talks, I would still very much like to see your prospector's report. We must know what exactly we are dealing with ere we consider moving forward with a joint business venture.
No. I am not tendering a formal apology. Nor would you were the roles reversed. It ill behooves the supposedly civilized to enter the domain of another and for their first introductory words to be pejorative rather than hospitable. Leaving aside the adverse implications of doing so when the underworld happens to be that domain.
You strike me as someone who is reasonable and endowed with sufficient intellect to understand what impact your words will have on the person receiving it. So, for you to have made the remarks you did, and to now expect me to excuse myself for the outcome - is odd.
I suspect you already know this. So I will spare you insincere apologies and remind you only that sometimes silence is a wise course of action.
And on the subject of death penalties - no. The matter was dealt with per militia regulation and in proportion to the offense. Suffice it to say that he has learned his lesson and will remember it for some time, living off of synth paste teaches a man the joy of even stale rations.
All this aside, the report is attached for your perusal.
Liberty Free Republic – Resource Procurement Division
Technical Prospecting Report
Subject: Blezard Valley
Prepared by: Chief Prospector Camryn Pace
Samples acquired by: Salvor Junnin Navarro
Clearance: LFR Command-Level
1. General Site Description
The surveyed body is a small, airless satellite in orbit around Planet Sudbury. Environmental conditions are harsh: no atmosphere, extreme surface temperature shifts, and minimal gravity. Despite this, the terrain displays pronounced metallic reflectivity, consistent with heavy mineralization.
2. Mineral Content & Economic Potential
Extensive scans and surface sampling confirm substantial mineral wealth, detailed as follows:
- Precious Metals: Dense concentrations of gold, silver, and platinum group elements.
- Industrial Metals: Abundant nickel-iron with embedded rare earth elements.
- Extraction Conditions: Shallow ore veins and fractured regolith simplify strip mining and low-atmospheric vacuum processing.
- Free Republic Yield Assessment: Projected to substantially support LFR’s independent industrial capacity and military outfitting needs. Classified as a Priority-1 Strategic Resource Site.
3. Historical Wreckage:
- Deep Space Engineering’s initial automated mining rigs were swiftly neutralized during early exploitation. Trace components and modular sections still intact and potentially recoverable.
- Traces of scorched hull panels also located, believed to be from the DSE construction vessel Edwin DeHaven.
4. Current Security Status
[CLASSIFIED]
5. LFR Operational Considerations
Immediate value lies in controlled extraction to support the Free Republic’s resource chain. Long-term, the moon may serve as both a resource hub and a demonstration of Free Republic sovereignty within Blezard Valley.
6. Recommendation
- Formalize the site as a Free Republic Strategic Holding.
- Accelerate installation of modular mining operations under militia supervision.
Your people attack the Sassari, threaten to kill my people, and force me to apologize for an offense I didn't give. Do you truly believe that, had one of my own aggrieved you in the same manner as that rabid dog, I would not immediately offer a formal apology and mete out appropriate punishment? And yet you refuse to make amends. Your unwillingness to make restitution and your inability to control those under your command speak volumes of your quality as a businessman.
These talks will not go any further until you offer recompense for the grievance my family has suffered at your hand, be that by way of formal apology or presenting that savage's head on a plate. The choice is yours.
Very well. Since I can't find a logical reason to disagree with the things you've said - I hereby offer you a formal apology on behalf of the Alliance Militia for the attack on your ship and people. Furthermore, I hereby provide you an implicit guarantee that there will be no repeat incidents. Without seeking to dispense with this apology or otherwise trivialize the magnitude of the incident, I state only that my men have had to endure dealing with your.. less than flattering kin for generations now.
Certain prejudices will take time to abate. Time, and effort from both sides of this so-called enterprise. I will mandate that derogatory terminology not be used against you or your family. Naturally, I cannot guarantee that this will not happen in private.
But please do note - that having said all this and given you my word, I will expect you to address my people with all due and equal courtesy. I never again want to hear them be called animals.
Thank you. On behalf of the Aglienti family, I accept your apology. We will let bygones be bygones. I, in turn, promise to offer those under your command their due respect.
Now, I have passed your prospecting report on to my people for appraisal. I will get in touch with you again once they have determined whether or not an Aglienti investment would be beneficial.
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