To the Liberty Navy, LSF, Liberty Police, Inc., and Liberty DoD

[Yoko]

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Communicator Identification: Yoko Mori
Target Identification: Libertonian Republic Office of Special Contracts


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H- hi there. S- so... um... I'm a b- bit of an indep- pendent cont- tractor spec- cializing in scouting missions, espec- cially escort-scout- ting and - most of all - deep rec- con. I-... I guess I'm just here looking f- for a cont- tract from you for th- that. I h- have ext- tensive experience gath- thering intelligence in Kusari on beh- half of the Bret- tonian Crown and... oth- ther organiz- zations, and have als- so worked as an esc- cort-scout for Bow- wex several t- times, esp- pecially through high-r- risk zones.

My m- most successf- ful esc- cort-scouting operat- tion was dur- ring the recent Snowd- down War between Bretonia and Rheinl- land, when I def- fended Bowex humanitarian aid convoys f- from Rheinlandic bomber interdict- tors and allowed the t- transports to g- get away even aft- ter they were amb- bushed. In f- fact, I've never l- lost a transp- port I was esc- corting.

My real spec- cialty, though, is deep rec- con. See, I'm p- pretty good at g- getting aw- way from people, s- so I c- can pop int- to a popul- lated zone, grab inf- formation on enemy sh- ships, w- weapons, numb- bers, and th- things of that s- sort, and get out alm- most bef- fore they know I'm th- there. I've onl- ly failed to esc- cape with m- my ship intact o- once, and while I w- was capt- tured then, you c- can probably tell I'm p- pretty not capt- tured now.

I alr- ready have two p- pieces of inf- formation ab- bout "neut- tral" parties activel- ly working with Rheinl- land for you, and I c- can als- so offer any oth- ther interesting bits of inf- fo I r- run across t- to you.

S- so... you int- terested?

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[The Republic Of Liberty]

Yoko Mori;

First of all, we don't have any office of special contracts, which is why this has taken a little time to reach me.

I'm going to open up this channel to the forces if you don't mind, as the Republic does not currently need someone with your special talents to fulfill any tasks. As far as I am aware, we already possess the capability to gather what we need, when we need it. Honestly, I think the LPI, LSF and LN all have that capability as well.

Your services might however be required by firms such as Deep Space Engineering or Universal Shipping. I wouldn't actually know so it's just a suggestion.

- Robert McKay, Secretary of State for Defense.

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[Yoko]

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Communicator Identification: Yoko Mori
Target Identification: Republic of Liberty's Navy, Security Force, and Department of Defense; CC: Liberty Police, Inc.


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Oh. Um... s- sorry ab- bout that. My b- bad. Um... anyw- ways, I- I... y- yeah, it's f- fine if you open it u- up.

I g- guess the reas- son most org- ganizations need cont- tractors like m- me's much the same r- reason they u- use bounty hunt- ters and more... sh- shooty mercs; more eyes (or g- guns, for bounty hunt- ters) l- looking out, with res- sults-based paym- ment. This m- means you g- get a lot of p- people out on th- the job that d- don't take the salar- ry, ship c- cost, maintenance, and the r- risk of losing a pilot you'd inv- vested a lot int- to training th- that a "normal" p- pilot does. P- plus, bec- cause of my wid- der range of cont- tracts, I'm more l- likely to stumb- ble on obsc- cure inform- mation while I'm on an- nother job rather than b- being concent- trated like y- your guys are.

For examp- ple, like I m- mentioned, right n- now, I h- have three pieces of inf- formation for you on Rheinl- land and it's pot- tential allies. I'd b- be glad to s- sell them to y- you seperatel- ly, if y- you want them, but I'd r- really rather inc- clude them as p- part of a cont- tract package. That m- means I'll b- be oblig- gated to give y- you any more inf- formation of int- terest I might stumb- ble on in the fut- ture, ev- ven apart f- from the act- tive job of g- gathering inform- mation for y- you.

If y- you want ref- ferences, I'm c- currently doing maj- jor jobs for the Kingdom of Bret- tonia, Bord- derworld Exp- ports... oh, a- and your o- own Fleet Admiral Hale, th- though that last o- one's more nonprof- fit volunteer work, 'cause th- there's a friend inv- volved.

I d- don't expect y- you to resp- pond, but if y- you change y- your mind and dec- cide you w- want to make use of my serv- vices at any p- point, just l- let me know.

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