▪ Name of group or individual: Benedict Lindemann ▪ Ship callsign or group tag: Haystack ▪ Identification: Interspace Commerce ▪ Notes: Interested in procuring Propulsion Systems, requesting access to Industries annex only
Target: Benedict Lindemann
Sender: Mara Whitman
Subject: Ionic Access
Mr Lindemann;
Of course, you don't need to visit the Laboratories section of the station if you don't want to, but it is only off-limits to affiliates of Ageira Technologies due to concerns of corporate espionage in the high tech electronics sector.
Whatever your business ends up being, you're registered. We hope you enjoy your stay.
Mara Whitman
Facility Management
Ionic Incorporated
▪ Name of group or individual: Interstellar Transit ▪ Ship callsign or group tag: =IT= ▪ Identification: Freelancer ▪ Notes: Several times we've passed your organization's bases in Shikoku, and we may have opportunities to do business when cargo space is available. We have reviewed your information document and would be happy to work with your installation as a importer of processed goods, and potentially a buyer of your completed ship components for profitable trade when available. Thank you for your consideration.
Please pardon the processing delay, we are somewhat short-staffed at the moment due to the holiday season. We are pleased that your organization sees potential opportunities at Ionic, and hope you may find amenable deals. You are registered.
To the representatives of Starfliers;
I was surprised that with the previous arrangements between us, your ships had not been entered into the registry. Certainly that should have been the case already, so this is no more than a clerical correction. It continues to be a pleasure to work with you.
Target: Public
Sender: Emily Furukawa
Subject: Shipbuilding
To our customers,
With the opening of our shipyard segments last month, we've been hard at work fulfilling smaller orders while working on a more ambitious project to formally open sales: Assembly of a "Barge" type semi-mobile container unit.
Thanks to our company's pioneering efforts into hyperspace manipulation, the challenges of moving a city-sized vessel are massively curtailed, our jump devices allowing for travel across the sector in moments.
We are thus formally opening our shipyard for business with a special sale, the first of its type to roll off the assembly line, complete with jump device.
Since operation of a jump drive within the Empire of Kusari requires certification from Kishiro Technologies, this is an excellent chance to acquire an already serialized, registered, manufacturer guaranteed device at a significant discount. May we present the following for sale:
Barge Type I + Jump Drive Mk IV - 150 000 000
This is a fixed price special sale and will generally go to the first customer to place the order, if they are an entity we have done business with before.
If there are no such orders within 72 hours, we will sell to the first legal entity that places the order regardless of prior contact.
▪ Name of group or individual: KMining ▪ Ship callsign or group tag: KMining: ▪ Identification: Zoners ▪ Notes: I've come to know that you buy material from the uncharted systems for a fair price. We are interested in selling those to you.
My name is Elena Powell, representing Galway Frontiers. Our two entities have cooperated in the past, paving the way for this business opportunity. We’ve received word that you are selling a highly valued tanker - the Barge. After internal discussions and completing the necessary bureaucratic steps to approve the purchase, we are pleased to present an initial bid of 140 million Sirius Credits for your vessel.
Before proceeding further, I have a few questions that may affect the bid:
Where is the ship currently insured?
Has the vessel sustained any major damage, and have any significant repairs been carried out?
How old is the vessel?
Will there be any legal issues or obstacles from your side during the transfer process, such as the need for a temporary license to move the vessel out of Kusari?
I look forward to your response and the opportunity for further cooperation.
Regards,
Elena Powell, Coleraine Distribution Centre Managing Director
Target: Elena Powell
Sender: Emily Furukawa
Subject: Shipbuilding
Ms Powell,
Good to hear from Galway Frontiers again, and it's wonderful to hear of your interest in the Barge project. This was a major undertaking for us and obviously would represent a major purchase for you, so we can take it step-by-step.
First off, I'm afraid this isn't an auction and the price isn't negotiable. This is already a special sale to celebrate our entrance into large-scale manufacturing; the regular price for a jump device of this configuration would be 14 million, and although the individual nature and scale of the project makes estimates difficult, if we even undertake such an effort again at all, the projected cost of the Barge vessel 150 million. All the discount we can possibly give is already included in the price.
But to your questions.
1)- Like all our spacecraft, it is covered by Interspace Commerce. But this is under a provisional sales program; it isn't covered for travel beyond select systems or certain cargo classifications. The current coverage is intended solely for testing purposes, of the vessel's load bearing and of course hyperspace traverse, since it's intended to be used with the included device. Tests which have all gone in accordance with expected parameters.
But this is really only relevant for us; the insurance is tied to Ionic's operation of the craft. If it changes ownership, it will have to be newly insured, although IC will have our records of course and will be able to refer to them as necessary.
2)- No. It's newly-built, and has not been operated in any challenging conditions, much less sustained damage. We have flown it around Shikoku on short-haul trips for testing purposes, that's all. The new ship smell still lingers in the seats.
3)- A few weeks. The official date of launch was 834-11-28, the registry date the following day. It's a completely new vessel, effectively. As are all component parts - electronics and engine portions manufactured in-house, with other structural elements sourced as necessary, including from your own company. Everything on the ship is new, so there should be no concern of hidden adapter incompatibility with some subsystem in a corner somewhere.
4)- There shouldn't be, but coordination between our legal departments will be necessary. The vessel is moored at Tsukishima Shipyard and registered to our company, as is the Jump Drive. The government will require a proof of purchase to confirm your taking possession of this licensed device, but this should be a mere formality as it's an already licensed item.
If there's anything else, I'll be happy to answer your questions.
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