To: Congressman John McAllister | From: Valente Rossi, 101st Maltese Spectres

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From: 101st Maltese Spectres
Valente Rossi
To: John McAllister, Junkers Congress
Source: Corsica Outer Sanctum
Subject: Proposal

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Senor McAllister,

Your terms have been discussed with the administrator.

• I fail to see any harm in you having the self-destruct code. I planned on giving it to you in the first place. However, excluding yourself, only one more high-ranked Congressman will be permitted to have the code. We do not want anyone blowing you out in the sky on your way back, as a result of ignorance and curiosity.
  

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• As for the tracking device, you have a point. It will not be installed, even if it is going to make me really nervous, considering I will have no clue where our destroyer is. Just make sure you regularly inform me of its unscheduled activities, if there are to be any.
  

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• Bringing a lone warship into a war zone is madness. Dozens of Bretonian and Kusari fleets have fallen under the Gallic one, what do you think will happen to a lone destroyer? It will be impossible to operate with that ship in Leeds unnoticed, and Gallics shoot first, then they ask questions. So, if a lone Storta would be compromised, it will be a matter of seconds before it gets blown to atoms. I am deeply sorry, but we cannot agree on this condition. Open your mind and think about why we are disagreeing. It is for your own good.

If you agree on the terms above, let me present you what we want in exchange.

Administrator Leiseka has informed me that she is short on young, healthy people, who are able to work without asking questions. As soon as you deliver 2.500 of them, you shall have your ship.

Let me know if you agree to these conditions.

For power. For Ishmael. For the Ghosts.
Salutes.
Valente Rossi

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