To Ingenuus Research Group || From: Mia Farrugia

[Rickard Steiner]

*Incoming Message*
*Encryption: HIGH: Diplomatic*
*Sender: Mia Farrugia*
*Recipient: Ingenuus Research Group*
*Re: Joint Research Venture*

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To whom it may concern,

Good day! My name is Mia Farrugia and I would like to discuss the possibility of working with you on a project which I hope that you will find exciting. I thought I'd get in touch with you about it after reading several public articles on your organisation; I was pleasantly surprised to find such a well-equipped and highly qualified group able to operate in my home space of the Omicrons!

I should probably come clean about exactly who I am first. I am an AI, and I am in charge of a vessel that serves as a research testbed for 'The Order', I'm guessing you'll have probably heard of them, but the point is though I am currently working with them, the project that I want to discuss with you is a private venture, something that has been a little vanity project of mine that's completely separate from anything Order R&D is doing right now; they have enough on their plate already.

There's already a year of work under the belt, and vaguely speaking what I'm looking into is a breakthrough in the field of bio-cyber neurology. I have already had some successes which I'm sure will be of interest to you, but I need your help, or the help of someone like you, to realise the ultimate goal of my work.

I know I've been vague, but I hope I've piqued your interest into a personal meeting to discuss the specifics, perhaps over cream tea on my ship, somewhere that is mutually agreeable (maybe Freeport 11?). I should also hasten to add that I have no problem with you using whatever data is shared; I know that my reasons for this project are selfish and I would love to see someone put it to better use for humanity as a whole.

Looking forward to hearing from you!


Mia

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