To: Field Marshall McKenney || From: Raymond Zimmerman

[Karlotta]

To: Field Marshall McKenney
From: Raymond Zimmerman (IMG)
Encryption: High


It’s a pleasure for my associate and me to welcome your people on Eldorado so they can buy or sell goods and so they can get some well-deserved R&R, even at a discount. Our facilities cannot accommodate military grade combat ships for safety as well as technical reasons, but cargo ships will be able to dock if they abide to our terms of service. These terms are very simple and easy to memorize:

Don’t endanger our operation.

Unfortunately, I have to tell you that your man didn’t exactly abide to the “Don’t endanger our operation” part. If his orders were to make it appear as though you didn’t have hostile intentions, he did an absolutely terrible job at it:





As the rather unsettling evidence shows, he destroyed several IMG ships, forcing Battleship Hood to open fire on his gunboat. Not “only” that, he also ordered our transport to stop supplying Eldorado for the day, even though he was fully aware of the fact that it was urgently in need of repairs, even threatening to open fire.

I’m sure a man of your caliber understands, unlike O’Hara, that this sort of behavior doesn’t exactly inspire trust in the intentions you said you wouldn’t divulge to us while requesting access. You may not be aware what crazy stunts are sometimes pulled by some inhabitants of Sirius who just want to be a pain in the… neck… to certain station owners. Therefore one must be cautious.

But I’m also sure we can put that behind us and come to an agreement which will get your men access to our casino, wares, and culinary wonders. In your case, the terms of service would translate into these minimum requirements from your part:

1. No shooting or threatening of IMG ships or other customers within 5 k of the station.

2. No trying to dock with combat ships, and the crews of transports of miners will submit to scans for weapons, explosives, and harmful substances, the same as is done to everyone.

3. No docking and launching from Eldorado using IDs or tags identifying the ship as Molly –OR- No docking on Eldorado while anyone but Eldorado crew is within radar range and no launching when anyone but Eldorado crew is in Dublin.

Should any MLA member violate requirement 3, I’ll be forced to permanently remove all access and claim to be the victim of swindlers posing as the “Milk Lovers Association” who said they wanted to evaluate our restaurant. In fact, it would be great if you or your men provided some faked video evidence for that beforehand, in case I need it later. Let’s call that requirement number 4.

I trust you’ll find our simple and easy terms acceptable, and wish you the best of luck in your negotiations with IMG HQ. Because I hate to be a snitch, I’ll keep the O’Hara incident to myself for now.

Maybe someone as important as you won’t accept advice from someone as insignificant as myself but… if you don’t trust a man to make a simple reservation for 10-15 people by himself (which would have been very easy if he hadn’t shot IMG ships), you really shouldn’t trust him with a gunboat either. I’ve heard rumors his ship was taken out by a BAF bomber he attacked shortly after our meeting. Just asking nicely often saves a lot of time, diplomatic relations, and resources.

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