To: National Council of Malta || Joint Strike Force

[Foxglove]

Signor Enfield, it has been way too long.

The National Council sees no obstacles in you proceeding with the outlined plans. However, there are other problems which have arisen that we would like to discuss with you. There is a proposal to make here and I think you might find it agreeable.

Given our own presence in the system with Ruiz and Galicia, the Council is expending vast amounts of resources in maintaining yet another installation within Omicron Beta. According to our calculations, the cost does not warrant the effort, given the close proximity of Ruiz to both the Omicron Xi jump hole and the Cryo-Organism cluster in Omicron Beta. As such, the Council is considering to move the BDM to Galicia and decomission Catania in order to preserve costs — which would mean more free funds we could use on other joint projects.

However, we would like to make an offer to the BDM. The Council would like to inquire as to whether the Buro would be interested in buying Catania and maintaining it as their own station. The BDM would, of course, be given permission to maintain a base in Maltese space and no tax would be levied due to our extended friendship. In the end, this would come down to whether you could make use of Catania or not.

We are awaiting your decision.

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