To: Van Hamburg and Kessler

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ARBEITER_CODE---CONFIRMED

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Sender: Anton Kessler
Origin: Unknown, Hamburg System
Subject: Re: Pilots eh? Yeah, I don't want to read into that.

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"Don't worry about Omicron Minor, I can get us there. Flown escort jobs a few times through the system when I was living out in the edge worlds. Don't know where this "Warhound" battleship the Gazal guy was talking about is exactly, but he claims it's parked near Tarancon. That's a Junker base, so we should be able to at least dock and resupply there if nowhere else.

Won't be a pretty journey though. The shortest route takes us directly through Core territory, and they're not particularly fond of visitors. The only other realistic option would be to go through Omicron Xi - a Corsair sector bordering the Outcasts, sounds like fun huh. Whichever way you look at it, it'll be one hell of a voyage.

The way I see it, the real question we should be asking is what these Gazal guys actually want with two hundred civilian prisoners. The spook we spoke to in Hamburg was talking about a "fate worse than death". Sure we're not exactly fond of IC, Republican and the like, but do we really hate their captains that much?

I don't know, doing business with that guy just makes me uncomfortable. But it's your call - I'll get you to Minor either which way, I won't leave you to make that journey alone even if I'm not sure I agree with the deal.

Kessler out."

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