A royal find

[Monsieur Baguette]

26th February 743 A.G.S. MAE HQ, Uxeau-de-Bordeaux, Planet Bordeaux

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Day for the secretariat was a busy one. Settling on a new planet under a different legislation always required a lot of bureaucracy, many documents going in and out. But the document with *CLASSIFIED* mark was expected and processed quickly. Finally, the Enclave engineers have completed swooping the “Overlord”. The decision was in favour of MAE - the ship will be given over for further repairs. Many things have changed since the find itself, and the ship certainly would not be able to perform the originally envisaged duty of protecting Quillan. Still, the ship is of quite value to an exiled corporation that might face a backlash from anyone outside of Gallia, and harassed in Taus by various unlawful elements. And certainly the ship would benefit later ambitions regarding the colonisation of a new world.

Secretary Bonheur was excited - Baron would be pleased to hear the news. However, she had to do her job first according to the previous instructions. Namely, she had to do the roadmap of what was to be done with the ship. She quickly skimmed through the instructions and started preparing the message to the Enclave.

Mesdames et Messieurs of the Royal Enclave,

We have received the confirmation of your works with the “Overlord” and are grateful for your decision to transfer the hull of the ship to Montluc Advanced Engineering, Inc. The esteemed Enclave’s side can be assured that it would be put to the best use and for the benefit of the Crown and the Royal Enclave.Given on the circumstances that Montluc Advanced Engineering, Inc. no longer is in possession of active assets in Languedoc system and the territory of the illegitimate state of Gallic Confederation, we propose for your consideration the following roadmap.

1. The ship will be unmoored from Issoudun shipyard and with the assistance of towing ships akin to used during the initial recovery of the ship towed towards quadrant 7A where at the moment the construction of Tromelin Observatory is taking place.
   
2. Due to the initial stage of the construction of Tromelin Observatory being completed, the station is capable of supporting the a small crew of specialists. The station is still being equipped with specialised scientific equipment and thus is not yet fully ready for its original purpose. Because of this the station can operate as ad hoc shipyard.
   
3. Because the ship’s hull integrity is relative unbreached, major shipyard works are not needed. The hull will be placed in the vicinity of Tromelin Observatory and the repairs would be carried out in space. Once the integrity of the hull is fully restored, the engineers would fit the ship with basic life support systems and power supply, the repairs will continue from inside of the ship. The oxygen will be supplied to the ship using cargo vessels.
   
4. During all the stages of the repairs the ship will be adapted to Gallic technology so that its maintenance does not differ from the maintenance of any ship in our flotilla.
   
5. Once the repairs are complete, the ship will be equipped with the best technologies available to MAE to make for its obsolete inferior Libertonian design and keep the vessel useful for the purposes previously outlined, predominantly for providing security to corporate assets and serving as mobile HQ for corporate security. The ship will render assistance to the Enclave in case of emergency. Ship’s primary dislocation after the repairs will be Tromelin Observatory.
   

We hope you find our roadmap agreeable and, should there be any concerns, you are invited to address them herein and we will adjust the roadmap accordingly.

We are looking forward to your reply,

MAE PR Secretary Josephine Bonheur

Josephine looked at the letter again, checked for any mistakes, and signed with the relief. Perhaps, the developments with the “Overlord” will finally be over and the staff will not be afraid of messing things up to be reprimanded. Now, that they no place to retreat to, it certainly was not the best option.