TO: GRE HQ || FROM: MAE

[Monsieur Baguette]

INCOMING MESSAGE

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RECIPIENT: Gallic Royal Enclave HQ
CARBON COPY: -
SENDER: Baron Fabian Montluc
SUBJECT: Colonisation Mission

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Mesdames et Messieurs,

I bid you good day and assure you of my highest consideration to our cause. Today I reach out to you with a request regarding space exploration.

As you recollect, MAE was interested in establishing a new colony for the crown. Our recenty constructed Tromelin Observatory was built with the purpose of monitoring systems in Lambda sector suitable for colonisation. Our efforts paid off recently as we mapped a system with a stellar object that might have conditions suitable for establishing a colony.

In this regard MAE using its own resources and finances want to initiate an exploration mission to corroborate the conditions on the moon deemed habitable. To that end, MAE intends to construct a warp "slingshot", a simple version of jumphole generator that cannot act on a permanent basis similar to jumpgates. Our observation of gravitational anomalies in Brittany system drove our scientists to the idea that these perturbations might indicate a thinned space-time fabric in that part of the system that might be a proto-jumphole. If so, the "slingshot" will simply use the power of the anomaly to "guide" it to the system we want to go into. However, to accelerate our progress on the matter we would like to request access to the sealed jumpgate in Aquitaine and study its composition for further adaptation in the slingshot.

The gravity of this endeavour is exceptional, in our opinion. If the calculations are correct, this Lambda cluster might be similar to Taus with more stellar objects to use for our purposes. In case the Enclave's grasp on Taus weakens due to unforeseen reasons, exploring and colonising Lambda cluster (or Gallic Antilles as we dubbed it) can be a backup plan for the loyalists to retreat to. MAE is taking the expenses and responsibility on itself, so there should be no additional financial pressure on the Enclave. To that end we would like to requst the Colonisation Charter - the rights to claim this system for our needs and to develop it to further the ends of the Kingdom. Needless to say, any world colonised will be yet another jewel in the Crown of His Majesty, His Name thrice blessed. The company just wants to ensure that our investments will return to us in the tangible form of the world we can develop for corporate and political needs.

I am looking forward to your reply.

Eternally loyal to the Crown,
Fabian Montluc

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