To: The Core/APM; From: Bretonian Office for Trade and Industry | Aland

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»ID: Supreme Guildmaster Nathan Archos
»Location: Durban Station, Omicron Rho
»Subject: Aland
»ENCRYPTION: INVINCIBLE

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Sir Henry Fairfax,

I will fully outline what The Core and APM intend to offer to obtain Aland Shipyard, as well as the benefits of conducting this exchange with us, and what the future would hold.

The Bretonian Government will:

• Transfer Aland Shipyard to us, whereby it will switch to Core IFF protocols.
  
• Maintain 10% ownership of Aland Shipyard. The Core will retain the other 90%. If the shipyard changes hands due to the 'Crisis Clause', these percentages will swap over.
  

In exchange, The Core will:

• The Core will match the monetary value of any offer presented by other bidders. Money isn't an issue or a concern, so we will spare going into details on that.
  
• Implement the 'Crisis Clause' - if similar events (such as inter-House war) that prompted Bretonia to request, and then seize, Aland Shipyard occur again, The Core will willingly transfer ownership of Aland Shipyard to the Bretonian Government / produce Bretonian Capital Ships for the Armed Forces within a week's notice.
  
• Construct a cutting edge Iridium refinery on Aland, allowing us to produce and deliver the metal to Bretonia with increased efficiency.
  
• Use Aland Shipyard to construct Threshers, Bullheads and Makos to help boost Core and Bretonian efforts in the local region.
  
• Supply the Bretonian Armed Forces, and the Secret Intelligence Service, with 6 snubcraft each of their choice from the new Core/APM APX shipline.
  
• Supply the Bretonian Armed Forces, and the Secret Intelligence Service, with 48 Adapted Nomad fighter guns of their choosing.
  
• Ensure that the Bretonian Government has timed exclusive use of future Adapted Weaponry produced by APM, including but not limited to Capital Ship Turrets.
  
• Transfer one of the Threshers outside of Aland Shipyard to Bretonian Armed Forces control.
  
• Eventually use Aland Shipyard to construct a civilian line of ships, created by APM. Once again, Bretonia will get first access to these.
  

The main advantage of conducting this exchange with us, which absolutely cannot be reciprocated by the other bidders, is that Aland Shipyard being under Core control means we can assist Bretonia in fortifying Omega-3 into a lawful stronghold on the fringe of the Omega region. This means we can more adequately combat unlawful insurgents on the Bretonian border, such as Mollys, Hessians, Gaians and Coalition, through having this stronpoint created by the ability for APM to produce Capital Ships for The Core outside of the Omicrons. This also creates an opportunity for Core and Bretonia to jointly expand across the Omega region - neutralising criminal elements and securing regional resources. Consider how much different Omega-49 could have gone if The Core was able to produce capital ships closer to the conflict.

Secondly, selling the shipyard to House controlled or influenced corporations puts Bretonia at immediate risk if a conflict were to ever arise between them and you. The Core is an independent actor and does not get involved in inter-House conflicts. This does not mean we wouldn't transfer the shipyard to you if one were to arise, however.

But as I have stated previously, The Core not getting Aland Shipyard will affect our ability to export Iridium effectively to Bretonia. Given that we would have assisted you with Gran Canaria, and come out with little to show for it, we would not see why we would feel motivated to continue or increase our current rate of export. Our ability to adequately defend Bretonian or allied assets in the local area will also be affected, and likely we will need to recall our capital assets away from Omega-3 and away from Bretonian interests.

I hope our offer will be to your liking, and that you will make the right choice.

-N. Archos
Supreme Guildmaster, The Core

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