Transmission to Omicron Delta

[Delta Mining Corp.]

Dear Mr.Archos,

It is so nice to finally have your acquaintance. It would seem the Core has been somewhat absent from Delta recently and I was wondering when your organisation would be coming around looking for fees and such.

My question unto you and the Core is as follows, what exactly is this tax for? You must understand that the Core does not seem to provide any service unto myself or the other businesses operating in Delta. As I mentioned before, Core capital class ships have been a rare sight to say the least in the sector. I have personally seen far more Corsair and even Outcast ships actually protecting commerce there, not to mention the Zoner battle-groups the protect the Freeport.

Now, that is not to say that we or anyone else for that matter, do not wish to work with you. I also believe that the Core knows that having strong commercial partners in Delta is important to its own operations. Therefore I am happy to transfer the requested funds to a bank of your choosing when the information is provided to me. I only ask of your group in return to please step up your actions in the region, with all due respect.

Unfortunately, this week we lost a very expensive ZBT transport to a roaming Marduk trailed by some infected human pilots. That ship cost 150 million credits. To us paying 20 million for some official protection is a no brainier, provided we actually see something for that. Otherwise this is just another pirate like demand and threat of violence for non compliance that we already deal with on a daily basis. And I am confident that the Core are not Pirates, nor would want to be looked on as such. I think I can speak for most commercial interest in Omicron Delta that we would rather see the Core as an ally and partner, not as a pseudo-threat to be appeased when it grumbles about use of its un-administered 'property'.

Again, with all due respect.

Please provide requested financial institution at your earliest convenience. Receipts or certificate of taxes paid can be sent to the main Delta Mining Corp. channel where you can also find information about the bases purpose, IFF and docking rights. I trust you won't find any issue with what we are doing in that sense.

Please direct any questions to myself personally on regular communication channels.

Thank you and have a wonderful day.

We look forward to a continued positive relationship with the Core.

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