Chronicles of the Errai

[Karmotrine Dream]

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[01/05/828]

Light would be shed sooner than anticipated.
The site of the infamous accident, as it turns out, lay squarely on the path out of Bretonia and at its very beginning, down tradelanes leading through Omega-3: Aland Shipyard.

Perusing the Neural Net, earlier reports from our surveyors and talks with the locals and native crew alike proved illuminating, and at times disheartening. Once a hard-won IMG industrial nexus, misfortune after misfortune struck it: at first it was the winds of war blowing from Gallia, threatening to engulf the whole of Bretonia and beyond, and then was Bretonia's impatient cupidity trampling the Guild's independence by seizing it via force.
And when the deed was done and other entities moved to supply both thieves and their unjust bounty, the Guild struck back against those, with Liberty's corporations bearing the brunt; for this the House would punish them, by denying them leave to act at all within their soil.

A sobering tale, to be sure, of the risks inherent in dealing with nations as well as those of stationary settlements.
To the Guild goes our sympathy. There is little to be done about this now, unfortunately, save for diplomatic work in order to mend ties with Liberty; understandable though the IMG's reprisal was, it nevertheless imperils our own agency.
The sooner it is done, the better, for Sabah's appetite is never sated.

Speaking of the Crayterian holding, we are given cause to rejoice: its owners are most pleaded with our handiwork and have kept their word, with rewards timely and ample.
The shipyard operates at febrile paces and so does the Aldebaran, its refineries fashioning batches of alloys to the clients' exacting demands around the meridian.

As we travel and the work continues, a thought occurs to us: rather than commission vessels of our own, would we not be better served by refurbishing an older model like we did with the current Sabik?
The operations would be completed much faster, undoubtedly, and would allow us to return this Sagarmatha to the IMG, both as a token of gratitude for their patronage and tangible support from ours.

We will speak with them anon. In the meantime, we reach Rheinland.

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