Bretonian Base Registration

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Greetings,

I am Dr. Ron Kosher, and I represent a small group of researchers, independent but loosely affiliated with IMG. We are requesting permission to rebuild Appleton Laboratory in Omega-3. The base was previously approved by the Bretonian government, I have attached our previous communications, which describes the purpose of our base, shows the payments, and the approvals: 142 143 144 146 150 152 154 157 158. As you can see from these the base was approved and the application fees paid. The one change we would like is to change the location of the base to close to the position we originally proposed, but that was not approved by the War Council. Now that the war is over and the War Council is dissolved we are hoping that this request will be approved, justification and benefits to Bretonia are discussed in the following paragraph.

We previously performed surveys in the system and found that the Omega-3 sun is subject to periodic sessions of increased flare activity which cause electromagnetic interference that will affect our instruments on the station. Therefore, we once again propose to use the solar collector of Freeport 1 as a radiation shield to shield our base. This will require special dispensation under Chapter 5 of Bretonian Charter of Interstellar Law, section 4, paragraph 2, clause 1: “Bases must be no closer than 10K from any existing base or jumpgate, unless special permission is granted by the War Cabinet.” Our proposed location is at coordinates: (-19711, 356, -19620) in Sector 3C in Omega-3. These coordinates are 2.5K from Freeport 1, 7.4K from Omega Palace, 3.1K from Med Force Omega Hospital, 5.8K from The Geneva Shipping Platform, 6.2K from the Planet Sprague trade lane, 5.5K to the Aland Wreck trade lane, 4.1K from the trade lane heading to the Cambridge jump gate. The position is also just inside the Burgess Ice Field and well beyond the traffic paths heading between the trade lanes, and will not interfere with commercial traffic. Please see an image of the proposed base location. We are excited for our new research, and will share all of our findings with the Bretonian Government, which could provide extensive benefits for all of your citizens. Your mining corporations could benefit greatly from our research and it could bring down the cost of many goods that Bretonia produces allow for a more robust economy. The location of the base is key in the success of our research as we can have a direct shield to the sun's corona from Freeport 1. Our last location while adequate, was not near as low in background radiation as the new location.

Our objectives are the same as previously stated from our original application in that we are working on new mining arrays, we also are also investigating some phenomenon we have observed in Omega-3. I have attached a copy of our Station Logs as well.

Base Application Summary:
Name: Appleton Laboratory
Affiliation: IMG
Planned Location: Omega-3, Sector 3C coordinates (-19711, 356, -19620), see above for description.
Summary of motivation and reason for construction: Research into development of graviton based mining array for cobalt mining. Also investigating local pehnomena in Omega-3 See above for details.

Planned modules:
1: Shield Generator
2: Cargo Storage
3: Core Upgrade

Respectfully,
Dr. Ron Kosher
IMG Research
Director of Research