The Hawaii Summit

[Emperor Tekagi]

Secretary Ishimaru quietly handed the Naval representative a data pad, who immediately skimmed through the figures and text on it.
Umehara, on the other hand, gave the audience a slight smile before speaking up. He had noticed the Deterrence's reaction, thinking to himself that they were surprisingly calm despite facing such hard restrictions.

"We understand your disappointment, however, you said it yourself. We have to start from somewhere and we will do so. I shall give the word to.. eh, our Naval Forces representative. He was also briefed by various other institutions and will explain the contract work as well as the details of the trade agreement."

The Naval Forces representative, suspiciously still unnamed even by his 'colleagues', raised his voice:

"I am pleased to see that at least one party is capable of comprehending our reasons and that such a deal is far from being without value. The nature of the imposed restrictions is a simple one; The Empire is unwilling to fuel propaganda machines aimed at ruining its public image. The officially announced tolerance of Corsairs, in addition to employing your pilots openly, would not only fuel domestic propaganda but deliver foreign entities a lot of ammunition as well."

He went silent for a second, analyzing the Corsairs facial reaction. He had no love for these pillagers, not many did within Kusari. "This was designed as an experimental attempt, not more. They were not to know it, of course, else they would get upset in their usual pitiful but violent ways." He thought.

"The trade deal involves 500.000 koku of Rice per month to Shirosato, equal to 50.000 standard units, for a price of 960 Credits per unit. This price is sixteen percent below the average on Planet Honshu. Furthermore, the groups represented here will be free to sign a contract of similar nature to the letter of marque once issued by the Bretonians to a ragtag band of pirates. Seeing as the people of Crete are by far more capable than such.. grotesque figures, the contract naturally involves larger payments and a wider scale of operations."

He briefly paused again.
With a nod towards Ishimaru, she stood up and took the data pad from his hands. She placed it on a small table with a device in a corner of the room. Soon a document was displayed on screen, for everyone in the room to read.

"Let us dive into details here. Please go ahead and read it."

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Mercenary contract "ToKei"

• The signatory parties (SP) are hereby employed by "ToKei" as mercenaries.
  
  
• The SP, by signing this contract, are bound to a non-disclosure agreement towards non-contract parties regarding all contents of this contract.
  
  
• The SP are eligible to hunt vessels of the following identification codes within the Honshu system: Outcasts, Blood Dragons, Golden Chrysanthemums, third party Cardamine smugglers.
  
• The SP shall be rewarded as following:
  • Cardamine smugglers: 20.000.000 Credits
    
  • Transports: 12.000.000 Credits
    
  • Fighter, Freighter and Bomber crafts: 10.000.000 Credits
    
  • Gunboats: 14.000.000 Credits
    
  • Cruisers: 22.000.000 Credits
    
  • Battlecruisers or Battleships: 35.000.000 Credits
    
• The SP may assist local law enforcement units in combat but are required to fake hostile intentions towards the law enforcers. (I.e. "prioritizing targets").
  
  
• The SP are eligible to conduct their usual business within the Sigma Sector with the exception of attacks on Kishiro Technologies assets.
  
• The SP shall be rewarded a standard fee of 10.000.000 Credits for the destruction of Outcast, Golden Chrysanthemum or Cardamine smuggler vessels within the Sigma Sector. This fee applies regardless of ship class.
  
  
• The SP may receive occasional special targets by "ToKei", with payments between 20.000.000 and 250.000.000 Credits issued.
  
• The SP may send intelligence data they deem crucial to "ToKei" and its affiliates. The sum of payment will be settled through a case-by-case basis.
  
  
• This contract can be subject to regular reviews by "ToKei" with announcements towards the SP.
  

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