To: Rheinland Government | From: NHI

[René Laurent]

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Sender: René Laurent | COO of New Horizon Industries
Recipient(s): Susanne Huber | Rheinland Government Office
Origin: Elcano Manufacturing Complex, Magellan
Subject: Acquisition of Miningfactory Neuss

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Bonjour Susanne Huber,

allow me to introduce myself to you:
My name is Rene Laurent and I am the Chief Operations Officer for New Horizon Industries.
I largely manage and am responsible for all of NHI's bases.
My boss, Mr. Trebitti has asked me to take care of the newly acquired base, Minigfactory Neuss, in the Frankfurt system and to handle all the formalities with the Rhineland government, as he is very busy himself.

I see you have some concerns from multiple perspectives.

Rheinland Government Wrote

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- Concerns from a security perspective

As per our laws, section §7.4, no modular base should grant access to their docking bays to criminals, or people that are hostile to Rheinland. Thus, we have a problem with your willingness to change the IFF of the base to "Freelancer."

Although it would be neutral to Rheinland authorities, it would also be the case for every Rheinland criminals or ennemies, which is unacceptable. Any change of the modular base's IFF to "Freelancer" would be considered a violation of Rheinland Laws, and proper actions would be taken against the station.

- Concerns from an economic perspective

As per our laws, section §7.9.4, only Rheinland corporations have the right to build manufacturing modules, and sell products that were manufactured on the modular station.

New Horizon Industries is not a Rheinland corporation. Thus, you are not allowed to sell such products, nor have the capacity to produce them.
You are hereby invited to dismantle any manufacturing modules on Miningfactory Neuss. Of course, because you bought the base, we will leave you a week to do so, starting at the date of this communication, but if the modules have not been dismantled within the week (7/26/830), your base will be classified as illegal, and proper actions will be taken against it.

As for the other points you mentioned in your communication.

- Regarding the transports docked on the station:
As long as the paperwork is properly handled, and that your company abide by Rheinland Laws, you may use them as you see fit, within the scope determined by the law.

- Regarding the licencing and quarterly fees:
Your company will have to apply for a registration just like every citizen or investor, and pay the licencing fees.

Let's address the safety concerns first:

Since we are a freelance company, we naturally grant everyone access to our bases.

However, in order to prevent criminals or people hostile to the Rhineland from having access to our docking bays, I have found the following two solutions:
We will NOT change the base to Freelancer but will keep the current IFF which automatically denies the above persons access to our base.
Of course, this is only possible with your declaration of consent, which goes without saying.
The alternative would be, we change the base to freelancer, we will then instruct our docking manager to revoke the docking permission for all factions, but we need all the necessary information on your part to make this possible.

The first proposed solution would involve less paperwork for both sides, and by not changing the IFF, we would have no advantage, actually only a disadvantage, but we are doing our best to comply with the Rhineland laws.

Now we come to the last consideration, economy:

We know that only Rhineland companies have the right to manufacture production modules.
Yes, we are not a Rhineland group, but to say that we do not have the capacity to manufacture the modules in question is, to put it mildly, very impertinent of them towards us.
We are successfully running a complex in the Magellan system that produces manufacturing modules, productivity could even be increased if we had better access to the materials needed.
Therefore, our attention fell on the Miningfactory Neuss in the Frankfurt system.
The materials for crafting jumpdrives are located nearby in the Frankfurt system and would greatly increase our productivity.
Furthermore, the economy in the Rhineland area would be improved by this factory, since enormous amounts of materials are required.

We would like to apply for a license from them as a non-Rhineland company to be allowed to manufacture manufacturing modules. We are also willing to equip the Rhineland fleet with said modules.
Our customers are extremely satisfied with the quality and our prices.
Furthermore, the Rhenish companies would also increase their profits through our base, since we do not have permission to mine aluminum ore.
Therefore we are dependent on the help of the said companies to fill our base.

I would also like to thank you for allowing me to use the MFN transporters.
To register the base, I attach the completed form to you once.

You can find it here:

Application Paperwork for Non-Rheinland based Corporations and Entities

Name of the base:Miningfactory Neuss

Name of the station administrator:Rene Laurent COO
Vecesco Trebitti CEO

Affiliation:This depends on your decision.

The purpose of the station:Sell ​​aluminum ore and craft modules

Any existing trade agreements:No

Location of the base:D6, left hand side ,behind Planet Heidelberg

Proof of standing with Rheinland Law Enforcement:

Proof of standing with Rheinland Law Enforcement

If they do not license us to manufacture modules, we would very much like to be informed in a timely manner, as we will then move the base to a system that is not subject to the Rhineland government.
This requires proper preparations and we will not be able to keep them until the deadline they have given us to dismantle the factory in case we don't get the license.

I hope for a positive answer from you and wish you a pleasant day.

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René Laurent
COO

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