The Apparatus Does Not Exist

[CO. Slate]

Platinum’s arrival in Nottingham was a depressing affair. Slavers openly harassing the passenger liner he was tagging along with were surprisingly well-equipped for opportunists. Their buyers would be of interest, but likely to be any kind of pirate band or terrorist cell. Those types were all too eager to push the hard work of taking care of their equipment. Platinum tried to ignore the parallels to civilian contractors his own government employed to take care of the Navy’s ships and infrastructure; at least those guys got paychecks and respect.

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• Platinum:
  FA. Platinum has arrived in Omega-3. Heavy pirate and slaver activity, Sprague civil infrastructure critically overextended.
  ATTENTION AUDITORS: Buyer #+&?% has recently bought large quantities of Cryer Pharmaceuticals and DSE shares, investigate for insider trading.