To: Norddorf Refinery

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Name: Erich Klugmann
Identification: The Platform, Gloaming Flotilla
Encryption access: [TRACE ERROR]
Location: [ERROR]
Subject: RE: RE: Personal Space

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Administrator Liam Fox,

Thank you for your prompt reply.

We've inspected the station and have confirmed the veracity of your installation's capabilities, and we are willing to welcome the purchase of its products. While we're sympathetic towards the victimization of Zonerkind by all manner of states and organizations of late, we cannot currently countenance Norddorf Refinery's present docking permissions. Specifically, that of the Outcasts.

As you're likely aware, the Nation of Malta seeks to force a centralized fealty Sirius-wide through strategic distribution of their Cardamine monopoly, usually referred to as the "Orange Dream." To our knowledge the Tau Corridor and Galileo are more prominent routes to see Cardamine to its primary market, Liberty--But we are absolutely unwilling to permit free movement of Malta's economic or military assets so near our own holdings.


I sincerely apologize, but there are a number of terms that will need to be ratified by you and your crew, Administrator, for the Platform to permit continued operations where the Refinery presently resides.

- Cessation of Docking Access to the Nation of Malta, as well as to all entities considered Unfriendly or Hostile by the Bundschuh.

- Continued access to Norddorf Refinery's saleable commodities and equipment.

- A down payment of two-hundred-fifty-thousand credits (250,000) paid promptly to (=)GFS-New.Colossus.

- Subsequent monthly payments of one-hundred-thousand credits (100,000) paid to (=)GFS-New.Colossus no later than the First of each month--starting this March--to allow the Platform to better shore up against the traffic the Refinery may bring.

Unfortunately, the unique risks that the proximity of Norddorf Refinery currently poses to the Bundschuh rule out counter-offers on this matter. Should these terms not prove acceptable or tenable, we strongly recommend either decommissioning the station or relocating it elsewhere.

On the other hand, should these be ratified, the Platform will also defend Norddorf Refinery against threat from belligerents in the region, including but not limited to the Nation of Malta and allies; the Corsair Empire and allies, The State of Rheinland, and the Gas Miners Guild.


I hope that these terms are understood, Administrator, to be reasonable in light of the situation at hand.

Erich Klugmann
Gloaming Flotilla

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