To: Norddorf Refinery

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Sender: Liam Fox
To: Erich Klugmann
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Personal Space

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Dear Erich Klugmann,

I appreciate your cooperativeness and express my sincere gratitude for your understanding. I understand the current situation and your concerns, and I would like to address each of your points separately:

-Continued access to Saleable Commodities: We agree to ensure seamless access of our saleable commodities and equipment to the Bundschuh. And also promise to provide special deals specifically to the Bundschuh from time-to-time, accordingly with your needs.

-Down Payment: We agree to the down payment requirement of 250,000 credits to (=)GFS-New.Colossus. You will find the amount sent to the aforementioned account. You can also access the transaction record here.

-Monthly Payments: We accept the terms of monthly payments to support the Platform's efforts. However, we'd like to propose to make the payments biannually, paid in advance.

Regarding the cessation of docking rights to the Nation of Malta and other entities, I'd like to share my perspective in a detailed manner, to avoid missing any significant point or leave any room for misunderstandings.

We are an autonomous group of Zoners and a small one at that. I admit we're at fault for not thoroughly familiarizing ourselves with the region first, but relocating or even decommissioning is not an option for us. We simply lack the financial means of doing so. We have invested all we could muster in this refinery and this may well be our last hope of securing a livelihood, and any disruption to our operations would leave us utterly powerless.

While we are grateful for the support and protection you are offering, I'm afraid we can't position ourselves in a way that risks the destruction of our livelihood in any way. For this sole reason, our goal is to remain neutral and to comply with any party that may come across our base, in an effort to avoid the slightest chance of conflicts that could jeopardize our livelihood.

Regarding the stray Outcast patrol from Sigma 17 who stumbled on our base, the individual treated the encounter casually and left without delay. And the Outcasts, much like ourselves, appear to be unaware of your base in the Norddorf Clouds, to the best of my knowledge.

In any case, operating under your protection and in your secured space means we are effectively isolated from such entities and incidents. However, should someone independently reach us and face denied docking permissions, it could be perceived as an act of aggression, which ultimately has the potential risk of warships appearing at our doorstep, something we'd very much like to avoid at all costs.

Outside of this, we very much welcome the idea of working alongside the Bundschuh and to provide services further than what our refinery is capable of. I am positive my group can prove a valuable resource working alongside the Bundschuh, for mutual benefit.

I look forward to your response.

Sincerely,
Liam Fox

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