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Jess Geller, Captain
LOCATION: Planet Curacao, Cortez
SUBJECT: Tijuana Freeport status

Mr. Salworth, my name is Geller.

Before we move this along to any sort of talk of procurement, you will have to convince me that you're on the up and up.

To start with, what is the purpose of your.. freeport? I'd like you to be more specific than you've mentioned so far. Do you do repairs, refuelin', or what? Why do you need bulk haulin' solutions in what is currently a backwater? Moreover, why establish yourself out there in the first place? I know OS&C is runnin' cruises (and god knows what else), but that's the extent of things as far as I'm aware.

Next, what is the exact location of your station? I pulled up a probe report from in-system, and it doesn't look like you're orbiting Veracruz. Now I'll be the first to admit that we could use more coverage, but I'll reserve judgement about your ability to provide it until I've paid you folks a visit.

If you prove to be a reasonable customer, I'll forward your request to the people at Baltimore and our new dry-docks. Until then, I'll wait for your response to my own requests.

Geller out.

First, farthest, fearless.

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