To: Hogosha

[Hogosha Alliance]

The Nikkyo Consortium

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Miss Flora.

It really comes as no surprise that a start-up company like Bristol Constructions is wary of ship commissions for those some label criminals or terrorists. In order to survive in an economy dominated by large corporate players, they probably decided that running into trouble with one of the Sirian Houses would be too much to bear for now. I have the tendency to believe that an open request coming from one of the Hogosha syndicates would be met with a similar response as yours, so we will have to add as many layers of deniability as possible. Lucky you, the Consortium is the option for this within Kusari.

There should be no issue arranging a proxy acquisition of one of their vessels through one of our shell companies. However, utilizing them is connected to a lot of hassle and forging the relevant details Bristol's customer support might ask may take a while, so bear with us for a little.

I will direct this task to one of experts. She will lead the talks with Bristol Constructions and come back to you with more details as soon as possible.

- Masaru Sera, President of the Nikkyo Consortium

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