To: Aegis

[Ramke]

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Mr. Steffen,

I appreciate your prompt response.

The escort duty will entail a convoy traveling across a variety of points in Sirius, starting from Kusari and navigating across the major Houses in a marketing event. Musashi Innovations is planning to provide 'samples' of technology in order to procure partners and get its name and reputation for quality products out into the colonies.

The event is likely to start on the evening of the 20th of December, approximately 5:00pm Sirius Standard Time (subject to +/- one hour change). While we will have our own defensive escort, as you may understand, a convoy containing hundreds of millions of credits worth of cargo may not deter the typical 'Grinch' characters to ruin our little Christmas giveaway. As such, we would like to bolster our security force with a few Aegis pilots, should these be available on the specified date.

As we may be meeting with the less-than-savoury types along the route, we will include a bonus for tight lips and restraint should we encounter such, as we intend to operate on an exclusively-defensive status. Currently, we are willing to offer a 10,000,000 credit pool to distribute to the interested Aegis pilots. Alternatively, should this venture be successful, the pilots or the Aegis organisation may also seek a partnership to acquire a certain number of specified technology (space and ground barrier shields, space weaponry, personal defense weaponry, etc.) for free after the convoy concludes.

Would you find these terms agreeable?

Kurihara Michi, Tomakomai Research Complex Logistics Manager
The spearhead of the never-seen-before

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