TO: Kusari Naval Forces; Ministry of Defense

[Ionic Inc.]

Target: Naval Forces Command
Sender: Emily Furukawa
Subject: Shipbuilding

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To Shido Kijima,

Greetings and best New Years' wishes.
I'd like to inquire about the status of the Ikazuchi project. On our end, the new semester is about to begin and all registrations have been processed. We have applied a level of preferential treatment for Naval Forces personnel, but slots are of course limited and we must accommodate within those limits. We have secured funding and some outstanding outside faculty connections, so this academic year promises to be an interesting one.

I am writing as we may be looking in what you might consider a parallel development. Our exploration division is working largely with adaptation of current designs to fit our specifications, rather than design of the next generation set up from the ground up for our purposes. We're currently outlining plans for what might become a project related to your own, with a focus away from the martial and towards the scientific, a project which due to its nature may face some legal and political hurdles.
I would be happy to discuss it in greater detail, if we may.

Emily Furukawa
Chief Executive Officer
Ionic Incorporated