ROCK

[_WOLF_]

LOCATION: OMEGA 48

[ROCK BASE]

TO: TIME: 16.43

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Dear Captain Seamus O'Galligan, I didn't quite understand your message. We pay all suppliers the full value of the goods. These prices are set based on the economic feasibility and demand for this resource at the station itself. It could not be that we did not have enough credits and offered another way of payment, if it is not agreed in advance. Our station did not conclude such agreements with you. We sell weapons at a set price or make them to order, having concluded a preliminary contract. There is not a single person on the station's staff. The entire system is controlled by the Autonomous Control System (ACS). All the personnel you see are androids under its control. The humans on the station are our guests, and it makes no difference to us what faction they belong to or what house they are from. They are equally welcome on our base and are under our protection. If you would like to order these systems from us, we can manufacture them for you. And, the administration has no interest in who they're directed against. This world is cruel and everyone has a right to live. We sell these systems for cruisers at 5,000,000 per installation. If you want them, please confirm your order.

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AUTONOMOUS CONTROL SYSTEM

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