>: Gustavo Aglienti

[Reeves]

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Sender: Alliance Commander "Cobra"
Recipient: Gustavo Aglienti
Subject: Pardons & Proposals

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Mister Aglienti.

No. I am not tendering a formal apology. Nor would you were the roles reversed. It ill behooves the supposedly civilized to enter the domain of another and for their first introductory words to be pejorative rather than hospitable. Leaving aside the adverse implications of doing so when the underworld happens to be that domain.

You strike me as someone who is reasonable and endowed with sufficient intellect to understand what impact your words will have on the person receiving it. So, for you to have made the remarks you did, and to now expect me to excuse myself for the outcome - is odd.

I suspect you already know this. So I will spare you insincere apologies and remind you only that sometimes silence is a wise course of action.

And on the subject of death penalties - no. The matter was dealt with per militia regulation and in proportion to the offense. Suffice it to say that he has learned his lesson and will remember it for some time, living off of synth paste teaches a man the joy of even stale rations.

All this aside, the report is attached for your perusal.

"Liberty or death."
-"Cobra"

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LFR-RPDR

Liberty Free Republic – Resource Procurement Division
Technical Prospecting Report

Subject: Blezard Valley
Prepared by: Chief Prospector Camryn Pace
Samples acquired by: Salvor Junnin Navarro
Clearance: LFR Command-Level

1. General Site Description

The surveyed body is a small, airless satellite in orbit around Planet Sudbury. Environmental conditions are harsh: no atmosphere, extreme surface temperature shifts, and minimal gravity. Despite this, the terrain displays pronounced metallic reflectivity, consistent with heavy mineralization.

2. Mineral Content & Economic Potential

Extensive scans and surface sampling confirm substantial mineral wealth, detailed as follows:

- Precious Metals: Dense concentrations of gold, silver, and platinum group elements.

- Industrial Metals: Abundant nickel-iron with embedded rare earth elements.

- Extraction Conditions: Shallow ore veins and fractured regolith simplify strip mining and low-atmospheric vacuum processing.

- Free Republic Yield Assessment: Projected to substantially support LFR’s independent industrial capacity and military outfitting needs. Classified as a Priority-1 Strategic Resource Site.

3. Historical Wreckage:

- Deep Space Engineering’s initial automated mining rigs were swiftly neutralized during early exploitation. Trace components and modular sections still intact and potentially recoverable.

- Traces of scorched hull panels also located, believed to be from the DSE construction vessel Edwin DeHaven.

4. Current Security Status

[CLASSIFIED]

5. LFR Operational Considerations

Immediate value lies in controlled extraction to support the Free Republic’s resource chain. Long-term, the moon may serve as both a resource hub and a demonstration of Free Republic sovereignty within Blezard Valley.

6. Recommendation

- Formalize the site as a Free Republic Strategic Holding.

- Accelerate installation of modular mining operations under militia supervision.