To: Unioners || From: Bristol C&M

[Bristol Constructions]

Incoming Transmission

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User ID: Blake, Esme
Recipient: Frei, Corrin
Subject: The Future of Bering
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Herr Frei,

My name is Esme Blake, current Chief of Operations for Bristol C&M. You likely don’t know me, but that’s not important. What is important is that I am one of the many who, through the designs of others, their own misfortunes, or the changing ways of Sirius, found themselves in Bering, in Bristol.

Recently, I have heard of new operations by the Unioners, as well as an agent of mine talking with you in the vicinity of Pacifica. We have attempted the olive branch before, by Hector Booth of the Endeavor, with Direktor Hollywood - as I understand it, that negotiation failed. He refused our open offer of a more stable supply chain through dead drops, of lessening the raids against shipping in Bering that creates far more eyes on the system than I’d care, of better yet making Bristol Bay a safe station to dock instead of Unioner vessels engaging at will whenever the target presents itself.

From what Mr Vascoguoncellos says, you view Bristol as owing the Unioner movement something. You believe that the chaos created by the Separatist movement, by the building of Marshall Station and more, and all the lives lost from it is a debt, and that Bristol is the one to pay that debt. From what I see - Bristol owes you the same as it owes every other. We owe honesty, hard work, reliability. We owe it to the fallen to ensure that Bering does not fall, by either of our hands in action or no, back into a warzone. In that interest, there must be an understanding between the Alster Union and Bristol, a working relation between us.

So, I will give to you the same offer as was given before, and then some in the interest of securing Bering for the future of both our people.

* Alster Union will cease combat operations near Bristol Bay Station.
* Alster Union will lessen convoy interdictions on all Trade Lanes in Bering.
* Alster Union will provide known positional data of all pirate vessels not of the
* Alster Union to Bristol C&M.
* Bristol C&M will maintain 15K distance from Pacifica Station at all times.
* Bristol C&M will provide dead drops for contracted materials.
* Bristol C&M will provide known positional data of all corporate vessels not of
* Bristol C&M to the Alster Union.

I’m sure that you will let me know if you see this as unsatisfactory, and put forward your own alternations. I am willing to listen to them.

We will talk again, soon.

V/R
BLAKE, ESME
CHIEF OF OPERATIONS, BRISTOL CONSTRUCTIONS & MANUFACTURING
CO -BCV-SAGGIATORE (IND-BRI00033-K834)

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