To: Bamburgh Company | From: Civil Defence Initiative

[Bamburgh Company]

The Bamburgh Company

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Sender - Humphrey Sanders, Bamburgh Co.
Recipient - Inspector Grace O'Sullivan, CDI
Subject - Vessel Procurement

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Dear Inspector O'Sullivan,

I must apologise for my leisurely reply, I've been personally orchestrating the manoeuvring of vessels so we could get to the Oasis.

Your thoughts on prisoner care are admirable, I must also admit that I didn't think they'd be suitable in the long term. We wanted to give you ample options as nothing is out of the realms of possibility here at Bamburgh, if you have an idea, we'll make it work. I'll keep the rough plans we drew up of a Hegemon Prison for a later date.

The Oasis has been moved from storage to Kensington for our teams to have a going over of it. I'd like to report that it was moved under it's own steam, albeit rather slowly. The Engineering team on board was quoted saying that it could only achieve around 40% of total thrust from the engines else it blows circuits somewhere up the line. As I said previously, we're unsure why. However with the intended use you have for it, this likely won't be any sort of issue. Power generation for systems remain unaffected.

Having thoroughly inspected the Home Office's I024-B standards specifications set, I badgered our design team for a very rough plan of what modifications to a deck would look like. Unfortunately I believe prisoners would not have mush room for recreational activities. The plan was sent back and is being rectified as we speak. This being primarily static and moved by lifters, I would suggest removing the Solar Navigation Automated Kymographic Equipment (S.N.A.K.E.) as it's quite large and would serve no purpose being the vessel won't be going far. Could also free up some extra space for more prisoners.

Now, unfortunately this is where I must get down to how much this is going to cost. The price of the vessel, running as it is, will set you back £500,000cr alone. Assorted maintenance works would normally cost anywhere up to £50,000cr, but as this is for the Crown, we'll negate that cost. Conversion from a worn out liner to something usable by yourselves is going to be upwards of £350,000cr.

A grand total of £850,000cr as the vessel stands now, with the rough conversion plan that we have drawn up. This cost may rise as we dig into the old girl, but we'd be happy to put a cap on the quote for £950,000cr with any costs past that being absorbed by the Bamburgh Company.

The vessel is currently sat moored to Kensington if you wish to send a team on board to have a look over it yourselves. Please ignore any stares Gateway staff may gift you, we have been taking up the majority of their moorings for quite a while now.

Once your team has inspected the vessel, please let me know what your higher-ups decide so we can proceed.

Yours sincerely,

H. Sanders
Fleet Management, Bamburgh Co.

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