To: Bristol C&M || From: Bamburgh Company

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User ID: Hull, Aria
Recipient: Sanders, Humphrey
Subject: "Hegemon" Civilian Miner Procurement
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Good afternoon Mr Sanders,

My name is Aria Hull, Assistant Director for Sales here on Bristol Bay Station.

My condolences for the loss of your liner. Bretonia as it stands today has a large number of debris fields from the war, the Hounslow among them, which pose a grave risk towards normal commerce. I believe the Bristol Board has looked with some degree of interest in those contracts, as ALG and BMM have proven themselves inadequate on their own to the task of making New London safe, but in my personal opinion far too many things are occurring at once near our operations for the company to look so far abroad.

However all said, your request is certainly an interesting one, Mr Sanders; I haven’t heard of such vessels being retrofitted to the task before. Personally, I would recommend against the usage of the Edison AM-333 "Hegemon" in the role of salvage or, even, in simply the role of clearing out the trade lanes for safe travel. It’s a large, heavy vessel suited towards sedentary asteroid mining. The lack of shields would place it at risk, should any wreckage have munitions or fuel onboard combust and damage the propulsion systems, and though the armor is able to withstand the radiation I expect you’ll find I would not want to experience such things without any form of shields. The AM-333 frame would, however, provide ample space for any and all necessary modifications, and would be large enough to mount heavy arms for the job.

Personally I would recommend you instead employ the 288-ARKM-B20 "Kaiser"; with sufficient adjustments, that hull can prove capable of tearing apart wreckage and clearing a path, as it were. Its size also enables far more flexibility, should your operation require that.

If you are still convinced on the employment of the Edison AM-333 "Hegemon" being your best option for fixing the Hounslow problem, however, I believe I can source one for you. It’ll likely be second-hand, though, and we’ll go through all the major systems to ensure you don’t have some breakdowns on the journey back to Bretonia.

I’ll fax you the costs once I’ve found a suitable one. If you’re convinced, that is.

V/R
HULL, ARIA
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, SALES DEPT, BRISTOL BAY STATION

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