To the Liberty Navy High Command

[Cryer Pharmaceuticals!]

To the Liberty Navy High Command, care of Commodore Christina Robinson.

As this is an encrypted message, and we are chiefs talking to chiefs with no little indians present, I'm going to dispense with all the circumlocution.

I am sure that you are aware of what this message is about. You know that we know about Floor B of Willard Research Station, and we know that you know about Atka Research Station's projects.

I am sure you understand the benefits a non-harmful, legal and controlled cardamine substitute would have, both in the civic sector, with Denver and Houston's sizable addiction problems, and the ramifications it would have on the supply structure of our major criminal enemies.

This is all elementary stuff, if you'll let me speak candidly. What I am really asking for, as Commodore Robinson is already aware, is a licence, or permission, or a gentlemen's agreement, or what have you, to transport cardamine lawfully through our House to our research facilities planetside, after successful operations by our small interdiction team. For formality's sake, and the 3 years of business school embedded in my brain, let me isolate and present the various benefits this would offer:

Immediate:

Cryer's efforts alongside the existing ones of the Liberty lawful forces would continue to apply pressure to the smuggling trade, increasing costs and risks for the criminals further still, especially since Cryer can operate farther afield.
Each seized shipment would be one which does not reach its intended destination, the benefits of which are obvious.

Long Term:

Cryer's research into creating a synthetic, 'safe' cardamine substitute, which would posess the benefits but not the numerous and terrible side effects of the drug, whilst also enabling the existing population of addicts to be 'weaned' from their addiction, would create huge sources of revenue for Cryer if successful. In addition to taxes (both business tax and personal tax), we have also been involved with the funding of some not insignificant civic programs, specifically on Denver. More money for us is more money for you. The extra Cryer revenue would also be funneled straight back in to research, enabling us to create more beneficial pharmaceuticals to improve the standard of living in Liberty, not to mention more jobs for its workforce, which would help to improve the chronic poverty and crime of certain demographics.
A safer, cheaper, legal cardamine with no drawbacks would surely eliminate the cardamine trade almost overnight, delivering what must be a crippling blow to the most terrible criminal threats we face in Liberty.


This is how it seems from our perspective. We know it may appear unsightly to some to see the terrible drug being transported openly, but I'm sure those opinions would be reversed if they were aware that each shipment they saw was another step along the road to its permanent eradication. Or we could hand over the vessels of our interdiction team to your servicemen to enable them to install the military-grade scan-blocking equipment your Willard vessels appear to use.

Now, I am most interested in hearing any concerns you may have and how this situation seems from your perspective. And please, speak candidly - don't stand on formality on my account.

Timothy Cryer
CEO and Chairman, Cryer Pharmaceuticals

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