Secure Transmission to Oberst Kaspar Meisnerr

[Friday]

After an easy interception by a Hessian patrol, a Zoner ship hands over a sealed titanium cylinder, to be given to the right person.

***MESSAGE ADDRESSED AS FOLLOWS***

Auchtung: Brigadegeneral Kaspar Meisnerr, Red Hessian Army

From: Guild Master Azuki Tamagochi.

I would like to offer my deepest thanks for your patience and tolerance. I shall do my utmost to see that our Zoner allies continue to meet your demand for fuel.

I have made an explicit offer to the Zoner Trading Consortium to service your needs at this time. They offer both of us a degree of separation and deniability in the face of Rheinland, Kusari and Hispanic scrutiny.

I would urge you Herr Meisnerr to consider the Zoners as partners to your mining operations. the reasoning for this is that Kusari may well try to find favour with the Rheinland government by declaring Blood Diamonds (cut or uncut) contraband. Even if this happens, Zoner 'entrepreneurs' will still move your diamonds into Kusari - taking the risks for the profits to be had.

On your order, I can have the ZTC contact you directly to make the arrangements.

With regards to your actions in Rheinland. All our ships shall be instructed to comply with any reasonable demand made by the RHA. All communications shall be made in local broadcast mode, and not in a compromising system-wide mode.

It must also be noted that once our fuel is purchased by a contract partner, what happens to them - or their ships - is no longer our concern.

Once again we are humbled by your acceptance of our offer of continued service, even at a distance. Perhaps in this small way we may yet assist you in achieving the ultimate goal, too long-denied to the Hessians.

With Deepest Regards,
Azuki

***MESSAGE ENDS***

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