To: The Independent Miners Guild - Friendly Update Etc

[AeternusDoleo]

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From: Johnathan Sanders, IMG
To: Walter Godwin, Gateway Shipping
Subject: Update, Tau facilities access
Encryption: High

Greetings mr. Godwin,

It's been a while since our organizations last had a formal contact. I will forward your communique over to our trade director, 'though at present he is out of comms range. I however can tell you that the Tau bases will be a problem.
The terms of our neutrality in the conflict between Bretonia and Kusari state that we cannot allow Bretonian vessels, be they civilian or military, to use our Tau facilities. Although I doubt Kusari knows about our Falkland base yet, they maintain a presence near Java, and should Bretonian company vessels be spotted there, this would cause a diplomatic mess I'd rather avoid. You are however free to use an intermediary (perhaps Venator could fill this role for you?) if you are in direct need of refined Niobium, refined Beryllium ('though Cardiff would be an easier source for that material), or Niobium ore, but keep in mind that bringing these goods across the border is dangerous at best.
I'd also not mind discussing the possibility of setting up a small Beryllium mining operation in Cambridge, in the newly discovered field, which would require some closer cooperation between us - this field is out of range of the Cardiff cargo shuttles, so direct loading of transports would be the way to go.

We can however offer you free access to our operations in Dublin, Cambridge and in Omega 7, and will remind you that we're offering you a partner's discount on any bulk ore purchases. As for supplying Hood... a regular supply of Nuclear Devices is something we'd appreciate, to keep the smelter going that was installed on the engineering deck, to replace the destroyed main drive assembly. It may not be as big as the Graves smelter but I reckon it's about 35% more efficient. I am not sure if Gateway is licensed to run small-arms throughout Bretonia, but given the state of Dublin, I'd also appreciate one shipment of Small Arms to Hood, and one to South shields, to restock the local security detachments. If you can get your hands on them - try and have as many as these be automated sentry guns.

On a lower priority note... We have a surplus of Hydrocarbons piling up at South Shields. Prior to the Tau conflict these were shipped towards Nago and Tsushima, but for obvious reasons that has ceased. Perhaps you can find a destination for those through regular in-house shipping? Given availability, you're not likely to find a lower price for this commodity in Sirius - these hydrocarbons are a byproduct of the refining activities, and the Guild has no purpose for them.

Feel free to contact me about any of these on the S.K.Y.P.E. channels, look for callsign "AeternusDoleo".

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