Halpert Kennedy, Starfliers To: Administration, Ikarus Station Subject: Neighbors
You people do realize Icarus is spelled with a... you know what. I don't care. That's a you problem.
You may or may not have noticed. Maybe because you've gone blind looking at the pretty lights, but we've decided to come say hello. Get out here already and say hello. Or maybe you can't, because of going blind and all...
Great. Neighbors. You would think being this far out in the space sticks would allow for some peace and quiet.
[Leo clears his throat]
Salutations and greetings, Starfliers. Welcome to Tau-23. This is Dr. Leo Morningstar, one of the last of SLRC (yes, we are still active, though in greatly reduced numbers) and now of the Ikarus Cooperative, a loose council of Zoners dedicated to the study of strange and unusual mysteries. As you might well know, Ikarus Station is an observatory and early warning system for the nearby Anomaly should...things start coming out of it or worse. Should Ikarus raise the alarm about it's activity flaring, ensure you pay heed. The anomaly regularly spins off mostly innocuous copies of itself that on occasion interfere with docking systems and have a propensity to intersect bulkheads. Other than being a general nuisance, they're mostly harmless.
Should you need anything from Ikarus, please feel free to reach out and we'll do our best to help.
Oh, and if you want a bit of trivia, reorganize Ikarus into another word, you might be fascinated to know that while Icarus is spelled different, Ikarus has a double meaning.
Ever upwards, towards answers. --Dr. Leo Morningstar, Administrator for Ikarus Station
You fear oblivion. Yet you forget. The universe remembers every atom of your being. Even dust hums your name in the dark. Roleplay is dead. Long live Powertraders and PvP I guess.
Halpert Kennedy, Starfliers To: Administration, Ikarus Station Subject: Surprised
Hooray... or not hooray. Someone is actually in there. And they said hello!
Well at least you can talk to the guy upstairs to sort shit out. I'm just flying out to Delta waiting on a poor sod to arrive. Then we'll be making our merry way into some other place that's full of explosives. You know... the fun stuff.
Not wanting to play games, Morningstar. You can keep Ikarus, I mean Icarus, I mean... nevermind.
Starlight Research Consortium Chasing starlight since 829 A.S.
From: Dr. Leo Morningstar
Subject: Be neighborly
Encryption Strength: High
This is coming to you, Mr. Halpert but feel free to pass route this to your boss if you don't want to deal with it. From our previous discussion as well as prior ones in the past, no doubt you don't want to deal with it. To be frank, I don't blame you.
We recently sent a communication to the Core but so far have gotten back crickets and we're sort of hoping that your team next door could spare a cup'a Xeno Relics for a project we have ongoing. If not, possibly a means to obtain them? For now we just need 2,500 for construction of a facility on Ikarus but may need more soon in the future. Our dockmaster has clearance to buy them for $290SC per SCU but we're willing to increase that as a means of incitement.
Reason we're asking you to help instead of getting them ourselves is...well, because of our restructuring, we've cut a lot of fat off of our operations and one of those cuts was cutting into our transportation fleet...extensively. As such, we lack the means to get them easily. Even if we use smaller vessels through Alpha, we run into Outcasts wanting to use us for target practice (they don't like relics), Kusari is already on edge with Liberty, Bretonia has itchy trigger fingers as far as Zoners are concerned, and the Corsairs...well...all I have to say about them is "Freeport 9".
Hoping you're able to lend a hand while we get back up on our feet after nearly going belly up.
--Dr. Leo Morningstar Director Ever upwards, towards answers.
You fear oblivion. Yet you forget. The universe remembers every atom of your being. Even dust hums your name in the dark. Roleplay is dead. Long live Powertraders and PvP I guess.
Halpert Kennedy, Starfliers To: Leo Morningstar, SLRC Subject: Yeah, I don't want to do it
You are the first person to understand my position here. In addition to that, you are right - I don't want to do it.
I'll do you a fucking favour though. Make sure I drop a post-it note onto Albert's desk. He likes his notes, on his desk, on his terminal, even in his private toilet stall walls if the rumours are true. I'll put it on his terminal to make you feel better but can't promise it'll be seen with the rest of his shit.
Vanesca Catallia Location: Research Liner Sol To: Neighbours
Subject: Material Acquisition
Hello? This is Vanesca, Albert's desk seems to be dying again under the weight of his "collection". Let's see how we can help.
Ahh, yes. Those materials. Sure, let's do that. I will assign that to one my pilots. It shall be done in the next days post-haste.
And don't worry, the pay is good, the route is scenic, nothing to argue about. I will wire the few we still have over first, to let you guys start your work while the remaining will be on their way.
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