To: The IMG | Subject: Ship Purchase

[Vulkhard Muller]

Greetings, I hope this transmission finds you well.

Stokes Waste Management is a small up-and-coming Bretonian based industrial waste management business. We currently operate removing war debris from New London and elsewhere throughout Bretonia for smelting or other forms of processing.

While I have been making decent work utilizing a CUV-39M "Mender" Repair Ship as well as a modified Breton DS-2 "Voyager" Civilian Freighter to partition larger pieces I feel upgrading my equipment is needed. While my handy work has been effective thus far it hasn't been without it's trouble. Constant electrical issues, repeated system glitches, and a unnerving number of incidents of one of the arms jamming itself into the hull of my ship has led me to believe it might be worth while to get something built by an actual professionals with genuine experience in engineering robotics. Which is why I am sending this message today, while passing through Tau-31 recently I saw one of your Mining Teams and was quite impressed by the design of your IMG-M2C "Annapurna" Mining Ship.

Let me know what the price will be, I certainly hope we can do business.

Rowan Hamilton - CEO

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[StellarViss]

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¤ LOCATION: Freistadt, Omega-7

¤ COMM-ID: Albert Schulze

¤ TARGET-ID: Stokes Waste Management

¤ SUBJECT: Proposition

¤ ENCRYPTION: IMG A.L.L.O.Y Code

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Rowan Hamilton,

The Annapurna is sold on the open market, and the Guild has no issue trading it in general. However, your company is another matter.

From what our neural-net search shows, Stokes’ Waste Management stands in direct opposition to our good friends at ALG. You’ve chosen to side with BMM — a corporation known for treating its workers as little more than numbers. They’ve never shown any empathy toward those who labor for them, and they deserve no loyalty from anyone, least of all from you.

Your open patriotism toward the Crown also raises concerns among many of our members. Bretonia has shown nothing but hostility toward the Guild even going so far as to risk it's downfall during the Gallic war to make a point.

Consider your request denied.
And take this as a fair warning do not be caught salvaging the Aland wreck.

Without regards
Albert Schulze, Guildmaster

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[Vulkhard Muller]

Guildmaster Schulze,

Not the response I was expecting but a understandable one nonetheless, I do believe some clarifications are in order so let me try my best to explain,

I left BMM behind because I thought they were weak. While I do side with The Government on some things, I do not agree with our handling of the situation in New London. I do not have any express issues with ALG in principle. My issue is with The Government choosing ALG over BMM. Not because I feel BMM is in some way superior but because The Government has exported good paying jobs from Bretonia. Jobs that could have reinvigorated the destitute and disillusioned masses of refugees that fled from the Gallic onslaught and now live in abject poverty across both Bretonia and also some parts of Rheinland and Liberty. Instead of it pushing BMM, an allegedly "Crown Owned" corporation, to increase hiring to clear New London and create new jobs that, while not luxurious, would still allow them to earn a living wage even creating a massive demand for highly skilled smelter operators and toxic waste refinement technicians. Instead they exported this job to Rheinlanders who now almost entirely employ Bretonians in the lowest of the low paying jobs.

I don't hate Rheinlanders.
I don't hate Rheinland.
I don't even hate ALG, after all it is just business, and they only accepted the contract it was The Government who made it lobbyist or no.

I hate BMM for not fighting harder to keep the cleanup domestic.
I hate the Bretonian Government for choosing the cheapest way out rather then taking steps to rebuild national pride.

I love Bretonia, I hate what she has become, I hope what little help my company can give will make some small child somewhere have a glimmer of hope for the future of our house. That is why I started Stokes Waste Management. I have no delusions that we could ever dream of competing with ALG in any meaningful capacity, which is why that isn't truly my goal. My goal is to uplift my fellow Bretonians and give jobs to those who otherwise would join the rapidly rising plague of Slog abuse. If I make a profit along the way that's all the better. The only reason I reached out to you, as I mentioned previously, is simply because I felt your vessel might be useful in my efforts. It is all good though, I will move along and find another vessel that fits my needs.

That all being said, I respect your decision, you have my word you will not see an Annapurna under the Stokes Waste Management banners. Additionally, unless otherwise directed by the powers that be, Aland wreck will not be touched by any of my employees,

Thank you for your time Guildmaster,
Rowan Hamilton - CEO

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