To: XA, Lovelace Circle || From: Bristol C&M

[Geno]

BANDAGEDNNTRANSMISSIONCLIENT.bmexe

STANDARD NET ACCESS 6.9 |( I N ) S E C U R E | MAGELLANNETWORK version 0548.81915211L Copyright Lucian Baker YEAH RIGHT. LOVELACE RULES! nnprotocol: authenticating... OK nnprotocol: connection_handshake... OK nnprotocol: data_relay_gateway_handshake... OK transmission metadata information: media type: nnet_firewall_bypass-stnd-transmission (totally nncompliant, ver 4.0) source: 43a22caa-1119-003p-rank-a1111lqccb33aa target: 00984787-eacb-sciss-ors6-pp5o000000000 bandwidth type: stnd_mnet_encr bandwidth delay: idk lol bandwidth packet loss: 3.039992 MiB additional encryptions: N/A SENDER ID: KEYGEN RECEPIENT ID: Bristol C&M, LFR SUBJECT: ???? Wow. You guys really need to chill out. I thought we had a common goal here.

[Geno]

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STANDARD NET ACCESS 6.9 |( I N ) S E C U R E | MAGELLANNETWORK version 0548.81915211L Copyright Lucian Baker YEAH RIGHT. LOVELACE RULES! nnprotocol: authenticating... OK nnprotocol: connection_handshake... OK nnprotocol: data_relay_gateway_handshake... OK transmission metadata information: media type: nnet_firewall_bypass-stnd-transmission (totally nncompliant, ver 4.0) source: 43a22caa-1119-003p-rank-a1111lqccb33aa target: 00984787-eacb-sciss-ors6-pp5o000000000 bandwidth type: stnd_mnet_encr bandwidth delay: idk lol bandwidth packet loss: 3.039992 MiB additional encryptions: N/A SENDER ID: KEYGEN RECEPIENT ID: Bristol C&M, LFR SUBJECT: I'm Just Really Confused Bro But In Like A Kafkaesque Kind Of Way You know, some of us were hoping something would work out here. Having a rearranged, rebuilt and pressurized Toronto as a trading post sounded like a great idea, until you had to slot in your own requests while I thought this channel was going to be about, like, mutual cooperation, bro. It's really not that serious. You want shipped components? You could have just asked without having to ruin the vibe with like, the only public contractor that was willing to help us out. Like I said, having a functioning Toronto would've worked wonders for the well-being of this pit of doddering component thieves and degenerates coming in from Inverness to meddle in our business. If you really want 'em, you could send us a list and we could arrange something ourselves and ship your parts over to Fort Ramsey. It's not a big deal to us. But we need everyone to be on the same page if we want this to work, because ultimately, it's going to be for the benefit of everyone involved. So please, have a sandwich, drink a juice box, do some drugs, I don't know. Relax. We can work this out.

[Reeves]

☠ Incoming transmission.
☠ Signal source: Free Republic relay, Liberty
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Sender: Alliance Commander "Cobra"
Recipient: Bristol / Lovelace Circle
Subject: RE: Toronto

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Let's talk then.

"Liberty or death."
-"Cobra"

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[Bristol Constructions]

Incoming Transmission

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User ID: Blake, Esme
Recipient: Xenos Alliance, Lovelace Circle
Subject: Toronto
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Cobra,

I’m glad reasonable heads prevail.

I take it, then, that you still desire the demands outlined by "Midian", as far as other steps to be taken in Ontario. I’ll address each.

1) Fort Ramsey’s Drydock

I’ll admit, having a proper drydock for Fort Ramsey, especially in helping to repair the Liberty Rose and other larger vessels for Ontario, would be ideal. I’d be willing to provide a number of materials towards that, though construction will be in the end at the purview of the Steel Circle. Just list what components would be exactly necessary towards it and I’ll see what can be done.

2) CTE Engine Components

40.000 Engine Components could be made available to Fort Ramsey, considering the distance between there and Baltimore Shipyard - that’s altogether simple. Before such shipments start, though, I’d like clarity on the first point.

As to these being conducted, however, I’d like to talk about what exactly the Liberty Free Republic desires as far as recompense and balance - to me, I have provided a fair enough offer. The Free Republic performs the same task as it would be needing to anyways, the removal of the Junkers in proximity to Toronto Station, and Bristol performs all necessary construction to bring the station back into service. With that, the Free Republic gains industry at a good pace, and a cash flow from outside your organization. Should you require more solid agreements as to the future conduct of Bristol C&M towards its employees, and towards the system as a whole, in Ontario, I’m sure we can come to that.

I look forward to hearing back from you.

V/R
BLAKE, ESME
CHIEF OF OPERATIONS, BRISTOL CONSTRUCTIONS & MANUFACTURING
COMMANDING OFFICER, SAGGIATORE (IND-BRI00034-K834)

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[Reeves]

☠ Incoming transmission.
☠ Signal source: Free Republic relay, Liberty
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Sender: Alliance Commander "Cobra"
Recipient: Bristol / Lovelace Circle
Subject: RE: Toronto

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Miss Blake,

Understand first and foremost that these are not demands concocted by Midian himself. They are terms reached by the Free Council--consider it a representative body of our greater movement. It sets nominal policy, and we are sworn to advance its interests for the sake of our people. As is to be expected, the Council rarely agrees on anything.

I will be the first to admit, however, that the Council’s demands in this matter are… overzealous. Still, I believe their hearts are in the right place. Dog’s Day was an absolute abattoir--hundreds of men, and half that number again in ships, lost so that we can even have this conversation.

As you can imagine, this has bred strong feelings. Especially when what you offer bears an uncomfortable resemblance to deals these men have heard before, from executives of every stripe. This is not a knock on you; it is simply teething from a people slow to trust and quick to feel threatened--justifiably so.

I have appealed the matter regardless, and the Free Council has withdrawn its insistence on the second point. You need concern yourself only with the first: an investment in the burgeoning LFR defense complex would go a long way toward assuaging the worst of the paranoia.

From this point, we can work forward.

"Liberty or death."
-"Cobra"

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