To: IMG| and [ALG]; From: Gateway|; Subject: Mining & Shipping request

[Hunor]

Greetings Ladies and Gentlemen,

My name is Alan Shepard the vice president of Gateway Shipping Inc. I am very happy to contact you in this occasion. If we look in the past only successful joint work can be seen. I hope the relationship between us can only be strengthened in the future and to achieve this goal the shortest way is to work together. Gateway would like to request from your miners and traders 35.000 unit of Silver Ore. Oceana Shipping Platform is ready to pay for every shipment 4000 sirius credit / unit Silver Ore. The base (Oceana Shipping Platform) is located in Cortez system, 10K distance from Planet Curacao. We would like to invite in this job the [ALG] members and this channel is open for their representatives too. We are looking forward to your reply,

Sincerely

Alan Shepard,
Vice President of Gateway,
Executive in charge of corporate security.

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[ALG Classic]

Dear Mr Shepard;

I'm Anita Raichert, Director of Shipping for ALG Waste Disposal.
While we would be happy in principle to make shipments of ore to Oceana, your request is entirely outside the realm of possibility for a number of reasons.
First, the only economical source would have to be the Humboldt system, as Oceana is far too distant from Omega-7. The IMG does not operate in Humboldt as the ore fields in the system are owned by Deep Space Engineering.
Even if they did receive permission for mining operations, we have no real base of operations at an appropriate distance.
And while relations with DSE have warmed up somewhat, I doubt they would be willing to partner in the mining business - and I'm not sure our board of directors would agree to such a venture either.

Even if all these issues were somehow addressed and we could organize an efficient mining operation in Humboldt, the price you offer is completely uneconomical. The distance between the field and Oceana was calculated and found to be longer than many full-length ore shipping routes we regularly take, such as hauling Beryllium from Cambridge to New Berlin - routes that pay in the realm of seven to eight thousand credits per unit. I'm afraid there is no way to economically store Silver Ore at Oceana.

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Anita Raichert
Shipping Division

[Hunor]

Greetings Dame Raichert,

This project is dedicated to find a better communication and relation between corporations.
Firstly I want to mention the aforesaid price it is the starting price and this is not fixed yet. We are ready to increase to 7000 credit / ore. I think this price can compensate the distance travel between Omega-7 and Cortez system but we are flexible to reach an other settlement.
Secondly I want to totally reject any idea about Humboldt mining project. Gateway is willing to have any agreement to maintain the connection between our first miner partner, IMG. We hope ALG would have like to join in this project. And we wait the IMG with another positive reply to strengthen the main idea about this common work or to establish another proposal,

Sincerely

Alan Shepard,
Vice President of Gateway,
Executive in charge of corporate security.

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[Jack_Henderson]

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¤ SUBJECT: Silver Cooperation

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Dear Mr. Alan Shepard,

I'll be frank here. The Guild would love to assist you, but we cannot do so with Silver ore. Our equipment is bad for mining Silver and Rheinland laws bars access to the only possible mining field in Omega 7. There is a Kruger base brimming with weapon platforms sitting in the small field. We cannot supply anybody with Silver ore legally at the moment.

Until this situation has changed, I regret to say that we cannot help you.
Contact me on Sky-P3 to figure out possible avenues for cooperation.

Jack Henderson
IMG Operations

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[Hunor]

Greetings Mr. Jack Henderson,

Thank you for the fast reply. Just Hmm... bureaucracy everywhere but I think that can not affect this business. I need to re-think the mining request and with all of this Gateway refuse the Silver mining request. I am thought about to switch the stage from Omega-3 and we are open to buy other ores from your palette. And with all respect I'm asking from you to choose a different stage to avoid the dramas...

Sincerely

Alan Shepard,
Vice President of Gateway,
Executive in charge of corporate security.

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