My name is Emily Furukawa, Chief Executive Officer of Ionic Incorporated, a subsidiary of Kishiro Technologies.

Our parent company has enjoyed a long-standing and productive partnership with Interspace Commerce, and we at Ionic would like to build on this established relationship.
Ionic Incorporated is primarily a scientific branch of the company, and the primary focus of our laboratories is education. I'll keep my summary brief here, but I encourage you to visit our main site.
Since our main field of research is in applied physics, we imagine this would be highly relevant for the organizational backbone of space-borne infrastructure, and your company is likely to have interest in both the academic and the experimental side of our work.

We are currently in the process of some structural re-arranging, on the organizational and the physical level. We intend to move the heavy industrial segments of our installation, refineries and smelters, to a separate annex, to end the storage issues and logistical strain the combined operation with our high technology and academic facilities is putting on facility management.
This presents a substantial organizational hurdle, and has raised some concerns among our investors. So, we are seeking guarantees from financial heavyweights to ensure credit stability. There is no backer better suited and positioned for this than Interspace Commerce.
While there are no concerns about liquidity, an investment backing from such a source would solidify the endeavor in the eyes of market analysts, and bolster trust in the long-term profitability of the company, after an already confidence-inspiring first quarter report.

If there's a general interest in backing us, please let us know.

It's regrettable that you feel relations between our parent houses have deteriorated to a point as low as you describe.
Even if we can't strike a deal, please know that the presentation you see in Samura-backed media about the Roppongi incident and the wider relations between the Empire and Interspace, as well as the Republic, are by no means shared by all.
Ionic Incorporated, as well as our parent company, stands firmly against the isolationism and xenophobia that's unfortunately still far more widespread than I'd like to see. If you ever visit our academy grounds, I think you'll find a far different climate than what the news would have you expect.
As for Deep Space Engineering, like you said, competition is tight in the platinum business, that's just the reality of it. We have to look out for our own first and foremost.

In any case, it's unfortunate that you're not willing to consider cooperation at this time, but we remain hopeful for the future.