"Konnichiwa... is that the correct greeting? Anyway. I'm in need of a good vessel. Rather than waste our time with small-talk, I'll get down to it. I need a Raba, and I understand the Hogosha are the people responsible for their distribution.
Who do I work for? No one, I work for myself and only myself. I have had small-time relationships in the past, but none that have carried through to now. What I do for a living, well, I acquire cargo through questionable means. Suffice to say... I take things from people who don't need it, and put it to use myself.
In return for access to one of these vessels, I can relinquish the hulk of a Behemoth. Though I doubt you will be able to find much use of it, you may be able to melt it down and use it to build another ship.
At the Office of The Hand, Head of The Bureau, Security for The Hogosha Black Dragon Society
The Hand, immaculately suited as always, sat alone, relaxing at his executive desk situated on The Black Dragon Casino Ship, The Golden Dragon.
Swivelling his sumptious chair toward the windowscape overlooking Planet New Tokyo, he let his mind settle, and eyes focus gently on the distant stars.......
His thoughts were adrift for some time......
But eventually... on the internal comms to his private secretary.
"Get me Takata!"
"I want to know who this ProjectX person is! Find out all about his family, personal and business life. I want to discover any weak spots...Make sure you look for vulnerable areas, those which we might .....exploit."
In the mean time, open up a comms channel direct to my office. It seems this pilot wants to take use of a Raba. I Want to know why and to what ends as a first instance.
And then....what reparations we can negotiate. We are after all running a business here."
PS.. Check out the prices for second hand run down Behemoths....If things go wrong for this gaijin, he won't be needing it any more...
The armoured reptilian man sat in the relatively empty cargo hold of his Behemoth, where he'd set up a make-shift 'living area'. He knew that they would want to know more about him - everyone he contacts does. He also knew, however, that the chances of finding anything useful on him were small at best. The most people would find out, under regular circumstances, was reports given by law keeping organisations and trading corporations.
Not much of it was good, to say the least.
One advantage to him, however, was the fact that only a small group of people knew what he 'was', and even fewer by X's own doing.
He sighed, poking his head around the access way to the cockpit, to see if there had been any updates on his comms array.
<//Incoming Subspace Transmission//--
--//Communications ID: ProjectX//--
--//Location: SCRAMBLED//--
--//Signal Strength: 84%//--
--//Begin//-->> There was a slight sigh, though sounding more of exasperation than impatience.
"Salutations once more.
I would like to be a little more clear on my intentions, with a vessel of your making. I need something sturdy with high firepower, to... mmm..."
The voice paused, for a moment.
"... Well, most of Sirius would consider it 'piracy'. However you have my word, that I will not use the vessel against any Hogosha, or their allies."
At the Office of The Hand, Head of The Bureau, Security for The Hogosha Black Dragon Society......
Very Well! A one off payment of 20mill crdits to [|]Treasury will suffice to prioritise production of one Raba to the fore for you. Please make payment before collecting your ship. We insist that you take our minimum technical instruction course for ship operation and maintenance before navigating away from our facility for the first time, this is all inclusive in the price. Additionally, our engineers will be available to asssist with loadout and controls advice, depending on your needs.
Two things remain... Please identify your intended ZOI and secondly but most importantly, notify us of your ships name to avoid any misunderstanding that it may have been stolen. We will need to update our official ship registers.
A proof of posting purchase stamp in this post will be fine.
Proof of purchase recieved....A pleasure doing business with you. We hope you find the Raba to your satisfaction.
Enjoy the ship and fly safely my friend. Your ships name will be added to our registers.
You are reminded that a full, two year, back to base guarrantee is in place and we would appreciate feedback on your flying experience, this ship has capacity for upgrading, so your thoughts are important to us.
At the Office of The Hand, Head of The Bureau, Security for The Hogosha Black Dragon Society......
Very Well! A one off payment of 20mill crdits to [|]Treasury will suffice to prioritise production of one Raba to the fore for you. Please make payment before collecting your ship. We insist that you take our minimum technical instruction course for ship operation and maintenance before navigating away from our facility for the first time, this is all inclusive in the price. Additionally, our engineers will be available to asssist with loadout and controls advice, depending on your needs.
Two things remain... Please identify your intended ZOI and secondly but most importantly, notify us of your ships name to avoid any misunderstanding that it may have been stolen. We will need to update our official ship registers.
A proof of posting purchase stamp in this post will be fine.