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Can't say I was expecting a message from Auxo. None of us really were, so you're gonna have to excuse the late reply.

A lot of us in the founders were there, yeah, and we pulled our weight real hard to try to get that fuel through to the people who needed it. Hearing that it didn't go unnoticed is a nice bonus.

So who are we talking about that had such nice things to say about us? And what's this offer y'wanna make? We're listening.

See, the thing that I find interesting about this contract is that we were already planning to show our faces there. We weren't exactly gonna stand by now that the easy part's done and just watch it from the sidelines. Personally, I feel kinda like y'shoulda already expected this--though I ain't gonna complain about you wanting to basically pay us for what we were already gonna do.

Still, if we're gonna do this, we wanna make a counter-offer.

Experimental weaponry's cool and all, but we ain't a government force or a research group. We're basically a bunch of ragtag militia who teamed up and decided we wanted to pick on the bad guys. We ain't even got consistent parts, let alone weird off-the-wall weapons. And to be honest, weird weapons ain't gonna be as much use to us as other things.

So that leaves us with what we do want, and that's kinda twofold. The first being logistical support. We've got a big old civilian carrier that we were planning on basing out of come the conflict in Penny, but she's kitted as a research ship first and everything else second. The kind of mobile base support that she'd give us is way more demanding on her systems than anything she's ever been put through, and that means maintenance. What we don't have for her is a drydock. What you guys have is a drydock.

You wanna help us make the biggest impact? Let our carrier dock on your base for a refit, and then--at least for this operation--let her come in for repairs and upkeep. If it goes well, maybe we can talk about extending that access farther out into the future.

The second thing that we really need is heavier support for home defense. With stuff heating up around the place and Crayter putting their eyes on Roussillon all official-like, we might need a bit more than just a wing or two of strike craft to keep the place safe. What we've had our eyes on for a while is a gunboat, but that kinda hardware ain't cheap, and what we definitely don't have in ample supply is credits to make that kinda thing happen.

You've got contacts. If y'can hook us up with a single Condor, kitted for anti-fighter support, we'll be happy as clams.

The Condor'll cost you less than those exotic weapons would, almost guaranteed. The drydock access, well, that's harder to price out. But like I said: if y'wanna help us make the biggest dent possible in Liberty's fancy hood, then that's what's gonna help us most there. Let me know what you're thinking.

I don't exactly agree with your assessment of how useful a gunboat would be. We'd field the thing with fighters, not by itself, as a support platform that'd help us maintain space superiority around Andorra. Between that, fighters, and bombers, we'd be able to punch pretty much anything that comes our way pretty hard in the teeth. Hell, if you'd just hook us up with the Condor and its armor, we'd be peachy.

If y'got your heart set on the weapons, y'should prolly know that we would just look for buyers for them so that we can turn them into something more useful. So under those circumstances, you'd be better off paying us directly and save us a bit of headache.

A defensive agreement, we might be able to do, but we'd have to float that past the general assembly first. Can't make any promises on my end.

We don't mind your terms for docking at the Citadel, even an occasional dock for servicing will go a long way. As far as Junkers go...well, we ain't such big fans of 'em, and I'll leave it at that.