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Good afternoon,

The Liberty Police is proud to announce that one of the first of the new Liberty Battle Transports being constructed will be going to the Police SWAT division. The order has already been placed at Baltimore shipyards, however with the Rheinland War, resources for construction are scarce and the shipyard is having difficulty procuring the needed parts.

Now, we've already got a drydock reserved for construction, we just need to provide the materials needed if we would like the ship completed any time soon.

The LPI are looking for a lawful trade company (Non Rheinland or Unlawful!) who can haul the parts from their manufacturing points to Baltimore shipyard, and provide evidence of this.

So, first the list of items required by the shipyard to commence construction

Basic Alloy: 2,000 units
Engine Components:4,000 units
Optronics: 2,000 units
Robotic Components: 1,000 units
Ship Hull Panels: 20,000 units
Super Alloys: 5,000 units
Quantum Multiplexors: 1000 units

As you can see the list is not terribly extensive, and proper convoys should be capable of moving the supplies quickly and efficiently.

Now, to qualify for this contract, all interested parties must provide a proposal, with a cost estimate and a list of where you will be hauling the commodities from. All interested groups must have a Official fleet of at least 5 ships, in a mixture of transports and escorts. The LPI insist that escorts be present for all convoys as we will not be responsible for any lost cargo. If the LPI are required to escort, a small fee may be reduced from the final payment.

All interested parties will have 7 days from today to submit their proposal on this channel. The winning bid will have the first half of the payment made immediately, with the second half provided upon completion of the contract.

Thank you for your time.

Deputy Chief Karl Agathon

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*note this is primarily for official factions, perhaps to get some activity up. Official factions may keep both the contract fee, and any credits gained while moving the goods. Please keep fees reasonable

***INCOMING TRANSMISSION***
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Sender: Mark Newman
Subject: Bid

Good day Deputy Agathon,

I am Mark Newman, CEO of Ageira Technologies. To further increase the already strong relations between our companies, Ageira Technologies will be happy to provide the required materials. The hauling costs would usually run us 120,000,000 Sirius Credits, however as we have long term contracts I am willing to cut the shipping costs for you in half.

Cost estimates:

Basic Alloy: 50$ : 2,000 units : 100,000 Credits (Texas)
Engine Components: 800$ : 4,000 units : 1,600,000 Credits (Honshu)
Optronics: 300$: 2,000 units: 600,000 Credits (Honshu)
Robotic Components: 100$ : 1,000 units : 100,000 Credits (New York)
Ship Hull Panels: 500$ : 20,000 units : 10,000,000 Credits (Leeds)
Super Alloys: 300$ : 5,000 units : 1,500,000 Credits (Newcastle)
Quantum Multiplexors: 1900$: 1000 units :1,900,000 Credits (New York)

Total Cost for Parts: ~30,000,000 Credits
Hauling Cost: 60,000,000 Credits
Total Cost: 90,000,000 Credits

Reports will be made on departure and arrival of each shipment, including cargo manifests, times and of course location. Ageira Security will escort the convoys, so LPI escorts will not be needed.

We shall begin shipping as soon as you give us the green light.

Ageira Technologies CEO;
Mark Newman

***END OF TRANSMISSION***

Good Day Mr. Mark Newman, Thank you for your bid, we will inform you in 5 days as to whether or not you were successful.

To all other corporations, you still have time to place a bid.

Respectfully,

Deputy Chief Karl Agathon

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-- Message Received --
- COMID: Pryor, Vincent -
- AFF: Freelancer (Zoner Registered) -
- Type: SSMD (Audio Playback Only w/Attached Data Packet) -
- Length: 01:07 min -
- Encryption: High-
= Playing Message =

Oh this'll be fun, I reckon. Nope, not some big fancy company, Karl, but you know me. The Outflyer Three's a Border Worlds Transport, armored, armed, all that good stuff. I've run more dangerous routes than what this deal wants, and I don't need an escort; used to traveling alone, slipping by in a single ship.

I can pull all this stuff together in two days, probably. Three if I'm lazy. Not like I'm not used to workin' hard. I can pull as much weight with my one ship as a whole damn company can in the same amount of time. While they're all bickerin' about setting out, I'm already getting the work done, y'know? Looks to me like it'd take eighteen runs in total, but I can pull this off no sweat.

Anywho, I have some money on hand to foot the bill for all the raw material; you won't have to pay for it, and if I lose it it's on my wallet. As for the "shipping fee", let me think... Forty five million would do fine. If you're good at smooth talkin' I reckon you might be able to bring it down another notch, but you'll have to work for it with me. *laughs*

I attached the info you wanted on where I'd get my stuff. There's some iffy bits, namely the whole "in Kusari you can't haul crap" deal, but if the cargo is on my watch, and if I'm any good at what I do, it won't be a problem for you fellas. Let's see one of those fancy companies top this.

<Attached Data>
Opening File: Manifest.lst
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Basic Alloy - Planet Houston, Texas
Engine Components - Yukawa Shipyard, Honshu
Optronics - Planet Honshu, Honshu
Robotic Components - Newark Station, New York
Ship Hull Panels - Planet Kyushu, Kyushu
Super Alloys - Scarborough Station, Newcastle
Quantum Multiplexors - Shinjuku Station, New Tokyo

Material Cost: N/A
Shipping Fee: 45.000.000 SC

Total: $45,000,000

= Message End =

Good Morning, I'd like to thank those who have placed bids, a decision will be made shortly.

To all other interested parties, you now have 1 day + 2.5 hours to properly submit a proposal.

Deputy Chief Karl Agathon

---Incoming Transmission---
---ID: Erik T. Demoses, President of Universal Shipping Incorporated---
---Location: Trenton Outpost, New York, Liberty---
---Message Begins---

On the screen the image clears, and there is a young man in a black business suit is sitting behind a deep brown hardwood desk. The desk is immaculate with few things on it surface. The casual observer might see nothing of value, however the trained eye would take in the ancient pen set hidden in plain sight. The man behind the desk steeples his fingers.

Salutations Deputy Chief, good to hear that the LPI is in for some upgrades--well deserved.

I am here to say that the USI would be extremely interested in assisting you in this endeavor. As it so happens, we have have found an extremely versatile route that will gather all the goods you need in one fell swoop. Because of this, we are able to charge considerably less than previously estimated.

The prices are as follows:

Robotic Components (1000 Units): 100,000 Credits (New York)
Basic Alloy (2000 Units): 100,000 Credits (Texas)
Super Alloy (5000 Units): 8,645,000 Credits (New York)
Optronics (2000 Units): 596,000 Credits (Honshu)
Engine Components (4000 Units): 3,116,000 Credits (Honshu)
Quantum Multiplexors (1,000 Units): 795,000 Credits (New Tokyo)
Ship Hull Panels (20,000 Units): 9,960,000 Credits (Leeds)

With the total commodity cost at 23,312,000 credits.

Since this route will not be terribly extensive (and since we like round numbers) we estimate the shipping cost to be at 46,688,000 credits, bringing the grand total to 70,000,000 credits.

As usual, for any large contract, we will record the purchase and delivery of each set of items. Please note that more than one transport will be used and therefore some of the records will be combined together.

We have already reserved a convoy slot in your name for both your convenience and to expedite the order. This is by all means complimentary and there will be no cancellation charge if you decided not to choose USI.

Thanks for taking to time to read our proffer, and we hope that you will once again choose USI for you importing needs. We eagerly await your response.

Until then, this is Erik T. Demoses signing off.

---Transmission Ends---

Good Evening, I would firstly like to announce that after careful consideration the LPI have determined the winner of this contract. Based off the principle of rejecting the highest and lowest bids, we've determined that the USI offer is the most cost effective and time efficient of the choices.

As a result, I am happy to sign this contract over to USI.

President Erik T. Demoses, what I require now is the Neural Net ID of the account you would like the first half of the 70,000,000 credits forwarded to. The second half will be rewarded of course upon completion of the contract.

To all others who bid on this contract, I do thank you for your time and interest however, as I'm sure you know, only one company may win this contract. If in the future more contracts open up, we shall of course consider you.

I look forward to pressing forward with relations between our respective corporations.

Respectfully,

Deputy Chief Karl Agathon

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Good Afternoon Mr. Demoses,

I am sending this communication to confirm that the first payment has been made. I also would hope to see a status report on the order, as your last communication indicated you could complete the contract in 24 hours, but that was over 2 days ago.

While we are on a deadline to get the supplies needed, there still is a safe margin of time remaining. (4.86 release)

If there are any expected delays, I would appreciate a new timeline being drawn up.

Respectfully,

Deputy Chief Karl Agathon

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---Incoming Transmission---
---ID: Erik T. Demoses, President of Universal Shipping Incorporated---
---Location: Trenton Outpost, New York, Liberty---
---Message Begins---

As the image clears, the same young man fades into view. This time, however, he is a bit worse for wear: his obviously expensive business suit is rumpled from lack of removal, the matching tie loosened and hanging limply like a yet to be tightened noose, and instead of sitting, he is hunched over his desk with palms to the dark wood.

Apologies for not contacting you sooner Deputy Chief, and for the lack of formality of this transmission. Recently Universal Shipping has been under a lot of pressure, both negatively and positively. We have recently acquired many new clients and our capital has surged. This, however, did not go unnoticed by the scum of the of Sirius, and consequentially we have mild war on our hands.

I must once again apologize for our apparent slow service, this is not at all like the clean machine we usually are. The convoy that we had in waiting for you confirmation was destroyed, escort and transport, during the midpoint of the voyage, setting us back heavily. Another convoy was not able to be launched until today, and this was done with a skeleton crew.

Although, we are happy to say that we completed the assigned order, we have failed to meet our promised time, therefore there will be no need to complete the second half of the payment to our Traveler bank.

We ask for your forgiveness, and not to judge our performance by this one isolated event. What follows now is the in convoy records of the items transfered at both the base of purchase and sale (in this case Baltimore). As this is an automated service, I will be departing now.

This is Erik T. Demoses, signing off. Until next time, Deputy Cheif Agathon.

---Flight Record of Universal Shipping Incorporated Convoy Beta Alpha 3 Now Displaying---

Robotic Components: 1 000 Sirius Units (Planet Manhattan, New York, Liberty)
Purchase: