Good afternoon, ma'am.

While I don't want to induce a headache to remind you of the lengthy squabble we had a while ago, I'd still like to get back to it for two reasons.

The first reason would be an apology for my wrongful harassing of yourself. As it turns out, Gallic artifacts are indeed legal, at least for now. If you don't find my word alone to be enough of an apology, I'm willing to reimburse you for the time I robbed away from you, through money or any other means you'd prefer.

Secondly, I have a request. While I know that Gallic artifact collection is precious to your employer and perhaps yourself, I'm still inclined to ask if I could borrow a few of them. 5 of them to be specific. The reason for this is that those objects have yet to be carefully examined on a widespread scale, and the more of them which can be dissected, the sooner a solid law can be applied to them to either; ensure their separation to Corsair produced artifacts, or outlaw them for their potential harmful nature.

It goes without saying that I will ensure their return to you as soon as those examinations are sufficient. As it would also be a service for the republic, a cash reward may be a strong possibility, although it would be on my own accord as appreciation for your help, not on the accord of the republic itself. I'm not able to speak for it, after all.

I hope to receive an answer from you soon. With regards, agent Wood.

Good afternoon, sir.

It goes without saying that a repeating of that specific encounter won't happen, as long as your artifacts continue to exist as legal cargo, but I'm sure you won't try to blame your own mistakes on someone else if you were to lose them through confiscation after they get outlawed.

As for your suggestion, you must understand that I'm not directly related to any scientific pursuits at the hands of Liberty. By open request, my goal was to locate a small shipment of Gallic artifacts for studies and bring them in for the scientists to toy around with. If you wish to complicate a deal with the terms you raised, I'll probably have to involve the primary fleet in this, but I've already received word from them that this is a low priority case and would only function as a double check.

That said, I think we reached an impasse here, but since there's potential other sources to acquire these things, I'll make it easy on both of us and withdraw my request.

Enjoy your day.
With regards, agent Wood.

COMM ID: Agent Robert Wood
TARGET ID: Vice President Blake C. Monroe
SUBJECT: Gallic Artifacts
ENCRYPTION: Default
PRIORITY: Low

Good afternoon,

Since it's been a while since your last reply, I have to say this one was pretty unexpected. I started to think you already moved on, but it's great to see you haven't.

The low priority wasn't my decision. Since a quick, but inaccurate, check was already conducted on the nature of them, I'm guessing they figured it wasn't important enough to break their head over. However, I don't get satisfaction before being absolutely sure about something, hence my persistence.

The artifacts, if received, will be brought to Willard Research Station in California. It's not necessary for me to do the delivery, by all means, go ahead and drop them off at Willard by yourself. Just make sure you notify either me or the primary Liberty Navy fleet directly, since they're probably too busy to notice the shipment's arrival.

Special permission isn't necessary to arrive at Willard. Just keep to the public areas in the station, and you'll be fine.

I'll give you the luxury of deciding whether to keep a keen eye on your trinkets, or let me do all the work.

With regards, agent Wood.

COMM ID: Agent Robert Wood
TARGET ID: Jessica Tennant
SUBJECT: Gallic Artifacts
ENCRYPTION: Default
PRIORITY: Low

Hello ma'am.

The hold up might have had something to do with an age old rivalry between the LSF and the Liberty Navy. While you'd expect incompetence from it, it actually gives them more reason to give everything their best shot, in the hopes of outdoing their rivals. I'm glad to hear it didn't obstruct you too much from getting to your destination, though.

I will promptly inform those that will be in charge of the scientific studies that they can get to work as soon as possible. At most, it will probably take a few days.

And before I forget, thank you for doing this service for Liberty.

With regards, agent Wood.

COMM ID: Agent Robert Wood
TARGET ID: Jessica Tennant
SUBJECT: Gallic Artifacts
ENCRYPTION: Default
PRIORITY: Low

Hello again, miss Tennant.

I've received your message at roughly the same time as when I was informed by the Liberty Navy that the whole mess was taken care of, along with your departure from Willard. To get rid of any doubts you might still have, the artifacts are indeed completely harmless as you've stated before, and you won't be getting any trouble from anyone informed of this.

I can't speak for all of Liberty's forces, of course, as some might get the same idea as me and apprehend you for being in the possession of that collection, but it's something you probably will have to risk dealing with until Liberty's laws get updated to explicitly state that Gallic artifacts are to be considered legal, which I have zero control over.

Feel free to open this frequency for reading by third parties. Since there hasn't been discussed any sensitive matters, it couldn't possibly do any harm, and only good.

I'm sure your presence alone was thank enough to Willard's staff. Excuse my lack of professionalism for saying it, but both your conduct and looks certainly make the IND look like an organisation to feel flattered by when being in their mere presence.

As a final mention, if I will be needing anything else, I'll be sure to let you or Vice President Monroe know. Despite our tensed first contact, it's been a general pleasure working with you. Give him my regards, besides the regards I left on the bank account of the Mad Hatter.

Have a wonderful night, ma'am.

With regards, agent Wood.