Dealing in the Blood - Printable Version

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Dealing in the Blood - Unseelie - 02-03-2009

Christopher Wren. An elderly man, complete with cane and spectacles. Dressed in the very best suit, the most luxurious shoes. Escorted by a Bretonian special ops agent, he drifted down the airlock from an advanced train which strained the mooring features on Casablanca Base. It hauled everything, food, arms, gold, luxury goods, simple toys and computers, air and water...And it sold cheap.

Where his black suede soles touched down on the station's floor, as he corrected his jacket and tightened his tie, a collection of Hessian officials stood. Trade unionists, the captains of the stationside industries, an RHA commander, and a pair of nervous men, in suits slightly less expensive than Wren's; the executives of the station's current shipping company.

Wren looked up, straightening his back as he pushed back on his cane.
"Gentlemen? Shall we begin?"

Dealing in the Blood - Blodo - 02-03-2009

The man in the centre of the Hessians took off his old fashioned glasses and wiped them with a handkerchief before putting them back on. The base interior wasn't steamy or hot - one could describe it as a bit on the cold side even, but the man's habit overruled this fact.
He stepped forward from the group to greet the "foreign official" (as Meisnerr put it in his transmission to the station a few hours earlier), who was just being pulled down by the stronger artificial gravity on the station, as he stepped out of the docking bays and into the main section of the station.
- "Welcome to Casablanca. I am Lukas Lang, head of commodities on this station."
He turned his head to look at the man in the grey uniform adorned with red badges standing behind him, then back at the Bretonian.
- "Let us proceed to the meeting room then."

Lang himself led the column of men down through the fairly cramped station corridors, with most of the other Rheinlanders behind the two Bretonians silently discussing this situation in their native tongue. The group passed devices and bulkheads of obvious Hispanic origin and design, but many of them enhanced or otherwise changed by Rheinland-ish technology and style. This station certainly wasn't in Hessian hands just a short while ago, but it was a clear testament to their progress in the Omega edge worlds.

The group was led to an area above the bar, although well shielded from it. This area could have easily been the former private quarters of a prominent Corsair scourge - but right now it was "merely" a reinforced conference room. As the men entered it through the large, painted doors, they were shown to their seats around the round table. Lang continued to stand at the behest of the RHA officer, who was paying careful attention to him, clearly expecting him to begin the proceedings. Lang put his hands together, and did just that, turning to face the Bretonian rep.
- "Gentlemen, we as Rheinlanders do not like to waste time. A discussion between all of us was made before you arrived, and we have.. uh.. most of the details on our side sorted out. Now we would like to hear your business proposition, so that we can begin the negotiations."

Dealing in the Blood - Unseelie - 02-04-2009

"Gentlemen, as you are aware, the Bowex Corporation is among the premier shipping corporations in Sirius, with a reach that extends from London to the Hawaii, from Malta to the deep Omegas. What we are interested in achieving, here, is an understanding which allows us to compete with impunity with your local shipping companies. In that vein, we are capable of offering guarantees on every shipping job we take, and shipping in vast quantities direct to sellers in legitimate markets, rather than operating through myriad fences. Moreover, we are seen as somewhat innocuous by the Rhienland Military, which provides us with a further edge, and you with lower prices.

What we're offering, in the immediate, is to handle the shipments of Synth from Cryer to Vogland, then guns from Vogtland to Frietal, and then diamonds from Frietal, in exchange for protected status of our shipping. If for any reason, you find us unsatisfactory, you may cancel this preliminary arrangement at any time. We are of course confident that we can successfully capture whatever market you offer us, to the benefit of both the Hessians and ourselves. So, gentlemen, care to deal?"

Dealing in the Blood - Blodo - 02-28-2010

Message to: Border Worlds Exports, Bretonia
Comm ID: Oberleutnant Karl van der Riess, RHA Armament and Acquisitions
Location: Vogtland, Dresden
Encryption: High

Guten abend, herren.

I have been instructed to request your attention regarding a deal between our two organisations. As you no doubt already know, we are still in the process of extraction and sale of copious amounts of very special diamonds. This operation is progressing successfully enough as to allow us to maintain a steady stockpile of the stones. Thus I would like to ask you to consider resuming your transportation services of this commodity. The market is still very much open for it, and it would allow both our organisations to gain profit through cooperation.

I will await your answer on this frequency.

Regards,
Karl van der Riess
RHA Armament and Acquisitions

Dealing in the Blood - 11of10 - 02-28-2010

Signing off.

Dealing in the Blood - Blodo - 02-28-2010

Message to: Border Worlds Exports, Bretonia
Comm ID: Oberleutnant Karl van der Riess, RHA Armament and Acquisitions
Location: Vogtland, Dresden
Encryption: High

My superiors are willing to exempt all "Bowex)" tagged ships from our interdiction operations, bar shipments openly supporting the Rheinland government (such as the transport of military vehicles or Daumann diamonds) in which case an exemption fee will still be required. I am sure we can negotiate on the fine print however.

The Rheinland Revolutionary Alliance will of course be informed of our cooperation, but we cannot vouch for its members fully as each Rheinland revolutionary organisation is autonomous despite our close cooperation.

As to the route you could take: I am sure your IMG contacts can divulge to you the position of the Omega-11 jump hole within Omega-7. Omega-7 is firmly within the grasp of our patrols, with only occasional Military incursions taking place. The jump hole to Omega-11 will take you almost right next to our base, Freital, which is the primary diamond distribution point. From there you can take them to whichever destination you choose without infringing Rheinland territory.

Regards,
Karl van der Riess
RHA Armament and Acquisitions

Dealing in the Blood - 11of10 - 02-28-2010

#########Transmission#########
Source: Newcastle system, Lancaster trade center, Bowex HQ
Sender: Ian Wills, Acting Director of Operations
Target: Dresden system, Vogtland station, Oberleutnant Karl van der Riess
CC: Bowex Archive
Topic: Exotic Goods

Mister Riess, it seems that you gentlemen have allready thought out most of the possible problems for our deal, up to a point that this seems like quite a common occurence with you.

However, your inderdiction of Military vehicles shipping strikes us hard, as they are quite needed for the war effort. As you may or may not know, we are in a grivous war with <strike>those anoying rice munchers</strike> the House Kusari.

And, while we are also able to obtain Combat ground vehicles from Liberty, for some reason, chaps on the front lines really prefer the Rheinland manufactured ones.

So, if you would be kind enough to inform us in advance about the relative value of your exemption fee, and if it could be payed in shipped goods, we would be gratefull.

Which brings me to another issue: What goods do you gentlemen need on Freital station?

After all, when coming to one's house, we surely cannot come empty handed, can we?

Cheers

Ian Wills, Acting Bowex Director of Operations
[Image: Ianssiggie.jpg]

Signing off.

Dealing in the Blood - Blodo - 02-28-2010

Message to: Border Worlds Exports, Bretonia
Comm ID: Oberleutnant Karl van der Riess, RHA Armament and Acquisitions
Location: Vogtland, Dresden
Encryption: High

It is indeed acceptable to allow the passage of military vehicles by paying for it with the shipment of our diamonds. Regularly informing our men of a cargo transport coming and going should be enough. Failing that, the exemption fee would likely not exceed 1 million credits for the most spacious of transports, as a token of good will from our organisation.

As to the goods we require: our repair facilities on Ronneburg (which is easily accessible from Freital) are in constant need of H-fuel, light arms and engine components, preferably in bulk. Of course, if you are interested in shipping other... kinds of cargo, Freital also accepts datadisks of counterfeit software from Liberty and pays a very good price for them.

Of course, the choice is yours.

Regards,
Karl van der Riess
RHA Armament and Acquisitions

Dealing in the Blood - 11of10 - 03-02-2010

#########Transmission#########
Source: Newcastle system, Lancaster trade center, Bowex HQ
Sender: Ian Wills, Acting Director of Operations
Target: Dresden system, Vogtland station, Oberleutnant Karl van der Riess
CC: Bowex Archive
Topic: Exotic Goods

Mister Riess,

The terms that you have offered are acceptable. I would suggest that we leave it to our respective pilots to decide about the "fee or shipping your goods" on a case by case basis, as it would allow us some flexibility.

Regarding the shipments of H-fuel and engines, these are a highly sought comodity for Bretonia, with the war and all, but, we'll see what we can do to provide some of it.

As for the light arms shipments, we might be in a somewhat better position to provide these to you, as there are some manufacturing facilities on the planet of New London.

Looking forward to cooperating with you gentlemen.

Cheers

Ian Wills, Acting Bowex Director of Operations
[Image: Ianssiggie.jpg]

Signing off.

Dealing in the Blood - Blodo - 03-02-2010

Message to: Border Worlds Exports, Bretonia
Comm ID: Oberleutnant Karl van der Riess, RHA Armament and Acquisitions
Location: Vogtland, Dresden
Encryption: High

Sehr gut.

Now that we are agreed to the terms, there is another matter to discuss. As you no doubt know Liberty remains the place with the highest demand for our diamonds. Coincidentally, the Liberty Navy has recently decided that uninformed and ignorant decisions are the way forward. One of these decisions was the rather little known proclamation of the Navy that they are now treating red tinted diamonds as illegal. This is of course completely unlawful, and according to our checks hasn't been ratified by the Liberty government in any way. It remains to be seen whether their government is even aware.

Now as far as we are concerned their government is far from a war time dictatorship, and there has to be due process for things like this. This brings me to the question of a small favour. The Red Hessian movement, being an organisation that neither the Liberty nor Rheinland governments recognise as a legal entity, cannot do much to protest the damage that this unlawful decision has caused to independent and corporate trade alike. Bowex on the other hand has extensive law firm support who can protest this decision at the highest level of the Liberty bureaucracy.

Of course, we're willing to pay the expenses of your law firms in full if it is required. After all, we have the resources. I sincerely hope for a positive answer.

Regards,
Karl van der Riess
RHA Armament and Acquisitions