We've faced no major hurdles on our travels, and I'm pleased to say that as I had expected, the client response to our encounter was mostly positive. As I told you at the time, everyone really does love a bit of excitement, as long as it ends on a high note.

Now typically, I would start such a letter with affirmation that it is 'good to hear' from my counterpart, though I'm not entirely convinced in this case.
You appear to be mixing a level of rather esoteric praise with what I suppose should be unsurprising disdain for those in a position like mine, and are leaving me quite puzzled in the process.
I'm normally quite adept at discerning a person's motivation - that is, after all, much of what my day job requires - but I must admit you have me struggling.
And fights for causes are admittedly not within my usual line of work, unless you consider the pursuit of leisure and the broadening of experience of our fellow persons across the sector to be such, which I certainly do myself.
Still, I appreciate what I read as cautious goodwill towards my person on your part, and I did say I would at least consider any business venture suggested, so, I'll be happy to listen.

That certainly sounds like a daring adventure and one I'd be lying to say I weren't excited for, even though I do tend to steer a fair bit away from Malta in general. They are Outcast for a reason after all, I'd imagine even their closer clients retain a sense of nervousness when dealing with them.

So, I'm not generally opposed to making such a trip, but there's a serious concern I need clarified first, considering how you speak of said "valuable cargo": We are talking of voluntary passengers here, I hope? I am a humanist, the entire raison d'être of my business is to share my personal love of travel, exploration, and the experience of new cultures and locales with my passengers, and my crew. Taking anyone somewhere against their will is categorically out of the question.

Again, you are leaving me with conflicting feelings here, grateful for your excitement over and admittedly somewhat amused by your surprise at my philosophical positions, but at the same time disappointed that my concern had seemingly hit the mark. I don't think there's much point in me giving a lecture about how human trafficking is bad and how such practice is particularly harmful to businesses like my own, I'll leave you to judge that on your own terms.
Not having to particularly care about my bottom line to the point of not being tempted by such offers is arguably the greatest advantage of engaging in the business as what is, for all the dedication, sweat, blood, and tax form writing I put into it, a pursuit of passion, not my financial basis.

I chose the business of passenger flights simply because I love people, and that is what the business is ultimately about. I have in all likelihood seen hundreds of thousands of faces aboard the Renaissance, and although I obviously can't actively remember every one, each somehow left an impression on the permanent record that is my joy with and love for mankind.

At any rate, I'm far more inclined to such a delivery. The ship obviously isn't optimized for electronics, but there are certainly far worse things to transport. You will have to clue us in on the closer coordinates of this Leiden place, though. All I know is rumours of such a place somewhere in the dark matter of the Kusari border worlds.

So, this did end up being an exciting little adventure. It is, as your partner mentioned, enjoyable to leave one's comfort zone every once in a while. Though I'm not quite sure this excursion counts since the Renaissance, even if used an unusual manner in unusual places, is my comfort zone, but that's neither here nor there.

I will say that it certainly would have been an easier process to do this on my other ship, but you did seem to want to make a point of it being the flashy one, and I suppose I can see why. There's always an element of playground joy when she's without passengers, and the cargo made for quite an unusual environment. So maybe not something I'd do every day, but I wouldn't hate the occasional repeat.
And, although admittedly constituting something of a drop in the ocean type situation, the cash certainly didn't hurt either.

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I'm still not sure I entirely believe that all this was to assuage any vaguely-defined threats allegedly after my head and not more plainly something that you simply wanted doing, but either way. It all turned out well.