It is a great pleasure to receive this message. And I want to assure you that my benefactors have nothing but the utmost respect for you and your fledgling state. I have been informed that there are currently no other plans to deploy transports other than the Nogitsune to Dublin for our business arrangements. Though, my employers have kept information sensitive like this compartmentalized in the past, and as such I can only speak on the matters I have been made aware of.

My benefactors within Kusari look forward to doing business with you, and view this as a very lucrative opportunity both parties. My ship should be more than capable of securing your 'exotic items', so long as they do not originate from Gallia or ports with a Bretonian police presence. Such parties are less than accommodating and doing business with those worlds and stations is impractical at best. Additionally I can confidently assure you of not only being able to supply your people with goods and materials to make your bases more comfortable, but also, shall we say more practical items as well. My benefactors have been able to secure docking clearance for Detroit Munitions, as one example. Muddling the manifests and associated paperwork is something my communications officer has some talent with, and assures me that these 'lost shipments' can be recovered and brought to a place where they will no doubt find some use.

We of course defer to your needs, provided your fine men and women are able to provide us a secure and discrete source of gold for my employers. I have instructed my crew to treat your men and women with the utmost respect, and we shall endeavor to make our transactions succinct and subtle.

To our mutual benefit.

A most peculiar request. I was not under the impression that you and your men had engaged in such work. Regardless, I have my contacts. An arrangement has been made and a choice selection was secured from reserves we have access to. Please be aware that while a preliminary examination has revealed these safe enough to transport, I must warn you that several of these relics are emitting gamma radiation upwards of .602 Gy (a level which has increased from .489 Gy since we passed our first jump hole, and has incrementally increased with each jump). They are clearly marked with the appropriate hazard warnings, and have been sealed within well shielded transport vessels. Please refer to crates 284 to 291 on our manifest for further details.

Your dockmaster has unfortunately not allowed us to offload our cargo for this exact reason. If you can have a word with him, we can finish unloading our vessel.

I want to once again reiterate the unsafe nature of the artifacts within these crates. These are no paltry display pieces. I highly encourage you to take proper precautions before unsealing them, lest you risk damage to equipment and your associates. It may be advisable to contact local experts on the matter. We cannot be held responsible for the safety of you or your men due to improper handling.

I am pleased to report that we have been able to make our deliveries without incident.

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This second of relics thankfully lacks the peculiar radiation which were present in several of the items from the previous delivery. Two curiosities however. The first, the relics packed away in crates 919 through 1011 are related in some manner, as they all seem as if they were once all part of some larger structure or device. However my engineer is unable to ascertain a possible function, nor were the archeologists present able to deduce much on the matter. The second, the relic within crate 2034 appears to sporadically emit radio waves through a manner we have not yet ascertained. I have been assured that this one is safe, however it is advised that this one may be better off presented to xeno-archeologists and communication experts, as these radio emissions may represent some form of deliberate, intelligent transmission. It is highly probably that this particular piece would be of great value to the right scientific institute. I would have previously recommended one of my personal contacts on Planet Hamburg, but the recent disaster there on the campus has meant the loss of my colleague and all of his equipment. It is possible that the Starfliers or MFE may have experts in this area I am unaware of, it may be wise to pursue communications with them in the near future.

To our mutual benefit.