TO: Contari Lance | FROM: Vagrant Raiders Research and Development

[Kazinsal]

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Good evening, sirs. My name is Florence Clemens. I am the head of engineering R&D for the Vagrant Raiders. I come to you with a simple question.

Do you have any schematics for the hull and power core suspension apparatus of the Zoner-made Corvo-class deep space exploration cruiser? My division is highly interested in building a new type of long-range electronics warfare system housed in this cruiser platform.


With great respect,

Marauder Florence Clemens
Chief of Engineering, Vagrant Raiders

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[Reid]

Salve Raider, I haven't heard from your people since the Civil War.

The MNS Achaea, my previous flagship, was a Corvo. It was in service until the software became irreparably outdated. I decided to have the ship dismantled to use in the building of the Bisanzio.

To answer your question, I do have the blueprints for a Corvo class cruiser, as long as you count dismantle instructions in reverse as blueprints. My question for you is, what's in it for me if I give this to you?

[Kazinsal]

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Madam,

Without knowing what you need specifically, I can only offer some ideas that may or may not be within my rank to approve (but I can't imagine my boss saying 'no' if I glare at him angrily enough).

I can offer you the intact hull of a Corsair Titan as a trophy, an Ouroboros made of Corsair corpses, and/or priority no-questions-asked ordering and insanely massive we're-practically-paying-YOU-to-buy-these discounts for integral docking bay conversion units produced by one of our sovereign corporations.


Sincerely,

Marauder Florence Clemens
Chief of Engineering, Vagrant Raiders

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[Reid]

I like your ideas.

I appreciate artwork, so let's make a deal. Present me with a Titan to use as a hood mount on the Bisanzio, and a box of artifacts to adorn the various levers and buttons on the bridge, and we have a deal.

[Kazinsal]

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== Encryption: Muy bueno ==

Madam,

This is the kind of operation I like pulling off.

One Titan stuffed full of artifacts, coming up.

Sincerely,

Marauder Florence Clemens
Chief of Engineering, Vagrant Raiders

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