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Respectful Mr. O'Neal,
Now here's the kind of proposal we at The Project love to talk about. Two big shipments of commodities produced by states unfriendly to the client. Of course, that little fact will cost you a bit more. You know, safety budget and all, I'm sure you would understand. Now, polymers could either be purchased in Rheinland or Kusari. In order to spare us (and, consequently, you) exorbitant amounts of money in, hum... "safety features" (and seeing as H-Fuel can also be purchased in Kusari), we'll procure that particular commodity up in the Crow. Of course, given the current climate and the strong opposition on foreign trading in Kusari House territory, you'll understand that we need to up the price, slightly.
So, down to pure prices:
1) H-Fuel - Yes, it is in Kusari Core Space, but Fujisawa itself is controlled by the GMG. As such, we have no need to increase value, and would be glad to ask simply for shipping value. I'd say a total of... 1200 credits per unit delivered would be acceptable (for a net total of 60 million Sirius Credits), no?
(I ask for price per unit, seeing as we have a respectful trade fleet, meaning the shipping costs should be split in proportion to amount delivered. It's a system that works, wouldn't you agree?
2) Polymers - Now, the complicated part. We could purchase it in Rheinland, but for obvious reasons, we won't. As such, Kusari would be the main choice. However, given the complicated intricacies regarding the Keiretsu, and especially Samura, shipping of one of their main exports will be a logistical nightmare on our part. As such, we would settle on a price of 1300 credits per unit delivered, for a net total of 32,5 million Sirius Credits.
As a side note, yes, we would be highly interested in cargo runs to your scientist in Gallia, seeing as it perfectly coincides with our current plans with that particular region.
I will await your reply.
Sincerely yours,
Jonathan Cook
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