I have just been informed that a couple of hours ago we have received a very substantial gift from our new patners/?/ - the Unione Corce. I regret I have not been able to be there myself, however I was assured that the cargo was safely transfered aboard one of our mining vessels. It will shortly be moved to a more secure location. Here are the contents of the gift themselves :
Our team has some knowledge of bio-neural processors made by Bretonian manufacturers, but the ones made in Gallia are said to be of superior quality - something we now have the opportunity to determine for ourselves.
The cryocubes' method of production is - if I may express myself so - a famous GMS secret - one we now can freely explore.
As to the two substances - promethium and oil - they are mostly unfamiliar to the IMG researchers - a fact we are now able to correct.
I cannot at the moment say what results and advances we can expect from studying our new acquisitions, but I am sure they will offer us new possibilities. Please inform our benefactors that the IMG R&D division is extremely gratefull for the generous gift. Some of our departments may be in the process of reorganisation, but if we can offer some assistance it return, we are ready to do so.
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"Come on, people. We have a job to do, so let's be about it" - Lady Dame Steadholder Admiral Honor Alexander-Harrington, RMN A weapon is a device for making your enemy change his mind. The mind is the only battlefield that matters. Everything else is just ... fuss.
Lieutenant Lord Miles Naismith Vorkosigan / Admiral Miles Naismith/ "Always aim for the stars, boy. Even if you miss, you'll at least not end up shooting your leg"
Ascribed to General Count Piotr Pier Vorkosigan
<span style="color:#FFFF33">"I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain."</span>
Bene Gesserit Litany Against Fear.