Salut, Arek here with an update on my efforts to improve our investments and profit margins, along side whatever other information seems relevant to the reports database.
Our transport fleet has been hard at work, with each ship's crew handling the fuel limitations of our engine systems well when shipping goods to and from the Sirius systems. While individual profit records are of course logged on each individual ship and are not required to be added to our records, I can confirm that our current accumulated funds have risen into the billions over the past few months. Naturally we've ensured these funds are spread across multiple, separate banking facilities across Gallia, although we are also looking into Kusari banking firms should our separated net value begin to rise further and gain the attention of tax agencies. It may be worth contacting our friends in the Black Dragon Society to make inquiries on this matter at some point.
On the downside, Manufacturing has been in decline over the past few months despite our recently opened equipment markets. However we do have one pending order awaiting delivery, as well as word of when to send this out, although Ion interference has prevented contact with our client. As for our internal projects, our commodities have seen a slight boost in exports beyond the Gallic Borderworlds, and a new project to improve our security pilot's arsenal has been put forward for consideration. For anyone interested, this project will provide a dramatic improvement in our combat performance while maintaining our ever-favored maneuverability. Selan is certainly looking forward to future developments on this project, and so am I.
Finally, to conclude the majority of this report I would like to bring an event from one of my more recent journeys to Sirius forward, for a couple of reasons.
The following conversation took place in Libertonian space, as I was transporting Blue Diamonds.
Transmission Records Wrote:[17.04.2014 22:24:47] [UC]V-Vendeur.1: Arek: Ah, another Lane Hacker. Bonjour
[17.04.2014 22:24:48] 2014-04-17 22:25:30 SMT
[17.04.2014 22:24:48] Slick.Jones: well greetings
[17.04.2014 22:25:03] 2014-04-17 22:25:45 SMT
[17.04.2014 22:25:03] Slick.Jones: How is the trading going?
[17.04.2014 22:25:13] 2014-04-17 22:25:55 SMT
[17.04.2014 22:25:13] Ice.Cream.Van: Hey there Slick. How you doin?
[17.04.2014 22:25:18] 2014-04-17 22:26:00 SMT
[17.04.2014 22:25:18] [UC]V-Vendeur.1: Arek: Quite annoyingly, to be honest monsieur.
[17.04.2014 22:25:19] 2014-04-17 22:26:00 SMT
[17.04.2014 22:25:19] Ice.Cream.Van: Busy at work, I guess?
[17.04.2014 22:25:21] 2014-04-17 22:26:03 SMT
[17.04.2014 22:25:21] Slick.Jones: Cheers, mate
[17.04.2014 22:25:38] 2014-04-17 22:26:20 SMT
[17.04.2014 22:25:38] Ice.Cream.Van: Ooooh. Look at that shiny stuff
[17.04.2014 22:25:43] 2014-04-17 22:26:25 SMT
[17.04.2014 22:25:43] [UC]V-Vendeur.1: Arek: We're still waiting for information from your higher ups. I'm not familiar with your friend here though.
[17.04.2014 22:25:54] 2014-04-17 22:26:36 SMT
[17.04.2014 22:25:54] Slick.Jones: How unfortunate... well lets get real: how much is your health worth to you?
[17.04.2014 22:26:13] 2014-04-17 22:26:55 SMT
[17.04.2014 22:26:13] [UC]V-Vendeur.1: Arek: My health? Why would my health be in question?
[17.04.2014 22:26:22] 2014-04-17 22:27:04 SMT
[17.04.2014 22:26:22] [UC]V-Vendeur.1: Arek: I would assume you're really asking about my cargo.
[17.04.2014 22:26:25] 2014-04-17 22:27:07 SMT
[17.04.2014 22:26:25] Ice.Cream.Van: Well... My wife would love some of those diamonds
[17.04.2014 22:26:46] 2014-04-17 22:27:28 SMT
[17.04.2014 22:26:46] [UC]V-Vendeur.1: Arek: Ah, a romantic! I would be happy to part with some.
[17.04.2014 22:26:53] 2014-04-17 22:27:35 SMT
[17.04.2014 22:26:53] Slick.Jones: Well I'm talking about your health as well as your cargo.
[17.04.2014 22:27:22] 2014-04-17 22:28:04 SMT
[17.04.2014 22:27:22] Ice.Cream.Van: Well? How many would you spare?
[17.04.2014 22:27:32] 2014-04-17 22:28:14 SMT
[17.04.2014 22:27:32] [UC]V-Vendeur.1: Arek: So one cash-fund donation, and one diamond donation, oui?
[17.04.2014 22:27:39] 2014-04-17 22:28:21 SMT
[17.04.2014 22:27:39] [UC]V-Vendeur.1: Arek: How does 7.4mil sound?
[17.04.2014 22:28:13] 2014-04-17 22:28:54 SMT
[17.04.2014 22:28:13] Ice.Cream.Van: That sounds nice. How bout you pass me the diamond and him the cash? [17.04.2014 22:28:28] /givecash slick.jones 7400000
[17.04.2014 22:28:28] You have sent 7.400.000 credits to Slick.Jones
[17.04.2014 22:28:31] 2014-04-17 22:29:13 SMT
[17.04.2014 22:28:31] Slick.Jones: I will share, i promise *grins*
[17.04.2014 22:28:32] 2014-04-17 22:29:14 SMT
[17.04.2014 22:28:32] Ice.Cream.Van: Make that two diamonds. His wife might want some too, that old naughty girl, if you know what i mean, eh joneS?
[17.04.2014 22:28:37] 2014-04-17 22:29:19 SMT
[17.04.2014 22:28:37] [UC]V-Vendeur.1: Arek: That's the cash forwarded.
[17.04.2014 22:28:52] 2014-04-17 22:29:34 SMT
[17.04.2014 22:28:52] [UC]V-Vendeur.1: Arek: Two diamonds? I can part with a few more than that,
[17.04.2014 22:29:08] 2014-04-17 22:29:50 SMT
[17.04.2014 22:29:08] Ice.Cream.Van: We'd be happy to relief you from em
[17.04.2014 22:29:26] 2014-04-17 22:30:07 SMT
[17.04.2014 22:29:26] Ice.Cream.Van: How many would you be so kind to spare?
[17.04.2014 22:29:41] 2014-04-17 22:30:23 SMT
[17.04.2014 22:29:41] [UC]V-Vendeur.1: Arek: Let's see... Four hundred should be enough for your wife monsieur.
[17.04.2014 22:29:51] 2014-04-17 22:30:33 SMT
[17.04.2014 22:29:51] [UC]V-Vendeur.1: Arek: As they say, they're a girl's best friend, no?
[17.04.2014 22:29:59] 2014-04-17 22:30:41 SMT
[17.04.2014 22:29:59] Ice.Cream.Van: I'm fine with that.. What do ya say, Slick?
[17.04.2014 22:30:04] 2014-04-17 22:30:46 SMT
[17.04.2014 22:30:04] Ice.Cream.Van: Dat a good sum?
[17.04.2014 22:30:16] 2014-04-17 22:30:58 SMT
[17.04.2014 22:30:16] Slick.Jones: Thats really generous of you. We will definitly remember that.
[17.04.2014 22:30:29] 2014-04-17 22:31:11 SMT
[17.04.2014 22:30:29] Ice.Cream.Van: Heck yeah
[17.04.2014 22:30:32] 2014-04-17 22:31:14 SMT
[17.04.2014 22:30:32] [UC]V-Vendeur.1: Arek: Bon! Let's see, where was that carg-transfer protocol...
[17.04.2014 22:31:16] 2014-04-17 22:31:58 SMT
[17.04.2014 22:31:16] Ice.Cream.Van: Dayum, brah. He really did it!
[17.04.2014 22:31:38] 2014-04-17 22:32:20 SMT
[17.04.2014 22:31:38] [UC]V-Vendeur.1: Arek: Of course! I am, if not always honest, a man of my word monsieur.
[17.04.2014 22:31:42] 2014-04-17 22:32:24 SMT
[17.04.2014 22:31:42] Ice.Cream.Van: Thanks buddy. We'll leave you alone next time we meet and recognize you
[17.04.2014 22:31:49] 2014-04-17 22:32:31 SMT
[17.04.2014 22:31:49] Ice.Cream.Van: //thanks for the neat rp, btw
[17.04.2014 22:32:03] 2014-04-17 22:32:45 SMT
[17.04.2014 22:32:03] [UC]V-Vendeur.1: Arek: You're welcome, messieurs, much appreciated. Au revoir!
[17.04.2014 22:32:19] 2014-04-17 22:33:01 SMT
[17.04.2014 22:32:19] Slick.Jones: See you in space, buddy *waves*
[17.04.2014 22:32:28] 2014-04-17 22:33:10 SMT
The above is basically just the transcript and a data-scan of the two vessels I encountered. While I'm bringing attention to this simply to keep a record of this, I also would like to point out that, despite the donation of four hundred Blue Diamonds and seven point four million credits, my final delivery of three-thousand six-hundred and five BD at my intended delivery point still earned me a profit of eleven million, so there was no real loss after this encounter. Naturally I laughed this off once I completed the delivery and simply moved on to the next stage of my itinerary.
At any rate, another reason I bring this to your attention is to ask if anyone can share any information you have regarding the identification codes of the Ice.Cream.Van, as I don't believe we've encountered these Rogues before despite previous interaction with the Lane Hackers. I'm not too bothered however, as apart from this we've had no contact of interest with the Hackers in over a year anyway.
Ah, and Selan seems to think that the above scenario is called being pirated. I disagree, based on the poor quality of their ships, and still consider it a donation to a pair of Libertonian romantics looking for adventure. If they did not seem like lower-class civilians they might fit into Gallic society. Or maybe I'm just too busy thinking about the potential profits of another Blue Diamond delivery, perhaps they'll spread news that we are in the export market...
That should be everything I needed to cover in this report, oui?
Non, Mon dieu! I almost forgot. Monsieur Treville, congratulations on your promotion from Aspirant to Membre. I trust the Soleil Noir is handling well, the l'Ane class transports certainly have more mobility than my Vache after all.
-Commandant Arek Maxim,
Division du financement
PS: Could someone tell Selan that I do -not- have a problem, s'il vous plaît? She seems to think I have something akin to Gamblers addiction.
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