Base Application Request: OPEN TO LIBERTY & BRETONIA GOVERNMENTS, cc: OS&C

[Teerin]

****INCOMING TRANSMISSION****

COMM ID: Lieutenant Commander Frank Harrison
TARGET ID: Gateway Shipping Incorporated
SUBJECT: Late Fees
ENCRYPTION: Low
PRIORITY: Medium

Evening,

Your last transmission was sent in February of this year, paying for that month and the one after that. This means you still need to send credits for the months of April, May, June, and July.

Even though your installation has been upgraded extensively since the last payment, there was also a long ago reduction of base fees by half. Thus, Oceana will now only cost Gateway 22,500,000¢ per month. As you are behind however, that now totals to 90,000,000¢. In the future, do file your taxes on time.

Sincerely,

Lieutenant Commander Harrison,
Liberty Navy First Fleet.

****TRANSMISSION TERMINATED****

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