To: [ALG] Upper management

[Biggles]

Mr Caldwell,

Firstly, congratulations on your impressive discovery. As it happens, our own Research & Development division operates a refurbished Pilgrim Liner, the Spree, so our engineers have some experience with working on this type of thing, although of course it's difficult to say exactly how much homogeneity exists between ships of this "class".

Certainly, the acquisition of the materials should not pose a problem, as we manufacture all of the items ourselves with the exception of the Ablative Armour Plating which is widely available on the Rheinlandic civilian market. At this stage I cannot comment specifically on the quantities required before a full survey of the ship has been completed as you yourself point out, though the preliminary numbers you provide are in the region of what we would expect for a project like this. Obviously, the first thing that will need to be done before work can begin is to mount a cleanup operation to render the parts of the ship contaminated safe. Based on your estimates of the quantity of contaminated material, approximately two thousand Hazmat canisters will be required for its safe storage onboard Singapore (or the ship itself, if you would prefer) until their contents can be shipped to our reprocessing facilities for safe disposal - it makes logistical sense for ships bringing construction materials to Singapore to load up with the contaminated materials for the return journey. Only after cleanup is complete can a full survey of work required begin.

Based on your estimates again, the cost of the cleanup operation should be around 20,000,000 S.C - if this is acceptable, a ship with canisters and full cleanup and survey teams will be made ready to be dispatched from Dortmund Station immediately. Once this operation is complete an accurate price tag can be applied to both it and the next phase, delivery and construction. It's difficult to say what the total cost of refurbishment will be before the survey is carried out, but as well as credits we may also be willing to accept payment in the form of the Guild's ample mineral wealth.

I hope to see the Arosa Star in space very soon.

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Erich Stohl
Chief Operational Officer, ALG.

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