To: Forlorn Hope

[Byron]

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• »»» Location: :::Encrypted:::
  
• »»» Sender ID: Elena Voigt
  
• »»» Recipient ID: Jack Worth, PFI
  

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Dear Mr. Worth,

To introduce myself briefly, my name is Elena Voigt, representative of The Forlorn Hope. It is a pleasure hearing from Planetform Inc., seeing that you are willing to engage in business talk with my company.

We are indeed very well aware of the situation in Magellan, having fought the Gallic intruders there ourselves already. Those are dire times, considering how far Gallia has already managed to push through the allied defenses, and worst: It doesn't seem like they are about to be stopped anytime soon. Thus, we can definitely understand your need for better security around California Minor. As chance has it, we are probably by far the best contact point for you right now. After all, we are an absolutely independent force, different to the fleets of the Liberty Navy, and thus are currently not pinned down by any kind of stalemates like the Navy is.

What we can offer is, as you already mentioned, a combat-proven security consisting of pilots experienced in dogfights and effectively countering larger presence of enemies. We are open for all sorts of security contracts, may it be Escorting or Patrolling; flexibility is the name of the game. Additionally, we can come up with a force of ground troops as well, its leaders could theoretically start instructing your own troops as well if you wish for that.

Now we come to our terms: Monetary compensation naturally is a must, but we prefer regular payments over unstable ones, meaning that in case your company truly is in a financial crisis currently, we will be satisfied with a medium amount of credits. As we are not aware of your finances, I suggest you name the amount of a for PFI possible flatrate, and we will check if it's appropriate. As we will have to regularly patrol California, a base of operations on California Minor, preferably of permanent nature, will come in handy there as well. We would also like to ask Planetform if it is able to support The Forlorn Hope with devices or knowledge of techniques on how to handle water collection independently.

This is all for now. We are awaiting your reply.

Yours sincerely,
Knight Captain Voigt
The Forlorn Hope

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