To: QC | From: Natio Octavarium

[Capt. Henry Morgan]

Incoming Transmission from Canberra Star City
Tau-44, Natio Octavarium
03. August 826 A.S.

To: Leonardo de Silva
Priority: Normal
Topic: Maltese Trade

Message Contents:

Hello there,

I apologize for the late reply. Leave it to that idiot Ogden to loop me into a trade comm with no prior warning, then forget to flag it as high priority so it actually shows up on my console promptly instead of mixed in with all my regular mail. Anyway, I've got it now, so let's get to it. It looks to me that the Minister is proposing that the Octavarium Mercantile Guild serve as a middleman for importing and exporting merchandise to places you otherwise can't go. Not actually a bad idea, especially considering the source. Well, even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

So, I suppose we aren't so much proposing a trade deal as offering our services for any trade deal you might like to make. The one thing we won't do is carry Cardamine to the civilized houses. Despite the profitable nature of those routes, getting caught at that sort of thing risks ruining the respectable reputation we've worked so hard to build. Even some of our better bullshit artists can't talk their way out of a hold full of high-quality Cardamine. We don't mind carrying it to places that won't cause us any trouble, though, such as some of your more far-flung outposts, to some of your allies, or into places we already aren't welcomed by the local authorities. For that and anything else, the Guild is at your service.

Captain Joseph Bloggs, NO-Sea.of.Dreams
Guildmaster, Octavarium Mercantile Guild

Transmission End

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