To: BAF | From: The Core

[Thunderer]

Message Class: Audio-Visual

Encryption: Ceylon
To: Guildmaster Domino Harvy, the Core
From: Commodore John Khatri, BAF

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*Incessantly drilled in rigid military discipline, the commodore almost starts with a salute, as if speaking to Fleet Admiral Spencer, but his trained reflexes stop the inappropriate gesture at its root.*

Good day, guildmaster! My name is John Khatri, I serve as commodore in the Armed Forces, and I am in charge of Oversector South, a duty which covers our contact with you, the Core. Your message did reach me, and I will talk with you about your requests, but first I must tell you something more important.

Reports from terrified travelers describe that a Nomad fleet has passed through the Taus and that it is currently somewhere near Orkney. This is very close to our border. I was intending to send the Norfolk Grand Fleet on a foray into Omega-48, but due to this threat I am forced to postpone all action in that system. Because of that we will, for now, stop sending patrols to Gran Canaria. While this foray is cancelled, I could theoretically keep sending patrols, but this would be expensive and as we have no short term goals in Omega-48, it would be purposeless. In essence, your base, Grand Vista, should not count on our support, unless I find a way to finance he additional patrols that is not dependent on Bretonia's military budget.

Sorry for the digression, but it was imperative that you are informed. Now, about your request... I have consulted with my specialists, mostly about navigation and financial issues. Technically, it is feasible. The Omicrons are very far from Bretonia and the way is dangerous, but it is feasible. We could, I suppose, send them through Rheinland, and then through Sigma-15 to Omicron Rho. But you must understand that if an enemy of ours manages to intercept the shuttle and capture our engineers, they might gain knowledge about our military technology. The shuttle will have to come under heavy escort, yet we are not allowed to send heavy escorts of ours through Rheinland, and it would be too dangerous to go through the Omegas. I must ask the Core to supplement our light escorts. I will send 60 engineers and no less, because an Invincible-class powercore is an enormous and enormously complex device, and I don't want to have to send more because the team I decided would be sufficient, proves insufficient. If any of them is lost or injured due to an oversight by the Core, or is mistreated by the Core, I demand 1,000,000 credits of insurance per person and no less, or I am sending none. I will remind you, you can't find engineers who understand an Invincible-class powercore anywhere but in Bretonia, and these requirements are something that you will have to understand if you wish to get the Caesar back up and running. While 700,000 credits salary per person looks like a significant sum, with this much risk taken into account, my finance assistant says that we might even finish this endeavour with a deficit even if some of the engineers make a profit individually. This endeavour will require every employee to be paid at least 1,000,000 credits. Naturally, I expect you not to speak with the engineers about their salary. We will do that. They are our servicemen, they will only work for you part-time. When you send your payment, I expect you to send it to the appropriate BAF bank account, and not to the engineers individually. As I said, they are our servicemen, and after you have provided us with the detailed records of their performance, we will decide who deserves how much. This will, I hope, serve as motivation to them, because each will be paid according to their contribution.

So far, this is all. Is this acceptable for you?

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