To: Deterrence Fleet, Reincarnation Station administrators

[Petitioner]

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identified: Juba Kakuzo, SV Shirahige Maru

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Konbanwa, honorable representatives of the Corsair Empire.

I am Kakuzo Juba, the captain of the Samura Vessel 'Shirahige Maru'. Our corporation and your people have long had a friendly business relationship, along with our mutual friends in the Hogosha. We have brought you food and industrial supplies in exchange for your assistance in procuring your wonderfully beautiful artifacts and various other rare and valuable materials. I would like to seek your permission for my vessel to traverse Corsair space in pursuit of furthering this relationship, and most especially to purchase the unique artifacts found in the fascinating environment of Planet Knossos from your outpost there.

If there is anything your people find themselves in need of, the 'Shirahige Maru' is more than capable of procuring it for you. Of course, we have full intent to follow the hallowed laws and regulations set forth by your honorable Council of Elders, to comply with any and all directives your pilots may issue us, and, naturally, all our transactions would be conducted with the utmost discretion. I look forward to setting my vessel at the service of your most noble people.

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