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Comms ID: Senator Cletus Morales – Venator Private Security.
Location: VPS Senate Headquarters – New London Orbit.
Mr Sanders,
First of all thank you for you promptly response, especially to a request this unusual.
We of course are well aware of the difficulty of supplying such a vessel, but the Senate is convinced we can manage, baring any sudden drop in our finances or any shifts in the market, for an extended period of time.
If the political ramifications, and how they will reflect on the IMG are what is worrying you, then rest assured the vessel itself was never (again baring *highly* unusual circumstances, and even so; right of passage by the house governments would be sought long beforehand) meant to enter or traverse house space.
As for the Zoners, while their vessels are feats of engineering, the reputation of quality and reliability of IMG ships are what motivated this request in the first place.
Again we are not trying to put the IMG in a difficult position, and it is quite understandable that such a request would be controversial, yet are hopeful that our reliability on this matter will help your defense bureau lean towards our favor.
Regardless of the answer we look forward to hearing from your defense director.
On another note we would gladly draw a contract between our two institutions, and are looking forward to solidifying the relations between our two groups. But as you have noted those are talks for more private channels.
Regards
Senator Cletus Morales --- Venator Private Security.