Hello. My name is Rand. I'm sending this message to confirm that we have permission to construct a new base in orbit of planet Wichita's moon, Colby. Me and Taskmaster Harold Kane had a thorough discussion about our relocation, and from what I heard, we are more than welcome. However, in light of yesterday's events, I want to make more than absolutely sure. Forgive my poor speech, I'm not used to formalities. Uhh... Rand out?
Good news, the base is deployed. We have begun initial construction and are gathering materials for the shields, defense platforms and factories. At the rate we're going, it should be fully operational within four weeks. Maybe less.
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You've already been approved, but it would be appreciated if you'd register your base in the linked channel.
Nothing about the arrangement made with Taskmaster Kane needs to change in the process, and there will not be any added fees, this is just a matter of formalizing the paperwork now that the system's been established.
Incidentally, I was the one captaining the Spirit of Radio near your construction site earlier. Is the captain of the Windward alright?
Yes, I'm sure he's perfectly alright. I mean he can talk okay and everything... I don't think he's gone insane yet, but I can't be the judge of my own mind, I suppose. By the way, what ended up happening out there? After my ship crumbled to dust in Colby's atmosphere, a piece of debris got lodged in one of the intake vents of the escape pod; the engines didn't seem to like that... but my crew is okay, and that's what matters. Anyways, I'll be sure to fill that out. Nice meeting you, ms. Combs!
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Good evening,
Just got word from one of our shipping folks that just under ten thousand units of Reinforced Alloy have been shipped to the station by Natio and VR vessels. Additionally, it seems that there's a load of Robotic Materials ready to be offloaded but the dockmaster seems confused as to how they should be processed. As a result, there's a Natio civilian transport -- Lukewarm Fusion is the name -- moored next to the station with a hold fulla goodies and the captain is in the Metropolis bar ordering expensive drinks on my tab.
Please instruct your dockmaster on how to process Robotic Materials so the Metropolis doesn't run out of alcohol. Thank you.
Harold A. Kane
Taskmaster, Vagrant Raiders
Minister of Relations, Natio Octavarium
I'm sorry about that, we hadn't programmed the cargo bays to accept anything but alloys yet, but it's all sorted out now, so the Robotics should be offloaded by the station just fine. I'll get together some more commodities to register into the computers as well. Be seein' ya!