To: Forlorn Hope | From: Le Grand Casino Rouge

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From: Claudia Patton
Casino Rouge Communication Representative

Location: Luxury Liner 'Le Grand Casino Rouge', Planet Manhattan Orbit

Subject: Casino Supply Contract

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To those it may concern,

we have spoken informally with a few of your representatives about one or two days ago about a possible contract to supply Casino Rouge with goods. Our supply department has finally compiled a list of supplies that we will require to open our liner for business for the whole of Sirius and serve people with top notch quality leisure services and accommodation, and most importantly, our casino deck.

We have chosen your organization, because you are largely independent, and therefore your pilots can reach any corner of Sirius without too much trouble
to acquire the goods we are looking for. Those places that would be able to sell us the goods, as our ship is costly to operate, we cannot reach by ourselves yet, and therefore need help.

We would like to discuss the details of this contract with you, such as the final cost and time required to supply the liner. We hope we can come to an agreement. Thank you in advance for your response. The list of commodities required is embedded in this message.

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Commodities Required

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• ◆ ► 80 crates of Cigars
  
• ◆ ► 100 crates of Gin
  
• ◆ ► 200 bars of Gold
  
• ◆ ► 350 crates of assorted Luxury Consumer Goods
  
• ◆ ► 200 barrels of Rheinbier
  
• ◆ ► 80 crates of Rum
  
• ◆ ► 80 crates of Sake
  
• ◆ ► 200 bars of Silver
  
• ◆ ► 200 crates of natural Tea
  
• ◆ ► 60 boxes of Vodka
  
• ◆ ► 150 crates of Whiskey
  
• ◆ ► 200 barrels of well aged Wine
  

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[[[ACCESS GRANTED]]]
FINALIZING IDENTIFICATION PROCESS ... PLEASE WAIT ...

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• »»» Location: Trenton Outpost
  
• »»» Sender ID: Nick Stenn
  
• »»» Recipient ID: Claudia Patton
  
• »»» Issue: Shopping List
  

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Miss Patton,

We are pleased to see that you have decided to contact us and have the list of goods available. We have already set the wheels in motion for gathering the mentioned supplies, and as such, we are opening this channel to Malcolm Haynes, an affiliate of ours who will be handling the supply run personally. Our number crunchers have done their jobs, and the estimated fee for the supply run, factoring distance and time spent flying, comes to a neat 30 million credits. I will repeat that this amount includes the cargo cost, as well as the travel expenses. Malcolm has already begun gathering the items, and we hope to hear from you soon.

The account for the cash transfer is Forlorn|-Bank

Yours sincerely,
Knight Captain Stenn
The Forlorn Hope

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Reply Received

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From: Claudia Patton
Casino Rouge Communication Representative

Location: Luxury Liner 'Le Grand Casino Rouge', Planet Manhattan Orbit

Subject: Payment on its way

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Mister Stenn,

thank you kindly for such swift response! We are most pleased to hear that our goods are almost on their way to our Casino Liner!

Our financial manager has been informed and is currently processing the payment. We believe your bank account will have received the money once you receive our reply, including a small tip for such stellar swiftness.

Once again, we thank you for your swift reply to our demands, and hope to cooperate with The Forlorn Hope in the future, once the time comes!
After all, we might need an escort once we have decided to fly to different houses.

With utmost gratitude,
Claudia Patton

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[Communications Link Established]

[CommID]: Malcolm Haynes
[Location]: The Equanimity, New Tokyo
[To]: Claudia Patton, Luxury Liner "Le Grand Casino Rouge"

Greetings,

The requested supplies are on my ship. We are currently in New Tokyo and we are set to depart for New York in a couple of minutes. Your cargo is of the utmost importance to us, and as such my crew and I have taken all the necessary security measures to make sure it all arrives in one piece.

We'll see you soon, Casino Rouge.

Malcolm Haynes, captain of the Equanimity

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