From:Capitaine de Vaisseau Vicomte Pierre Vincent Dupetit-Thouars de Plateau des Coucous To:Capitaine de Frégate Everett Fontaine Encryption:Claret
Capitaine de Frégate,
I remember a number of slights that I have made upon a number of people, unjust and dishonourable slights, and sometimes, when I intend to rest, the thoughts about them force their way out and do not let me. There is a lot I would do for a second chance.
I do not know if you remember when you left my ship alone on the battlefield in Tau 29, against two Crayter dreadnoughts and two heavy cruisers. I do.
Such behaviour painted an ominous, malodorous, nauseating, revolting, insulting and disgraceful black stain on your dossier. But, you can correct this. There is a matter that the MRG needs urgently completed. 20,000 units of high performance alloy, 10,000 units of energy field equipment and 2,000 units of bio-neural arrays need to be delivered to Battleship Betheny. You may do this yourself, or find someone else to do it for you, but this needs to be completed within one month, and that is the last deadline. You will send me the evidence that it has been accomplished. If you fail at this, then you will have another stain on your conscience. I hope. Because there is a possibility that you become a stain yourself, depending on the mood of the high command, God forbid the information reaches the King himself.
Long live the King!
Thouars
Capitaine de Vaisseau
Marine Royale Gauloise
*The screen flashes with Fontaine's comm-sig momentarily, then reveals the man himself.
Bonjour.
Touche, capitaine.
I've already commandeered a transport to handle this little order of yours, which I can only presume was kicked down to you from someone else. Such a mundane task for a tactician and logistician of this caliber.