**The video feed flickers black and white as it pops into focus, a man in a worn out suit sitting in a messy hangar appears on the screen.**
Greetings, and other salutations, my name is Sundance. I'd like to make this very quick and to the point, so forgive me if I gloss over the details. First of all, I'd like to thank you for taking the time to hear me out. By now you're more than likely wondering who the hell I am and what the hell I want so I suppose I should explain that. Forgive me, I am not fond of speaking publicly so I have arranged for an automated message to play over this portion of the feed.
**A woman's voice can be made out although her face is not shown. On the video you see a large well cleaned hangar with a banner that says "Sinbad Mining and Hauling" hanging from the massive wall of tools. The voice becomes more clear and you hear: "Oh are we starting?"**
"Right then, Mr.Sundance has requested that I explain the rest of the proposition to you." she is interrupted by whispers, "Oh and he also would like me to go over who exactly we are!" *She chuckles* "Well, you can call me Mira, I handle all of the paperwork and boring stuff here at Sinbad. Sinbad, by the way, is a highly efficient, family owned, Niobium procuring and transporting business. As you can see in our hangar we have quite a bit of fancy machinery for....um...mining and stuff!" *More whispering can be heard* "We're based out of Java in tau 23 and are set to begin our opening ceremonies as soon as all of this is ironed out, which brings me to the important stuff! Here at Sinbad, we like to be extremely meticulous which is part of the reason we believe we will be so successful, we hope to offer a completely safe working environment for all of our employees within the taus as well as in general. We understand that any business that aims to last in the taus would be wise to pay respect where it is due, and although it is not clearly owned by any major governing powers, we know that the Lance dominates tau 23 as far as presence and firepower goes." *Mira gulps and whispers "Am I being too blunt? I dont want them to like get mad at me or anything Mr.Sundance."*
"What we mean is that we know you are very reasonable people and so we decided to bring this offer to you! We would like to pay respect monetarily to your cause and hoped that in return you could offer us good standings with your people within the Taus. By good standings we of course mean that our transports and miners would be safe from taxation and having holes blown in them by accidental discharges from your people!"
"Anyways, Mr.Sundance is making weird hand gestures at me and rolling his eyes so I think that's all! Have a wonderful day!"
**A tacky theme song plays and the video feed is cut abruptly**
Well, as it seems my fellow associate has not responded to you as of yet, it looks like i'll be taking this one. Sorry about the delay and grazie for your patience.
As you may have seen on our public transmission to the AMF, we do take payments in order to leave you in peace. We may not like your presence but the money is enough and rest assured I would make sure that at least all members of the Lance would not intervene with your dealings...providing you kept the payments up. I'm sure you may have seen on your travels what happens to those who do not pay up.
As I cannot hear any numbers in regarding to the monthly payment, would you like to make an offer to us? It will be reviewed and you will be responded to once we decide if it will suffice.
**The comms flicker as a woman's face comes into focus.**
"oh hello there, you probably remember me from last time!" She giggles, "I'm Mira, in case you forgot! The boss man Mr.Sundance would like to offer 50million space credits monthly as an opening bargain. Mr.Sundance says that he understands it is a small amount but since we only have two ships in our division it should be ample. He also says that as our business practice grows he wouldn't mind paying a larger monthly sum, per your request. Anyways I have to get back to my duties as the secretary/mechanic/boss' daughter... Oops no ones supposed to know that last part." She goes pale and abruptly ends the comm channel.
Grazie for the quick response. 50 million is acceptable for now and we shall accept your offer. Make payment to callsign CL}Luke.Orsini for now. In the near future I will ask you to pay it to our main funding account but we are experiencing technical troubles as of recent. I will move the cash as soon as possible. You may start the payment once you are ready and it shall continue on a monthly basis from that date.
I must warn you that we are not responsible for independent Outcasts actions, I must also stress that this covers a neutral stance with the Contari Lance only. However, if you run into any troubles with any Lancieri following payment, do not hesitate to contact me and I will deal with them accordingly.