*Transmission Received*
Identifying encryption key: Gallic Junker Standard
Decrypting..... done
Bonjour Leaders of the Gallic Metal Services,
I am Acel la Mare, Juge of The Kritarchy of the Gallic Junkers with a small proposition for you. With the invasion of the Taus by the Gallic Royal Navy, your locations for possible mining expeditions have increased dramatically, opening up the rich niobium and beryllium fields in the Tau-23 System and the gold ore fields of Dublin. However, you have been left unable to exploit much if these opportunities due to the stranglehold on those systems.
The Kritarchy is young, and wishes to prove itself in both Gallia and Sirius. the la Mare family itself follow ze Arch and would be pleased to aid the GMS in opening up ventures in Tau-23 and Dublin by privateering against the IMG and British Mining and Manufacturing. The Kritarchy is committed to a Code which requires us not to shed the blood of enemy factions. Per this, if it comes to the destruction of an enemy ship, they will be given the chance to eject in pods which we will pick up and drop a safe distance from one of their installations. Our objectives are to steal ore, and failing at that credits.
Hopefully our cooperation will lead to greater things in the future.
I am sorry about taking so long in replying, but with the war effort and the requirements of EFL in their latest venture, I have had little time in reading through my mountain of paperwork.
On to business then. Having read through your Transmission I have managed to glean some information that I think you need to be informed of before you start on your 'venture'.
1) GMS already has operations in the Beryllium Fields of Tau 23. We have also a full operational Storage Unit in close proximity.
2) The Niobium Fields, being in the north of 23, belong to IMG. I know IMG Operatives sometimes 'sneak' into our fields to mine Beryllium but I try to instill in our Miners not to do the same in their Fields.
3) IMG is in Tau 23 under the Protection of the Crown. I suggest that 'pirating' them would not be a very good move unless you want the GRN/GRP to get involved.
4) The Mining Fields of Dublin, as far as I am aware, are claimed by a group called the Mollies. I remember reading, somewhere, that the Crown had signed a Treaty with this Group which allowed GMS, with requests, to be able to mine in these fields. I have never received any requests, from our Miners, to contact the Mollies to allow them to mine in Dublin. As Dublin is quite a distance from Gallia and from their Families I will not be sending any Miners there unless they request to do so.
5) Am I right in assuming that with your 'pirating' activities that you would like our help in discretely storing/disposing of these ill gotten gains?
I hope this communique has helped to clear a few things.
I await, with interest, for your reply.
Regardez
Pierre St.Denis
'I would like to be half as clever as some people like to believe they are' Life is full of disappointments, it is how we handle them that helps to define us, as a person
Merci for your reply Pierre,
I apologize for my ignorance of your factions relations in the Taus, I was merely testing the waters. As with their relationship with the Colonial Republic, i am suprised by your apparent co existence with the Independent Miners Guild. Regardless of such, i will be modifying our goals and strategy.
Again, i apologize for our interference.
I am afraid that I don't know what you are in implying about IMG's involvement with the Colonial Republic. If you have vital information or you need more information on this supposed 'relationship' then I would contact the Offices of His Majesty the King of Gallia.
And until the King of Gallia otherwise decrees, GMS will treat, with respect, all members of IMG to further cooperation within Tau 23.
Regardez
Pierre St.Denis
'I would like to be half as clever as some people like to believe they are' Life is full of disappointments, it is how we handle them that helps to define us, as a person
Aye, the Gallic Junkers have mantained much of our intelligence network despite our recent... shift in relations.... with the crown. Our agents in the Coronado and Baffin systems have compiled a number of incidents, which we are at this point unwilling to reveal because the Crown deems us unnecessary.