Greetin's, honorable Elders. 'M sure ya been made aware of th'dealings between the Xeno Alliance an' the Benitezs, whether that was an actual vote 'm not aware. 'S why I'm addressin' all 'o ya with this next deal, so's I can know ya stance.
I'll get t'the point. We gonna be undertakin' some planetary mining, from what I hear ya boys do that primarily fer the resources ya get yaselves. Certainly different from asteroid mining. What I ask is simple, would ya be willin' t'allow us t'buy th'parts an' ship 'em usin' the same routes we do fer supplyin' Crete an' smugglin' or, even better, toss us the plans fer a price so's we can build our own?
Now.. I know ya boys a bit touchy lettin' others in on ya good technical advances. 'M willin' t'take a trip t'Crete or wherever if a face t'face'd help. 'M comin' t'ya from a point of a ragtag bunch 'o humble people, secluded from others more often than not. Similar t'how ya found yaself in Sirius, if I've heard correctly. Ya learned self sufficiency an' how t'prosper without relyin' on others. 'At's admirable, what 'm askin' is t'share with us the opportunity t'do so as well.
We ain't got the time t'figure things out completely by ourselves, bein' that we're fightin' a civil war of sorts at th'same time. Do us this kindness an' we'll find a way t'repay it. We never forget those who done us right.
Terribly sorry for having you wait this long. For some reason your message was delivered at the bar in Cadiz instead of the council of elders administration office on Crete. We're trying to figure out where this went wrong and even considering banning rum from the communications offices.
We definitely have what you need mi amigo, seeing as your under some form of time constraints, we can help you with a small load of second hand mining machinery. It might not be shiney and new but it will function for a couple of years. On top of that, we can of course share some construction plans, as with all our equipment there is no need for large amounts of high-end technology.
I must press however mi amigo, that you can't actually massacre people with these plans. This is the main reason the council of elders approved this technology deal. This gear is purely for planetary mining si, so don't even try it on an asteriod! Oh and I must press, its only open-cut mining so your local eco-terrorists might not appreciate it...
Call us on Short-range frequencies when your near planet crete si? I'll make sure the gear is ready for pick-up.
Ciao for now.
Ronaldo Benitez
Elder of the Corsair nation
Commandante of the familia.
There used to be pictures here
once known as Richard Farbridge, OBE and Ronaldo Benitez
Glad to hear it. I won't be collecting it myself, 'm afraid I got things t'attend to. Group 'o three transports should be by on a regular smugglin' run, I've let 'em know they up fer a whippin' if they ferget anythin'.
I'll be 'n touch on 'ow t'repay this when the time comes.