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Source: Oceana Shipping Platform, Cortez System
Greetings, Jack! Miles Stuart of Gateway Shipping here.
Listen. We haven't been hearing much from you guys in awhile, and I wanted to throw an offer your way.
We're looking to increase trade at our new facility here in Cortez, and I want to see about getting a bulk order of Gold Ore shipped in here from you guys.
Normally, we'd be keen to ship it ourselves, but we've been hurting for manpower lately, and I know you folks have the muscle to move a large quantity of freight fairly quickly.
I'm looking to purchase about 40k units of Gold Ore. Since I'm buying in bulk...and I'm hoping to get the "close ally discount," I'm offering a buying price of $3,000/ea., or a grand total of 120M.
If this sounds agreeable to you, let me know. We might even be able to stock something you can buy for a nice return trip, like some Platinum Ore.
Nice to hear of Gateway and nice to see that your base project seems to be flourishing.
However, I'll be frank on your suggestion: it's not going to happen.
Gold ore is a pain to mine, and our standard price for ore in the field is 3500 cr. / unit, sometimes below. But mining it and hauling it a large stretch of the way for the price you offered is out of the question.
Furthermore we lack capacities at the moment due to our Omega 9 efforts, so I hope you understand that I have to deny that proposition.