Identification: Taskmaster Harold Kane Affiliation: Natio Octavarium, Fourth Fleet
To: Amalfi Directorate
Subject: Spare Parts Encryption:Thorough Location: Melbourne Station, Tau-44
Greetings,
First and foremost, friends, an update from the Department of I Assure You, It's Legal Goods: The cryo-organisms are a smash hit. We're working on locking down specific recurring customers for export but in general, researchers can't get enough of the damn things. Let the Corsairs suck on that one for a while!
To the bulk of the matter, though: I have a bit of an odd request. We're in the process of finalizing a refit of a cruiser-class vessel for the defense of Canberra and the weapons blisters are distressingly empty. We wouldn't ask you for any of Malta's own homegrown cruiser weaponry, since we know that's kept fairly well close to your heart. We are, however, wondering if you have some spare open-market weapons somewhere you wouldn't mind selling us. We're looking for the following:
One (1) TL-4a "Light Mortar" Cryogenic Antimatter Projector Turret
Two (2) "Marauder"-type Guided Missile Launchers
Six (6) EMP-4a Cruiser Pulse Cannon Turrets
I'm not sure what your stocks are like, but it's a bit difficult for a group with no direct access to military-focused shipyards to acquire capital-scale military hardware -- or at least, functional examples. So if you can help us with the acquisition of those munitions and munition accessories, we would be incredibly grateful.
Regards,
Taskmaster Harold Kane Fourth Octavarium Fleet
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Greetings and salutations to you, Taskmaster. I am supervisor Lidia of the Amalfi Dispatch. We're all glad to hear our little friends from Beta are so popular with your customers; our pilots work hard to keep them coming, and they have spoken of your supply deficits to us. Rest assured, we're working the problem, and hopefully we'll have more regular deliveries set up soon.
As to your request, due to our successful business partnership and your already long-standing affiliation with Malta as a whole, we have no problem sending you the capital weapons you desire. It's fortunate you asked for those specifically, as that set of weapons closely matches what we keep stocked for our own vessels.
Expect to see them filter in on the next few freighters that make their way to Canberra.