Your enthusiastic and ambitious response regarding our projects is appreciated. The creation of a dedicated orbital terminal, although more extensive, is one that would serve better towards future-proofing activity to and from Borneo. We wish to move forward with detailing these plans out and beginning the necessary work. Your additional offer to aid in infrastructural reconstruction in Tau 44 is also something we can discuss more at length in congruence with the Borneo projects. Please note the Crayter Republic does wish to remain as inclusive as possible, as is the spirit of the Taus, and so other organizations and individual contractors may also be involved in the transportation, industrial cleanup, and logistical aspects of the many projects ahead of us.
If theres nothing more, let us now shift our focus to the particulars of the Terminal project, shall we?
In service to the Republic
Sebastian Riordan
Minister of Trade
Crayter Republic
User ID: Arthur Baril Recipient: Sebastian Riordan, Crayter Republic Subject: Borneo Orbital Terminal Monsieur Riordan,
EFL Oil & Machinery is honored by your trust, and we will take this chance to show you all the excellence and elegance of Gallic engineering. At this time, the amount of resources required is not yet known, but an advanced team of design engineers has already proposed a model of the future orbital terminal, file attached.
Borneo Orbital Terminal, Version 0.1a, Image 1
We emphasized the ability to dock ships of any class, as well as the ability to repair ships up to battle cruiser class (using the information about the size of your Argus, we were able to create a realistic simulation of it for the presentation of our project. These docks are based on "pocket shipyard" technology, and in theory are capable of producing small gunship class ships, freighters and small transports, but we believe it will be more profitable to focus on her repair capabilities, because the Outcasts, the remaining Royalists and other less visible but still existing enemies have not disappeared, but are merely laying low.
The command center in the "cap" of the terminal would be a great alternative to the field combat headquarters aboard the ship, or as a backup post to coordinate your forces. We can install our software on your computers which is discounted according to the Open Rivers Agreement, or you can install the software you are used to from Sirius by purchasing it from a corporation or a proprietary product, but we do not take responsibility for hardware-software compatibility, because our chips and other parts are based on technology that is different, but still compatible with yours.
Borneo Orbital Terminal, Version 0.1a, Image 2
A four-sided hangar allows landing of fighters, bombers, freighters and ships of indeterminate class but suitable size. Inside, the room is divided into several decks, united by takeoff shafts and elevator, all have doubling atmospheric shields and a system of emergency hangar closure, in case of shield integrity failure, atmospheric leakage, etc.
Two "arms" allow the docking of large ships, making unloading through special shafts, or disconnecting containers directly in space to then move them to the transport rails leading to the base of the terminal. The system allows for fast unloading of medium tonnage ships, but we do not recommend trying to quickly unload heavy and super-heavy tonnage ships to avoid damage to the transport system.
Borneo Orbital Terminal, Version 0.1a, Image 3
The lower section is the shield generator, which is responsible for the hybrid shield protecting the station from external damage, as well as an additional layer of protection against space radiation (in addition to spraying iridium coating over the hull of the entire terminal). Also, the gravity generator is placed there, and will be able to work both on our fuel and on MOX and Deuterium.
I hope our project meets your requirements? I would be happy to answer any questions. Looking forward your reply.
The design your team has presented is ambitious, innovative, and refreshing. The attention to potential needs and future proofing is excellent and with the addition of shipyard components for repair of our fleet vessels and production of snubcraft and gunships will allow far more efficient defense of the system from marauding Maltese. Though the project far exceeds the original expectations, the Ministry believes this design is worth the additional budgeting allocation to better secure Crayterian interests in the area and so wish to accept this design and commission its construction.
The difference in Crayterian ship technologies from your own is a matter of note for the tailoring of the ship construction and repair facilities and we would like to deploy a team of our engineers to work with your people to ensure the new facility will meet our requirements during the final design and construction phases.
We look forward to discussing this more in detail with you soon Mr. Baril.
In service to the Republic
Sebastian Riordan
Minister of Trade
Crayter Republic
User ID: Arthur Baril Recipient: Sebastian Riordan, Crayter Republic Subject: RE: Borneo Orbital Terminal Monsieur Riordan,
Theoretically, we could replace our Gallic elements with equivalents from the Sirius technology pool, but this would limit the functionality and speed of the stations in the repair dock due to the obvious size and volume differences: for example, the Obstinate-class, common in our fleet, despite its classification as a light battlecruiser, is in fact larger than its counterparts.
Your engineers can take part in phases which do not involve the exclusive use of our technology: we hope this cooperation will help to widen our knowledge of each other's capabilities. We hope that you will be pleasantly surprised by the capacity of the commissioning.