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George E. Rolf, CEO
LOCATION: Red Rock Refinery, Colorado
SUBJECT: Galileo Mining Rights

Howdy there folks.

My name's George Rolf, and I currently represent DSE's interests in Liberty as its CEO. I believe the time has come for us to work out an agreement regardin' the Platinum deposits in Galileo. While we have been content to let "bygones be bygones", as they say on the lower deck, recent events have made this impossible to continue.

As you may be aware, I am beholden to a large number of shareholders for this here company. Recently, there has been growin' concern about the changes to the incentive structures in place at your depot for the acquisition of Platinum ore. With the newly developed methods of extraction of material of a substantially higher grade, I can understand the need to meet the increased demand. We have done the same on our Red Rock Refinery out in Colorado. However, your current pricin' exceeds even the most reasonable market analysis, which has resulted in accusations of undercuttin'. This is your chance to put the matter straight, folks. Either explain what it is about the yields that make worthwhile to overstock your supply, or reduce your incentives to a more reasonable level. I am attaching the current publicly available numbers for your consideration. I believe I have no need to explain the relative distances from the fields to our respective stations.

Another problem with the operation of your depot is different in nature. As far as I have been able to discover, Bristol Constructions does not possess the necessary expertise and proprietary formulae for the refinin' of the final product. There are no entries of note in the patent office, and I have not encountered technical analyses written by your people in any journals I know of. This means that all Platinum passin' through Liberty is assumed to have been refined by our folks at Red Rock and Hinsdale. We have at first been glad to get the reputation of consistent supply schedules, no matter that we've tried to tell folks of the limits currently in place. However, this situation changed soon after critical flaws were discovered in Platinum shipments used for industrial projects abroad.
As we have no way of knowin' the source of such material, I have instituted a close observation of our refinin' process, as substantial increase in labor costs, which have been split between ourselves and the consumer. While some impurities always remain, my people have been able to conclude that these are exceedingly unlikely to lead to the production failures observed by our tradin' partners.

I am forced to conclude that you folks do not have a robust refinin' process in place, and that you're able to keep your costs low by exportin' flawed platinum as the final product. Through some method that needs not be mentioned here, such manifests are obfuscated to appear to originate from our refineries. This cannot be allowed to continue. There are a number of solutions to this here conundrum, but allow me to suggest one from the get go. If you process your refined ore through our existin' pipeline (on your depot or our base), it will receive our stamp of quality. You'll naturally have to cover the operatin' costs, but I'm sure you folks can afford that just fine.

There are additional issues to discuss at a later date, but I will await your response to the currently outstandin' concerns I have raised here. I urge you to strongly consider what I have outlined, so that we may come to an agreement that will satisfy my shareholders, and the owners of your organization.

Rolf out.

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