The screen shows a corpulent individual on a leather lounge chair, who is not precisely drunk.
(The man, not the chair, and not precisely.)
"Greetings." he began.
"My name is Conrad Black. I currently am a proud owner of one of your fine ""Kujira" Transport vessels."
He then looked somewhat uncomfortable.
"Which is, of course, the reason I have contacted you."
He began to gesture profusely.
"See, my engineer says we are missing a replacement neutrino emitter do-hicky, and also will shortly also need an antimatter coupler thingamijig, without which, the ship may explode, or somesuch."
"Aaaannnd, in order to get these parts, my ship is grounded until such time as you can find it in your hearts to issue me a usage permit for this fine vessel. Seems my paperwork has expired. Paperwork.. Wouldn't it be nice sometimes if it all just blew away? It detracts from the finer things in life."
Conrad's girth left possible no illusion that he was missing any of the "finer things"..
"Also, on behalf of our illustrious leader, the Nameless One, (mayhiscoffersoverflow) I have been authorised to request this same permission on behalf of our organisation in general, since we have two other Kujira's in the fleet. They are also grounded for lack of parts, or so I am told."
Conrad concluded with a effluvious grin.
"I leave it with you then. But please be quick, if possible. I am currently stranded on New Berlin. It's cold. And I am sick to death of pork. One would think pigs were the only animals these Rheinlanders brought from Sol."
To: Conrad Black
From: Guild Master Raikoke
Subject: Kujira
Priority: Normal
Message reads:
O-hayou gozaimasu,
Sounds like an inconvenient predicament to say the least, Conrad Black-san. Certainly we will provide our blessings for IND to use Kujiras within their fleet, indeed we are happy to hear that such a resourceful group as yourselves have found value in the ship. Between that and it's economic design it gives us an idea....