COMM TARGET:Mark Newman, CEO of Ageira Technologies SOURCE: [color=#33CC00]Lord Commander Alan Marskon ENCRYPTION:Heavy Grade 7972, 11.4 Variant.
Good day, Mr. Newman,
I come to you with both information and an offer, both of which I am sure you will find very helpful. First, however, let me introduce myself.
I am Alan Markson, Lord Commander of the Hellfire Legion.
I am sure you have heard much of us, and likely little of it presented us in a good light. We have been called terrorists, yes, but one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter. We have been called murderers, but the same can be said about any soldier. Always for Liberty, though. I am not here to convince you of our 'innocence', however. We have done terrible things in the past, yes, but that is the past. It is my intention that it remains that way.
The reason I have contacted you is for reassurance; No Hellfire Legion ship will bring harm upon any Ageira Technologies vessel or employee while I am in command. If your vessels are ever in danger, call upon us and we will be there to assist whenever possible.
I would just like to advise against your employees getting themselves caught up in Legion operations, for their own safety as well as that of my men.
Now, as for the offer, the Hellfire Legion is currently beginning a crackdown on the trade of illegal and immoral cargo in Liberty space: the slave trade, cardamine trade, illegal software, black market munitions, anything harmful to Liberty. For this, we need information.
We would like you to provide us with information on any smuggling vessels you or your employees encounter in your travels. For this information, we are willing to offer whatever information you may find beneficial.
Characters Alan Markson: The Hellfire Legion's Lord Commander The Perihelion: Freeport Four's guardian, and yet much more. Missing and assumed Lost with all hands. Eric Dresmund: Junker, smuggler, thief. Last seen drunk on Beaumont Vayrn Wyard: IMG Recon pilot turned Neo-Terran Captain. Last location unknown
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A suited man walks up on screen.
Woah, sorry bout' that.
Greetings Lord Commander Marskon,
I am Mark Newman, as you are probably aware. I apologize that your comm transmission was routed to our automated systems. Now, to business.
We have no trouble giving you access to our smugglers database, it will be uploaded shortly, as we are currently recompiling it. However, as far as immoral work goes, I can tell you that Aperture Science has been up to some dirty work, I am not sure if this will interest you or not, you may wish to look into that. Their disregard for safety disgusts me.
Ah, sorry, I'm rambling on.
Ageira Security staff will be informed not to interfere with the legion.
Ageira has one main threat, one which you may be aware of. The Hackers.
Any information that the Legion can give us on the Lane Hackers will be greatly rewarded. Technical data on their ships, data on where they operate from, and their encryption keys, would make our lives a lot easier.
The database is still compiling, as I have mentioned, you will have it within 24 hours.
In summary; Your request is being fulfilled, the database is compiling, and Ageira ships will not interfere with the Legion. In exchange, information regarding the Lane Hackers.
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Following message is highly classified, and further encrypted.
I will only make this offer once; Should the Hellfire Legion require weaponry, ship mounted, or hand-held, they need not do more than ask. Detroit manufactured hundreds of thousands of weapons daily, should a few thousands of these, disappear, for "testing purposes", then no one would notice.