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Dear all Order High Command,
I would like permission for all vessels tagged as [SRD] in the database to be allowed to collect Nomad samples throughout the Order controlled Omicrons. And of course, if you are willing, Alaska.
We are asking you through this channel because we do not want you to be shocked when a convoy of our vessels suddenly jumps into one of your systems.
We will, of course, share some of our research with you in return.
Please let us know your reply via this secure channel.
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Benjamin Skarly here... There are a few things we missed out, as you may be worried that the nomads will get hold of our technology, or one of our men is captured, so I will explain to you the precautions we take.
1. Ship self destruct.
We have set the ships to begin a self destruct sequence if our pilots do not confirm their code ID and name by voice every thirty minutes. We can of course change this time according to what you wish. The transmissions are sent to the nearest base with SRD personell aboard.
We believe you also deserve to know our method or self-destruction.
We have an inner Positron shield within our ships, these do not serve as much protection. As you know, Positron shields work by atomising incoming fire before it hits the ship. Well, it works in roughly the same way here, except that it atomises the ship an all within it, very effective, but deadly.
2. Caution.
All our scientists act with great caution where ever they go. If they realise an area is too dangerous to enter, they will not enter until they have a reasonable amount of support.
We also exercise caution around those who return from Nomad space, on the ground that there is a possibility that they have become infected.
3. Defences
All our ships are well armoured and armed. We are sure that they will be able to handle nomad fighters with ease.
We use the latest technologies, some our own, and very powerful shields.
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Ah, this is to be expected, seeing as we only released information about ourselves to the public this year.
Very well.
Sirius Research and Development is a Zoner founded group. We work with and for the Zoners.
We are a group working through Sirius, Researching, analysing and inventing. We are most intrigued by nomads and would love to be able to research them without the Order hating us for it. As we know, the Order are supreme to us in knowledge about the nomads and fighting capabilities so we do not wish to get on your bad side.
Our main goal is to research well, everything we can within Sirius and have the capabilities to invent the most wondrous of things.
We were doing this fine, progressing towards our goals at amazing speeds, when a couple of years ago we lost many of our members, about 67% of them to be more precise. This has damaged us greatly, and so we cannot operate in secret any more.
We have also heard about scientists from the Order and would indeed enjoy working alongside them.
You described physical defences against vessels of both human and nomad origin... but perhaps you are not aware of indoctrination and infection which possibly lead to your cassualties. If you read the news you would get to know that our system has been literally blasted out of the Sirius maps which you likely saw or will see - that's what they are capable of. While you informed us about subject of research, what is direction of it? And what makes you think we will be satisfied with just 'some' of it? Just for comparison, house of Liberty demands complete and exclusive results.
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Hmm. How would Order High Command find it if we were to work with Order scientists? Ah, and also, we have our station positioned in Delta and can move it to Zeta or wherever to help protect the Order against Nomads.
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Hmm, I think we have found something that may interest you quite a lot... Meet up with [SRD]MBRS near Freeport 11 in Delta. I hope, after you have seen this, it may sway you towards letting us research in the "forbidden" Omicrons?
In hyphotetical situation if you was applying for simmiliar permit in house of Liberty, let's make it simplier: they would demand that everything you research will be shared fully and only with Liberty. In that I am saying that 'Some' of the research does not sound convinceable to us. Furthermore anything dangerous will be shutdown or transfered to OSD, you have to accept that we will not allow you to make WMD's on our backyard or anywhere else that might go to our enemies or anyone else. In dawn of war during recent two decades, humanity is simply not ready until we ensure this tech is safe. And you must also understand that we have currently no place to accomodate you, so mobile headquarters will be best solution for you.
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We do indeed have a mobile base.
We can assure you that technology and research made in the Omicrons will not be shared with the Bounty Hunters or...Who ever... And, as our act of Secrecy states, if anyone gives technology that we have given them, to someone else, they are declaring hostility on us.
We agree to share everything researched and developed within the Omicrons that you are allowing us into will be shared fully with you, but not technology researched and developed outside the Omicrons. But, alas we cannot promise that we won't give it to anyone else, although we will restrict this a lot. And we will not give it to the Guild or factions the Order are warring with.
And.. What is a WMD?