Status report PAST DUE - please explain 3/5

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Litvin:

I'm quite sure I misunderstand you. Perhaps you would like to reflect on exactly how many tens of trillions of dollars it costs to outfit a ship with megatons of diaconium fuel. Perhaps you would like to consider how many families—Earth-based families—are still living with crushing debts taken out specifically to outfit the ship you now ride in. Debts for a venture they will not profit from in their lifetimes.

I have already apologized for the food generation issue. We will have cut Terranova another substantial check to continue and expand their research. This will require taking on yet more debt, by the way. As you can see, all of us have skin in the game here.

Yes, we know about certain events that happen on the ship, and no, we were not informed by your predecessor. This is a breathtakingly expensive venture, and it is only prudent that management have multiple avenues of auditing it's status. I invite you to draw your own conclusions about what those avenues might be.

Once Rodina successfully reaches Zorica/Danica and establishes a colony, our company— all of us— will be the first human enterprise to tap the vast resources of that system. We will be in a unique and incredibly profitable trade position, from which all members of this company will benefit. But this is a trade opportunity between two solar systems, and the only way to realize this opportunity is to have members on both sides of it. I realize that we're talking about an operation that will only bear fruit hundreds of years down the line, and that it was started not by us but our parents and grandparents. But we must stay the course. Think of the incredible wealth and opportunity your children's children will enjoy due to our prudence and continued fidelity to these agreements.

Lastly, on the Tech/Sing issue: What I need from you,* right now,* is your written affirmation that you have received our orders to not modify your automatons, and that you will not under any circumstances modify them other than with the patches we provide. This isn't me asking, this is Tech/Sing, and I want to underscore how serious they are about this. They have the power to revoke our licenses and shut down this entire operation if you fail to comply. We need to get them off of our backs here. Just send me a confirmation and let's be done with it.

Your partner,

Orav