Mr Johnston,

We feel it's about time we introduced you to the League's biggest secret: Haven Station.

About a year ago, the League Council decided that, as it seems likely that the emancipation of Hoffer's Wake will take several years, a medium-term solution to the problem of the poorest freelancers and indentures in the system must be found. This solution was created in the construction of Haven Station, a large orbital community along the lines of the massive conurbations of the Vaan-Maanen cluster, but with the benefit of being outside the control of the corporations or the Alliance.

Haven Station is now entering its final phase of construction. The immigration of its population, drawn from those threatened by indenture or otherwise exploited at the hands of various corporations, has begun. For obvious reasons we have kept the existence of the station quiet, building it around the small binary companion of the Hoffer's Wake star so as not to gain attention from unwelcome quarters.

This final phase of construction requires specialist material, the procurement of which seems to be a speciality of yours; but before we discuss business, perhaps you would like to pay us a visit. I know you do not yet have access to a jump-capable ship, so we've laid on a piggy-back chauffeur service: just go to Jebiadiah's Foundary near Samarakand (a moon of Griffon), and rendezvous with the Tiger Lily. The Tiger Lily's captain will bring you to Haven Station.

regards,

Paulus Richter

League Secretary-General