Heavy Metals

Parliament

Fleet Annex

Epsilon Auriga

April 10, 2681

Ellis Dutton, Chief of the Parliament Office of Galaxy Minerals, looked at the official Request for Proposal that his office had received earlier that day. If he could secure a fraction of the order, his five percent commission would make him rich beyond the dreams of avarice.

He looked at the list and he looked at Captain Osborne of the Fleet Procurement Office and said,