[Nasreen Shabani, Palm Heights]

[merrychase]

Signora Shabani,

Enclosed is a draft of the contract we discussed for your consideration.

Send, and we can sign, or if necessary consider amends.

Respectfully,
-BV

Contract Enclosed

Contract between La Banda Rossa (the Company) and Nasreen Shabani (NS)

Purpose is to define terms of service between the two named parties.

The Company shall provide the following activities at the request of NS given reasonable notice.

A. Locate and render safe for study archealogical sites for NS.
B. Excavate and recover artifacts from archealogical sites for NS.
C. Search of wide areas to locate and render safe for recovery by NS fragments of archealogical signifigance.
D. Escort of NS to settlments or sites of her choosing and render them safe.
E. Right to first bid on fragments and recovered artifacts for NS.

With respect to the two named parties, ownership of recovered artifacts from archealogical sites is granted to whichever party holds the site map.

The Company reserves the right to defer a request for an activity should men be unavailable.

Inclusion of parties outside the two named shall be included in such activities on the agreement of both NS and the Company.

The Company reserves the right to temporarily retain artifacts believed to have intelligence value for which it has ownership of. After reasonable time to allow for study and exploitation, these artifacts will be made available to purchase to NS.

The Company reserves the right to require a minimum number of its men present to safetly perform the requested activity.

The contract shall be reviewed and renewed at the assent of both parties every two weeks.

Rates are as follows.

One Recluta to perform activity A and B. (provide a site map, locate site, render it safe for study, excavate): 300 dinari per site.

One Recluta to perform activity C. in any contigous areas reachable by foot in a day's march: 200 dinari

One Recluta to perform round trip activity D: 200 dinari.

Surplus fragments to be offered at Company's discretion for activity E: 50 dinari a piece.

Recovered artifacts of non-colossi origin for activitty E: 100 dinari a piece

Recovered artifacts of colossi origin for activitty E: 200 dinari a piece

For any activity, employment of additional men: 100 dinari per additional Recluta, 200 per Balesterie

For activities requiring use of caravan routes, NS to pay or reimburse fares.

Examples

Scenario I: Suppose Recluta Bernadette Valentini (BV) secures a site map to an Orentid site. BV and NS agree to travel to the site. BV requests the inclusion of a third party to assist in excavatation, NS agrees. The site is located, BV renders it safe by destorying terracotta constructs and defeating a band of Inheritors. NS studies inscriptions and the site while excavatation is performed. A single artifact is recovered. Since BV provided the site map, the Company assumes ownership. The artifact is offered to NS to purchase. The cost to NS is 300 dinari for activities A and B. She is able to purchase the artifact at her discretion at a cost of 100 additional dinari.

Scenario II: Suppose NS has obtained two site maps to locations in Old Formia and requests escort and site security from BV. Due to the dangerous location of the sites, BV determines that 2 men are required to render the sites safe. BV and another Recluta travel with NS to the sites, and render them safe for study. NS recovers three total artifacts during the excavatation, NS assumes ownership of them since NS has provided the site maps. The cost to NS is 300 dinari, 200 for activity D. and 100 additional dinari for the addition of a second Recluta. NS is responsible for paying the caravan fares to reach the sites.

Scenario III: NS wishes to search Aeb's Yoke, The Cragg's of Pennance, Giant's Road, and the Broken Pass for fragments of archealogical signifigance and requests from BV activity C. BV and NS locate several fragments on their route, and NS is able to recover them after BV secures the immediate area. The cost to NS is 200 dinari for activity C.

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