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| - The Ultima Corporation would like to welcome its newest employees to its corporate regulator orientation program. Congratulations! You've become a part of a one of the fastest growing corporate families in this great big 'verse of ours. Encompassing all sectors of modern life and convenience including resource acquisition and management; video and interactive entertainment; arms sales and manufacturing; software engineering for both home and office; and the production and distribution of legal, government taxable hallucinogens and intoxicants, the Ultima Corporation prides itself on its quality products, friendly personnel and lucrative profit margins. "But what am I doing here?" you may find yourself asking. "I do business with ordinance and bad intentions, not contracts and handshakes." Well, we'd like you to know that even those who make layoffs with a crude gesture and a hollowpoint in the kneecap have a place within our organization, as corporate regulators you fine individuals are in higher demand than ever these days. In a market where competition is as fierce as it is, we've grown to rely less on experienced executives in our acquisitions and takeovers and more upon those that can swing a bat with alarming force and level a building with common garden fertilizer and a blasting cap. Some may call this simple corporate thuggery, but we like to think of it as aggressive business dealing, where your professionalism is just as important as your bodycount. Our most recent cause to hire the exciting new crop of talent involves our recent dealings in the newly discovered PAX system, our latest property. Controversy has arisen with the arrival of some confused colonists, thinking PAX to be a vacant, free system. As the most integral part of Ultima's soon-to-commence corporate initiative, Operation Leave the Bronx, you and your co-workers will be tasked with the proactive (playful, even) escort, evacuation and ejection of these errant colonists to make way for the arrival of Ultima's specially built Lamprey-class Resource Extractor, the Leviathan of Plenty, which will arrive in two standard week's time. When it slips into the system, it will immediately attach itself to the nearest planet in its range and begin the mass extraction of all usable biomass, water (and water products) and ore resources, leaving a hollow husk planetoid, suitable for conversion to a rendering and compiler farm for our entertainment and software development divisions. When Ultima Corp harvests, it uses every part of the planet; nothing is wasted. You'll be happy to know that not only does Ultima Corp offer competitive rates and wages for all its employees (as well as non monetary rewards- I hope you reach under our table enough without having to stoop!). But even more attractive to men and women of your vocation (and quality of character!) is the exceptional talent of both our public relations and legal department, a talent that ensures that all acts performed by the regulatory departments, speakable and unspeakable alike, are kept strictly Ultima business, allowing its more heavily armed and armored personnel to operate with the utmost impunity, fearless of legal reprisal and public opinion. We look forward to seeing your results in the field! From the CEO and executive staff at the Ultima Corporation, we wish you the best of luck in the defense and disinfestation of the PAX system!
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