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VLTC C-5, ECVC-5 ‘Ascendance’

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[OOC: My thanks to Dartia for helping with a minor PhotoShop to even out the picture a bit.]

History

The Ascendance originates from the concept of a solar-powered bus deep in the bowels of the Design Bureau of the East Carriage Vehicle Company (ECVC). The Design Bureau had originally envisioned a vehicle which would have been powered both by the rays of the sun and be able to recharge during the day and night via wheel movement. However, the East Carriage Vehicle Company had difficulty in acquiring the capacity and technology to develop solar-powered technology to a practical level. So in the four-star-rated Hotel de la Poste, in the VLT Automotive birthplace of Esch-sur-Alzette, an industrious city near Luxembourg, a meeting was commenced one peaceful, hot summer, post-Second War of Corporatist Aggression. Over several glass bowls of rainbow-sprinkled, vanilla, Belgian chocolate and strawberry ice cream banana split, a collaborative effort of a deal was born. While the latter idea was incorporated into the final Ascendance plan, the ideal of a primarily-solar-powered bus was abandoned after a long duration of debate between the Van Luxemburgian Transportation Automotive Group and the ECVC.

Why was this friendliness to the environment envisioned?

That day was hotter than usual, far hotter than any other day. The argument of global warming/climate change and its associated topics was significantly picking up steam in places like the Republic of Pacitalia. It was an event where the odds were in favor of the business delegates of the Southeast Asian automobile manufacturer. The Van Luxemburgian corporate institution, had a different opinion of “environmentally-friendly vehicles” like hybrids, but nevertheless was convinced into going along with the ECVC Design Bureau’s vision. Business was business, for both corporations, and combined with VLT capacity and Southeast Asian innovation, the seeds for the C-5 Ascendance were sowed and the fruits reaped.

Finally, as the back-story comes to a close…why the name “Ascendance”?

Well, the answer to that also lay in global warming. According to one Southeast Asian who worked on the Ascendance and prefers not to be named, he stated that the name lay in the vision itself. “It had always been a dream of mine, and for the rest of this team, to be part of the new generation to face new and ever daunting challenges…as I had noticed in my school days, people often looked to the past to set an example and as a guideline to grow and change…it is a belief that global warming is a challenge humanity has to deal with, and though it may be late for that, we believe that we can prevent it or at least mitigate its consequences. Ever since the Industrial Revolution, technology has been always advancing higher and higher...and humans have always found somebody to be their leader and to emulate…as I feel that we have ascended so high and that great leaders have brought us to these areas to pioneer…why not use the word ‘Ascendance’? I proposed it, and it simply stuck…my Southeast Asian comrades and Van Luxemburgian counterparts simply could not have decided on a better word.”

And there you have it…the Ascendance. A perfectly environmentally-friendly bus with reasonable cost-efficiency and maintenance, and in several variants. A choice for paragons in public transportation industry to choose, and combat global warming.

”The innovation of automobile design proactivity sets examples for Asia and the world, and a brighter future.”—Motto of the East Carriage Vehicle Company.

Technology

The technology of the Ascendance is innovative to say the least. The bus is propelled by two electric wheels, mounted in place of the normal rear wheels. These wheels propel the bus by moving the rotor around the stator, causing the wheels to move forwards or backwards. The wheels are powered by a set of 28 Lithium-Ion batteries, set up in four rows of seven batteries each, placed inside an air conditioned and soundproofed container. These batteries supply 130 Ah, and can be recharged in 2.5 hours per individual battery. Recharging is done by generating energy from the movement of the wheels, which can be complemented by the energy generated by the Diesel Generator mounted in the same closed container as the Lithium-Ion batteries. The Generator’s exhaust fumes are filtered by a particle eliminator, which will filter out 90% of all large particles and 50% of the finest particles. The remaining particles is everything what the bus produces in terms of exhaust fumes.

Due to this technology, the bus is extremely silent. Running practically on electric energy alone (since the APU is only used when the energy level in the batteries is dangerously low), the bus only produces some 50 decibel, instead of the 78 decibels produced by an average city bus. The bus has no transmission, since the speed is regulated by using the throttle pedal, which increases the voltage used by the wheel-mounted electrical engines. Braking and reversing is simple: the electric engines will run backwards, causing the bus to move backwards, or slow down. All of this technology is monitored by a single CPU, regulating everything from the traction control to the air conditioning, as well as the propulsion and the battery recharging. In the unlikely case of CPU failure, a backup CPU can take over the first CPU it’s task, although with a reduced amount of functions (no air conditioning, for example). It is almost impossible that both CPU’s would fail at the same time, but the bus can be driven without either of the two CPU’s, although the speed will be governed to 10 km/h, and only the most vital functions will remain. This is to prevent irreversible damage to the electric propulsion systems.

In terms of servicing, the vehicle’s complete set of batteries can be replaced within an hour, and the wheel-mounted electric engines can be replaced in 2.5 hours. However, all parts are set-up to work flawlessly for 1.000.000 (one million) kilometres. There are also benefits in price, since the Ascendance is energy-efficient. While a normal (diesel-powered) bus costs some $250,000 in lifespan energy costs to operate, and a Diesel-hybrid with ‘proven’ technology will cost some $270,000 to operate, the Ascendance can be operated for only $40,000 when working solely on batteries, and even when the APU is used full-time, the vehicle will not cost more than $100,000 in lifespan energy costs. While the Ascendance is as expensive as a ‘normal’ Diesel-Hybrid, the operator will earn some $230,000 when he operates the Ascendance, instead of a ‘normal’ Diesel-Hybrid.

In terms of comfort, the Ascendance is as comfortable as any bus, with air conditioning, a disabled-friendly entrance, as well as special seats for disabled. The bus is also equipped with an information system, which shows the actual timetable to the passenger, as well as possible delays. The driver can use an advanced navigation system, developed specifically for buses. This means that the system will choose routes that are best for buses, and avoid narrow roads where the Ascendance won’t fit. For comfort reasons, the bus is also fitted with air suspension, which can cover up any bumps and smooth out the ride, allowing the passengers to relax and focus on their own affairs. For regional or interregional buses, the Ascendance can be equipped with a DVD entertainment system, with large screens mounted in central positions. For hygienic reasons, the bus has no carpets, but is equipped with linoleum instead. The seats are made of fabric, but can be made out of artificial leather, which bears very close resemblance to real leather, while keeping the price down. The advantage of leather is that it can be easily cleaned, and is not easily damaged.

With production facilities in Van Luxemburg (The VLT factories in Heerenveen and Saint-André-de-Corcy assemble all technical components and propulsion systems into a basic chassis) and Southeast Asia (The East Carriage Vehicle Company factories in Phumi Tapou assemble the coachwork and interior, and finish the bus). The price of the Ascendance is $250,000 USD, if the operator requires a DVD entertainment system, this will add $3500 to the cost, and artificial leather costs $5200 USD. The Ascendance can be fitted to individual needs, please inquire for the possibilities.

Type: Self-propelled electrical wheel, powered by Lithium-Ion batteries (recharged by both APU and wheel movement)

APU:
Displacement: 4.398 cm3

Power output: 77 PS (58 kW) at 1.800 rpm
Fuel Consumption: 18.1 L/hr
Advised fuel: Diesel

Electrical Wheel:
Power output: 185 kW (248 HP) at 768 Volts
Maximum Torque: 10,000 Nm (Peak), 4500 Nm (Nominal)

Acceleration: 0-100 km/h 14.5 seconds
Top speed: 150 KM/H
Governed Speed (Van Luxemburg): 120 KM/H

Fuel capacity: 65 litres
Dry weight: 9000 kg
Max Payload: 5,770 Kg


Turning circle: 20.6 metres
Gearbox: None

Overall length: 11.950 mm
Overall width: 2,500 mm
Overall height: 3,220 mm
Wheelbase: 6,200 mm
Interior height: 2,500 mm
Maximum passenger capacity: 80

Baseline Price: $250,000 USD
DVD Entertainment system: $3500
Artificial leather seats: $5200

We would like to order 100 of these buses to be shipped to the island of New Beertopia. Beertopia produces beer so it has the infrastructure to make wheat biodiesel. These buses would provide a nice addition to the infrastructure. $25 Million dollars in nationstate dollars are being wired to you.

Regards,

Mimi Ohyes, Minister of Trade

(ıdk who the hell ıs ın charge of foreıgn purchases lıke thıs but whoever ıt ıs assume so lol)

To:blah
From:blah

Your product seems ınterestıng and we would lıke to make a purchase to test thıs new bus ın our major cıtıes of Grozny, Istanbul, and Farbanti. We would lıke to purchase 310 of these busses for the normal prıce of 77.2 mıllıon unıversal standard dollars.

Have a good day.

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Official International Communique
From the Office of Mayor Ted Guinee, City of Passchendale, Federated Union of Democratic Colonies
To the Offices of the East Carriage Vehicle Company, United Sovereign Nations of Southeast Asia

I offer my most sincere greetings on behalf of the people of the City of Passchendale. Those in my administration, in conjunction with federal officials, have examined a wide variety of mass transit vehicles as potential replacements for the aging buses which currently serve our vast metropolis. Selection of a vehicle to replace a bus fleet designed to support a sprawling metropolitan area with over a billion and a half inhabitants was no easy task, but as the field of candidates was narrowed and the good separated from the exceptional, it became clear that the Ascendance was the best choice in a field already full of quality.

The City of Passchendale, Federated Union of Democratic Colonies, would like to register an order for 75,000 diesel-electric Ascendance buses to be delivered every year for the next fourteen years, for a total of 1,050,000 vehicles and a combined charge of $262,500,000,000.

While the order is large, my administration and I, along with our counterparts in the federal government, have every confidence that the East Carriage Vehicle Company and its associates will deliver the Ascendance with the quality and reliability that will be needed to serve the City of Passchendale and its population of over a billion and a half inhabitants.

Sincerely yours,
Ted Guinee



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Publicly Posted Official Letter
From the Office of Mayor Danielle Wright, City of Serendipity, Federated Union of Democratic Colonies
To the Offices of the East Carriage Vehicle Company, United Sovereign Nations of Southeast Asia

I offer you greetings and well wishes from the sunny City of Serendipity. As part of my campaign promise to better the transit services for all the citizens of Serendipity, I wish to place an order in conjunction with the Federal Government of the Democratic Colonies for 10,000 vehicles of the bus type 'Ascendance' for $2,500,000,000, to supplement our pre-existing bus fleet.

As I place this order on behalf of the over one and a half billion constituents of the City of Serendipity, the capitol of the Administrative Area of the Island of Andromeda and one of the finest cities in the world, I do so with the hope that these environmentally friendly vehicles will help all of humanity preserve the planet that has cradled us for so long, and that all of us hold so dear.

Sincerely yours,
Mayor Danielle Wright

[OOC: Watch the spelling please...order confirmations to come later.]

....non-oil powered bus...noooo!!!!!

....non-oil powered bus...noooo!!!!!
[OOC: Business, to put it simply, is business. ;) Gotta be effective in the market to survive, Blackhelm.

As for more orders, I bump this up to summon VL to get the news article done...]

From the Zeitong Mateneen:
VLTC Launches ‘Green’ Bus
Customers are very positive about the Ascendance

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An Ascendance parked at a bus stop. This particular model is used for demonstration purposes by VLTC.

ESCH-SUR-ALZETTE – ‘The VLTC C5 has been a success already’, according to the PR department from VLT. The bus, renowned for it’s environmentally-friendly nature, has enjoyed interest from foreign nations, and several sales have been made outside the nations of origin.

The ‘Ascendance’ was the result of a joint Van Luxemburgian-Southeast Asian cooperation, to develop an environmentally friendly bus, capable of operating in varying circumstances. The bus is powered by an innovative system of electrical propulsion, mounted inside the rear wheels. The electrical wheels are powered by batteries, recharged by both a hydrogen-powered generator and solar panels, which means an almost zero-emission system can be realised.

‘The project is very innovative. Our expectation is that it will sell well. In these times of global panicking about the current state of the world’s climate, it will be a great addition to the environmentally friendly cars already available from some manufacturers. Plus, Buses can well be the main problem in some nations, especially in which public transport plays a major role. We have already prepared a second factory to produce the Ascendances, since the first factory can’t even handle the domestic orders.’ According to Hans Schmidt, director of sales for VLT Automotive.

So far, the Ascendance has been sold to public transport companies in Commonalitarianism (with an engine modification in order to accept biodiesel), Groznyj, and the cities of Passchendale and Serendipity in the Federated Union of Democratic Colonies. So far, 1,060,410 buses have been ordered for the coming fourteen years, with the first buses to each customer expected to be delivered this year. Only the city of Passchendale is expected to have to wait longer than two years, with their order of 75,000 vehicles annually.

‘So far, this has exceeded our wildest dreams. More than one million buses is an enormous amount, which is impossible to do with only one factory. Within a few months, our factory in Saint-André-de-Corcy will be ready for production of Ascendances, and we are already discussing the possibility of a third factory, to expand production capacity even further.’

[OOC: Ah the wheels of commerce...bump for more sales, to save the environment!]

From: Blackwood Transport Ltd.
To: Sales department of the joint VLTC-ECV project
Concerning: Initial procurement of vehicles

In the face of increased demands for environmental friendly methods of transportation, Transport Ltd. recently launched a campaign for higher fuel efficiency per given volume, increased use of railroads instead of lorries, and alternative fuels for those lorries that remained in service. The campaign was very successful, and we are hoping to expand this campaign into the public transportation market of Blackwood.
In order to do so, we are willing to place an order of an initial fifty (50) vehicles. We would further like to arrange an agreement, so that the total cost of 12 500 000 USD, can be paid in half at the moment of confirmation, and the other half over a course of three years at an interest rate of no more than 2.5 per cent starting at the moment of delivery.

Signed Yours Thankfully
Lady Jane Greystone
Chief Department of Acquisition, Blackwood Transport Ltd, 342 King’s Road, Effingham, Blackwood

To: VLTC-ECVC, Southeast Asia
From: Drachenshausen City Transit, Drachenshausen, Karmanyaka

Drachenshausen's public transit authority, the DCT, is interested in the Ascendance. We have recently been testing many methods of further decreasing the negative impact on the environment caused by mass transportation, including various hybrid alternatives and fuel cells.

We would like to purchase 50 of these Ascendance buses in order to investigate whether this is a suitable choice for the future of a clean Karmanyaka. If possible we would like to purchase only the chassis, without the coachwork, which must otherwise be heavily modified to fit the needs and regulations of the DCT.

If the buses prove satisfactory to our needs, we will of course be interested in purchasing a larger number of Ascendance buses.

The payment, a total of $12.5 million, will be transferred to your account upon delivery of the vehicles to our garage at DCT Carrosseries, or as otherwise negotiated.

We look forward to a frutiful business relationship with VLTC-ECVC.

Yours sincerely,
Alexandra Rama, chairperson, DCT

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From Channel NewsAsia Finance Online

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ECVC complex expansion tries meeting rising 'green' consumer demand
The Ascendance continues to be a success with manufacturers having difficulty satisfying and meeting orders

KOMPONG SOM WITH ESCH-SUR-ALZETTE CORRESPONDENTS - The East Carriage Vehicle Company has confirmed an initial order of fifty ECVC-5 Ascendance buses from Blackwood Transport Limited. They also confirm a testing order from the Drachenshausen City Transit in the Democratic Dominion of Karmanyaka, also of the same quantity. This comes in simultaneously as ECVC spokespersons have also confirmed the expansion of the ECVC factory complex in Phumi Tapou, a town of the district of Kompong Som. According to spokespersons from the VLT Automotive Group and the native Southeast Asian vehicle manufacturer, the order was issued by the Blackwood Transport Ltd Acquisition Chief Department Head, Lady Jane Greystone and Drachenshausen City Transit Chairperson Alexandra Rama, is worth about 25,000,000 Universal Standard Dollars in total, currency conversions nonwithstanding and not taking into account interest rates and payments over time in the case of Blackwood Transport Ltd. 25,000,000 USD is only a fraction compared to the overall massive order from the public transport services of the cities of Passchendale and Serendipity in the Federated Union of Democratic Colonies, Commonalitarianism and the Republic of Chechnya. The combined purchase meets a whopping 262,102,200,000 Universal Standard Dollars.

This figure is only expected to rise into the trillions given possible investment from public transport companies in Willink and other countries, if not growing public transport demand for native Southeast Asian companies. Ascendances 'piggybacking' lorries (see the above article picture) will be seen more often on roads in the towns of Heerenveen and Saint-André-de-Corcy, or on roads near the said locations. Should Blackwood Transport Ltd and the DCT find the Ascendance favorable for their respective fleets, orders from the Blackwoodian company and the DCT are expected to rise and perhaps even become a large part of the Blackwood Transport Ltd fleet and the DCT fleet. The success internationally of the Ascendance and the domestic success from public transport firms within the United Sovereign Nations of Southeast Asia (a prominent example is the service of the Ascendance with the Mandala Comfort Group's bus fleet) and the Grand Duchy of Van Luxemburg, if not the discussions of new factories and expanded facilities, is a sign of a few things: one, the rise of Southeast Asian automobile corporate business globally, and two, the sign of environmental-awareness is increasing.

Though, while there have been skeptical factions within the Van Luxemburgian Transportation Automotive Group and the East Carriage Vehicle Company about global warming and/or the effectiveness of hybrid automotives against climate change, there is unanimous agreement on one thing. In the words of a VLTC spokesperson, "The market, environmental-friendliness or not, is booming...it is expected that competition will become intense, but for now and for the forseeable future, our two companies will have a solid establishment and a degree of dominance and leadership in the automobile market."

OFFICIAL COMMUNIQUE

Dear VLT,

Various public transport companies in VDB would like to buy some of your new enviromentally friendly buses, as the enviroment is one of our most important topics here. The government will pay for them and deliver them. We would like to buy 000 buses each with a DVD entertainment system for 25,870,000 USD, or 25.87 million USD.

Signed,

Daniel Briere
Thomas Vanek
Ryan Getzlaf
Chris Drury

Princes of the VDB

From: Hans Schmidt, Sales Division, VLT Automotive <h.schmidt@vlta-sales.vl>
To: Daniel Briere, Thomas Vanek, Ryan Getzlaf, Chris Drury, princes of Vanek Drury Brieres
Subject: Re: Order

Dear Sir/Ma'am,

Your order has been confirmed. 100 VLTC C5 Ascendance buses + DVD entertainment system and Artifical Leather, with the price totalling $25,870,000. The vehicles are to be delivered in 1 year.

Signed,

Hans Schmidt,
Sales Division,
VLT Automotive Group



VLT Automotive. Won fir die Welt/Cars for the World

Greater Kingdom of Midlonia to place greatest order on Ascendance's vehicles to date. East Carriage Vehicle Company 'extatic' sources say.

Swadlincote, Midlonia.

The clattering motor of the aging Route-runner buses have been snarling around our cities for nearly 45 years. It's now been deemed to be taken off the streets as part of the new Midlonian Urban-clean-air inititive, after failing to find a suitable home-grown alternative the Greater Kingdom's Corporation Executive turned to that of the ECHC from South East Asia and their new Ascendance class bus, it's quiet electric motors will allow it to operate safely and cleanly within the streets of Midlonian cities, this will compliment the new Metro-tram services and the changing from steam to electric locomotives for trains entering the cities proper.

As such over 6 million such units have been placed on order, expected to be delivered over a period of some years. the ECHC has said that the order is likely to put them in business for several years to come and that new factory facilities are to be built. It's expected that the Corporation Executive will be going for the more luxurious option of the Ascendance with the DVD player likely to be used to play messages and advertisements as well as some movies for longer-haul traveling.

To: Greater Kingdom Corporation Executive, Midlonia
From: Office of the Sales Director, Board of Directors of the East Carriage Vehicle Company
Subject: Ascendance replacing the Routerunner

To Whom It May Concern,

It is an honor and a pleasure to play a role in Midlonian public transportation service history today. While we understand the Routerunner played a great role as an icon of Swadlincote and as a national symbol of the Greater Kingdom of Midlonia, we graciously accept the mantle bestowed upon us. Thanks to this massive order by your government, business indeed shall be booming. The expansion of the assembly complex in Phumi Tapou will have to be expanded to help meet up demand, but that shall not be enough.

Elsewhere, in yet to be finalized port city in what was Brunei, there is a factory complex to be constructed. There is also another ECVC factory complex to be built in the same district where Phumi Tapou is, but in a seperate town. However, both factory complex sites will deliver to the same port city. There is also a fourth factory complex being planned, but to be discussed of later. All these expansion plans are almost direct result of the Midlonian Urban Initiative Clear Air Act of 2007, and we look forward to a long relationship with the Greater Kingdom Corporation Executive. Your order has been confirmed, and your amount of six million ECVC-5 Ascendance buses with DVD sets and artificial leather seats are worth 1,552,200,000,000 Universal Standard Dollars.

Construction of the ECVC-5 Ascendance fleet for the Greater Kingdom Corporation Executive shall commence upon wiring of funds to our corporate bank account. Thank you for doing business with the Van Luxemburgian Transportation Automotive Group and the East Carriage Vehicle Company!

Yours Truly,
The Office of Sales Director of the East Carriage Vehicle Company

From the desk of: PyThomas Olbracht, Chancellor of Overbecland

We have several transit companies that are eager to buy your buses. Our legislature and I have authorized a budget of $6.25 billion OVK ($4 billion USD) for the purchase of 16,000 Ascendance buses, to be distributed accordingly for fleet overhauls:

Xavier (MAXTRAN) - 1,000
Kristiana (KAT) - 2,000
San Tomas (START) - 500
Clairville-Waleton (MCWATT) - 1,000
Galveston Heights (GHET) - 500
Opie-Anthony (COAST) - 500
New Burningman (NB-Metro) - 500
Jaggerland (JET) - 1,000
Byron-Pilsbery (B-PAT) - 500
Nowell (JOINT) - 500

These are the transit authorities that have been designated top priority, as their aging fleets are almost at their breaking points. The remaining 8,000 may be delivered later if your resources are strained, to be shipped to our Public Vehicle Reserve in Haynesleary, where we will distribute them to the other cities upon request.

We look forward to doing more business with you in the future.

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The Commonwealth of Nova Pictavia
Official Communication

We would like to congratulate the developers of this project on such a fine example for other nations to follow. Although we do not require any green buses at this moment in time, we are looking for allies with similar interests as our own. We believe that we can further the work you have done here and, providing there is enough support for a Green coalition of nations, begin preserving our planet together.

Contact Address:
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~Galan Mckay
First Minister, New Pictish Parliament, Inverness

From the desk of: PyThomas Olbracht, Chancellor of Overbecland

We have several transit companies that are eager to buy your buses. Our legislature and I have authorized a budget of $625 billion OVK ($400 billion USD) for the purchase of 16,000 Ascendance buses, to be distributed accordingly for fleet overhauls:

Xavier (MAXTRAN) - 1,000
Kristiana (KAT) - 2,000
San Tomas (START) - 500
Clairville-Waleton (MCWATT) - 1,000
Galveston Heights (GHET) - 500
Opie-Anthony (COAST) - 500
New Burningman (NB-Metro) - 500
Jaggerland (JET) - 1,000
Byron-Pilsbery (B-PAT) - 500
Nowell (JOINT) - 500

These are the transit authorities that have been designated top priority, as their aging fleets are almost at their breaking points. The remaining 8,000 may be delivered later if your resources are strained, to be shipped to our Public Vehicle Reserve in Haynesleary, where we will distribute them to the other cities upon request.

We look forward to doing more business with you in the future.
To: PyThomas Olbracht, Chancellor of Overbecland
From: Office of the Sales Director, Board of Directors of the East Carriage Vehicle Company
Subject: Public transport order from Overbecland

Dear Chancellor PyThomas Olbracht,

The East Carriage Vehicle Company is delighted by your country's purchase of 16,000 units of our Ascendance bus. The price of acquiring the collective amount is 4,000,000,000 Universal Standard Dollars, and we are sure that the bus companies of JET, START, NB-Metro, B-PAT, JOINT, MCWATT, GHET, KAT and COAST shall be pleased, if not the customers they used. The Ascendance group shall be sent the moment the money is wired to our primary corporate bank account. Thank you for doing business with the East Carriage Vehicle Company, and our colleagues with the Van Luxemburgian Transportation Automotive Group.

Yours Truly,
The Office of Sales Director of the East Carriage Vehicle Company
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The Commonwealth of Nova Pictavia
Official Communication

We would like to congratulate the developers of this project on such a fine example for other nations to follow. Although we do not require any green buses at this moment in time, we are looking for allies with similar interests as our own. We believe that we can further the work you have done here and, providing there is enough support for a Green coalition of nations, begin preserving our planet together.

Contact Address:
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=533288

~Galan Mckay
First Minister, New Pictish Parliament, Inverness
[OOC: First off, while I advocate an environment protection policy, what benefits does the alliance bring me? I'm a practitioner of realism as well. Besides, the East Carriage Vehicle Company is a private entity independent of government influence, and does not speak for the government itself. No offense intended, Nova Pictavia, but while I admire your goals, I think an alliance is not exactly the best way to do it.]

The alliance would simply be a method of preserving each other in times of crisis, through trade, aid or military movements. A sort of similar nations banding together for the greater good type thing.

I was intending on creating some great Green expansionist alliance, who would crush anyone small enough to be crushed in the name of th earth, but this idea was severely frowned upon... =[

The alliance would simply be a method of preserving each other in times of crisis, through trade, aid or military movements. A sort of similar nations banding together for the greater good type thing.

I was intending on creating some great Green expansionist alliance, who would crush anyone small enough to be crushed in the name of th earth, but this idea was severely frowned upon... =[
[OOC: I see. Keep practicing, but exercise and execute your ideals with some degree of pragmatism...read The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli and The Art of War by Sun-Tzu to help understand what I mean. But regardless, we're getting off topic. This should be for sales...back to business!]

I have received word from the CEO of TransMad Bus Lines (basically the "Greyhound" of Mad Chester) that he would like to purchase 3,000 Ascendance buses for their fleet. These buses would need to be equipped with some deluxe amenities as these would be used for travel between major cities.... specifically, a restroom, the DVD entertainment system, and if possible, reclinable seats and a small vending machine (we will supply the bill-collecting and coin-sorting mechanisms). Also, since motorists in Mad Chester drive on the left side of the road, we will need the driver's seat to be on the right hand side of the bus. If you can meet these specifications, TransMad is willing to spend all the bez that is required.

Regards,
Herman Shermits
Secretary of Transportation, The New Order Republic of Mad Chester

((OOC: I know you would have preferred an email order for them, SEA, but I just found a news article easier for myself...))



The following is an excerpt from the Laurana Tribune, dated July 22, 2007:

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Laurana Bussing Company Announces Plans to "Go Green"

Laurana, Cravan - Today marks a turning point for transportation in Laurana as bussing company Laurana Transit announces plans to purchase an initial fleet of 240 "Ascendance" eco-busses, in an attempt to show that they are an eco-friendly company who think about the wellbeing of the city.

"It's really something we've been wanting to look into.", Public Relations manager Peter Quinn was quoted as saying. "There haven't been very many good alternatives to standard busses before now, and Laurana Transit is looking into setting the stage for more and more green transit companies. The friendlier we are to the evironments of our cities, the more people will see our intentions and decide that the green method is best for our nation."

With the clearance for the Ascendance's use on Cravanian streets, other bus companies have been showing interest in the concept. It seems that more and more companies are seeing the benefits of adopting an eco-friendly policy, and as more and more look into it it is projected that by fiscal year 2010 it may be the standard for Cravanian transit companies.

"Who knows?", Quinn said in our interview with him last Wednesday. "It does seem, however, that Laurana Transit is leading the path of bussing in Cravan into a green future, and I hope that it does become the norm in a few years."

The 240 units ordered by Laurana transit have yet to be confirmed, however it is expected that they will make their first appearances on the streets of Laurana within two months' time.

As part of an ongoing, long-term effort to make all of Haraki's public transportation more environmentally-friendly - although we do consider ourselves as such already - the federal government is interested in acquiring one hundred (100) of these Ascendance buses as a trial run. The buses will be used in the city of Kiros, which is Haraki's self-titled 'Environmental Pioneer City', and will serve a three-month trial run after which time a report documenting their use and advising whether or not more buses should be purchased for other transportation initiatives throughout the nation. We thank you for your time and look forward to future business dealings.

Lisa Demoysos, Harakian Minister of the Interior

From: Hans Schmidt, Sales Division, VLT Automotive <h.schmidt@vlta-sales.vl>
To: Herman Shermits, Secretary of Transportation, The New Order Republic of Mad Chester
Subject: Re: Order

Dear Sir,

Your order has been confirmed. 3000 VLTC C5 Ascendance buses with appropriate modifications, with the price totalling $900,000,000. The vehicles are to be delivered within 1 year.

Signed,

Hans Schmidt,
Sales Division,
VLT Automotive Group

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From: Hans Schmidt, Sales Division, VLT Automotive <h.schmidt@vlta-sales.vl>
To: Laurana Bussing Company
Subject: Re: Order

Dear Sir/Ma'am,

Your order has been confirmed. 240 VLTC C5 Ascendance buses, with the price totalling $60,000,000. The vehicles are to be delivered within 1 year.

Signed,

Hans Schmidt,
Sales Division,
VLT Automotive Group

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From: Hans Schmidt, Sales Division, VLT Automotive <h.schmidt@vlta-sales.vl>
To: Lisa Demoysos, Harakian Minister of the Interior
Subject: Re: Order

Dear Ma'am,

Your order has been confirmed. 100 VLTC C5 Ascendance buses, with the price totalling $25,000,000. The vehicles are to be delivered within 1 year.

Signed,

Hans Schmidt,
Sales Division,
VLT Automotive Group



VLT Automotive. Won fir die Welt/Cars for the World.

To: Office of the Sales Director, Board of Directors of the East Carriage Vehicle Company
From: Royal Transport Safety and Standards Administration (URHE)
Subject: Ascendance order

The Royal Transport Safety and Standards Administration wishes to place an order for three (3) base model Ascendance buses for safety and standards testing. It is required that foreign made automobile pass RTSSA auto safety performance and equipment testing before they can be sold freely on the open market. Once the evaluations have been completed the RTSSA will publish the results and make its recommendations on import certification status.

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Protectors faced off with police once more today, the second day of protests in the nation's capitol of Viconia. Over 100,000 citizens packed Union Square directly in front of the Capitol Spire, the beating heart of the federal government, while thousands of police officers, many in full riot gear, were present to meet them.

"We simply cannot stand for this type of idiocy," said Ronald Reith, a senior organizer of the day's protests and President of the Federated Autoworker's Union. "The Democratic Colonies is host to a number of competent automakers, and is home to a literal army of skilled autoworkers. This outsourcing, this ridiculous multi-billion dollar purchase of foreign vehicles is nothing short of moronic. Billions of DCredits and countless jobs are being sent overseas when they belong here, in the industrial centers of our own."

Government officials did not issue a new statement today, but an unnamed member of the Federal Government was quoted by reliable sources as saying that "it's not really about the quality of the buses. I mean, sure, the Ascendance is a great vehicle, but that's a secondary reason at best - the real reason for this contract is a little more complicated then that. I don't want to say too much, but let me just point out that the Marshal Anderson Group was gunning hard for the bus contract and lost, while their big corporate competitor, the Perim Nealon Regal Group, doesn't even make buses and just picked up the contract to ship all those buses long distance via cargo ship from Southeast Asia to the Democratic Colonies. Kind of makes you think, doesn't it? Kind of makes you think."

While the Federal Government has stated that the decision to support the cities of Passchendale and Serependity in their purchase of foreign built Ascendance buses was based on merit and fair technical comparison, this shocking new evidence uncovered by reliable, confidential sources, would indicate otherwise.

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This looks like an interesting product design, a purchase of 300 Buses for use in our capital. Payment is being wired at a cost of $75,000,000. We look foward to prehaps purchasing more and replacing our aging Diesel buses.
-Lone Alliance Department of Transportation.

TO: Royal Transport Safety and Standards Administration (URHE)
FROM: Office of the Sales Director, Board of Directors of the East Carriage Vehicle Company
SUBJECT: Re: Ascendance order

To Whom It May Concern,

I am delighted to know the Royal Transport Safety and Standards Administration of the United Realms of the Hamptonian Empire has decided to give a review of the ECVC-5 Ascendance. My colleagues in the Board of Directors are pleased, and so will my colleagues in the Van Luxemburgian Transportation Automotive Group. Once the payment of 750,000 USD has been wired to our primary corporate bank account, shipment for testing shall commence immediately and arrive within the period of six months. Of course, if the RTSSA does not approve of it, we are all ears and will graciously accept valid and noteworthy criticisms (even if it is accepted onto the Hamptonian Empire's roads and there still are critical notes), we will rewire the funds back. Thank you for doing business with the East Carriage Vehicle Company and the VLT Automotive Group.

Yours Truly,
The Office of Sales Director of the East Carriage Vehicle Company

[OOC: Hamptonshire, please note that VL and I still need to kill off the re-write-up, so would you mind holding it off?

And Democratic Colonies, nice news article...can't always have good favors all the time...heh. Now, back to driving the wheels of commerce...]

Reprinted with permission from the Xavier Courier

GREEN MEANS (BUS) STOP
Xavier first destination for nationwide eco-friendly bus overhaul

By Brandon Bach
Courier Staff Reporter

Alvin Crosley is used to his route being late. The 53-year-old Magnolia Park resident sometimes stands at his Fifth Street stop 15 to 20 minutes longer than he should, because the bus on his route has broken down, and another bus had to be called in to replace it.

But today, his bus is right on time. Route 80 pulls in, and it's a brand new ride, with new plush seats, smoother suspension and zero emissions.

"Well, color me impressed," Alvin says. "I think someone finally is getting some work done at the bus company."

Alvin's new ride - an ECVC-5 Ascendance model - is a part of a major overhaul in public transportation throughout Overbecland. The Federal Legislature approved a =K6.25 billion spending bill in June to purchase 16,000 Ascendance diesel-electric hybrid buses from the East Carriage Vehicle Company in the United Sovereign Nations of Southeast Asia, to be distributed among all of Overbecland's major cities. The Metropolitan Area Xavier Transit Authority (MAXTRAN) was at the top of the list, due to its aged and chronically distressed vehicles, and will receive a total of 1,000 Ascendance buses, effectively replacing the entire fleet that MAXTRAN has. Now that the =K6.25 billion has been credited in full to ECVC, so far 400 of the buses have arrived in Xavier, but ECVC spokesperson Natalie Liu says the remaining 600 have been earmarked for delivery to MAXTRAN and will be shipped in a matter of days.

The new Ascendance model bus is propelled by two electric wheels equipped with Lithium-Ion batteries, which are recharged by generating energy from the movement of the wheels, which can be complemented by the energy generated by the Diesel Generator mounted in the same closed container as the Lithium-Ion batteries. The Generator’s exhaust fumes are filtered by a particle eliminator, which will filter out 90% of all large particles and 50% of the finest particles. The bus is extremely silent and very comfortable, with air conditioning, a disabled-friendly entrance, an information system - which shows the actual timetable to the passenger - and an advanced navigation system for the drivers. ECVC has a storied reputation for high reliability and low maintenance, a major factor in the government's choosing of a bus manufacturer.

And the bus-riding majority of Xavians agree: out of 5,000 riders polled, 97% have given positive reviews on the new buses. "The seats are very comfortable, and I can listen to my music now without having all that engine noise get in the way," says bus passenger Matilda Smith.

Keith Turner, Overbecland's Secretary of Environment & Internal Resources, said that this nationwide bus overhaul "is a huge step forward in making Overbecland more environmentally friendly and giving Overbeccians cleaner air to breathe."

The Ascendance buses will next be implemented in Kristiana - home of Overbecland's largest public transit company, Kristiana Area Transit (KAT) - where 2,000 buses will be shipped. The remaining cities on the high-priority list are San Tomas, Clairville-Waleton, Galveston Heights, Opie-Anthony, New Burningman, Jaggerland, Byron-Pilsbery and Nowell. The ten priority metropolitan areas will receive a total of 8,000 buses over the next three years, and after those are delivered, 8,000 more buses will be shipped to the Public Vehicle Reserve in Haynesleary, to be distributed to the remaining cities and sold to private bus companies.

BBC 24 'Eye on Leafanistan'

A naked woman, lying on a reclining couch, with a newsroom background turned toward the screen. Her eyes fixated on the teleprompter, her skin oiled to produce maximum reflections with the light, and loaded with makeup to hide any blemish.

A picture of the Bus appeared with the caption, 'No Go'

Her lips parted, the studio went hush as the news started.

"The 'Green Bus' Ascendence, has been deemed unsuitable for Leafanistan's growing transportation needs. In a controversial ruling the Republican Public Transportation Authority has said while the Ascendence is a triumph in engineering, its costs, complexity, and its chassis were inappropriate for the Leafanistani Market."

"This is not a ban on the Green Bus, as it will be adopted in limited numbers by General Bus Lines fleet in the intercity routes. The Transportation Authority ruled that the design of the bus is hard to maintain for its crews, and it is far too tall for a city bus. Low hanging power lines, or phone lines could be toppled by its height. It also lacks a kneeling feature necessary for all city bus routes, and its seating arrangement is less than optimal."

"The Environmental Group 'Keeping it Green' will appeal the decision."

A graphic appeared on the screen, [WANT TO KNOW MORE?], and if clicked would lead to a longer article and a recording of the press release by the RPTA. The woman later went to sports and the news bar below informed viewers a softcore video of the anchorwoman was now playing on Channel 200.

From: Blackwood Transport Ltd.
To: Sales department of the joint VLTC-ECV project
Concerning: Follow-up order

I thank you for your swift delivery of the requested vehicles, and I can tell you that we are most satisfied with their performance and their acceptance by the general public.
I wish therefore to place an order of an additional one hundred (100) vehicles, the total cost of which (25 000 000 USD) shall be paid as previously arranged.

Signed Yours Thankfully
Lady Jane Greystone
Chief Department of Acquisition, Blackwood Transport Ltd, 342 King’s Road, Effingham, Blackwood

TO: Lady Jane Greystone, Chief Department of Acquisition, Blackwood Transport Ltd
FROM: Office of the Sales Director, Board of Directors of the East Carriage Vehicle Company
SUBJECT: Re: Follow-up order

Dear Lady Jane Greystone,

The East Carriage Vehicle Company is delighted to know that Blackwood Transport Ltd has received a warm response from the public with the test order. That said, your order has been confirmed and will begin shipping off to the Republic of Blackwood once the funds (25,000,000 USD) have been wired to our primary corporate bank account. I thank you for doing business with us and the VLT Automotive Group, and I hope to see you come to our business sometime again.

Yours Sincerely,
The Office of Sales Director of the East Carriage Vehicle Company

* * *

TO: Lone Alliance Department of Transportation
FROM: Office of the Sales Director, Board of Directors of the East Carriage Vehicle Company
SUBJECT: Re: Lone Alliance Transportation Department order

To Whom It May Concern,

Your order has been confirmed. Once the price of 75,000,000 USD has been wired to our primary corporate bank account, the shipment of 300 Ascendance units shall commence to the Lone Alliance state. Thank you for doing business with us and the VLT Automotive Group, and I hope to hear of the Lone Alliance Department of Transportation again!

Yours Truly,
The Office of Sales Director of the East Carriage Vehicle Company

[OOC: Ah, done and over with. Now, to address the articles...

Overbecland: Really nice. And thanks for helping me create a character...Nathalie Liu, elegant and simple a name, though I have to think of more than names limited to mostly cosmopolitan Chinese individuals or Western names. Keep it up.

Leafanistan: Not bad an article, though I think that you need more original names for your media firms. More importantly, I think you need to work on objectivity...it's obviously slanted to your domestic firms with ad hominem attacks like the seating arrangements, the height (3.22 meters isn't that large) and the kneeling feature...other than that, it's good. Keep up more objectivity in the future though.

Now, cue the sales, people, and look forward to the Routechieftain!]

Leafanistan: Not bad an article, though I think that you need more original names for your media firms. More importantly, I think you need to work on objectivity...it's obviously slanted to your domestic firms with ad hominem attacks like the seating arrangements, the height (3.22 meters isn't that large) and the kneeling feature...other than that, it's good. Keep up more objectivity in the future though.

OOC: You've never heard of a domestic bias in real life? Haven't you heard the news about 'THIS IS OUR CUN'TRY' saber rattling in the US and Canada? But school buses, city buses, and long-haul buses have radically different seating arrangements and frankly, this is a long-haul bus, and is completely useless on city routes. I don't think there is enough standing room, and the height is mostly something I derived from the picture. And remember a bureaucrat, he is going to slant toward his financiers, domestic bus corporations, and find a way to nitpick this bus out of the competition.

City buses are low, have few seats mostly side facing, and are built lower. Your driver is sitting far up, that indicates the actual cabin is that high up, which on the new city buses is not so. There are rarely stairs anymore on city buses, except toward the rear where the engine is mounted.

Besides, your bus isn't banned in Leafanistan, it is being bought by General Bus Lines.

EDIT: Now that I think about it, why is an ad hominem attack inappropriate when we are criticizing the subject? We aren't calling your designers inappropriate, or remarking about how your buses kill babies. We said the bus didn't fit the needs of the Republican Public Transportation Authority's needs. We need, low, wide, and lots of standing room buses for city routes, and fast commuter rail trains for intercity routes.

From: General Bus Lines, a subsidiary of General Resources Conglomerate

Namaste!

We of General Bus Lines, have heard the calls from our passengers to reduce our carbon footprint and wish to make a purchase of this bus.

We are purchasing 100 buses initially, for a cost of 25,000,000 USD, plus the extra cost of the DVD entertainment system for a total of 350,000 USD, and finally the artificial leather seats for a total of 520,000 USD.

We are wiring the total amount: 25,870,000 USD.

We hope to receive shipments soon to begin our intercity line between Dominque and Samaritan, one of our heaviest routes.

[END]

Secretariat for External Affairs
PDSRA
Official statement

The PDSRA already makes use of solar-powered transportation, due to necessity, conveniance and a long-standing State commitment to environmental issues.

We nonetheless wish to extend our warmest congratulations and support to the developers of Ascendance, and wish them every success in this admirable enterprise.


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République Démocratique, Sociale et Populaire de l'Ariddia

The Commonwealth of Bredford goverment would like to buy 40,000 Enviroment-Friendly Buses, to be distributed within our cities.

it shall be payed from the budget of Commerce.

TransMad would like to convey their sincere gratitude for your prompt delivery of the initial shipment of vehicles after they wired their payment. Here's their new ad campaign trumpeting the arrival of your buses...

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TransMad would like to convey their sincere gratitude for your prompt delivery of the initial shipment of vehicles after they wired their payment. Here's their new ad campaign trumpeting the arrival of your buses...

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[OOC: Wow. I wasn't expecting a picture based on a PhotoShop, I was expecting a picture based on a drawing for each bus fleet's design (think line-art). VL (who probably didn't expect it either) would be proud. And I am proud and grateful as well.]

To: East Carriage Vehicle Company
From: Walter Harrison, Vice-President of Bus Operations, Greyhound Bus Lines

Dear East Carriage Vehicle Company,

My company wishes to purchase 30 of these buses for use on our national lines.We have been looking for a more friendly bus for the enviroment, and came across this vehicle.

Signed,
Walter Harrison

OOC: You've never heard of a domestic bias in real life? Haven't you heard the news about 'THIS IS OUR CUN'TRY' saber rattling in the US and Canada? But school buses, city buses, and long-haul buses have radically different seating arrangements and frankly, this is a long-haul bus, and is completely useless on city routes. I don't think there is enough standing room, and the height is mostly something I derived from the picture. And remember a bureaucrat, he is going to slant toward his financiers, domestic bus corporations, and find a way to nitpick this bus out of the competition.

City buses are low, have few seats mostly side facing, and are built lower. Your driver is sitting far up, that indicates the actual cabin is that high up, which on the new city buses is not so. There are rarely stairs anymore on city buses, except toward the rear where the engine is mounted.

Besides, your bus isn't banned in Leafanistan, it is being bought by General Bus Lines.

EDIT: Now that I think about it, why is an ad hominem attack inappropriate when we are criticizing the subject? We aren't calling your designers inappropriate, or remarking about how your buses kill babies. We said the bus didn't fit the needs of the Republican Public Transportation Authority's needs. We need, low, wide, and lots of standing room buses for city routes, and fast commuter rail trains for intercity routes.

From: General Bus Lines, a subsidiary of General Resources Conglomerate

Namaste!

We of General Bus Lines, have heard the calls from our passengers to reduce our carbon footprint and wish to make a purchase of this bus.

We are purchasing 100 buses initially, for a cost of 25,000,000 USD, plus the extra cost of the DVD entertainment system for a total of 350,000 USD, and finally the artificial leather seats for a total of 520,000 USD.

We are wiring the total amount: 25,870,000 USD.

We hope to receive shipments soon to begin our intercity line between Dominque and Samaritan, one of our heaviest routes.

[END]
To: General Bus Lines
From: Office of the Sales Director, Board of Directors of the East Carriage Vehicle Company
Subject: General Bus Lines Order

To Whom It May Concern,

Your order of one hundred units of the ECVC-5 Ascendance has been confirmed. The total price for the fleet, with the extra features of artificial leather seats and the digital versatile disc entertainment system, is indeed 25,870,000 Universal Standard Dollars. The shipment of one hundred Ascendance buses shall be executed once the funds are transfered to our primary corporate bank account. Thank you for choosing the East Carriage Vehicle Company, and our colleagues in the Van Luxemburgian Transportation Automotive Group. We hope to see you again in the future for more business!


Yours Sincerely,
The Office of Sales Director of the East Carriage Vehicle Company

[OOC: Leafanistan, I'll leave Van Luxemburg to explain that...a bit tired now.]
The Commonwealth of Bredford goverment would like to buy 40,000 Enviroment-Friendly Buses, to be distributed within our cities.

it shall be payed from the budget of Commerce.
To: Government of the Commonwealth of Bredford
From: Office of the Sales Director, Board of Directors of the East Carriage Vehicle Company
Subject: Bredfordian government order

To Whom It May Concern,

The East Carriage Vehicle Company has deemed from this economic review (http://nsdossier.texasregion.net/main.aspx) that the Commonwealth of Bredford government is capable of making this order (the commerce budget being $13,844,578,587.84, 13% of your government's total revenue and expenditure). The order of 40,000 ECVC-5 Ascendance buses costs 10,000,000 Universal Standard Dollars, and shipment shall commence once the payment has been wired to our corporate bank account. I thank your government for choosing the East Carriage Vehicle Company and I have a strong feeling that so shall our colleagues in the Van Luxemburgian Transportation Automotive Group. I hope to see you again in the future for more business!

Yours Sincerely,
The Office of Sales Director of the East Carriage Vehicle Company
To: East Carriage Vehicle Company
From: Walter Harrison, Vice-President of Bus Operations, Greyhound Bus Lines

Dear East Carriage Vehicle Company,

My company wishes to purchase 30 of these buses for use on our national lines.We have been looking for a more friendly bus for the enviroment, and came across this vehicle.

Signed,
Walter Harrison
To: Walter Harrison, Vice-President of Bus Operations, Greyhound Bus Lines
From: Office of the Sales Director, Board of Directors of the East Carriage Vehicle Company
Subject: Greyhound Bus Lines Order

Dear Mr. Walter Harrison,

It is an honor that East Carriage is most gracious and willing to accept. One the payment of 7.5 million USD has been wired to the primary corporate bank account, shipment to Brydog shall commence. Thank you for choosing our firm, and I hope we have a lasting business relationship with your public transport business!

Yours Sincerely,
The Office of the Sales Director of the East Carriage Vehicle Company

*bump*

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FAO: Sales Department, ECVC

To Whom It May Concern:

We have recently seen reviews commending this latest vehicle no end, and thus would like to place an order of our own.

As public transport in Barronia is nationalized in it's entirety, you shall find that orders from us will be large to say the least, which hopefully result in an excellent relationship between us both.

However, to the point. We should like to place an order for:

5000 standard baseline vehicles, at $250,000 per, amounting to: $1,250,000,000
1000 vehicles with artificial leather seats and the internal DVD system, at $258,700 per, amounting to: $258,700,000

This amounts to a total: $1,508,700,000, or one-billion, five-hundred eight million, seven-hundred thousand universal standard dollars.

We thank you for your business, and look forward to doing business with you in the future.

Yours,

(Miss) Amee Melisande
Internal Affairs Minister
Pan-Arab Barronia

From: Hans Schmidt, Sales Division, VLT Automotive <h.schmidt@vlta-sales.vl>
To: Miss Amee Melisande, Internal Affairs Minister, Pan-Arab Barronia
Subject: Re: Order

Dear Ma'am,

Your order has been confirmed. 1000 VLTC C5 Ascendance buses, equipped with Artificial Leather and DVD Entertainment system, aswell as 5000 baseline models, with the price totalling $1,508,700,000. The vehicles are to be delivered within 1 year.

Signed,

Hans Schmidt,
Sales Division,
VLT Automotive Group


VLT Automotive. Won fir die Welt/Cars for the World.

(OOC: Leafanistan, this bus is based off the VDL-Berkhof Ambassador 200, which is a bus used for interregional aswell as city transport. They are used for both roles here in NL. Plus, the customer eventually decides how the seating arrangement will be done, since each bus company will have different requirements. Plus, the driver is indeed seated high up, he is the only one to sit on a somewhat raised position. The interior height of this thing is 2.5 metres, so I don't believe that standing room would be a problem.)

Message from Kane of Dephire;

I would like to make a huge purchase of 24 Million of these buses with the following modifications:

12 million biodiesel
10 million hybrid
1 million hydrogen

All will be equipped with full entertainment systems and leather seats.

I estimated the costs to be roughly four hundred and fifty thousand dollars per unit.

Total Cost: $10,800,000,000,000 (or $10.8 trillion USD)

Thank you and good day.

Edit: This is to help improve the transportation systems of my alliance, the ADAN.

(OOC: Ehm, Dephire, I can't make a hybrid out of a vehicle which is a hybrid, really.)

((OOC: I didn't know that a hybrid runs on diesel.))

(OOC: Hybrid electric vehicles, increasingly common automobiles which employ both a traditional internal combustion engine and an electric motor/generators for provide motive force. According to Wikipedia. Basically, the engine here supplies power to batteries, which supply the power to the wheels. The engine is merely a generator, so it can run on any fuel, basically. A hybrid would be tricky though, since you'd be using an electric motor to generate electricity.)

((Well, I was more so choosing other forms of fuel for the hybrid over anything.))

(OOC: Okay then, 10 million normal ones.)

From: Hans Schmidt, Sales Division, VLT Automotive <h.schmidt@vlta-sales.vl>
To: Kane of Dephire
Subject: Re: Order

Dear Sir,

Your order has been confirmed. 12 million Biodiesel VLTC C5 Ascendance buses (individual price $258,700), equipped with Artificial Leather and DVD Entertainment system, aswell as 10 million Diesel models (individual price $258,700) and 1 million Hydrogen models (individual price $1,508,700)with the price totalling $7,200,100,000,000. The vehicles are to be delivered within 10 years.

Signed,

Hans Schmidt,
Sales Division,
VLT Automotive Group



VLT Automotive. Won fir die Welt/Cars for the World.

((OOC: Hahaha, that's a nice way to slap ya in da face. Ten years, got it.))

To: East Carriage Vehicle Company
From: Dartian Ministry of Public Transportation

Our government applauds your efforts to produce environmentally friendly products. As our city streets grow more and more congested every day, the need for such products is becoming increasingly apparent.

We would like to phase out our existing buses, and replace them with your Ascendance. To that end, we wish to purchase 250,000 of your vehicles over the course of the next five years.

Provided you are able to meet our timetable, money will be wired to your account upon confirmation of our order.

Congratulations on developing a remarkable product!

Best wishes,
Kathleen Harris
Minister of Public Transportation

To: Dartian Ministry of Public Transportation
From: Office of the Sales Director, Board of Directors of the East Carriage Vehicle Company
Subject: Re: Order from Dartia

To Whom It May Concern,

The East Carriage Vehicle Company is honored by the Dartian Ministry of Public Transportation's choice for bus fleets in Dartia, and so are our colleagues in the VLT Automotive Group. That stated, my firm wishes for doing future business with your public transport services. Once the procurement price of 62,500,000 USD has been wired to our primary corporate bank account, shipment of 250,000 units of the ECVC-5/VLTC-C5 Ascendance buses shall commence towards Dartia. Thank you for doing business with East Carriage and VLT Automotive!

Yours Sincerely,
The Office of Sales Director of the East Carriage Vehicle Company

To: East Carriage Vehicle Company
Re: Ascendance

Our money has been wired to your account. We appreciate your prompt attention in this matter, and look forward to seeing your buses on our city streets.

Sincerely,
Kathleen Harris
Minister of Public Transportation

[OOC: While I appreciate the IC confirmation, quite a few people don't do that, they usually auto-assume it to be wired. But I appreciate and like that little effort of yours Dartia...it's realistic to assume the final arrangements. Keep it up, Dartia, keep it up.]

Official Free Dominion of Vetaka Diplomatic Message:

To: Office of the Sales Director, Board of Directors of the East Carriage Vehicle Company
From: Vetakan Foreign Affairs, Department of Transport & Department of Justice

Subject: Vetakan Order

Greetings,

The Vetakan Government is committed to a Greener World and is always looking for ways to aid the Enviroment as a result the Senate has decided to update the Fleet of Vehicles used for Public Transportation within the nationalised Vetakan Public Transportation Group to your Bus.

We also intend to make our fleet of Prison Transportation Vehicles to your buses which of course would be modified to bring in the usual security features. If possible Vetaka wishes to purchase a total of 250,000 Vehicles. 199,000 of these should be Baseline, 1,000 should have DVD Entertainment System and the Leather Interior. The remaining 50,000 should also be baseline yet we request we be allowed to make modifications for the bus to safely and securly carry Prisoners.

If this is acceptable we will wire the required Funds Immediately.

Yours

Dr Perry Cox

Secretary of Foreign Affairs

Following the abolition of privately owned motor vehicles has taken place for the good of the Peoples of the world and especially that of the most humble people of The newly created great nation of The United Socialist States of Uwukaka (USSU), we would like to order 50 of these buses inorder to support our already fluorishing solar powered rail and cycle networks.

The sum of 25,000,000 uwukakas ($12,500,000 USD) has been wired. Of course any discount on further purchases would create our massive gratitude.

Out of interest does anyone have any excess solar generated electricity that they would like to sell to our illustrious nation?

Also do any nations require our expertise in the production of Biogas from their sewage network?

Fraternally yours

People's Lord Murray
Peoples High Representative and High Priest, USSU.

To: Office of the Sales Director, Board of Directors of the East Carriage Vehicle Company
From: Max Hellman Secretary of Public Transport

The Graslandik Government would like to purchase 58,010 Buses to operate in Grasalands National Bus Service to improve the enviromental quality of our public transport.

This would cost $14,502,500,000 and this will be wired to you.

Thank You


Max Hellman Secretary of Public Transport

Official Free Dominion of Vetaka Diplomatic Message:

To: Office of the Sales Director, Board of Directors of the East Carriage Vehicle Company
From: Vetakan Foreign Affairs, Department of Transport & Department of Justice

Subject: Vetakan Order

Greetings,

The Vetakan Government is committed to a Greener World and is always looking for ways to aid the Enviroment as a result the Senate has decided to update the Fleet of Vehicles used for Public Transportation within the nationalised Vetakan Public Transportation Group to your Bus.

We also intend to make our fleet of Prison Transportation Vehicles to your buses which of course would be modified to bring in the usual security features. If possible Vetaka wishes to purchase a total of 250,000 Vehicles. 199,000 of these should be Baseline, 1,000 should have DVD Entertainment System and the Leather Interior. The remaining 50,000 should also be baseline yet we request we be allowed to make modifications for the bus to safely and securly carry Prisoners.

If this is acceptable we will wire the required Funds Immediately.

Yours

Dr Perry Cox

Secretary of Foreign Affairs
To: Dr. Perry Cox, Department of Transport & Department of Justice, Free Dominion of Vetaka
From: Office of the Sales Director, Board of Directors of the East Carriage Vehicle Company
Subject: Re: Vetakan order

Dear Dr. Perry Cox,

The Board of Directors of the East Carriage Vehicle Company are grateful and honored by your decision to pick the C-5/ECVC-5 "Ascendance" Environmentally-Friendly Bus. The modifications for the Ascendance being a prison bus are being debated on by our Design Bureau and the VLT Automotive Transportation Group, but the rest of the Ascendance fleet for Vetaka shall be confirmed upon the wiring of funds to our primary corporate bank account.

Thank you for choosing East Carriage though, and we hope that despite of this brief hassle, that we have a long business relationship with the Vetakan Free Dominion.

Yours Sincerely,
The Office of Sales Director of the East Carriage Vehicle Company

[OOC: When VL gets back from his vacation we'll have to calculate the customized versions, but assume the remaining 50,000 to be on hold for now till we work out costs or I do it sometime later.]
Following the abolition of privately owned motor vehicles has taken place for the good of the Peoples of the world and especially that of the most humble people of The newly created great nation of The United Socialist States of Uwukaka (USSU), we would like to order 50 of these buses inorder to support our already fluorishing solar powered rail and cycle networks.

The sum of 25,000,000 uwukakas ($12,500,000 USD) has been wired. Of course any discount on further purchases would create our massive gratitude.

Out of interest does anyone have any excess solar generated electricity that they would like to sell to our illustrious nation?

Also do any nations require our expertise in the production of Biogas from their sewage network?

Fraternally yours

People's Lord Murray
Peoples High Representative and High Priest, USSU.
To: People's Lord Murray, People's High Representative and High Priest, United Socialist States of Uwukaka
From: Office of the Sales Director, Board of Directors of the East Carriage Vehicle Company
Subject: Order from Uwukaka

Dear Lord Murray,

Our company is pleased by this move towards environmental-friendliness, and look forward to an expanded relationship. As for biofuels, the Union has ongoing research and is in a fairly advanced state for energy, but would be willing to negotiate on something. However, this is not something our company can do as we are not an energy firm, we are an automotive-manufacturing firm. To use an example, a proper firm from the proper industry would be SkyGen Power Plc (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=484452). That stated, your order is confirmed and shipment will commence once the funds (12,500,000 Universal Standard Dollars) have been transferred to our primary corporate bank account. Thank you for doing business with East Carriage, and I hope to see you return to us for the future!

Yours Sincerely,
The Office of Sales Director of the East Carriage Vehicle Company
To: Office of the Sales Director, Board of Directors of the East Carriage Vehicle Company
From: Max Hellman Secretary of Public Transport

The Graslandik Government would like to purchase 58,010 Buses to operate in Grasalands National Bus Service to improve the enviromental quality of our public transport.

This would cost $14,502,500,000 and this will be wired to you.

Thank You


Max Hellman Secretary of Public Transport
To: Max Hellman, Secretary of Public Transport, Grasalands
From: Office of the Sales Director, Board of Directors of the East Carriage Vehicle Company
Subject: Re: Graslandik government order

Dear Secretary of Public Transport Max Hellman,

The East Carriage Vehicle Company is pleasured by your choice of bus for your country. The cost of US$14,502,500,000, for 58,010 Ascendance buses, should be wired to our primary corporate bank account before we have them arranged for delivery to Graslands. Thank you, Mr. Hellman, for choosing the East Carriage Vehicle Company. I hope to see you again return for future business!

Yours Sincerely,
The Office of Sales Director of the East Carriage Vehicle Company

[OOC: Copy that...got any modifications, or are they all baseline? Sorry, cos' I'm at work ATM here, so I need to funnel what time I can.]

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TO: Green Cooperative
FROM: Bredford Enviromental Comitee.

our nation would like to buy million buses, for the total price of 259,000,000,000 USD dollars (that means, including DVD systems and Artificial leather seats) to be paid in two payments from our commerce budget.


Sincerely,

Lord William Chabiot IV, minister of Commerce.

Date:Wed, 22 Aug 2007 12:15:20
To: Office of the Sales Director, Board of Directors of the East Carriage Vehicle Company
From:Office of Foreign Procurement and Licensing , Plymouth Automotive Corporation
Subject:Procurement of Ascendance Class Bus

The PAC would like to forward it's interest in procuring some 1.4 million ECVC-5 Ascendance class vehicles, with all available upgrades (Being DVD entertainment system and artifical leather seats) for the intended sale to various privately funded public transportation companies, for the approximate cost of 362,180,000,000 Universal Standard Dollars.

Many thanks,

Konrad Mackenzie, Director of Foreign Procurement and Licensing, Plymouth Automotive Corporation

TO:East Carriage Vehicle Company-- C/O Skibereenian VLT Factory

From: Office of Civil Administration and Procurement

The Government has seen fit to make all public buses in the nation the ECVC-5 Ascendance class. This is dependent of course upon the ECVC-5 being able to utilize 100% biofuel in the diesel generator. While still maintaining the expected performance(relative changes are of course acceptable).

An initial purchase of 1000 of the design models will be made.

Soft cloth seating as opposed to leather/leather like material.

Along with the DVD entertainment model upgrade.

Thank you.

From: Hans Schmidt, Sales Division, VLT Automotive <h.schmidt@vlta-sales.vl>
To: Bredford Enviromental Comitee
Subject: Re: Order

Dear Sir,

Your order has been confirmed. 1,001,159 VLTC C5 Ascendance buses (individual price $258,700), equipped with Artificial Leather and DVD Entertainment system with the price totalling $259,000,000,000. The vehicles are to be delivered within 5 years.

Signed,

Hans Schmidt,
Sales Division,
VLT Automotive Group


VLT Automotive. Won fir die Welt/Cars for the World.


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From: Hans Schmidt, Sales Division, VLT Automotive <h.schmidt@vlta-sales.vl>
To: Konrad Mackenzie, Director of Foreign Procurement and Licensing, Plymouth Automotive Corporation
Subject: Re: Order

Dear Sir,

Your order has been confirmed. 1,400,000 VLTC C5 Ascendance buses (individual price $258,700), equipped with Artificial Leather and DVD Entertainment system with the price totalling $362,180,000,000. The vehicles are to be delivered within 7 years. A Limited Distribution License has been granted for these vehicles.

Signed,

Hans Schmidt,
Sales Division,
VLT Automotive Group


VLT Automotive. Won fir die Welt/Cars for the World.

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From: Hans Schmidt, Sales Division, VLT Automotive <h.schmidt@vlta-sales.vl>
To: Office of Civil Administration and Procurement, Skibereen
Subject: Re: Order

Dear Sir,

Your order has been confirmed. 1000 VLTC C5 Ascendance buses (individual price $253,500), equipped with the DVD Entertainment system with the price totalling $253,500,000. The vehicles are to be delivered within 3 years.

Signed,

Hans Schmidt,
Sales Division,
VLT Automotive Group


VLT Automotive. Won fir die Welt/Cars for the World.

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To: Whom it may concern
From: Vuhifellian Council of Transportation; Golden Skies City Council of Transportion

The Federal Inter-Provincial Transit Authority (FITA) would like to purchase 900 Ascendance class vehicles. The Golden Skies Mass Transit System, places an order for 3000 of these vehicles.

[OOC: Urgh...too lazy to write an IC response. Sorry it came so late! Happy New Year, Vuhifell!]