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From: Admiral Miles Naismith
Commander, Dendarii Free Mercenary Fleet
[email protected]
To: Quartermaster Corp, Cetaganan Fleet Headquaters
Uniforms, Clothing and Linens Division
Eta Ceta, Cetagangan Empire
While I was an involuntary guest of your hospitality, I became very familiar with the ground cloths that were issued to the residents of the Dagoola POW camp. I had expected the cloths (and the minimal clothing issued to all the residents) to be of shoddy quality, but was surprised at the quality and durability of the linens. The ground cloth was very rugged, much thicker than I expected (I've been evaluating military supplies for many years; we could spend a long week swapping stories of the tricks suppliers have tried to play on us in procurement!) and very nice.
If possible, please forward the official specifications and the names of the companies that are under contract with the Cetagandan Military for these items; I plan on including them in the next RFQ the Dendarri issues.
As suggestion to improve the design: The ground cloths are admirably tough and tear resistant; but that makes them hard to use in an emergency as a source of bandages and slings. If your would put a perforation down the long edge of the cloths, about 50 MM from the edges, it would make them easier to rip into strips for emergency medical use.
Yours;
Miles Naismith, Admiral
Dendarii Free Mercenary Fleet