The two made their way through the pantry towards the next room.
" There are no objections to you using other merchants as long as our requested goods have higher priorities. The planets exports and imports balance eachother out nicely but this is not the case with my families trade... we ship more out then comes in. I understand that an empty ship flying does not bring in profit so I have no objections to you selling to the Empires merchants. "
Ronaldo laughed at the political question.
" A sense of competition remains between the groups and families. Friendly competition of course. The feuds of the past are gone but the competition remains.
The amount of Liberated cargo remains a point of competition for groups active in Bretonia and the omegas. Fame both within and outside of the empire is one of those. Profits made through the artifact trade is still a point but we've been at the top for almost two decades now.
Competition is healthy as long as it stays friendly. What looks like an enormous amount of small groups all striving for fortune will form one united front against any large opposition. There is one goal and that is the survival of the Empire and its people and every corsair knows that and fights for the improvement of our people. My family for instance funds several research and development projects. The outcome of these will be shared with the rest of the corsair nation and not only used for the betterment of my family alone."
There used to be pictures here
once known as Richard Farbridge, OBE and Ronaldo Benitez
