"Not to worry, the people you bring on-board under you will be paid well for their assistance, as will you." Sailas said walking towards the door and motioning for Dr. Wright to follow. As they left the office and walked down the hallway to the room next door. "Ikarus Station, as it will eventually be called, was once a Junker storage facility. It's name was a mistake by the previous owner intending to call the station Kusari Storage Facility 03 but messed up on the lettering outside. So the name sort've stuck. It's been abandoned for years. The exact amount of time, I'm unsure of. Records indicate it hasn't had anyone dock for close to a year-and-a-half, however."
The two entered the office next door to the one the exited from. Sailas flicked a light switch but the light refused to come on. Sailas pounded his fist near the light socket hard enough to rattle the frame. The light reluctantly flickered on. He made a satisfied sound as he turned his attention to a large board situated in the rear of the room.
"This is your office. Don't worry, we'll get the lights working properly. I was using this room as the planning room initially as I didn't have room for this board in mine."
The white board had many things written down including a chart indicating the plans for the station, future research opportunities, theories, and other things. It looked like chaos, but Sailas understood where everything fell in regards to the future plans for both Ikarus Station and the SLRC.
"Looks like chaos, right?" he said with a chuckle scratching the back of his head. "I guess it sort've is. What you see here is the future of the SLRC. First things first, we need to get this place back to operational status. We're well on our way to doing that already. We've got crews working around the clock fixing things."
As Sailas said this, a crew of five men walked by headed for Sailas' office to repair the door. "Hey, boys." he called out leaning out the door. "After the door, I need you to check the lighting circuit in this room here, seems to be a short somewhere." the men grunted acknowledgement and continued to their work on the door.
"Anyway, once the station is operational we need to work on expanding. I have some resources still, around 1.5 billion credits from various grants given from different parties, but it's going to dry up soon. We need to get some research going to help fund other projects. We must ensure however that the research we sell is not dangerous and will not cause any societial breakdowns due to the items contained therein. I'm sure you know what I'm referring to in regards to that statement. We also recently purchased and docked a Nephilim Colony Ship. She's seen some combat and needs a little bit of work, but it will function nicely as a mobile research platform for deep space missions. Beyond that, we have a few agreements and a loose ally in the Starfliers. Leon is a good friend, and knows his stuff. So we can count on them for assistance if we request it. Beyond that, it's open ended. I'm always open to suggestions, however. Where do you see us going in the future? Where would you like to see us go? I'm all ears. It's always good to hear suggestions from a new individual recently welcomed. Fresh eyes are always good." Sailas queried.
