Intermission

[BobMacaroni]

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Very well.

Now it seemed he had the attention of the room. Harabero's soft smile faded and a more grim look came over him. There were some unfortunate incident which had occurred within recent years. After all that had happened within Freeport Nine - as the major chain of events - but also everything it implied and furthermore, even what could be called disasters by more pessimistic analysts.

But he was not one of those.

After everything that has taken our attention away from the Cardamine trade, I came back to find the network in a dismal state. Disobedient intermediaries yes, but many of our past... "associates" have gone quiet, or unresponsive. Senor Mdina, you would personally know about this as well. Perhaps the risk has simply increased too high, or it is not worth much anymore?

This led me on to a further thought - with the Stabiline plant gone, it will increase demand, yes, but we need intermediaries to fill that demand as well. Production on Malta is no big issue - the planet is covered in Cardamine - however, transportation does not come by so easily. We will be finding ourselves more hard pressed to tackle the needs of our customers while also evading the blockades of the Navy.

Furthermore, other houses will be afflicted as well with this sudden loss. How may we expand to fit their needs as well? While we need not expand, we may also lose our chance to do so, in the largest opportunity given so far.

Overall, our current "allies" -

He coughs in a sign of disdain

"allies" do not pose sufficiently for our required duties. We must expand the market to other individuals as well, to ensure the flow of Cardamine. This... "Cardamine Question" is the first question of many I have to pose. How do you believe we may accomplish this?

The Don glances around the room at each member present.

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