Meeting onboard Furyoku Station

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"Take good care of the stinger people," said Neil as he wlked out of the hanger, "you knwo how much I like that one." and of course they did, after he was technically responsible for this station, which would make them his staff. Although Furyoku was often overlooked in IC's profit margin, being established mainly to keep an eye on the new lanes and such in these parts, if the negotiations went well it could quickly become one of IC's most important holdings. What would that mean for his department? He mulled over this thought as he made his way to the conference room, carefully noting the enhanced security that was surely Goth's doing.

"It's good to see you all here, I expect our guests will be arriving in due time. However, I would suggest we not rush them, these people operate on their own schedule and their clocks run in strange circles at times. Besides, there are still some preparations to be made for our guests."

Kishiro and the GMG...an interesting pair to be talking with. Kishiro he had conducted business with on isolated occassions. Samura's talented little brother, the company certainly had a more progreeeive view of business than did it's lumbering tradition-bound counterpart. Unfortunately, this had often limited talks in the past for fear of upsetting the powers-that-be in Kusari, but with the presetn state of affairs it was surely worth the risk now.
Same story with the GMG, wedged between to Houses that view IC with a measure of distrust that stopped just short of outright denouncement and continually bullied by both into being an economic weapon. One had to hold a measure of respect for them, and for their guildmaster, having come all this way and still retaining their independence. With the current embargos however, it looked as if Kusari and Rheinland's strongarming may once again force their hand. Or so he hoped. Three companies, one driven by a chance to rise to the forefront of theuir House's economy, one driven by desperation, and his own, hoping to ...profit? It strcuk him as a bit cold, but he reassured himself that the benefit would of course be mutual.

"Excuse me gentlemen, but I am going to visit our control room and speak to the station manager to ensure that everything is in order as far as docking and acomodations."

Either way, as Kusari's representative, whatever came of these negotiations would fall on his shoulders, and he' had enough bad news of late. Such were Neil's thoughts as he made his way to the control room.

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