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((Sorry for dragging my feet with this, big things happening.))
Much of the internal corruption revolved around compromised individuals leveraging their positions to give the criminals access to resources. Shuffling the work schedules so that the inside men could no longer reliably make contact with their “handlers” and requiring multiple people to sign off on equipment use put an end to that… It also slowed work down and annoyed the fuck out of everyone.
Work on the two Excelsis frigates finished behind schedule, as a result you were forced to sell them at a loss in order to keep the client sweet.
>Material Cost of 2 Excelsis Frigates: 20kT CM, 2kT RM, 1kT EM
>1 kT EM bought with Saurian Scrip: -5Mil Scrip
>Frigates sold 10% markdown: +7.92Mil Solar Credits
>Final Material Stores: 22kT CM, 2kT RM
>Final Balance:
To make matters worse the dissident book club was stirring up trouble again. With the crack down on the more violent criminal elements the political activists had more room to preach their ideology. As the period of indentured service expired you were visited by one of the senior crew chiefs.
>Service period over, -2 Work Crews. None have elected to stay on as regular staff.
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“A Union? Just what are you playing at Compton?”
Chief Compton shrank somewhat under your withering glare but managed to hold his nerve.
“N-not playing at anything M’am. All the stuff that’s been happening has prompted me and the boys to do some thinking. The way you’ve been doing business doesn’t sit right with us. Prisoners just gunned down without-”
“The consequences of unruly behaviour were made clear to the penal labour force upon their induction. Compton, these people are scum; thieves, murders. Some of them have threatened and coerced members of your own crew.”
“Not all of them. Some of these folk were just unhappy about being subjugated by your Empress. They told me what your Empire was getting up to out there as it rebuilds itself. I can’t help but wonder how much of that was because we built that ship for the Lord Commander.”
Another reference to the highest echelons of Imperial power. You would have to question Jack about this.
“None of that is any of your concern. I am truly sorry for the discomfort you’ve had to endure over the past two months, but those emergency measures are over. Things will go back to normal now.”
>cont
