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It's the CEO of the Galax Mining corporation. One of the richest men in the Consortium- and that's saying something. Some say he could buy a whole planet with his wealth, a <span class="mu-i">habitable</span> planet. Paparazzi drones swarm about taking pictures- while his own security drones blur the images to avoid them being sold on the open media markets; if anyone is going to profit off his own sensationalist news, it's going to be him.
“Hello. I'll make this brief. The Consortium security & law enforcement forces are all hands on deck and are massing in a nearby star system. This station is well equipped to handle kinetic packages, especially for mass manufacturing. We'd like to have it towed via Hyperspace to the star system, and use your company and shipping canisters to help with the war effort. You'll be paid for the expense, of course- same rate as your current shipments, but a much higher trading volume.”
<span class="mu-r">”...Wasn't the Consortium security just dealing with some squatting pirates on a mining colony? This seems like overkill.”</span>
He gives you a glare, he almost seems offended for some reason.
“...As you know, the Galax mining corporation is one of the largest corporate patrons of the Consortium governments and council. We're right there with you- fighting for your rights and freedoms. It's your civic duty to participate.”
<span class="mu-r">”Civic duty? What does your mining colony have to do with that?”</span>
“Ugh. Listen, we're at a time crunch here- let's hurry this along and get our AIs to do the paperwork. You're a partner on this station so it can't be moved without your permission. Do you accept the deal or not? I'd <span class="mu-i">highly</span> recommend you do.”
It doesn't sound bad- a good way to make a tidy profit over the next few years. Working in wartime and ship manufacturing is always a good contract. But... you'll be a few systems over, and probably very busy. You'll have to hire new employees and stuff- and you'll be away from her. Is that really what you want? You figure that this new colony Galax is fighting for here will be worth trillions of credits- or maybe more. More money then you'd see in a hundred thousand lifetimes. Do you really care about his little war at all?
>Accept
>Deciline
