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Sir Arthur Weald, viceroy of the Phaeton Territories of the Third Arm, foreign director of Triton Trading Company, and founder of Weald College, is something of an enigma. In the six years since you've arrived, you have heard as many conflicting rumors about your own superior as you have about the exotic Porusians and their Emperor. Some claim Sir Weald is a genius of the old school, a spiritual descendant of the larger-than-life figures of the First Expansion. Not undeserved this title, given his ascension from mere Company clerk to the rank of viceroy virtually unassisted. Yet, from other corners, there are whispers of secret handshake agreements, money taken under the table, even the trade of thralls. His reclusive nature, alien habits, and predilection for Porusian art (among other things) has only deepened the mystery.
Among the other officers of the Company, you can count on one hand the number who have actually seen his face. There are even those who believe he does not exist, that he is merely a name in a register, a bureaucratic ghost. Yet, it is that same ghost who has summoned you today to appear before him.
You are not surprised. It was only a matter of time. Arthur Weald has been your role model since even before you joined the Company, since you were only 10 years old and read an account of his life in the Company newsletter and decided in that moment that you would follow in his footsteps--no, surpass his legacy entirely. That you are his unclaimed (and unknown) by-blow is only tangential.
>What did you do deserve the honor of an audience with the viceroy?
1. Connections: Over the course of the last six years you've ingratiated yourself to some of the most powerful men in the Territories. Admiral Basel himself knows your name.
2. Tactics: You proved yourself again and again in battles against pirates, Porusian rebels and even Catar Company fleets.
3. Mercantilism: Six years ago they gave you a small fleet of freighters and set you loose on the Yaugent system. Today, the trade network your built there is responsible for 12% of the Company's quarterly profits.
4. Write-in
Among the other officers of the Company, you can count on one hand the number who have actually seen his face. There are even those who believe he does not exist, that he is merely a name in a register, a bureaucratic ghost. Yet, it is that same ghost who has summoned you today to appear before him.
You are not surprised. It was only a matter of time. Arthur Weald has been your role model since even before you joined the Company, since you were only 10 years old and read an account of his life in the Company newsletter and decided in that moment that you would follow in his footsteps--no, surpass his legacy entirely. That you are his unclaimed (and unknown) by-blow is only tangential.
>What did you do deserve the honor of an audience with the viceroy?
1. Connections: Over the course of the last six years you've ingratiated yourself to some of the most powerful men in the Territories. Admiral Basel himself knows your name.
2. Tactics: You proved yourself again and again in battles against pirates, Porusian rebels and even Catar Company fleets.
3. Mercantilism: Six years ago they gave you a small fleet of freighters and set you loose on the Yaugent system. Today, the trade network your built there is responsible for 12% of the Company's quarterly profits.
4. Write-in
