Jack Calderon 3011
Really in 3011? Where are my yards at then and Can we expand them?
Mic up there. Right now they're not capable of actual production, though they're doing a great job of maintaining the current fleet.
a Secret yard would be a good idea, but for a public yard how about a Yard for larger space-born Dropships and Monitors. no Advanced KF core.
Plus you do have the TCS Vandenburg which has been sitting in a disabled state for centuries just waiting to be restored to fighting trim.
Simple, Contract failure with there colonist about proper support for the new colony or lack there of. It wasnt till then they got bad, but they have never done there jobs very well.
Be a legal stretch to put it gently.
if we cant make something of our own yes.
It is a start and your regent agrees it's a good idea. They'll send feelers to Mountain Wolf.
The pirates haven or badlands cluster use to be TC space, so we should know where some of its riches are at along with jump points are the like. We can use those maps as a starting point to plan the cleaning of the Cluster of its pirate problem.
Be an expensive operation and right now the Concordant is on high alert. Might be a good idea to let things calm slightly before making such a large commitment.
Samantha Calderon
Have my staff arrange meetings so a personal representative can make a short presentation on what the general strategic goals are and then going for a feedback session for both comments, complaints, suggestions and other sundry issues brought up.
Feedback and consultation is the name of the game. Goal is to get the details right for the TC not just a few elites.
Alright. Throw me some dice. I don't care what or really how many.
Would he willing to accept a commission to go talk to the Kuritans in the DC?
Of course! He'd welcome a chance to speak with them about their shared Davion threat!
Tap the best diplomat among them to go be a personal rep to the Duchy of Andurien over issues of mutual concern about the Liao's as neighbors.
Okay. What's the line of conversation you want?
"Private yacht, fast ship. I may well commission an Achilles as my personal ride, both raw speed and security in one fast package." Samantha laughs charmed by Mr Bowie.
"As long as you paint it sports car red with racing stripes I approve wholeheartedly" he laughs
"Oh and if you wanted a deeper relationship personally?" Sam inquires leaning forward aggressively.
"You're a dashing figure of a woman in every way that counts. I'd be a fool not to."
Sam pauses for a moment. "I'm fairly certain I can get Grover Sharplen to agree to such a scheme. Would you be willing to work with him on it? Not to mention making sure he doesn't actually go to far."
"My company or me personally? Me personally, I'd be honored with such a responsibility, but need to speak to my superiors before I can accept such an offer. My company? Again, I'll have to vet anything with my superiors, but with both it's probable."
Secondary targets include the Achilles Dropship, Stinger LAM, Atlas Battlemech, and anything else TTI can think of.
"Reaching for the moon?"
"Sadly money isn't unlimited, I will however go over the budget to determine how much funding can be freed up."
Alright. Though you have enough to go wild for a couple years as long as you don't, say, simultaneously restart all your old Jumpship lines or something.
Right now the Taurian Concordant is easily as effective as the industrial heartland of any great house. The problem is a lack of self-sufficiency in certain areas that's normally paid for via weapons export.
To be honest, you're probably one of the largest suppliers to the mercenary market.
If orders were opened even further could enough funds be raised in the Inner Sphere and Periphery to go into full production without leaning on the TDF budget?
If it was opened up to national militaries without the dues you're currently charging. Easily.
Would a (Po Clone aka 60 tons, AC10 2xmg 10.5tons of armor 4/6) simple MBT for militia duty work well? Goal is to make a simple solid defensive vees able to be churned out in large numbers.
You can always present a request to your industrial interests... and you can always look into some more exotic technology as well.
Mech 'mortars, MRMs, Rocket Launchers, and Fuel Cell Vees are kinda a obvious things that they never tried... mostly due to not being in the rules yet.
"I was thinking of starting with an announcement that Black Bessie be taken down for repairs and restoration efforts. While I'm not an engineer I was hoping a complete tear down and refurbishment would be sufficient to get the essentials needed for duplication. As for safety, if an objective raid gets through to Samantha City the TC has bigger issues to deal with."
"We're going to have to take her apart and recreate the tooling for every individual bit. Cheaper than a new design but still more expensive than, say, opening a second line of an existing 'mech. Personally, I'm all for it, but you need to know the limitations."
"We could always see if the Wolf Dragoons would be willing to actually license a design for one of their unique Assault designs, perhaps the Shogun."
He nods. "Or speak to the Lyrans..." he chuckles.
An exchange of embassy's will be agreed to. A very pro business and pro Concordat candidate is sought out, along with a staff that includes a few very clever scientists to get a solid grasp on the goings on at NAIS (without actively spying).
Done.
Hanse will have his own team on its way.
Tweaks to the proposed regulation are made to reflect those interests as well pushing towards a more open regime. While Sam won't push her vision roughshod when compromises can be made.
The Taurians are actually very open. Which is a bit of a pain in the ass.
More accurately successor states not in active hostilities with the TC. Would selling to nobles for defense of their personal realms work better?
Technically you already are. You're a major net exporter of military hardware.
Perhaps the Draconis March, Andurien would be better markets to get deals with?
For large scale military sales, probably.
Sam expects them to keep working hard, however companies like Bowie Industries and Magna Metals are examples of how foreign companies moving in aren't disasters.
As long as they're willing to fill local need rather than compete for existing markets most will make a place at the table for them.
No but the Accords signed between the Fed Suns and Lyrans are known about, the full extent of said deal is obviously not.
Of course. Though of course your character has access to meta-knowledge.
Starting much smaller would developing satellites armed a single Naval Laser or Killer Whale missile be possible? Said design will start deploying with SASF followed by working out the logistics and challenges of developing Capital Missile armed Dropships.
Take time and money that. And hope noone bombs the place.
After doing so how big an investment can Sam make personally in furthering the TC's Mech production?
Big. Especially if she's diligent and careful. For example restarting the Wolverine lines. The Toro rebuild is a bit uneconomical but the political coup of bringing it back into production would be worth it. As would having a light that isn't a bug mech.
One of your techs suggests talking to Mountain Wolf Mechs if you're talking new companies. Their Merlin is a real symbol of periphery pride.
Said plan for deployment is a plan, not an order to be put into place.
Alright
As for Michael Hasek taking an advantage he's an utter ass, can they determine a series of targets for raids that will target his holdings specifically?
Yes. Though at the same time that might antagonize New Avalon.
Some suggest keeping the military on full alert and simply making yourself as unattractive a target as possible.
For TMM the conversation has a simple focus. Rebuilding the TCs ability to manufacture new Snowden stations. Would TMM be behind such a goal up to and including a willingness to sign on for several new stations.
At the moment they'd rather focus on getting Jumpship production back up if they were going to do anything.
For Magna Metals; apart the wonderful new business opportunities they represent a link to the Free Worlds League Sam wants to take relatively shameless advantage of. While Magna focuses purely on engines and parts it could introduce companies such as
Technicron or
Kong Interstellar as either a guide to the TC or friendly contact to making deals with TC companies, for a small cut of course.
What kind of cut and for how long?
OOC: If you'd like I could give GMing you a shot Psychosama
I'd like that. Mind discussing it in PM?
Kaede Kanzaki-Calderon (23), 3011
Perhaps. But big things are made of small things and better that when she sees me on camera it's as someone who had to leave the job but did so as politely as possible than as someone that ran out on her without so much as a kind word.
He shrugs. "Still,sometimes preventing rumors is worth a little ill will."
"That doesn't mean accepting it when it isn't necessary, Colonel."
"M'lady. Soldiers don't sexually harass, we compliment ungraciously "
He chuckles.
"Good luck to you, too, Colonel." Kaede returns the salute and then boards the dropship.
So I guess back to school while I'm aboard, learning as much as possible of what these officers he's picked think I ought to know.
I'll spare you the details but she spends the next week getting drilled endlessly on the who's who, what's what, and generally getting toughened up.
7 days to fit a lifetime of functioning at court.
She's also measured for clothes to be forwarded ahead of them to Samantha... and it seems they set a professional beautician along to make sure she was used to being kept in the best shape cosmetically possible.
After what seems to be the biggest cram session since college, combined with being all but disassembled and put back together by the best beauty expert on her homeworld, she arrives on Samantha only to be fitted into a dress, shoes, and underpants that cost more than her previous yearly paycheck and moved into a limo that could probably shrug off a hit from a PPC.
As they make their way towards the capitol building, and with it the emergency rulership council, the head of the Taurian Guards looks over. "Anything you want to go over, m'lady?"
sorry having some amusement.
