Governor's Gambit - Star Wars SI into Imperial Governor

[ZzzSlothzzZ]

His face holds itself in a light smirk, but he seems completely serious, as if passively jovial is his face's default setting.

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"If you pull a face, It'll get stuck like that"

Muscle memory will give you resting cunt face

 

[readsalot]

I instantly forget about Oioro, because goddamn economics is fun as shit.

Amusement

Yes, I am a nerd. Shut up.

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Nerding put about economics is good, no need to worry about spies and whatnot.

 

[Yacov]

It wasn't actually called the Union, to be precise. It was technically called the Shipyard Workers Assembly. People (myself included) called it the Union informally, because actual Unions are seen less than favorably in the Empire.

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Looks at Sullust.

I expected some sort of basic HR, or something equivalent. Instead, they took it as a legal order to unionize. Not at all what I expected, but to be honest, my order was pretty vague.

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When you are thinking suggestion box and people hear Union fees.

He seemed to almost flinch at that. I swear, people keep thinking I'm going to kill them. Though it's gone down significantly since I got here. Maybe he wasn't a local?

Before he could go and take back his statement, then start grovelling or whatever other Governors expect people to do, I kept talking. Don't feel like dealing with all of that today.

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Looks harder at 80% the Cobalt Laborers' Liberation Front being detained by their Imperial Governor.

"I'll be sending some of my own people up to analyze the management situation and ensure all higher level staff are performing their duties carefully. Any problems will be dealt with, of that I can assure you. However, it should be noted that the team will not be informing you of their presence, as to ensure that the management staff don't fake it until the team is gone. I expect you to keep this quiet."

He gave a quick, clumsy bow. "Of course, Governor." God, this guy was really playing it up, wasn't he.

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What Kabbas probably heard: "I will be sending some of my intelligence agents to infiltrate your organization. Anyone who fails to meet Imperial Standards will be Dealt With. Don't try finding them. You won't.

"No, Representative. Unless you know any affordable and reliable construction companies you are dismissed."

And dammit if I didn't need one. Or two. Or ten. Most of the official Imperial construction companies were either building infrastructure on Edin, which was only barely becoming profitable, or they were off expanding mining and refinery operations across both systems. And I needed housing yesterday.

He looked pensive for a moment before responding. "I may have some connections, Governor. I'll speak with the rest of the workers to see what they know. Good day, Governor."

"Good day." And with that, the call ended. I was fairly surprised that he actually responded to my little joke, but I doubted anything would really come of it.

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Given you put the fear of the Force into that Duros. I don't think he thinks he can afford to take that as a joke.

The first thing was his clothing. He wore a long, flowing duster jacket, with sparse, decorative metal plating peppering the fabric. The coat looked like a heavy, utilitarian piece, but flowed like a designer fabric, the etchings into the leather elaborate and useless. The metal plating was thin, gilded. Wouldn't stop a blaster bolt. Wouldn't ever get hit by one either, considering they covered no actual vital spots.

Underneath he wore what seemed to be a workers jumpsuit, but was actually a two piece pretending to be a jumpsuit. The buckles and straps led nowhere and served no purpose other than to look cool. Like those anime designs that have random belts on the arms and legs for no reason.

Speaking of belts, clipped to his was a half-mask, the kind that was trending in fashion these days. It was a ceramic piece that I doubted would properly seal over his face. In fact, I doubted it even had a respirator function. Even mine did that!

Over all, everything he wore was trendy in Accordian upper society. The few events I'd been to in the last few months had people wearing similar outfits. An extension of the mask trend that I had indulged in myself during my few outings into the city.

The fact that he wore this now meant he was trying to fit into the local upper class. Either for vanity purposes, or for political purposes. God I hoped it was the former.

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Congratulations Las. Your planet has such a robust fashion scene that Poser Fashion has come about. It was inevitable once you hit a certain point.

"I saw a need, and helped fill it. Truly, it is a group effort, not to mention the Moff's help has truly pushed the Guild sector wide." Keep it humble, push effort onto others. Not entirely wrong either, the Moffs seal of approval has made membership numbers rise quicker. A quarter of the sector is now part of the Guild.

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Given the size of sectors, that means the Guild probably has dozens of systems as members. That is significantly more than the "a couple" it use to have.

"Not to mention the kinds of people I can attract for you. The people with enough money to get buildings named after them. I'll host parties, events, galas, get you and yours the connections that let you benefit the most. If the rich and powerful attach their names to Guild projects, others will start to take it more seriously. And by taking the reins of the young, barely formed high society of this sector, I can create a culture that sees the Minda system as the place to be, and you as the person to suck up to. Lots of opportunities there."

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Having someone to manage the rich duddies is probably needed. It will give time for Las to do more paperwork.

 

[AldariSiradla]

Hmmmmmmm~
Looks like that is a deal that needs serious consideration.
On one hand, sparkly stuff.
On the other hand, bullshit in general.
Really gonna need to think about it, sorry "Dad".

 

[Mistroz]

excellent chapter.

 

[Watching]

So, how long do you guys think it'll take for them to start making their own ship designs again?

At least some good came out of it. I was able to negotiate with Rendili for a license to build Dreadnought-Class cruisers. Not the prettiest ship, by any means, but I needed a cruiser design for the backlog.

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Dreadnoughts heavy cruisers are pretty good but if you needed a cheap cruiser to export you could have gone for the Carrack light cruiser.

 

[Heinrich]

I can only imagine how much colder he's going to be when his egg donor comes around; if I remember correctly, she's been a bit out of favor given Yavin and her sugar daddy Tarkin getting blown up. I wonder if she'll try something similar to his sperm donor albeit a lot more forcefully and Las tolerates it up until the moment he realizes she cannot actually touch him.

 

[Andrew1993]

Dreadnought heavy cruisers are actually pretty damn tough for thier size and with the improved automation systems only need 2300 crew, are well armed with 10 medium turbolaser batteries, 20 light quad turbolaser batteries, 20 heavy laser cannon batteries, a warhead launcher and potentially ion cannons as well. And as system defense ships the class 2 hyperdrive isnt bad (on par with isd) and its slow in system speed doesnt matter since its a system defense ship

 

[gfsdfsdfdas]

That offer seems... bad?
The Core 'elite' are mostly maggots played for x-centuries by the Sith, but does Las know that?

 

[NegaBotMD]

That offer seems... bad?
The Core 'elite' are mostly maggots played for x-centuries by the Sith, but does Las know that?

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It's money, a lot of money. And more importantly, money with connections.
Not: Whoo, boy, I hope this investment of mine pays off, or back to the mines for me.
Instead: I will make sure my investment pays off, and make sure anyone who opposes me is sent to the mine.

The Important part is to be sure you are the investment, and not the opposing force, and this is the role father dearest is offering. Arguably even more, because he also offers to expose the rest of the galaxy to Mindan culture.
How valuable that is? Alderaans chief export was their culture, and they got fabulously wealthy and influential because of it. Not that it mattered in the end.

 

[Oroku Saki]

I can only imagine how much colder he's going to be when his egg donor comes around; if I remember correctly, she's been a bit out of favor given Yavin and her sugar daddy Tarkin getting blown up. I wonder if she'll try something similar to his sperm donor albeit a lot more forcefully and Las tolerates it up until the moment he realizes she cannot actually touch him.

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I'm not even sure if she's alive right now. She was apparently on the Death Star when it blew up.

 

[Gormadesh]

Really good chapter!

 

[Arrowthorne]

The Dorito's are expensive, okay!?

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They are indeed. Getting to be £1.25 per bag in some places, and not the share bags either!

Still Dreadnaughts are a solid choice, especially if you can reduce the crew size and fix the power issues, and can form a solid defensive block.

They might not be the newest but there's plenty of them around, plenty of parts avalible, and plenty of sailors that know how to use them.

Plus if you attach some flight pods and move around some turbolasers, you get a Battlestar. And Battlestars are cool.

 

[Nikoli]

Wrote this while eating home made peach cobbler. Really good until the mounds of cinnamon I poured over it made me cough.

-Freefaller

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@Freefaller

You supposed to add that cinnamon when you mix it to bake it. The use cinnamon sugar, praline sauce, white chocolate sauce, and/or whiskey sauce to top it off followed by ice cream. It keeps the dust from clinging to your throat and giving you a coughing fit.

 

[Nikoli]

They are indeed. Getting to be £1.25 per bag in some places, and not the share bags either!

Still Dreadnaughts are a solid choice, especially if you can reduce the crew size and fix the power issues, and can form a solid defensive block.

They might not be the newest but there's plenty of them around, plenty of parts avalible, and plenty of sailors that know how to use them.

Plus if you attach some flight pods and move around some turbolasers, you get a Battlestar. And Battlestars are cool.

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One fic had them replace the prow (front) with 2 planetary type ion cannons with additional dedicated reactors and capacitors for them. Alternatively hollow it out and you have a nice kilometer + railgun you can add in. Since most ships shields are more specialized towards turbo laser fire instead of torpedoes or strikes carrying mass behind them. You could punch well above your weight class.

 

[Arrowthorne]

One fic had them replace the prow (front) with 2 planetary type ion cannons with additional dedicated reactors and capacitors for them. Alternatively hollow it out and you have a nice kilometer + railgun you can add in. Since most ships shields are more specialized towards turbo laser fire instead of torpedoes or strikes carrying mass behind them. You could punch well above your weight class.

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You know, it'd vaguely remember that... for the life of me in can't remember the fics name but it does jog some memories.

As for hollowing the shipnout and putting in a MAC, Halo style? Bad idea. It would fick with all kinds of structural issues. For something like that you'd need to build the ship around the MAC, like they do in Halo, and would need a proper dedicated design.

I do suppose you could mount a railgun along side the ship? Like the Dunovs EMP/Magnetic singularity launcher.

 

[apocolypse1011]

Wrote this while eating home made peach cobbler. Really good until the mounds of cinnamon I poured over it made me cough. Still worth it tho

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I don't particularly enjoy cobblers, peach or otherwise, but I make really tasty fruit meringue pies. My favorite is rhubarb-blackberry, but recently I've been making blueberry meringue pies while they're in season.

 

[vtkun]

Thank you for the chapter

 

[Nikoli]

You know, it'd vaguely remember that... for the life of me in can't remember the fics name but it does jog some memories.

As for hollowing the shipnout and putting in a MAC, Halo style? Bad idea. It would fick with all kinds of structural issues. For something like that you'd need to build the ship around the MAC, like they do in Halo, and would need a proper dedicated design.

I do suppose you could mount a railgun along side the ship? Like the Dunovs EMP/Magnetic singularity launcher.

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https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/tech-guy-a-star-wars-story.1220873/page-79#post-111197102

That chapter is where it showed up regarding the discussions.

As for the rail gun I was more referring to this discussion.

https://forum.questionablequesting....-senki-star-wars.28767/page-183#post-11231386

 

[Yacov]

Omake: From Top of the Cup to the Bottom of the Barrel

POV: Tak Gwut
RIII: Guardian
Certifications: Negotiator III, Infiltrator II, Adviser II
Head of Administration of the Mynock Pailers, a RI: Conclave Mercenary Company,
Mynock Pailers HQ balcony, Dewback Diggers Mining Settlement, Minda-4, Minda system, 1ABY

Tak gazed out across the semi arid desert that surrounded the plateau. The rings of Minda-4 dominating the night sky. The planet might be "The Abafar of the Minda system", but at least the view was amazing. Really put into perspective how far the two of them had come. From a pair of strangers with good chemistry chasing down petty pickpockets, to leaders of their own proper mercenary company!

Well "proper" might be stretching things a bit. They were barely two months in from beginning to expand their ranks. All the individuals jobs they pulled off finally made a big enough pile of credits to make something bigger than her and Garik. With Garik having saved up more between the two of them.

"Hey. I thought I would find you here."

Tak turned and gave a nod to the newly minted Head of Personnel. When the two had founded the Mynock Pailers, they had agreed Garik would handle physical training and tactical matters, while she would handle blaster training and strategic issues. The chevron he got to put on his power armor and the plaque he put in front of his office left him beaming for weeks.

"Was I that obvious? Blaster training out in the desert took longer than I expected. We barely made it back before the bridge retracted for the night. Mab Tyedor, that Aleena we recruited in the first round, ran ahead of us and got them to hold the bridge."

Over a dozen blasters going off for hours on end wasn't welcome in a settlement as small as this. So the Pailers had their range time a bit out into the desert where they wouldn't bother anyone. Fortunately they and it in time. She didn't fancy their chances scaling the cliffs in the dead of night after her troops wore themselves out training. Much less trying to organize an impromptu rotating guard watch.

Minda-4 was pretty barren and unsettled. To the point you could go for hours and not see a single sign of civilization. However the outskirts of settlements were infested with plenty of pests that had stowed away on passing freighters. Critters that would love to take a nibble on a someone sleeping out in the open. Tak thought she saw a mean looking womp rat stalking their party on their way back.

The reason training took so long was because her people couldn't shoot straight. Her recruits were just so bad at aiming. Ok not bad, just really green. Was she ever that bad at shooting a blaster? Probably. It feels so long ago when she fired her first blaster.

"I saw the scores. Don't hold it against them. They didn't come to Minda-4 looking to be mercenaries. Mining may toughen you up, but it doesn't do anything for your aim."

Tak knew joining the Pailers wasn't any of her recruits' first choice. She didn't blame them for that. Even then it still hurt to hear it said out loud that they were the backup plan of the backup plan. Most people arrive on Minda-4 to work in small mining operations run by companies that were either too small or poor to afford the starships or higher end mining equipment needed to work in richer places like Ugea, Minda-1, or the asteroids.

Dewback Diggers Mining Company only had about 700 permanent residents in their mining settlement. That might not sound like much on most worlds, but for a planet as barren as Minda-4 that made it the biggest town in the region. The place was a product of the pension of some elderly and unremarkable Imperial Army veteran who never hooked up, but still wanted to leave a legacy. Even the local Guild office was just one sentient and some low end droids in a back room.

"Desperation does not equal competence, I get it. Still wish they could hit the broad side of an AT-AT. We can't have our company made up of entirely melee troops. No matter how happy that would make you."

As a result of being the "big town" in the region, this made it the place to go whenever yet another operation or company went bust. Recently unemployed miners and workers would inevitably congregate to this settlement. Either to look for work in another mine or book a passage off planet with one of the freighters or ore haulers coming to clear out the planet's built up stockpiles.

In other words, a perfect recruiting ground for a mercenary company with next to no reputation. The Old Vet that runs this place welcomed their recruitment efforts with open arms. Probably due to feeling safer with people standing around with blasters gainfully employed and guarding things rather than standing around with blasters unemployed and getting desperate.

This region hadn't even been settled long enough for proper bandit clans to find their feet and begin picking off or picking up folks yet. Still the occasional lunatic or outlaw in the outskirts. However, without a proper set up to keep fed and watered they died out too quick for someone to post a bounty. The most violence you would get paid for is hunting critters that developed a taste for sentients.

"Cheer up Tak. You got us a great deal on this HQ and secured our very first long term contract for the Mynock Pailers. You're doing great."

That at least brought up Tak's mood. The Old Vet had expanded too fast. He had neglected to form a robust security division, unconsciously assuming his miners were like his old soldiers and could take care of themselves. Ignoring the fact most civilians tended to panic when blasters get pulled out. That let Tak negotiate a great deal on this building, a fairly generous security contract for the rest of the year, and a good discount at the Diggers General Store.

"Now if only I could give them more than mining gear and sporting blasters. Shame Diggers was so stingy with the blaststicks."

The "standard uniform" for a Mynock Pailer these days was a CT Helmet and CV Vest, same as the miners got. Some of the recruits even brought their own from their old jobs as part of their "severance package". They had to paint it in the Pailers' colors so they wouldn't get mistaken for a worker.

At least the Old Vet thought enough ahead to get a relatively sizable stock of blasters to be issued to his mining crews in case of griblies or pirates. Unfortunately they were SKZs, which were decent for unarmored opponents, but failed at penetrating like a military model. As a silver lining they were easy to use, easy to maintain, and good for training.

"They'll get better, just you watch. Soon we'll be shooting off in the M.P. Hurt Wagon to parts unknown to blast things."

She really shouldn't have let Garik name their ship, but she couldn't say no to those pup eyes. It still felt nice to think that they had their own ship now. The BR-23 courier they had gotten for cheap could fit over a dozen people semi-comfortably, rather than the cramped 40 the standard was. Although the Wagon is still a bit under gunned, so they had to stick to well patrolled routes to avoid getting blasted.

"Currently all our company is good for is patrolling empty streets and breaking up bar fights. I'd settle for some hunting contracts for the beasts prowling about. Give the chance to blood the recruits on someone non-sentient."

We would be using the sporting blasters for their intended purpose so the equipment will be sufficient for the task. The recruits could be introduced to combat in a tamer form. She doesn't want to coddle them, but it is probably be better than having their first life and death battle be against other people.

Would need to cover a lot of ground area, which means dedicated land transport. Companies going bust also means equipment and vehicles should be available. Wasn't there a Skrilling with a FMR-385 cargo speeder for sale over on the east side?

"There's the Mynock Pailers' star administrator! Give it some time and you'll have those mining settlements eating out of the palm of your hands. Now come on down, the recruits are playing Sabacc and I want you to see you clean them out of their paychecks."

Garik always knew how to get Tak out of her funks. Getting her to focus on the progress they could make rather than the obstacles in front of them. She said the two of them would be climbing the Guild ladder, and by the void they are on their way.

"Alright let's thrash these rookies so hard it gets me banned from game night!"

Look out galaxy, the Head of Administration of the Mynock Pailers is coming! First Minda-4, then the whole Minda system!

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A potential look at the rarely talked about fourth planet in the Minda system. Only really noted for its mining operations and being a barren desert, but at least it has rings. Not really that fitting for the large er… medium scale Las is working with these days.

Figured the planet was as good a setting as any to continue the Garik and Tak storyline. The more things change, the more things stay the same. At least Tak and Garik have a posse instead of a duo to patrol this here frontier town.

Crossposted on SB and SV

 

[Rustic]

Ugh hate unions. There like legal mafia. Where you pay them to exist. They drag there feet on everything. They become curropt incredible fast.