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.