Originally Posted by Erendil
"...it behooves us...to continue full observation and to make available to Connery our manpower and technologies in order to reap the financial and other benefits such discoveries will no doubt incur." |
A.K.A. "we are feeling ripped off because some TR President is using our manpower and tech to run off and make the discovery of the century without including us in the job"
Originally Posted by Erendil
"...Since he knows we would make money available—with all the expected conditions—it’s obvious to me he doesn’t want us as partners...I think we should...find a way to insinuate our companies into whatever he’s doing..."
"...We all know Connery’s a hardass and nobody can push him…But we can push everyone else he has to deal with.... [We] run the top nine banks in the T.R. federation and they have all applied for membership in Business Forward. So now we control his access to money..."
"...I am proposing bringing business, unions and, well, yes, even the mercenaries together in sort of a new conglomerate. Without engaging our services, Connery won’t be able to get to his rooftop penthouse, let alone the Moon Belt..." |
the word that comes to my mind when i read this is realpolitik. effectively, they smell something big and they want to be involved so they lobby via indirect pressure to get what they want. not pretty but it's pretty standard fare when it comes to politics.
as for the third comment, it's ironic that a CEO is using that kind of language since it's the languages often used by unions when striking.
Originally Posted by Erendil
We even have evidence of bribery:
"...If we loosen up our corporate money belts on a few Union issues, I believe we can get them to play ball with us...." |
I think this is less outright bribery and more realpolitik in action. the CEOs need ships and people who can manage those ships are unified and need to be negotiated with (and if you even been with a union, there are ALWAYS issues). classic class struggle i see happening here.
Originally Posted by Erendil
And Extortion for "Protection" services:
"...I’m guessing that [Connery] expects to need protection from something out there...Well, as you all know, those Guardian orgs are run by multi-billion dollar conglomerates...I’m sure you can see where I’m going with all of this…" |
Pluto just got blown up and the TR are in the middle of doing their own thing. it's quite expected to hire mercenaries when encountering dangerous areas.
Originally Posted by Erendil
And all of this in the name of profit, apparently at any cost:
"If this works...I can see adding more than just a few zeroes to our bottom line..." |
the "adding more than just a few zeroes to our bottom line" line makes me think that there is something beyond pure profit motivating that character. fame? curiosity? i don't know.
Originally Posted by Erendil
The New Conglomerate: Relieving you of your financial and political worries one Racket at a time...  |
I would say that it's less of a financial racket (as Corporations and Unions are on board) as much as illustrating the factions that the NC are going to have. your going to have a loose mishmash group of corporations, unions, mercs, and the random anarchist fighting only united in fighting the VS and the TR. and the ironic thing is that if the VS and the TR are actually defeated, the NC would soon start imploded through differences in ideology.
2011-11-09, 05:50 PM
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