Accepting Pre-Orders: Indispensable-class Corporate Flagship

[Ashin Varanin]

Among elite buyer circles and high-powered corporations (generally those rated at Tier Three or above), a sales notice made the rounds. Theed Palace Space Vessel Corps of Engineers, known for elite personal transports, had begun construction of a much larger project. Dubbed the Indispensable-class Corporate Flagship, the mirror-polished vessel was the size of a Star Destroyer. Produced in limited numbers, the Indispensable boasted a high degree of modularity. A full sixty percent of its hull capacity could be configured for entertaining high-profile customers, refining ores, housing staff, coordinating shipping, repairing transports, or manufacturing virtually anything.

And although it wasn't included in the brochure, serious customers were quietly informed that the vessel had cloaking capabilities, which applied solely to making the cargo holds appear empty to customs or pirate scans.

The Indispensable was touted as a comprehensive, self-contained corporate location, one per customer, no matter what that corporation might be. Although construction was not yet finished, Theed Hangar's successful history with delivering on its pre-order promises -- or exceeding them -- ought to weigh in its favour.

OOC/ Pre-orders will only be accepted as an IC post of somewhere around 200 words. One Indispensable-class can be purchased by any corporation of Tier 3 and above. Subsidiaries can each have their own. Major Factions can purchase any number of them within Limited Production standards.

 

[Darth Metus]

Theed.

The name alone was enough for Isley to consider dropping credits an option. After all, his niece [member="Alec Rekali"] had been instrumental in acquiring its famed Hangars as of late. On top of this, the Dar'manda was a little something of a "ship buff" so to speak. While he was far from being the next Captain Larraq or Ayden Cater, he did know quality when he saw it. Frankly, the missive that floated about the corporations screamed of a vessel that was just that. Quality. As such, Isley had no qualms about breaking out the credit card (4th Wall: Credit Card makes so much sense) and commencing a pre-order.

Now that showed a lot of faith on Isley's part, as he was the sort of person who never pre-ordered anything. It didn't matter if there were exclusive bonuses attached. He didn't care if there was extra content reserved for those who took that plunge. Pre-ordering, as a general practice, did not agree with him. In ages past it was the sort of thing used by companies who had a limited supply of an item. However, the modern era had twisted the concept to mean "these folks will buy our product for certain". Thereby prompting the shipping of terrible, half-finished, and buggy products.

Where were this going...oh yes, Isley metaphorically threw credits at the screen and was one of the first to make this pre-order. He would be amongst the few in the Galaxy to own an Indispensable-class Corporate Flagship.

 

[Ashin Varanin]

[member="Isley Verd"] could rest assured that the Indispensable-class was independently certified as non-buggy, and well on its way to completion. In the meantime, his pre-order was duly processed, and Indispensable 001 registered to whatever agency -- Arakyd or otherwise -- he'd placed on the pre-order application.

The (lowercase) first order's rapidity had an impact on both shareholders and staff. It was universally agreed to be a good sign, no matter what archaic payment methods Verd had chosen.

At Theed Hangar, on the actual hangar floor, the shipwrights and the admin team broke open a bottle of genuine Whyren's Reserve. You couldn't get that anymore, not easily at least, ever since the destruction of Corellia. Lady Cardei, who'd been on a bit of a conspicuous dry spell lately, even indulged in a tumbler. So did her aide, for once, a dusty-purple-skinned Zeltron or Umbaran named Shambleau. A recent hire, that one. Good that she was getting her feet under her, making friends.