[member="Tegaea Alcori"] [member="Siobhan Kerrigan"]
A polite, business smile crossed Toren's face as he stood. "I thank the both of you for your time. If you would please load the data on this data crystal I shall start my presentation."
Pulling the data crystal from his suit pocket, he slid it across the table. It was not out of laziness or disrespect, rather it was respect for their company's security. The data crystal could have all manners of malware loaded on it to steal their company's secrets. Of course stating so was generally a business faux pas. Once they had performed which ever security checks they deemed appropriate, Toren began his presentation.
The room's holoprojector came alive, and in it spun the letters "A.S.I." spinning slowly in the center. A curved line cut through the letters out one side before bending back, with a small generic looking space ship resting in the space above the S and I. "I present: Avalos Space Industries."
Using the holoprojector's control device, he switched the image to a map of the Galaxy in its current state. "We live in chaotic times, unfortunately filled with war. However, this also leaves us with an opportunity. Thousands of planets are still recovering from the four hundred years of darkness, while empires rise and fall consuming any planet they can in the process. Add to this the sheet instability the lack of real galaxy wide authority and we find pirates on the rise in these free areas.
"Which leaves us with potential customers numbering in the thousands. These local governments typically prefer their own sovereignty, and also need a way to protect themselves from pirates. While we cannot stop the real heavy hitters like the Republic or Fringe from conquering whoever they want we can at least stop any local pocket dictators from trying to create their own spot on the map.
"To do this, we offer them the means to protect themselves. I have outlined three tiers of customers this project would approach. The lowest tier we would sell a single squadron of fighters. Enough to protect themselves from local pirates, and act as a deterrent for any ambitious neighbors. The second tier are systems that can afford a corvette in addition to fighters. For the smaller systems, this is a significant leap in fire power. The final tier of customers we offer a frigate in addition to corvettes and fighters. No pirate. short of an entire pirate fleet, would dare approach these systems.
"But this is not all of the money, we also provide simulators and experts so that the clients can train a proper military force to use the products they purchase. And once we have a significant client base, we can begin marketing to the major players. Prove to them that our ships are worth every credit, and that they would be remiss to buy ships from anywhere else. PMCs, as you know, routinely need top of the line hardware and not all of them have the luxury of being able to build their equipment themselves. Using profits from these sales, we increase our production abilities until we can start making the kinds of ships that turn even major governments' heads.
"This is, of course, just the military side of things. We would offer commercial ships as well. I already have plans for a line of ships marketed toward anti-piracy. Specifically ships that even in the event of a pirate attacking, would prevent them from obtaining the merchandise either through deception or by making the merchandise unattainable."
He paused for a moment to change the image to what was clearly a shipyard. It had a central hub, with two large construction bays on opposite sides. A pair of smaller bays were attached to the hub in the space between the large bays. "However the first step is a shipyard. This is a model based off of research of many existing shipyards. It can be built quickly, and cheaply for its size. More importantly, it can be expanded almost infinitely. Each bay is self contained, connected to the next only by corridors." In the holoprojection, the number of bays doubled then tripled.
"We can build the starfighter bays quickly, and by the time the first fighter leaves the yard the frigate/corvette bays will be well on their way to completion. As we make sales and finish construction bays, we can start construction on the next bay. Using this model, we will never have to slow down construction to expand, we can freely grow to meet our business needs."
Returning to the A.S.I. logo, Toren made a small gesture toward Tegaea. "As you know, there are two ways to run a business. There is slow and gradual build. Less risk, but growth is stunted and rarely grows into a true Galaxy wide company. For most new businesses, I would recommend this model. However when it comes to spaceships, slow means death. A.S.I. must be aggressive, expanding as fast as possible and coming out with better ships continuously. If we start slow, and supply a few systems with our ships the big companies like Kuat will see what we're doing and they already have the building resources to out pace us. We have to seize the market before they ever get a whiff of the action.
"That is why I am here. I already have $300 million in investments, as well as a list of systems ready to buy our product as soon as it becomes available. What I need from you and the Kaeshana government is the rest of the start up capital, and the rights to build a shipyard in this system. In return, I can guarantee a 200% return on investment as well as significant discounts for the Kaeshana government on ships produced by Avalos Space Industries."
His presentation over, he looked between the two women. "Now I am sure the two of you have questions."
