On The Future

[Macharius Solaire]

The gleaming polished steel of his armor caught the light. Marching through the senate was a stalwart bastion of The Republic, Macharius Solaire, Prime Minister of Denon. Today wasn't for just politics though. It was for industry. Macharius ran Denon Stahl Arms. The industrialist wanted to be more included in the production of arms for the Republic. Since another loss had been suffered at Kashyyyk, one in a long string of defeats. It just showed the failings and cracks within the military. While he couldn't fix moral issues and would refuse to come to the military and train the army. The one thing he could do was give them weapons to defeat their enemies.

"Macharius Solaire to see Supreme Chancellor [member="Caius Flavian"]." His face was hidden behind an intimidating helmet and made the secretary he spoke to jump in her seat. She kept composure though and said he was awaited. With that go ahead he entered the office to Flavian.

Solaire walked through those doors with his gaze fixed on Flavian. He stopped a few feet before his desk. Arms clasped behind his back. "Supreme Chancellor Flavian. I'm glad to finally meet you. We have much to discuss about recent events and the future of The Republic."

 

[Caius Flavian]

Hell I was completely unaware I had a secretary.
Kark if I had a secretary than hell she must have failed at the whole phone the boss who is coming portion.
Granted I had a lot on my plate.
Most especially our complete strategic defeat at Kashyyyk.
This was apparently the snap in the krayt dragons back.
"Karking, feth kark, this is just what the fething kark..."
A headache began to pound as the news broke on our failure.
Hell my own former Empress had barely done anything and despite the valor displayed we were being destroyed by the media across the wider expanse of the galaxy.
Not a moment I was quite anticipating so soon but certainly what my constituents were going to struggle with.
I had high hopes to possibly re secure a political position back in the Carida System, not quite sure how that was going to go after this debacle.
Likely this mean't the dissolution of the Republic.
Not by conquest by simple withdrawal from its base constitution.
Although well championed by mister Sparrow the ideals of democracy I tried to carry on did not quite sing well enough despite being elected to this damnable office. So here it was I sat in an office likely to be moot in the following months if not weeks.
The Mandos wanted blood for whatever karking ancient reason of a need to warmonger and the common citizen of the Republic had enough.
Hell the the damn core or colonies were lost and now here we sit in the mid rim and beyond with less of a foot holding other than probably the prosperity of Denon as I sit the now 'rump state of Yutan' as the Sith influenced media called us.
Although kark those fethers they just enjoyed sitting on their own roting carcass and laughing that we were decaying faster.

I slumped my head onto the desk when suddenly the doors to the office opened up.
I had a fairly open door policy and hell miss [member="Katagiri Ike"] certainly loved to drop by to sign off on wonderful new ideas that although karking great in function still didn't magically solve my mando problem.

The things I had inherited from Jack were still the same issues the Republic had faced under Lasedri and probably further back.
Just the hate was all tied up like knots in the clearly defined spots and the rest of the problem was wrapped around each snag or root cause.
My first thoughts were 'Who the kark was here' and 'why the hell did I bother getting a secretary?'

"Prime Minister of Denon, [member="Macharius Solaire"] , A pleasure to have you here today. I'm surprised to yourself rather than Senator [member="Ayumi Pallopides"] so I can only assume this must be of direct importance in relation to recent events?"

I rose from the chair to greet the man with a hand put out to shake although my stance was a little haggard.

 

[Macharius Solaire]

[member="Caius Flavian"]

Macharius stepped forward and shook the offered hand firmly. He knew exactly what he spoke of and the stress in his face showed it's frustration. "Yes it does Chancellor." Solaire released their connection and set about to the task. "We cannot deny that yet another defeat has shaken this Republic's foundation to the breaking point. My people have bled for this Republic, toiled in our factories to support the wars. Not long ago, I stood in Senator [member="Ayumi Pallopides"] position before the Senate to announce Denon's secession. The government was fed up with the failures and left. When you came back though. It was I who rose to power and brought Denon's might back to help you."

With a hiss of air the helmet came loose. Macharius took it from his shoulders and and plunked it down onto the desk of the Chancellor. "I won't bore you to death with stories though Flavian. When The GA broke through to Coruscant folks had hope. The Sith are eating themselves inside out now. It was like a light in the darkness growing was brighter. But then we can't even beat the Mandalorians when they are divided. Dissension is on the rise on my world and others. Talk of joining the Alliance is openly spoke of up and down the hyperlanes. Or striking out for ourselves in an alliance of our own. It can't last Flavian. So I need you to tell me now what you have planned. Or planning, snowballing, or if we're in the dark... so I can do what I can, and what I need to."