Private The Great Corrox Conference of 904 A.B.Y

[Everette Clairmont]

[ OUTFIT ]✦[ TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS ]✦

Tags: Danger Arceneau Ivalyn Yvarro Judah Dashiell Braze Alex Stern Prystill Oasay Supisy Blen Ronhar Tane Illithor Du'thra​

Everette listened carefully to what everyone was saying and offering... He held a fairly neutral expression, showing neither agreement nor dissent, as he heard each proposal laid out in turn. Food at scale, orbital support, environmental recovery, infrastructure, and labor frameworks… the room was not lacking for capability, that much became clear within the first few minutes.

His gaze lowered briefly as he took out a small datapad and jotted down a few notes...
The Imperial Remnant had made its needs known, but only in a broad outline. What remained absent was the structure required to answer them properly: a defined scope, a requested volume, a workable timetable, and clear benchmarks by which performance could be measured. Until those terms were established, what stood before the room was less a formal undertaking than an open-ended appeal.

This was not how contracts of this scale were generally conducted.

Everette had spent far too many years drafting, negotiating, and enforcing agreements across systems to mistake this for anything resembling a formal procurement process. Governments did not typically gather suppliers and invite them to speak freely into open air, hoping the strongest offer would emerge by instinct alone. They defined requirements, set thresholds, or at the very least established structured accountability before inviting responses.

Here… they were being asked to improvise.

Worse still, there lingered the unspoken expectation that those gathered might begin competing downward… pressing against one another in pursuit of the most appealing bid, the fastest promise, or the lowest cost. As though the solution to Mahporeem's condition lay in forcing some of the most capable corporate entities in the known regions to undercut one another in a room built on urgency.

Everette found the premise… inefficient. Competition had value... but misplaced competition was waste.
The problem that now stood before Mahporeem was no longer a scarcity of solutions, but rather fragmentation of efforts. Each main need had already been accounted for by those present. To force those capabilities into opposition would fracture the effort...

His attention lifted again, moving across the room as Judah Dashiell spoke up, "A fairly rational take, Mr. Dashiell."

Danger Arceneau 's reach was established. Alex Stern 's logistics had proven themselves at scale. Everette did not see competitors before him, but complementary strengths. Mahporeem did not need rivalry; it needed structure, with each capability set where it would reinforce the others and achieve synergy.

"Mr. Dashiell is right about the labor question. An idle population becomes a hostile one. Putting them to work clearing salvage, recovering value from it, and feeding that value back into the restoration effort is a good idea."

He looked to Ronhar directly.

"But labor alone is not enough for your problems… My advice to you is straightforward: you require supply, reclamation, infrastructure, and wages operating within the same districts, at the same time. Not in isolation."

His gaze moved briefly across those present.

" Alex Stern can manage supply intake. Danger Arceneau can oversee reclamation. Ivalyn Yvarro can establish productive infrastructure. Mister Judah Dashiell 's model converts your incoming population into a paid workforce. You do not need the galaxy's most capable corporations bidding against one another.

If you were to select a limited number of districts and stabilize them in phases; bring in supply first, and begin cleanup at once, and build as the ground becomes usable, it would help in tying labor into each stage so the work sustains its own momentum.

Perhaps with a centralize intake and distribution so nothing is wasted and no district is neglected.

If sustained throughput becomes your constraint, Star Bazaar can deploy modular orbital stations to support refueling, cargo staging, and traffic regulation, while its associated companies manage routing, procurement, civilian distribution, and transport coordination.

He set out a small device to offer Ronhar Tane a look at the star ports in question.

〘Lucky 7's Starport〙

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There is, however, a broader consideration I would like addressed before offering hard numbers... Historically, Imperial recovery efforts have been… efficient.... centralized.... and purpose-driven... Mahporeem, once stabilized, will represent a significant and capable population... It would be prudent for those of us investing in its recovery to understand what role that population is intended to play once stability is no longer the primary concern."

His hands came to rest as he removed his glasses, turning those blue eyes to their host with an expectant look.

 

[Alex Stern]

Alex tapped a finger against the side of his cup and took a sip of caf when Ronhar mentioned the cordiality and cooperativeness of those gathered here. And it was true, people often expected the corporations to be cutthroat and greedy, but many of them had seen others make that mistake, and knew it was short-sighted, more harmful in the long run to both the company and their customers. He was also on a first name basis with a few people in the room, either through the now dissolved Corporate Interests Guild or similar events to this one, and personally he held many of them in great respect while hoping they thought of him in a similar way. Fighting now would endanger those relationships in the future. Each of them had a specialty, there was no need to step on toes hoping for an extra percentage.

"ORR currently only produces one type of space station, the Orbital Trade Center, which is a natural endpoint to the fuel and tibanna business we started with the help of ATC." He gave Danger nod before continuing. "They typically act as a type of repair or fuel station, thought their cargo services can ease congestion on your spaceports. And with its extensive plumbing for various fuels, atmo, and services, it is reasonably complex, though not something I'd recommend for unskilled labor. However, what I'd really suggest, is leasing the orbital ring I mentioned. It's not going to create work, but if you expect to bring in near a hundred million over the next decade, I think you want a place to quarantine them while you run background and health checks. Otherwise, you're putting a lot of health risks together in close quarters in an already polluted city," his face tightened as he remembered previous refugee camps. "Frankly, I'm surprised you haven't already had an outbreak. Thirty Eight square kilometers of open air in space, with more decking layered outward, can go a long way to mitigating those health and security risks while providing you with plenty of employment opportunities. Beings needed to modify the ring, build and staff a hospital, manage refugees, I'm sure the list could be endless. But at the same time, these few orbital facilities aren't the bulk of what I'm offering today. ORR is a supplier of raw material, every building that goes up needs steel, duracrete, and countless other materials, not all of which can be supplied locally in quantity. We can, along with the food your population needs until terraforming and cleanup allow Mahporeem to become self-sufficient."

What the others were saying about the population becoming hostile seemed extreme, but wasn't something Alex found himself disagreeing with. Harsh conditions, lack of credits coming in, and idleness was a recipe for discontentment and crime as people sought ways to improve their lot. Everette was also offering to cover what his own stations did with his Star Bazaar's Lucky Sevens, but even there, he'd admit that the larger stations may prove more suited to Mahporeem's needs. ORR's own trade centers had been made to be economical for developing worlds and private ownership.