There is no plan B without option C.

[Kenrath]

Thanith had a million things on his mind. After recent engagements it became a million and one. Thankfully the one was a fairly easy one to resolve thanks to a few inquires. Thanith needed weapons and it just so happened that an arms manufacturer had been recommended to him. A few days early he had sent a message to [member="Amelia Deathman"] requesting a meeting.

"Greetings Ms Deathman,

My name is Thanith Gumara and I am looking for a weapons supplier. Your name came up and I will like to meet with you to see some of your products to the end of discussing a longer term contract to supply weapons to my forces. If all goes as well you are looking at a contract worth hundreds of millions of credits if not more."


He was now headed to meet her at one of their facilities in hopes she would have a test range set up and a few of her products to test out. He was in Uniform but oddly enough had elected not to wear any rank insignia or medals. The only thing that showed him to be of any great importance was the squad of Troopers he traveled with and the Frigate in orbit above the planet he had arrived in. Even the shuttle he had descended to the surface in was largely inconspicuous in nature.

 

[Amelia Deathman]

The Deathtech Incorperated 'fleet' orbited Narr Shaddaa and the Zabrak captaining the Siege Breaker Cruiser opened coms with Amelia to let her know that [member="Thanith Gumara"]'s frigate had arrived. He was expected to show up so they had been looking for him. No hostile actions were taken but they did however take up defensive positions just in case something went down. Amelia herself had only her own small security forces down at the weapons plant. As the officer walked up to Amelia she was standing at a table with a RR-14, RR-5, RR-90, RB-75, RR-245, and M107a1. Each one fully loaded, the RR-14 had one magazine of each ammunition she offered. The RR-245 had a drum of armor peircing rounds, and a DTI-60 tank was set up as a target. None of these rounds would actually penetrate the tank of course but the mk1 medium armor stood very little chance against the m107a1.

"Ah you are here. Wonderful! I understand you are looking for weapons eh? Weapons I have plenty of, please take a look and feel free to shoot the tank. Do not however shoot at me or the tank will light you up like the rodian new year."

Amelia chinned a button to shut off the external speakers for the Mk1 medium armor and spoke to the tank.

"Ya heard that right? If they point anything at me light em up."

 

[Kenrath]

[member="Amelia Deathman"]

Thanith looked at the woman for a moment his expression largely blank as she made her presentation. The troopers holding by the door largely relaxed until the tank firing was mentioned. Then one of the troopers wearing the Insignia of an Army Captain took a few steps forward and started to speak.

"Sir, perhaps this was..............."

Thanith turned to the man shaking his head interrupting the Captain's sentence.

"It's ok Captain."

Thanith turned back to Amelia taking a small breath before before he responded to her.

"You insult me Ms. Deathman." "You assume what because I am Imperial, because I have Guards, the Frigate in orbit that I came all the way to this planet to start something?" "I could have done that from orbit and been much more successful without putting my men at such high risk."

He shook his head.

"And no I did not come here looking for weapons." "I came here looking for a weapons supplier." "The difference between those two things is a half dozen zero's at the end."

He glanced down the line of weapons before turning back to her.

"You were highly recommended but perhaps that recommendation was misgiving." "This is your presentation?" "Here are some weapons feel free to shoot something but make a wrong move and you won't make it out of here alive?"

He turned walking towards the door stopping just as a got to it.

"Sabrina seems to have a high opinion of you." "For that I am willing to overlook such as dismal failure of a business transaction." "Shall I come back another time Ms. Deathman or would you like a do over now?"

He waited at the door for her answer his arms tuck behind him. Half his squad had already popped out the door the other half including the Captain still inside standing on either side of Thanith.

 

[Amelia Deathman]

How dare the man consider her offer in such a way. She set out her toys and told him he could play with them if he wanted. If he didn't want to play with the weapons he could just say so. What did he want? Rhodian ale and Glitterstim? Kark that! "You must understand as an arms dealer I make enemies my good sir. One must stay careful or one is not in this business long. I am merely protecting an investment is all. If that bothers you than maybe I should allow you to leave and pass on to sabrina how very rude you have been on her behalf. I don't know what exactly you are looking for here, thus I have laid out everything I produce for your inspection. As you can see I have no troopers to protect myself with. I have my fleet and myself. If you would rather seek a supplier elsewhere I will not stop you but you will not find better slugthrowers anywhere else I can promise you that. Who else has a supressed 50 caliber hand gun? Who else has the 7.62mm cartridge that can take down most species? Sir, if you would but try out the weapons you will see what I mean."

[member="Thanith Gumara"]

 

[Kenrath]

[member="Amelia Deathman"]

Thanith looked at the woman. She had a point but then again her presentation could use some work. He smiled.

"I lead her Navy for her." "She knows I am frank and honest but never rude." "And I represent good hard fighting men and women who would rather have the tools to get the job done."

He took a few steps forward towards her.

"If you knew her then you would know nobody speaks for her or on her behalf if they want to live very long."

He looked at the weapons laid out.

"The army would enjoy something if a 50 caliber." "So why don't we take a look since we are here." "However such a heavy round is not very good for star ships." "Last thing I need is a breached hull in space."

He motioned with an open hand palm up towards the set up.

"Very well Ms. Deathman show me what you have."

 

[Amelia Deathman]

Amelia smiled and picked up the RR-14 assault rifle. It didn't have a hud link up so she still needed to use the top rail optic on it to get a sightpicture on the tank. The rifle was loaded with standard ball aammunition. As she sighted in on the tank's side armor she squeezed off a single round. The optical implant over her left eye could follow the round itself as it flew towards the tank and sparked ofd it's thick armor and as the report from the rifle echoed off into the distance she spoke. "The RR-14 raises the bar on this old slug technology. A cyclic rate of well over 200 rounds a minute and accurate to boot. Front line infantry would love this rifle. It doesn't need alot of maintaining to fire reliably. Also I have plenty of attachments for any mission requirement. Tear gas for riot control, armor piercing, explosive, even incendiary for when ya want to burn em out." She set the rifle down and picked up the RR-5 Magnum pistol before sighting in again on the tank. The .50 caliber pistol round would indeed penetrate up to about a quarter inch of durasteel plating but with shields it wouldn't do much. This was all said for the officer before another round went off but no report due to the suppressor. She turned to the captain of the troopers and gestured to the weapons on the table. " Please play with my toys. See how they feel. A soldier should enjoy their weapons no?"

[member="Thanith Gumara"]

 

[Kenrath]

[member="Amelia Deathman"]

Thanith watched and listened to what she said watching the demonstration. He nodded as she explained options before switching to the pistol. When she finished Thanith smiled giving the Captain a nod.

"Go ahead Captain let the men takes turns and see what they think."

He turned back to Amelia.

"A tear gas round for the RR-14 could be useful." "Do you have anything in a smaller caliber than a .50?" "Not every vessel comes with it's own compliment of troops to defend against possible boarding actions." "Explosive decompression is an issue I would like to avoid if they have to defend the ship."

He smiled picking up the RR-5 taking a shot for himself before handing it off to the next trooper.

"Also your company wouldn't happen to be able to provide armor?"

 

[Amelia Deathman]

Armor? Yes she was actually wearing the armor she produced. This was said as she picked up a RR-90. "I have a RR-90 here that is smaller in caliber tham the RR-5 and it is specifically designed for small quarters fighting and personal defense. Perfect for repelling enemies in space." She handed it over to [member="Thanith Gumara"] and told him about the armor she was wearing.

"This armor is all I produce for now got r and d working on more."

 

[Kenrath]

[member="Amelia Deathman"]

Thanith took the RR-90 handed to her taking a few shots with it. It felt light weight enough to be able to be wielded effectively by just about anybody. Handing it off to one of the troopers Thanith looked at the armor. It looked a little bulky but for ground troops it would not be an issue.

"Very nice I think we could find some use for the RR-90, RR-14, and the RR-5 weapons for sure." "The Armor is good for the Army guys, for my guys I need something lighter."

Thanith glanced at the Captain who looked like a kid in a candy store so Thanith turned back to Amelia.

"So let's talk price and quantity." "I am thinking 15 of each weapon and 10 sets of the Armor." "To start off with options in the future to purchase more as demand increases."

 

[Amelia Deathman]

[member="Thanith Gumara"]

"It's a deal Sir."

With that Amelia set to doing the math. She came up with a reasonable number and spat it out.

" For that quantity of weapons and armor it will be 5 million credits. That is a discounted price for your people."

Amelia smiled and held out her hand to shake and close the deal.