GR Contract: Firemane Industries

[Gael bar Ammon]

He was pleased that Ms. Alcori allowed them to confer - it would have been a bold move had she or her cohort denied the request. Nonetheless, the Republic senators were now discussing privately.

With an informal approach, he let his peers know of his thoughts. "I like Firemane and what they're offering. I don't like though, the numbers being thrown about." He thought of what had been discussed so far. A 30% discount on bulk purchases, the acquisition of production rights, and salary of quality control personnel and consultants plus 10%. He liked where it was going, but there was something that irked him - Senator Flavian's notion to pay for quality control. Rather than chide anyone for what had been deliberated openly without consensus, he began to quickly jot down notes. As he did, he thought out loud for his fellow senators to hear.

"The 30% discount is fair, I have no problems with that. If we're going the production rights route though, we'll be manufacturing our own - including the cost of materials and assembly." After a short pause, he seemed to have his thoughts together.

"I'd like to offer 20,000,000 credits for the production rights of all the weapons mentioned in this negotiation, but the most I'm comfortable paying is double that. A 10% royalty is reasonable. What I'm not willing to do is pay for quality control or consulting. That's good customer service and that should come without saying." Once more collecting his thoughts, he continued. "I'd also like to include a contingency that we can buy ourselves out of the contract for an additional 5,000,000 credits should the products not live up to what was promised. I don't think it'll come to that, but it's a good safety net. What do we have left, contract duration?" Realizing he was dominating the conversation, he yielded to see his peers' opinions as far as his thoughts went and where they stood on the contract. "What do you two think? Of everything?", Gael asked with a genuine curiosity.

[member="Suravi Teigra"] | [member="Caius Flavian"] | [member="Tegaea Alcori"] | [member="Siobhan Kerrigan"]​

 

[Siobhan Kerrigan]

[member="Tegaea Alcori"]


One of the senators requested a timeout so that the legislators could confer amongst themselves. Siobhan was fine with that. It was common business practice. It gave her a private moment or two with her wife. So the call was on hold now.


"I imagine they'll want the guns, but back away from some of the more extravagant proposals like paying Firemane consultants. I can see them trying to get a lower price and altered terms. I'm happy as long as we make lots of money and aren't put at a disadvantage. I wouldn't sell production rights for weapons aside from the Mk1 and Mk2 bolters and anti-forcer grenades though, as you said," she pulled Tegaea into a kiss.


Once she'd finished locking lips and enjoying her wife's tongue, she looked at her fingernails. "Hmm. Which nail polish do you think I should wear for the ball tonight, love?" Truly an earth-shattering question.

 

[Caius Flavian]

It was quite reasonable Gael's concern over the figures.

"While I believe that they would certainly follow through with excellent customer service in terms of providing quality control though they know their product far better than we do at the moment. It would only be for three years hell we can likely do it in less. I see it as simply getting the better warranty. It is more of a gesture of goodwill for them. Rebuilds our reputation a little. Granted Suravi you've certainly made a great deal already in simply bringing this company to the Republic's side, But perhaps I'm thinking to big of the picture. I concede and have no qualms with withdrawing that aspect. What say you Suravi?

[member="Suravi Teigra"] | [member="Gael bar Ammon"] | [member="Tegaea Alcori"] | [member="Siobhan Kerrigan"]

 

[Eugen Aker]

"Kirbian System Armories has been interested in acquiring licensing rights for the production of Bolters and other platforms for quite some time. They would be willing to take the risk in buying the patents. We can order an initial batch of Bolters and grenades from Firemane, then KSA can take it from there. As an entity of the Kiribian government, KSA would be able to offer much deeper discounts to the Republic compared to Firemane."

KSA would be willing to sell the weapons to the Republic on the cheap if that meant growing the company in the process of fulfilling such a massive order. With the patents on hand, KSA would also be able to proceed in makng new productions based off the original Firemane systems. All the while, Firemane would be able to sit back and reap the rewards of royalties. It was a win for all in her book.

"As for the whole deal, I'd like to see our discount get bumped up to at least 40%. The volume will more than make up for the slimmer (but still generous) profit margins. I do agree that training and services should already be baked into the costs. If Firemane won't budge on that, then the Mobile Infantry will be able to provide trainers."

[member="Caius Flavian"] [member="Siobhan Kerrigan"] [member="Gael bar Ammon"] [member="Tegaea Alcori"]

 

[Siobhan Kerrigan]

[member="Suravi Teigra"], [member="Tegaea Alcori"]


(Talked with Tegs' writer. Feel free to skip Tegs and move ahead since her writer's occupied today.)

After an indeterminate but probably sufficient period of time had passed, Siobhan activated the holocomm device and called the Committee again. Presumably some sort of message had been sent to inform the Firemane executives it was time to chat again.


In the meantime, Siobhan had gotten a fresh cup of Atrisian green tea. They would now either finalise the deal or agree to disagree and end the conversation without reaching one. A deal with the Republic would be good, but at the same time Firemane was a tier six corporation and thus not dependent on it. Either way, holographic apparitions of Siobhan and Tegaea would manifest in Suravi's office. "Senator, nice to see you again. I understand the Republic's terms have been finalised?"