The Holonet: Business Proposal

[Alli Vern]

A proposal would find the office of the Lords of the Fringe leadership in their latest bids of utility services.

Tanlab Industries would like to propose to become the sole contractor for your holonet infrastructure. We currently have in development the Alpha Class Communications Array With this we will be able to offer a small affordable solution and replacement for old outdated holonet satellites. We propose that for x amount of credits as a start up cost and x amount of credits a year, we will maintain the existing network, and for x a satellite, will replace them as they become beyond repair. This will require us to build several maintenance stations in approved locations to run our operations from but overall will minimize our presence as to not be in the way. The new satellites as they get put in place, will allow for three separate networks, a general one, for the general populace, a government one so that the Lords of the Fringe can keep their network secure and safe as well as a third tier for paid use, from anyone in the fringe. Should you wish, though we can also replace large swathes of your existing network at your convenience, should you pass the funding for it. Our new array's small size and improved parts will ensure a low interruption service that will surely beat anything our competitors can offer. Should this offer interest you, please reach out to us at Sales@Tanlab.com. For comprehensive charts and information pertaining to our proposed system please go to TanlabIndustries.com/lotf/proposal

 

[Yasha Cadera]

A flimsi proposal passes across my desk and I let Sparkles open it for me, as it's not official Military business and I trust the droid's judgement.

"Ah, Councillor. . . this company wants to monopolize our holonet services. TanLab Industries. I'm unfamiliar with Tanlab Industries. . . Oh, downloading information how, Councillor."

"Seriously? A monopoly for a Confederation of planets with . . . let me see that." I take the flimsi from Sparkles and scan it over. "For ex credits, wait, they want to also be our secure provider for the government? Why would we privatize a service we'd rather keep in-house for security reasons? Gosh, Bucket do you see an advantage to this?"

Bucket takes the flimsi and it and Sparkles both glare over it. I'm quick to work up my own reply to the proposal, there are far too many crimson flags for me to feel good about taking any of it farther than the edge of my table.

'Dear Sales@Tanlab.com,

As you did not sign your name to the proposal as far as I and my staff can read, I will make this brief.

I do not see enough benefit for the Fringe Confederacy in your proposal, nor do I see the need to lay down infrastructure from a new company with no track record and currently no presence in the Fringe. Why the Lords of the Fringe would accept an imposed monopoly or why such monopoly would be beneficial for any involved is as beyond me as entrusting an outside private company with governmental-levels of informational security and an undisclosed 'several' maintenance stations.

Thank you for your time, for my vote I must deny your proposal.

Sincerely,

High Councillor Anders Sivas
Military Affairs,
Lords of the Fringe'

"Send it, BCC [member="Lucianus Adair"], [member="Sargon Vynea"] and [member="Lucien Cordel"] and have Mulligan make me some tea."

"Yes, Councillor." Sparkles busies about and I go back to the task of handling the affairs of our military. "Oh, Bucket? See if Luc's around the office today. I've checked up on his personnel file and noticed something."

 

[Alli Vern]

Dear High Councillor Anders Sivas,

I apologize for my companies generic proposal, We just wish to become part of your utilities, and it is not common knowledge on how you run your utilities, I allowed my sales team to make the proposal and for that I apologize. We wish to offer our product mainly, a new communications array with unique properties at a small size. I understand that you must maintain security for your government's transmissions and that the proposed use of this array might scare you. It is just the proposed use of the second network, instead we could adapt it for a secondary general network during peak times. Yes Tanlab industries is small and unheard of but we want to make waves and think that our product speaks for itself. So instead we offer to work with you to fit the unique nature of the Lords of the Fringe, we offer our Communications Satellite for X credits a satellite at our discounted bulk price. Should you want us to maintain them, we will for X credits a year.. We have monitoring software, that is unavailable to us once you set it up to ensure that our equipment is up. Should you have your own utility companies, then we request permission to sell our product to them. Tanlab just wants to provide you with our product for you to use for your communication needs. We wish to be the equipment provider ideally but will adapt to work with the Lords of the Fringe.

Sincerely,

Aurna Vern

CEO and Owner of Tanlab Industries


[member="Anders Sivas"]
OOC Note: Think of us as the manufacturer of the equipment companies like Comcast or Tellus Corporation(in Canada) use to provide the internet. We don't want to control your stuff or monitor it or any of that jazz, just be the provider of equipment for your holonet utilities Please stop suspecting them of any ill use, they really are just like the routers/modems/internet backbone for the holonet, and not suppose to actually provide the service, that is someone else's business, and since there are no equivalent to telecommunication companies, I figured I should work the deal with the government to get a deal. I was throwing in the maintenance in case that was a plus you might want. You don't suspect linkseys or netgear or motorola.. so don't hate Tanlab too

 

[Yasha Cadera]

"Is the 71st ready for inspection, Bucket?"

"Yeah, their officers are set. Want Cluck to warm up the Sundar'Itara for the trip?"

"Yes, yes I do. Any info on where Luc's got to? Oh, send Gilbert on that errand, I want prices an-did I just get a reply?"

"Gilbert's on the way. . . yes you did. Looks like you got the owner! Go you."

I rub my forehead and open up the message, reading it through and putting it beside the former proposal. "Well at least this time it was signed by a person not an email address."

'Dear [member="Aurna Vern"],

Thank you for replying to this yourself.

I would be remiss as a potential client to avoid mentioning that blaming your own sales team for incompetence does not reflect kindly on your leadership, nor on how your company handles its' affairs. As a proposition, it did not go well. After looking into your company's current history and standing on the galactic market, I have found enough reservations of an empty track record for your venture capitalists' curiculum vitae and your own potential success in handling logistics of the nature and scale you propose to be dissuaded from accepting your proposal. Simply put, I do not allow for unknowns to conduct official business in the jurisdictions under my control, especially when those unknowns are asking to be the sole provider. Tanlab's current resume does not impress nor does it put me on a stable foundation for completing business. Come back in two years with other medium and large scale projects successfully completed and maintained.

Furthermore, as the Councillor for Military Affairs and a key member of the elected body of our government, I find the idea of using software from an outside source to be suspect and potentially lethal to the integrity of information those underneath me depend on to survive.

I will reiterate, Ms. Vern. My vote as High Councillor of the Lords of the Fringe is still to deny your proposal.

Should you wish to send a reprisal, you are welcome to do so once your company has proven the ability to not only do all you claim, but back it up with the longevity of your corporation in greater number than zero years.

Sincerely,

High Councillor Anders Sivas
Military Affairs, Lord of the Fringe'

OOC: The denial of your proposal had more to do with the lack of track record in Tanlab Industries. Tanlab is a brand new company on the market (according to what I was able to read on your company submission) and a governmental body comfortable with doing business on such a level with a start-up asking for exclusivity is a rare breed indeed. And yes, the above 'email' I wrote is very much indicative of the style in which I word every day business for my company.

 

[Lucien Cordel]

Lucien looked over the messages from this proxy. Now there were two things lucien refused to do Firstly he refused to touch the peasantry without gloves and secound he refused to risk his reputation by handing out large contracts for key inforstructure over the webspace . He lent forward and pressed his intercom

"I want you to book me a private room in the Skye Ramada I want a selection of my favourite wines and a platter then inform [member="Aurna Vern"] that lady Sivas speaks with the voice of the council Tanlab as too much and they lack the security of bigger firms, she is forbidden by order of the department of internal affair to broach a deal again until Tanlab has two solid contracts and has survived in the black for a period of three years."

Thus it was done a letter would be waiting for Aurna where ever she put these things. He was well aware that Andra held reservations he held them to and he wasn't going to give a monopoly to a new company with no experiance. Prehaps Tanlab would return having met the requisites ...