The Slumbering Wolf Does Not Get the Ham (Mandalorian Protectors, Mandalorians)

[Arrbi Betna]

The Mandalorians rumbled and shook off the cobwebs of slumber as the galaxy thundered aloud with the sounds of war and battle. Some looked to their own, others to their personal interested. Still others simply waited for war to come to them rather than seek it out. For many, however, the chaos of the galaxy meant opportunity. Opportunity meant conflict. Conflict was key to the Mandalorian people.

And it paid pretty well if you did it right.

Betna hefted the small gemstone in his hand and bounced it once or twice in his palm. It seemed so small and insignificant in many ways, but installed into the proper machinery and equipment and it became... so much more.

"We'll need a constant supply," he told the foreman he stood with inside the conference room. It was a pricey endeavor, but one Betna knew was very, very possible. "And we'll need them shipped to Mandalore."

Elsewhere, other Mandalorians went about their business. Some moved supplies, others oversaw loading and unloading. Generally, they each did their own thing in their own way. You couldn't forcibly lead Mandalorians. You only gave very good suggestions and hoped they followed them.

 

[Julius Sedaire]

Ijaat stood with only a smithing apron tied about his waist and neck, and his massive power-hammer gripped in one hand and resting on his left shoulder, his right arm pointing and moving as others began unloading and setting up. Betna needed a mine. Wanted to mine stygium from it, for whatever reasons. Ijaat didn't question. Not that he never questioned authority, but a stygium mine was never a bad thing to have. It provided revenue, utility for the people mining it if they processed the crystal right, and a lot of opportunity overall. So Ijaat didn't question.

"Drills and axes over there, we'll start with advance teams in a few vode, c'mon pick up the pace!"

[member="Arrbi Betna"]

 

[Arage Bao]

[member="Arrbi Betna"] | [member="Ijaat Akun"]

[SIZE=10.6666666666667px]Vassik Kilvaari was not a Mandalorian by any stretch of the imagination, but the InterGalactic Banking Clan was within the cloud of influence of the Mandalorian Clans and in the end the Muuns supported every side of a conflict - as long as there was profit to be had, they would find themselves aiding [/SIZE][SIZE=10.6666666666667px]the bringer[/SIZE][SIZE=10.6666666666667px] of profit in any way they could. [/SIZE]

[SIZE=10.6666666666667px]Such was simply the play of the beast.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=10.6666666666667px]Today the aid of the IGBC was quite straight-forward, the Protectors and him had a fairly friendly and businesslike relationship which had started with Betna’s training of his personal guard, now the Protectors were working on some kind of project.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=10.6666666666667px]The Magister knew better than to try and pry too much, even though he was fairly guarded when it came to secrets… it would do no good to start hearing them before Betna and the Protectors had became official clients of the Banking Clan - only then would they be protected by client-accountant privileges.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=10.6666666666667px]At any rate, the IGBC was funding a large part of the stygium influx that would be necessary for the construction of this project. [/SIZE]

[SIZE=10.6666666666667px]That was pretty much the scope of it all.[/SIZE]