Although he was not too pleased about it, Pollux eventually returned with several more Guavians. He stood against the wall of the room, hands in his pockets, and supervised them with great scrutiny. They took no more and no less than what Tai Fa had appropriated for them. The more Pollux watched this process, the more Fa's meddling annoyed him. In theory, this would be enough for his listening posts. The absence of a decisive surplus would mean no room for error in constructing them, then. Which meant increased caution when hiring engineers and construction workers, which meant more money to be spent...
Probably more money than he had saved confiscating this stygium from Springbuck rather than buying it.
Pollux grimaced to himself, unsatisfied. Maybe he would just have to find another stygium mine to shake down one of these days. Whenever those days were that he would require an abundance of stygium again. Hopefully never. Expanding out of Pentastar space would only bring complications. Pollux preferred tall enterprises, not wide. A fact that would hopefully get him to a secure place in the galaxy. Once he got there, then the real work could begin.
Once the last of the crates were loaded, the Givin gave Fa another disdainfully blank stare and departed without further comment.
Probably more money than he had saved confiscating this stygium from Springbuck rather than buying it.
Pollux grimaced to himself, unsatisfied. Maybe he would just have to find another stygium mine to shake down one of these days. Whenever those days were that he would require an abundance of stygium again. Hopefully never. Expanding out of Pentastar space would only bring complications. Pollux preferred tall enterprises, not wide. A fact that would hopefully get him to a secure place in the galaxy. Once he got there, then the real work could begin.
Once the last of the crates were loaded, the Givin gave Fa another disdainfully blank stare and departed without further comment.