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[Blade Master Model 42]

Quickly, reflect! Datan is a good friend of yours. But, how loyal is he to the Dwarven government? You say it's a very conservative bank; they could get a lot out of ratting you out. You do have that nice estate, and they could get a penny out of selling it.

What's your history like with 'em?

This is also important, and should be considered. We don't know if he might just whistle blow, and get the dwarven council clapping us in irons and screwing over the dwarven nation out of pride.

[mainiac]

Isn't it necessary for some sort of crime or illegal action to have been taken?

[squeakyReaper]

Isn't it necessary for some sort of crime or illegal action to have been taken?

Being ordered to revitalize a factory, then using it to produce dangerous (government only) weaponry and give it to the Elves (or "plan to", even if we're pulling a scheme), not reporting amazing amounts of adamantium and trying to wrack up support for this operation isn't illegal?

[mainiac]

Technically we haven't done anything wrong.  We've reported the Adamantium, through a channel we feel is safest for the nation.  The weapons sales aren't actually illegal, just frowned upon.  Besides, we are just stringing the elves along for information which we are totally going to reveal to the council in due course.  What do they want us to do?  Occupy their valuable time having them notarize every invoice we fill?  The nature of our business is clear so if you don't mind we are going to get back to rebuilding this great nation!  Now where the hell is my patriotic music?  I said patriotic music when I storm out of the chamber!

Fun history.  Did you know that most of the bombers used by the Vichy French regime in WWII were built in Maryland?

But anyways.  I enjoy giving input for this story but please guys don't feel like I have any right to monopolize it or anything.  My suggestions have been given quite a bit of weight so far but that doesn't mean everyone need to fall in line behind me.  I enjoy arguing my case but it's totally okay to disagree.

[squeakyReaper]

Oh, I'm not arguing. You're an inspirational force for this, and should receive full accolades for it.

Possibly behind bars.

I just want to make sure this guy isn't going to tattle on us while this is going. The government might, indeed, expect us to report "every little" finding. This is, after all, an age with phones. We just found out from a possibly credible source that the elves have a metric "lot" of adamantium. Let's just play it safe... well, safe as a double crossing, scheming, but ultimately patriotic and very analytical foreman can be.

[Armok]

Here's how this is going to go down:
Greet Datan at the door, dressed to the nines.  Give him a warm fraternal hug and welcome him inside where your good-for-something-at-last security guard will take his coat and the girl behind the desk will offer him a glass of whatever wine you can rummage up.

"Datan, old chum, I want to show you the most beautiful pile of rubble you've ever laid your eyes on."
Lead him back to production hall B, while describing the situation plainly.
"I know what you are thinking, this place is an old decrepit pile of junk and it's not worth the scuffs on your schoes.  Give it to me straight, how much do you asses this building at?  A hundred thousand?  Fifty?  Well, it looks like a wreck because it is a wreck but that is gonna serve us just fine because that makes it cheap.  Come on upstairs with me."
"It's gonna be easy for you and me to buy this place, contracts, debts and whole for pennies on the dollar.  We've seen this drill before, leveraged management buyout.  But nobody's ever seen it like this.  Our old accounting teacher had that joke 'give me a leverage large enough, and the stones to use it and I'll buy the world.'  Well, Datan, today that leverage just dropped into my lap.  Don't worry, I'm not talking about this rundown trashheap.  I've got something to show you in the office.  Something that can never leave the room."
Remove the elven contract from the desk and show it to Datan.  "Nobdy knows about this but you, me and the elf.  We are talking serious revenue here.  The factory is viable.  But even more important is what we are dealing with.  Adamantium.  An honest to Armok ton of the stuff and the elves are going to let us get our hands on it.  That's good enough to back a measly 300 thousand.  But this is about more then a loan, Datan.  This is about what you and I can do with a golden fucking opportunity.
"I signed the contract out in the name of the factory.  You and I buy this factory, we get the adamantium and the elf contract too, completely free.  Think about what that does to your value estimates."  Smile proudly for a few moments while Datan processes this new information.  "But I'm just barely getting started."
"The elves aren't exactly being subtle here.  If they are making this, they mean war.  Maybe not against us, but war is coming all the same.  How many factories are there left from the Kobald Wars?  Last time I counted, it was one and you're standing in it.  That gives us a monopoly, but why stop there?
"Those old factories are still there, run down but useful.  We can build the old factories back up again with the wartime profits, make them proper, tabula rasa.  Get some dwarves working for us and get them acting like proper dwarves again.  The council won't stop us, they'll just be glad somebody in this nation is worth a damn.  Then we rebuild the factory towns properly, an industrial empire designed to last.
"This goddamn country.  It's falling to pieces around our ears.  The factories are falling into disrepair and somebody needs to save this crapsack of a nation from it's own apathy.  That somebody is us.  Datan, we've got the leverage.  You got the stones?"

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In case anyone is wondering, here is the new business model:

Step 1) Leverage
Step 2) Repeat Steps 1 and 2
Step 3) Own the world
Step 4) Profit!

THIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII- *gets shot*

[Ghazkull]

patriotic song eh?

Somewhat patriotic
more patriotic
madcap schemes
seemed to fit
well this one is almost right

EDIT: FACEPALM!
oh and thanks hubris XP

[Hubris Incalculable]

patriotic song eh?

Somewhat Patriotic
more Patriotic
for the evil among us
this maybe?
ok this sounds almost right

Let me fix that list for you.

For future reference, the text goes between the tags, and the url gets stuck inside the first tag, thus:

Code: [Select]

[url=http://www.bay12forums.com/smf]This is a link to the bay 12 forums[/url]which does this: This is a link to the bay 12 forums

[PyroDesu]

patriotic song eh?

Somewhat patriotic
more patriotic
madcap schemes
seemed to fit
well this one is almost right

EDIT: FACEPALM!
oh and thanks hubris XP

How about
THIS?
Or THIS?
THIS, perhaps?
HERE's another good one.
THIS guy's stuff is powerful, no?

[PyroDesu]

*poke*

[PyroDesu]

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[mainiac]

needs moar poke!

[PyroDesu]

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Although, I'm wondering why my avatar isn't animating for me on this thread. It has on all the others...

[squeakyReaper]

Have you ever pressed the escape key on this page?

[PyroDesu]

And what is that supposed to do?

Even refreshing doesn't work, though. That was an easy test.