07-30-2021, 10:27 PM
Procura Energy Headquarters
Althea, Laeral
“Events are developing in Mallacaland in a new, and exciting, direction,” announced Gabriel Kieffer, CEO of Procura Energy. “I’ve gotten word from our operations director on the ground that our security forces intervened in a battle in the town of Hanal, when a government frigate came under attack from forces supporting the old royal regime in the country’s civil war. A squad of our security in the harbor saw the fight and intervened, driving off the Loyalists and saving the Mallacan warship. I just received a call from the Mallacan prime minister’s office, thanking me and Procura Energy for our swift action. The question now is what this means for us.”
“Were any of our security injured?” asked Cynthia Yang, the company’s Strategy Director.
“None, thankfully,” Kieffer said. “The point is, we currently have nearly two hundred security personnel on the ground in Mallacaland. These are our best, hired through that subsidiary in High Fells. Many of them had combat experience during the civil war there in the 2000s. The point is, we have troops on the ground right when the government is teetering under pressure from the Loyalists. If we seize the moment, this means we could rule all the natural gas in the country.”
“Are we really ready to go to war in some godforsaken country over the chance of access to their natural gas reserves?” asked Procura’s Budgetary Director. “I see the opportunity, but I also see a lot of ways in which this could be very unprofitable, very fast.”
“I’ve done some research on the situation,” Cynthia said. “I think this opportunity is one we can take. Mallacaland is perched on a knife's-edge, and we have the personnel to be decisive. What’s more, I believe with our operations in the Central Liberalian Republic winding down, we can divert the security from there to Mallacaland. It’s another two hundred highly-trained professionals, on the ground to fight for the prime minister.”
“I like it,” Kieffer said. “And my decision is final. We’ll evacuate all unnecessary civilian staff and have our security on the ground coordinate with the army in defeating the rebels. But I want to be kept in very close contact with the forces on the ground. Cynthia—” he turned to Director Yang “—can I trust you to supervise our security in the fighting?”
Cynthia had never been to a war zone before, but she was never one to turn down a request from her superior. “You can count on me.”
Althea, Laeral
“Events are developing in Mallacaland in a new, and exciting, direction,” announced Gabriel Kieffer, CEO of Procura Energy. “I’ve gotten word from our operations director on the ground that our security forces intervened in a battle in the town of Hanal, when a government frigate came under attack from forces supporting the old royal regime in the country’s civil war. A squad of our security in the harbor saw the fight and intervened, driving off the Loyalists and saving the Mallacan warship. I just received a call from the Mallacan prime minister’s office, thanking me and Procura Energy for our swift action. The question now is what this means for us.”
“Were any of our security injured?” asked Cynthia Yang, the company’s Strategy Director.
“None, thankfully,” Kieffer said. “The point is, we currently have nearly two hundred security personnel on the ground in Mallacaland. These are our best, hired through that subsidiary in High Fells. Many of them had combat experience during the civil war there in the 2000s. The point is, we have troops on the ground right when the government is teetering under pressure from the Loyalists. If we seize the moment, this means we could rule all the natural gas in the country.”
“Are we really ready to go to war in some godforsaken country over the chance of access to their natural gas reserves?” asked Procura’s Budgetary Director. “I see the opportunity, but I also see a lot of ways in which this could be very unprofitable, very fast.”
“I’ve done some research on the situation,” Cynthia said. “I think this opportunity is one we can take. Mallacaland is perched on a knife's-edge, and we have the personnel to be decisive. What’s more, I believe with our operations in the Central Liberalian Republic winding down, we can divert the security from there to Mallacaland. It’s another two hundred highly-trained professionals, on the ground to fight for the prime minister.”
“I like it,” Kieffer said. “And my decision is final. We’ll evacuate all unnecessary civilian staff and have our security on the ground coordinate with the army in defeating the rebels. But I want to be kept in very close contact with the forces on the ground. Cynthia—” he turned to Director Yang “—can I trust you to supervise our security in the fighting?”
Cynthia had never been to a war zone before, but she was never one to turn down a request from her superior. “You can count on me.”