Snippets of Niklas Mayer

[Republican.Shipping]

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Duisburg, New Berlin. Republican Shipping HQ

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Niklas walks to his office window that looks out to New Berlin, whiskey glass in hand. He admires the view he is fortunate to have. Agatha run diagnostic checks on Duisburg. Scan for any foreign elements, devices and unauthorised personnel. Niklas commands, hearing the tiredness in his voice.

Good day Mr. Mayer. I have run my scans on Duisburg, and I am pleased to inform you that there is no foreign devices within Duisburg. Duisburg has no unauthorised personnel either. All staff that should be here have been accounted for. Should I continue my scan according to my configuration?

Yes, continue the scan as prescribed until I say otherwise. On another note, have you updated the configurations on all Republican equipment?

Yes sir, my systems have updated all machinery and I have been taken off site to a secure location. I have updated your retinal, voice, finger prints and DNA information as requested.

Thank you Agatha, one can’t be too careful these days. Test your connections to all Republican stations.

Sir, I am connected to all stations at 100% across all bandwidth and channels. I have taken the liberty to include my own frequency in the event that we have a breach in Republican comms.

That’s good Agatha, you have out done yourself. Regarding Sigma 21, do you still have contact with the Lubeck crew?

Yes sir. The crew are well and have made steady progress on the ground. I have identified some crew have left the camps perimeter. According to records, they are going to the Rheinwehr.

What about our base in Sigma 21, have we been detected yet?

No sir, last report was a few vessels passing by around 20k away. Our ping reached their vessels undetected, but they were not within range to pick up our signal source. Please note that the station nearby, Radioactive Station was destroyed by hostiles. Some of which destroyed Lubeck on both attempts of construction.

Don’t worry Agatha, if they haven’t found it by now, they won’t go looking for it again. But for safety measure, I will be contacting our friend in the Rheinwehr to see if we can get a cloaking device for that station.

Sir, Ingolstadt still needs to be fully evacuated, dismantled and shipped out to a new location. You need to contact DHC asap so that this can get underway before the Dark matter storm hits. Then it will be too late. I advise that when it is relocated, that you have modifications done to it according to the system that it is relocated too. Where did you have in mind sir?

I haven’t actually thought about it. I have been so busy dealing with other matters. Well, we need to make inroads to Cologne to have a “halfway point” to Gallia like we have in Stuttgart for Bretonia. Alternatively we can look to the Sigmas. Possible Sigma 21 by Saigon and we use it as a trading center between Rheinland and Kusari, or Sigma 15 as a storage depot or trade center linking to Kusari and the Core.

Sir I would recommend Sigma 21 once the war is over, and we have won that system. Doing so now would be foolish and a loss of resources and life.

Yes I know that Agatha, I know very well what will happen if we did that. So for now, give the instruction to the staff there to clear out and relocate to Duisburg. I have contacted DHC to propose recommended expansion to Duisburg, so soon we will be going under another renovation. Once the staff has left Ingolstadt, shut the station down, lock it down and switch off all systems with the exception of the on-board weapons. They need to remain on so that no one tries to get in. Don’t be alarmed when the last staff leaves, that they start removing crucial components for the life support systems. They are doing their job. Your job is to watch over it until the move begins.

Sir with regards to what you and your visitor Van Heerden was talking about the other day, I have gathered some information. You can inform Ms Bauer that to feed 352 million people she will need 1705793 km2 of area. This will include space for crops, fruit and livestock. She will need to buy out current farmers, or alternatively buy what is required from various sources around Sirius. If she can consolidate the entrepreneur farmers under one corporation, she will have rough half of what she would require. As well as I have a list of the most successful crops, that give the most per area, as well as to reproduce for the following year.

Thank you Agatha. Give me a short list of what is viable and ill pass it along to Ms Bauer. Will this include help from her friends?

Unfortunaely sir, I don’t have the information as yet about that specific crop. These are estimates according to size of crops, rotation period. As I will mention, these are only recommendations. As when it comes to livestock, the best options will be Cattle and Hogs. They will provide natural fertiliser and offer a variety compared to others.