The UMM

[Lusitano]

* Today is one of those strange days! The weather is good, business are going great, but .. at the same time is going bad!

Despite no Zoner officials groups had no replied, UMM already received some request to Gran Canaria. Nothing big but is a start. Construction of tall buildings is now necessary on New Safeland, because the city can not grown more horizontally, there is no more room inside the city walls so tall buildings are necessary and for that, UMM proudly is only company that can provide materials for the infrastructures. Also the patrol boat test went great and we get order to build more, as also request for bigger ones. A new cargo ship was bought, one Bumblebee, that can bring good quantities of raw materials that we need .So all is going perfect on business but ... UMM is a big local company and is located on the industrial area on New Safeland but isn't the biggest. Right next door a huge export/import company entered into bankruptcy, not because business weren't going well, but because the libertonian owner runned away with all the money leaving nearly 100 people without their salaries, and that means 100 people unemployed or better ... 100 Zoners unemployed. Marius went there, he saw the opportunity to exppand the UMM factory. More room and mainly one very big docking plattform. When he arrived chaos reigned. The workers were desperated while creditors wanted to remove all equippement to recovery their lost money, but the worst of all .. some Zoners that still defende the independence of Erie from "Liberty claws" were were inflaming the conflict. One of they saw Marius and went to him.*

- Greg - Do you know what they did?!! Do you?!! Come on! Join us! You can build the weapons and i know that you can get some more ships! Together we can make free Erie!

- Marius - Greg!! I told you several times! That is a war that we can't win! Liberty will destroy Erie before give it to us!

- Greg - For God sake Marius ... please!

- Marius - Greg you have a four years son! You want him to die?! For what Greg?! You talk so much about Gran Canaria and thee is freedom there! Really Greg? Is Gran Canaria a real Zoner free planet? What about the Corsairs and the Bretonians?! Greg we live in peace! Governor Sebastian Guillemot looks to be a good man and he his not messing arround! Of course libertonians have more privileges than we do but we are succeeding!

- Greg - Really? What about this people?!

- Marius - I take care of that!

* Marius went to talk with the authorities, and after that with the workers and the creditors! After some talking, the environment calmed! Marius is going to buy the instalations, pay the debt and hire the workers. It was a good business! More space for ships to dock, and to fabricate all products and may be some few more. All went well, and lt's hope that those "flamethrowers run out of fuel"! Erie is a good place to live, anda full scale war can ruin it.*