' Wrote:Sephardi looked at the document, reading it over carefully before responding.
"Senor Franks is it? Hard to keep track of all the Omicroners coming and going in this negotiation, but that is neither here nor there at the moment. The problem I see with this document is that we came here to make a deal with the Zoners of Freeport 9, not the Omicroners. This deal seems to exclusively apply to the Omicroners. That is unacceptable, we are talking with the Omicroners here as far as they have a part in Freeport 9's business, as far as they represent the general Zoner population. We are not here to make a deal with the Omicroners, and we have no intention of doing that."
Miguel pulled another bottle of the rum out of the box, pouring a glass for himself.
"Again I ask you Senor Silvan, Are you able to speak for the residence of Freeport 9, or has this negotiation been taken over by the Omicroners? Who speaks for Freeport 9?"
' Wrote:Jose listened to Senor Franks, and then to Miguel's response. 'I believe that Miguel speaks for all of us Elders when he says we are not here to treat with the Omicroners about anything. We are here to talk solely about the situation relating to FP9 and what can be done to ensure the security of the Corsair Empire.'
Jose then continues 'Senor Franks, since you have stated that you are here to treat on behalf of the Omicroners I see no purpose to your continued presence at this meeting, and would therefore suggest you go and polish your ship or do something else that might actually be considered useful, so that the rest of us can actually get on with doing that which we came here for without your interference.'
Picking up the nearest open rum bottle Jose refilled his glass, and placed the bottle back on the table. Turning his head toward Silvan he says 'I believe that Silvan is able to speak for the residents of FP9', glancing toward Franks he continues, 'but I also believe that there is a significant amount of pressure being applied by some other group who have an entirely different agenda'.
' Wrote:Just much authority do the Omicroners have over this station? Can someone answer this? And I don't mean the official one. I mean are the Omicroner high-up actually pulling any strings here? Because from what I see, someone is pulling them - and one 'negotiator' was ordered to leave the station mid-meeting and another is now telling us that showing us the 'contract', as you call it, on the screen is of utmost importance. I could have sent a grunt here, but I came myself. Unless you have actual influence, you waste our time here. Now... I demand to talk to the people in charge of this little theater play. As soon as possible.
"I think all that needs to be said is I'm Victor Franks, an Omicroner, we pretty much run things here." Franks coughed.
"Possibly because the majority of Zoners who resided on this station, and will reside on this station are Omicroners." Franks coughed again.
"Representative Silvan can negotiate, but without Omicroner approval of terms the deal is not valid. That, and the Omicroners are continuously in contact with Silvan, and we tend to run major parts of the proposal through him." Franks coughed a third time, pointing to the secured computer on his wrist that could send transmissions.
"Now, as for the comments I am a lackey, I am part of the diplomacy department. The top part. So, I make the deals. Our organisational structure requires even the top to report back to and run ideas by the quorum. That is how we are. I think the phrase is deal with it." Franks grunted out his sentences.
"So, now that we have addressed that, Elder Sephardi, would you like me to re-phrase the contract? As it stands, it was made this way so it would be more open to all and we would not be accused of bias by dealing only with the Corsairs. It gives you military rights to do what you want. And it stops warships. I believe they were the two major concerns of your organisation?" Franks had gotten his negotiation game face back on. People would never understand the Omicroners. And it wasn't his job to make them. He just had to negotiate the terms.