Mr Mayer walks into the board room to a full table of board members. He looks around, as if to take count of who all is present. He turns to close the door, and in the silence you hear the door locking. He walks to the head of the table with a smirk, looking into the yes of the members as he walks past them to his seat and places down his file and moves it a bit to place it exactly where he wants it.
"Right gentlemen, lets get one thing clear before we start" he says firmly, "You all here voted to put me in charge, either on merit, my ideals or for something you saw in me. I have been clear of my intentions to take Republican Shipping to new heights, and to break the cycle that has plagued this company in the past. If you don't agree on how I'm doing things, I'm giving you this chance now to leave, but leaving will mean you tender your resignation with immediate effect".
There is a murmur in the room, members looking around at each other to get confirmation. Mr Mayer starts to walk around the room while speaking. "Now that we have gotten that out of the way we can continue. Firstly you all will remain on the
Executive Board for voting purposes only. In time, you will relieved of your office duties and it will be handed over to someone younger and someone with drive. The days of the old guard is over. You got Republican Shipping into this mess, and you have chosen me to get you out of it", Mr Mayer commands in a stern tone.
"I have decided to move our HQ to Duisburg which will be constructed shortly. It is evident that those who oppose us thrive when we are vulnerable and away from New Berlin. So in due time, we will be moving, well those of you who have been selected to move. The Junker presence in the Omegas has shown that when our life line is cut we are sitting ducks, no doubt the Unioners will get wind of this and try to capitalize on it. I will not give them that opportunity, especially with the threat they have made to possibly attack a station or our families."
"With relations to The Core, they have aided us in establishing an outpost/warehouse station in Omicron Rho, as well as protected us in their space. Their value to Republican Shipping is high. We need them, and they need us. I want us to improve on relations, help them where they need it, and in return they can help us. Once the Bundestag gives the green light, we will haul the "Special" cargo out. As we know, The Core is very secretive around their assets. I hope in time they get to trust us, and our quality of workman ship. We can always send specialized staff to their shipyard to assist or they can build parts in ours."
"With that being said I will be setting up a Research and Development division. We need to update with the times, and I think its about time Rheinland ships gets an upgrade." An elderly smartly dressed man near the end of the table raises his hand, and proceeds to talk with deep tone, but with caution in his voice, "Sir, with all due respect, it will take years and a large amount of Republican Shipping budget to get very little results if any. Wont it be wiser to rather focus on more important objectives?"
Mr Mayer lifts his head slightly staring at him as to imply the words he just said were a disease. He replied in a calm tone hiding his resentment of this old buffoon. "So you telling me to not spend time or money to invest in Republican Shipping because in your view it will be a waste? What was a waste, was you being a member of this board for so many years, letting the modernization of our fleet stagnate, letting Rheinland's fleet stagnate, letting Rheinland Police vessels stagnate. No wonder there is barely any progress in the Sigmas, it is directly your fault that Rheinland has spent billions and has nothing to show for it. Mr?... doesn't matter what your name is. Get up and leave. Security outside will escort you out the building. Your belongings will be sent to your home. You, are a waste of my time."
"Does anyone else have something to add?" Mr Mayer doesn't even wait for a reply. "Right, EFL has reached out to Rheinland corporates to assist with the jump gate to sigma-15, and possibly the entire trade lane system in Rheinland. I have responded stating that Republican Shipping is more than capable of hauling what is needed. They will need to obviously inform us on the finer details, but we are a go on that"
"Lastly the problem I mentioned earlier, Unioners, Red Hessians and of recent, Junkers. We need our security division up and running ASAP. We have the funding, we just lacking the man power. So I suggest when this meeting is done, you contact your connections and get the ball rolling. I have contacted The Core and Rheinland Military to escort us when needed and to be on call. Rewards have been established and both parties are eager to vent some frustrations."
Mr Mayer looks around the room seeing the members slowly nodding their heads, and looking at each other.
"Meeting over gentlemen, I want to see reports on my desk before the end of the week."