The Rebel Faction

Rob could tell she wasn't ready for the question, but it had to be asked. He listened to her explain her groups problems and knew Stellar Enterprises could relate. It had taken them months of scouting to locate resource deposits. They were only now beginning to recieve shipments from Mustafar that would allow the company to rely less on other private companies for its resource needs.

"Well for a certain price Stellar Enterprises could offer your group some newly developed extraction and refinement technologies that could help increase the yield of the resources you already mine. As for the renting of a mining site, I believe that could be arranged as well. We have just started opperating inside the Silken Asteroid Field and have located extensive mineral deposits within the fields inner layers. They are hard to get to, but the rewards, I believe, are worth this risk." The Android stated as he watched Merendez and took a look at the moon being displayed.

"Defenses are much easier for Stellar Enterprises. We have extensive experiance with building defensive systems as well as installing them on a planet so as to maximize their usefullness. If this is the moon you wish to make defended, I can have my engineers and planers study it thoroughly so as to find the best ways to defend it."

Rob smiled as he slowly went over to the large dinning table inside the room. He pulled on one of the edges and out came a keyboard with various functions. The android started to type things into it as he turned back towards Merendez.

"That is not what I ment exectly. We have the capability to mine almost anywhere in the galaxy, I can assure you. What I was talking about, is this..." His voice trailed off as the lights inside the large room dimmed quickly.

The table he as at and where the Trandoshan bodyguard was eating, suddenly split into four pieces at the middle. These parts moved off to the side along with the chairs assigned to each sections. As it were, the Trandoshan was moved back at the same rate as the table allowing him to continue eating after all sections came to stop. A space appeared in the middle which was quickly taken up by a holo projector that rose up from underneath the floor.

As soon as this projector stopped moving it powered up and quickly displayed a spinning illistration of the whole galaxy. Slowly it came to stop on a certain section of the outer rim and zoomed in using a gentle arc. As planets and suns were passed by they all disipated into the air while systems ahead came into focus. An area appeared that was between the Kathol Sector, Minos Cluster, and the Quence Sector. Within this large space appeared a single system and right above it was displayed: Silken Asteroid Field.

The image quickly moved in closer and one could see the yellow star around which the whole system went around. Close to this star were two planets, both dead and devoid of any life, spinning around it. After them came a space of nothingness before finally a large asteroid field could be seen. This field was actually a belt that spun around the system's sun. It seemed to consist of many different layers, like rings around some planets. The rings closest to the sun could be seen traveling at much greater speeds than those hundreds of thousands of kilometers further out. Those closer rings also had a much higher collision rate between asteroids within it as could be seen went different asteroid bodies on the display came together and seemed to explode in all directions.

"As we can see, the problem is getting into these inner rings to get the minerals, not in the actual drilling deep into an asteroid. The inner rings are mineral rich, but very violent in nature. I believe this was the reason many do not visit this asteroid field and because of that it has been left out of most galactic maps. The field had nothing much to offer because most of the outer ring asteroids are poor in resources or have been all mined. It was these inner rings that held most of the minerals, but since they were hard to get to, I venture a guess that corporations didn't see the risks out weighing the benifits. Stellar Enterprises sees differently."

Rob looked at the image of the corvette and studied it slowly as it rotated around. It was a nice design and have some advantages. He looked back towards Merendez and noticed that she was looking at one of the paintings again. Stepping towards her, Rob asked the question on his mind.

"What are these evironmental shields you speak about? Can you explain them better for me? Also if you like your ships may use the base we have set up in the Asteroid field. It is large enough for both of our operations. After my team stabilizes it of course, but that shouldn't take too much longer."

As Rob waited for the answer he thought about how his company would soon be able to produce powerful shields for new mining operations and how. He also went through all the experiance his company had in the field as well as the new armor created to withstand extreme conditions without even the need for shields. The armor allowed Stellar Enterprises to already have the capability to mine in some of the extreme situations that Merendez spoke about. Perhaps once they trusted each other more they could have a somewhat of a technical exchange.

As the android listened it made sure to record everything and nodded slowly while Merendez spoke about the shields. They sounded very interesting and would have to be looked at once this deal went through. Once she finished speaked, Rob walked towards her and smiled.

"That sounds like an impressive system. I think we have the basics of a deal worked out here don't you? Your company may rent out part of the asteroid field and in return you could pay up monthly or we could accept part of the product you mine. Out of every cargo load you gather, a certain precentage will be turned over to Stellar Enterprises. Does that sound fair?"

He looked over at the painting and then towards the projection of the moon spinning in the air. "What would you like to do with your moon's defenses? Do you want sections of the planet under heavy defense or do you wish to spend whatever it takes to make the whole moon defended against most threats?"

Rob smiled with the hearing of this and went over to turn off the holo projector. As the table moved back together he slowly returned to the Grand Admiral. As he walked it was obvious that Rob Stellar would be pleased once he came back from his trip. The man would have to meet with this group himself.

"Everything sounds good then. When would you like to begin this deal?" The android asked.

"Would you mind it if some of my people visited your moon and look at it for themselves?"