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Post by 12 on May 20, 2014 8:33:21 GMT
I... have turned my attention to my work. Captain Raizi and I, I invited her to move in and she took it. I am trying to distract myself from the recent events involving the loss of the twins.
I recently commissioned a new class of civilian escort cruisers, the "hermes class" based off the federation star cruiser line. heavily armed, shielded, not much else but big gun boats, but it gets the job done for much less than a federation ship, with just as much firepower.
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Post by 12 on May 23, 2014 16:56:54 GMT
Log, 5/23/2410
I am heading to new romulus. With the expansions into Pi Canis slowed by raiders, I have elected to turn my attention to more domestic expansion. My hold on Beta Ursae and Sirius sector trade traffic is substantial... and with the Launch of the Hermes Class civilian escort cruiser we have entered a new corner of the market. I intend to become self sufficient for production, no outsourcing. To this end I am going to new romulus in hopes of finding ore deposits in the sector for use at my shipyards. The other benefit would be using local workers, providing employment to the romulan civilians will help in gaining favor with the romulan republic.
Once I aquire a mining Facility, and establish all the necasary sources The cost should go down.
I still intend to expand into Pi Canis, but without federation military expansion backing, I would have to do the brunt of the work. In the meantime I am going to focus on getting the hermes into full swing, I have 4 under construction right now, plans for an additional 5, plus several neutral governments bidding on them already. *laughs lightly* ship building is going to become a major part of our operations I think.
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Post by 12 on May 30, 2014 2:18:54 GMT
*ardet is sitting at her desk, she is clearly quite tired as she stares back at the viewer*
I spent the past few hours chit chatting around SB 146, these social evenings are so much more draining than I would have thought.
Still, I got confirmation from Admiral Vilaina, the 146th is leasing Drydock C-3, which means a starfleet presence at Ceptus 2. I know having the USS midnights voice doing patrols and on station there is still a presence, but having a permanent repair facility maintained at a location is far better. Plus, I can help the federation more through letting them use the facility.
I was always loyal to the federation *she gets up, seeming to drift off into her own memories*. I joined the MACOs, starfleet saved me from my father with that simple little act of allowing me to enlist. After that... Op went bad, *shakes her head* I spent 4 months in recovery and 3 years fighting the pain and that one mission... went so horribly wrong... got us all booted.(this is ardet slipping up in her log, letting a bit of truth out, dig more IC if you want to find out what really happened to get her booted from MACO) Still I fought as a Merc after that, but now... now I can serve on a grand scale like I never could before. I did my duty with the rifle, now its time for something a bit grander in scale.... end log
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Post by 12 on Jun 10, 2014 0:42:13 GMT
*she is sitting on her bed on risa, several bottles laying around, eyes bloodshot, clearly having been drinking and crying repeatedly*
this vacation is depressing me more and more, everyone is so happy and joyfull... All I want to do is be happy, or enjoy the company of one or two friends. Everyone comes in crowds, people I barely know.
Saw that Italian Romulan child... made me think of what I have lost... *starts to cry again* computer end log.
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Post by 12 on Jun 22, 2014 10:04:57 GMT
*Ardet sits at a desk, the risian night visible through the open balcony doors behind her*
I have stopped drinking, at the insistence of that Cardassian bartender. Its been extremely difficult, especially with all the sights on risa, reminding me of what I have lost. On top of that my implants are giving me almost constant pain, and its getting worse. *shakes her head and sighs* on a brighter note the renovations to my corporate headquarters are complete, fancy carpet, lighting, the whole deal.
*pauses and takes a sip of water*
I have started looking for someone again, all these couples on risa, I have been alone for too long, I just need someone who *shakes her head again and looks away from the monitor* my personal life has bumped up in priority. I can not be alone anymore, and I need to do something about these implants, the constant pain, and when it spikes its almost unbearable. I Can not take anything for the pain because the nanites in my system react the same way they do to alcohol, by replicating it in mass amounts, could easily kill me. *gets up from her chair and walks over to the balcony, staring out over the sea* computer, end log.
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Post by 12 on Jun 26, 2014 23:14:32 GMT
*ardet is sitting at a large desk overlooking the beach, staring back at the recording she takes a drink of bright purple tulaberry juice*
The romulans attacked the conference on risa. We are not sure if it was sanctioned empire or tal'shiar. They followed up with a small strike on my shipyard, delaying the supply run to the republics shipyards.
*pauses, drifting off and lowering her voice*
the conference was attacked on the ground as well. I had to take a number of lives, killed a number of... romulans *her voice shakes lightly* I was covered in the gore and filth of combat, I had not expierianced it since I took over the business.
*she pauses for several long moments and turns around, looking out the window*
I had forgotten just how... combat was, the euphoria. Maybe I am not a lowly merc anymore... but I can not shake it, at my core I have always been a fighter, a soldier. this... business has put that on the back burner, at least until i can straighten things out.
*smiles and turns around leaning down to get right in the view* perhaps I should do some field work... take care of some of the pirate problem myself *presses a button and the log entry ends*
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Post by 12 on Jul 4, 2014 18:44:17 GMT
*Ardet is at a new location, on what looks like risa, and a new residence sitting at a large wooden desk, several PADDs next to her, the sunset reflecting off the water, light filling the room when she slowly stands, placing her hands behind her back and looking out at the sea*
I took the advice of a friend. I took a bit of personnel time, took my ship out... tracked down a breen raider that had caused trouble for a friend... Let's just say that they, nor their friends will be causing any more trouble.
*walking around to the front of the desk she lets out a laugh*
Risa... such a beautiful place, once you take away the people, the mai tai's and partys. I am moving my residence from the corporate headquarters to this island look a like on ceptus 2's 3rd moon. I need to escape a bit more, once I get things settled... I intend to let the board take over primary control of the company.
*turns around slowly, a small glass of tulaberry juice in her hand, sonic disruptor on her hip and a new fire in her eyes*
I am done pretending... end log.
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Post by 12 on Jul 15, 2014 1:26:33 GMT
My house on Ceptus 2's third moon is complete. I am going to start letting the company take care of itself a bit more. I have one more major contract to settle first.
The romulan republic has negotiated a contract with us, for exclusive supply rights during the construction of, and first 5 years of operation of the Chaltok Shipyards.
The Chaltok system is to become to the republic what Utopia Planetia is to the federation. While its not going to be that large anytime soon, Having my company already embeded that well into its operations at such an early stage is good news, and a good start to economic relations with the romulan republic.
Once this deal with the republic is finalized, up and running I will select my board members and start doing more field work...
*lets her hair down out of a tight bun and hits the button ending the log as she turns around and walks off*
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Post by 12 on Jul 29, 2014 3:16:09 GMT
*she sits upright dressed only in a silk robe, hair a mess, eyes bloodshot hair frazzled*
log... 7/28 the dreams are back, I can feel it... creeping at the back of my neck. I need to get them out, sooner rather than later. I can't afford another relapse, not after how close the last one came, and after the first. just can't let it happen again.
*standing she runs her hands through her hair and huffs*
Idealy I would go to karis again, she did the procedure last time. but I am not sure i can get in touch or not, and dont even know what exactly she did....
*she starts pacing, biting on her bent index finger for a moment* I will try and find her again, need to get ahold of this rather quickly... before it gets out of hand, computer end log.
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Post by 12 on Aug 6, 2014 8:37:49 GMT
*Ardet is sitting at her desk, the sun rising in the background, holding her left hand up, black skeleton like metal pieces protruding from the back of her hand, tissue torn wide open and bleeding from what appears to have been a rather violent expansion of her borg implants*
The nanite regulator node is failing *she idly says this while looking at her hand*. Karis... got herself kidnapped again, the only person I know of who can fix this, and then crippled on top of that. *setting her hand on her lap out of sight she stares back at the monitor*. on top of that, my contract with the 26th requires a shipment of class 9 gel packs, and my 2 mercenary captains are... unavailable for escort duties. I know the syndicate is going to hit this one, i just know it. Father Crossed them too many times, and they have left me alone for the most part, but i just have a bad feeling about this one. The 26th is already going to provide one escort, but it wont be enough. I will probably hire a couple of outsiders... Hate to admit it, but my contacts there are limited.
*standing up she walks toward the window, both hands behind her back, the black metal one bleeding again, dripping from her fingertips as she walks over to watch the sunrise, not stopping her talk*
I do not know how long until the node failure affects my mental capacity as it did the previous two occasions, its always started there. However this time it appears the expansion is taking place *she grimaces and almost falls over, hanging on to a column to catch herself as she stands and returns to the monitor, wiping what appears to be blood from the corner of her mouth*
the expansion is elsewhere *she pauses and looks around catching her breath* Computer Activate cleaning holographic program and terminate log entry *her voice was rapidly becoming hoarse*
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Post by 12 on Aug 10, 2014 0:28:17 GMT
Ardet is in the medical bay of the avalon, the recording is taking place from a padd in her hand.
*looking down at the padd, she is smiling lightly, bright green eyes seeming to be full of life like they had not been in a long time.*
Karis.. Ana, and a women named 17 performed the surgery to replace my nanite regulator node. However they also removed a half built cortical node that apparently has been the root of my problems in the first place, I don't even have the headaches when a liberated walks by. I am about to head out, the docs gave me a once over, everything looks good. I am going to try a glass of kanar, and then... see if that affects me the way it did before.
Seventeen did have a price though... she had me put a notice to all my captains to watch out for some romulan that kidnapped ol' baby face sanders.
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Post by 12 on Sept 1, 2014 22:37:28 GMT
Alexandria Ceptus Admiral Ardet Alexanders log 8/30/2410
The shipment of class 9 gel packs to sb 381 was hit as expected, 2 orion raiding cruisers, and 2 support vessels engaged the SS kukri, Sindari Krowlek, and Two Escort vessels from the 26th fleet. The USS Minerva received extensive damage and is in for repairs, the kukri itself was the weak point in the group. 4 spatial charges were planted before launch in her port naccelle, and caused us to stop and shut down the warp reactor leaving us vulnerable. The Convoy stopped at substation 3-b to take care of the issue and that's where we were hit. On top of that, they seemed to know the weakpoints in the Kukri's design, the large cargo bays housing the packs were targeted, we lost 4 of 8 bays, 3 to the enemy boarding parties, and one to the vacuum of space. The Kukri itself held up remarkably well, the fortifications and heavy alloys used in its construction proved their worth. Casualties for the kukri were upwards of 300, unknown as to the levels on the starfleet vessels. Sindari Krowlecks apex battleship was repaired as part of her payment, it was able to take the offensive and provide cover long enough for the engagement to be over with.
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Post by 12 on Sept 22, 2014 12:49:59 GMT
Ardets Log,
*Ardet is sitting at her desk on her beach house* been a while since I made a log, making progress on the other side of the company. My special courier service and "special acquisition wings" are making progress in both cutting competition, and making money. While I did intend to go fully legitimate at first, the problem is the clientele. I decided to go with something more.... subtle than my father did. Nothing can actually be traced back here... but for the first time in a while I am a bit worried, I have had several people request jobs, perhaps word is leaking out...
*turns her chair around and presses her hands together* we can not have too many eyes on us, computer delete that log entry....
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Post by 12 on Sept 22, 2014 23:51:54 GMT
New Yukon, *laughs lightly* a federation colony on the frontlines, and quite a wonderful opportunity. It is a ore rich mining planet, troubled, very troubled since before the war, plagued by pirates, mercenaries, tholians, and economic losses. Starfleet, the republic, and the empire are all making it their little pet project. I intend to bring business to the planet, drop off my goods, sell them and buy ore before taking it through Pi Canis to the romulan shipyards in the chaltok system. if it goes well, I should be able to gain quite a nice footing in the area, and a nice little trade route going.
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Post by 12 on Oct 2, 2014 6:23:23 GMT
*ardet is sitting at her desk, hair frazzled and eyes bloodshot* so apparently, removing the primary node interupted my problems, but the cortical node took over the old functions completely... so while its not nearly as intense, I am *laughs lightly* no more booze for me, the pain has not returned yet and I am hoping it does not. I am still grateful, even this respite was more than worth it.
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Post by 12 on Oct 17, 2014 21:11:56 GMT
Board meetings, more board meetings. *shakes her head and tosses a padd down onto the desk before falling into the chair with a huff*
corporate was not happy with my decision, I have decided to take the company in a new direction more suitable to our times. Will be selling off or leasing out most of our old assets, downsizing a bit. *crosses her legs and opens a drawer in her desk producing a bottle of bright colored liquid before taking a drink out of it* .... a new era begins with my company, and a promising one at that.
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Post by 12 on Oct 26, 2014 20:50:18 GMT
-Ardet is in the brig on what appears to be a starfleet vessel, though not a standard design for sure, staring down at a padd that had been given to her after several days of asking for one-
*sitting back on the bench she stares down at the small padd, her face having several large gashes, skin blistered as if she had been in a desert for a long time* I was picked up above new romulus by... well a federation vessel, I did not want to make a scene and the Athenas Triumph was well out classed to even try and fight. *takes a breath, her voice quite raspy* Apparently someone used some of my assets, perhaps even something set up by my father, to do something, they won't let me know much more and keep asking questions. on top of that *she coughs lightly and wipes her mouth, blood starting to trickle from the edge of her ocular implant* Something about this ship is affecting me, it's one of those new stealth ships, they have had a medical officer come in and look me over, but they are keeping me in the dark. I don't like it one bit,
*the sound of a forcield shutting down happens off screen as one of the guards walks in and takes the padd, Ardet having a brief tug of war over it as if the padd and recording were extremely important, * no no!
*the camera on the padd shuts off as the guard walks off with it, turning the forcield back on*
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Post by 12 on Oct 28, 2014 19:03:34 GMT
*ardet is looking down at a padd, hair ruffled, clothes wrinkled and on a couch at SB 146* so they let me go. hitched a ride over to 146, met some "technopath" named Liyil, kick started my cortical node so I am back to normal. but I won't have a ship for several days, till then... the couch has become home, until security kicks me off of it. well, I am going to go get a drink and wake up... see if I can find something to do other than that holodeck not going in there again, not after last time.
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Post by 12 on Oct 31, 2014 6:28:14 GMT
Starfleet Intel has finished their investigations. I got a message from them just as I finished settling into my guest quarters on 146, was getting in the shower as a matter of fact, wonder if they planned that on purpose. Well, anyway My neither my company nor myself were found at fault, but I still hold myself responsible.
One of the few captains from my fathers tenure that I trusted, that I let stay, that I gave command to... betrayed me. He kept making some of the same cargo runs he did under my father, the less than legitimate ones to put it mildly. I trusted him. Damn it... sin was right about me not being cut out for this... leadership on scale. A squad in the field sure, this.... administrative stuff is just, not me. I just hope I don't get the I told you so dance till I grow old.
This almost cost me my company, I was planning on downsizing and selling off some assets anyways... but this was way too close
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Post by 12 on Nov 2, 2014 22:43:53 GMT
*Ardet sits at a new desk, hair up in a bun, 2 large hairpins holding it in place as she stares at the recorder, finger tips together as she begins to speak slowly and sternly*
Starfleets investigation cost me all of my contracted captains, in total our losses put us at 13 vessels and the primary complex. The Republic will honor its contract. The organizational changes are going to be abrupt, but efficient. 2 primary constant runs will be made, a long haul for the republic shipyard, and short runs in beta ursae. The Republic convoy will be composed of 6 ships, 2 escort and 4 heavy haulers. the beta ursae runs will be handled by the 4 remaining light duty haulers and 1 escort for high value shipments, they won't act in convoy as often, beta ursae is well paroled by starfleet. the final 3 ships, will be special high risk units. Taking Cargo into war zones if necessary, I will personally run this division.
of course the main complex will remain in operation, though most of it will be leased out to third parties, and the 146th was gifted their drydock, they have done enough for me to get a nice thing or two *lets out a soft laugh*
I can't stop now, I have to keep going.
computer end log.
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