Posted by Civilian Joseph Karlson (Head of Police Force) in Hekla Hotel - Klingons. Yeah, About That… (Attn: Xavier, O’Harra, Karlson)

Posted by Civilian Urg’tohn, Son of the House of Duroc (Klingon Warrior) in Hekla Hotel - Klingons. Yeah, About That… (Attn: Xavier, O’Harra, Karlson)

Posted by Captain Parker Xavier (Lt. Governor) in Hekla Hotel - Klingons. Yeah, About That… (Attn: Xavier, O’Harra, Karlson)
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“About that mine. I don’t think I have ever seen a Klingon Lord so interested in securing the rights to a mine before. Anything special about it that SF needs to know?” Xavier said glancing at O’Harra and then looking directly at Urg.

Xavier

Joseph handed the Lieutenant Governer his drink and moved behind the man’s right side. This was a conversation between those two.

Commissioner Karlson

Urg chuckled and said “I can assume by that question you aren’t quite up to speed on Klingon politics then, are you?” and he laughed loudly.

“Some quick background, and your Commissioner here can attest to the veracity of the information. My brothers and I took control of our House a year ago. The ascension of House Duroc was not… well, let’s just say that a lot of very powerful Houses lost an awful lot money and standing when we took back what was ours by right. In so doing, we made more than a few enemies. And fighting those enemies takes resources. This mine -” and he reached into his belt and pulled out an optical disk and tossed it on the table, “- looks to be a legitimate source of lithium and perhaps small amounts of benzene and copper, according to Ms. O’Hara. Those materials are dependable sources of income. And as as House Duroc has already invested a sizable amount in exploring and surverying… with your Head of Mining 9f course… we are keen to recoup that expense and make the mine profitable. And it is far enough outside of the High Council’s grubby little paws that we can use it without interference from Q’onoS. Add to that that is further invests us in the well-being of your little city here, and I’m sure you can see why we want it.”

Urg, Lord Duroc, Son of the Builder

Brianna’s lip curled up slightly at the side. He was right. In having owner’s rights to the mine, seeing to the safety of OED was more in their interest. Such a powerful House as additional protection put OED in a sweet spot. As to the control of the mine, yes, she had found it. But Urg had done all the backing thus far. As long as the station got a portion of the proceeds, one way or another, she was content with that. The colony would get it’s share of the mining, but would profit more from the refining and shipping.

And on a personal note, she would be able to see what else got dug up. How much she revealed to the Governor would probably depend on how well the rest of the talks went. As it stood, her slight head nod and edged smile would be what either man saw if they looked her way for her idea on the whole thing. She sincerely hoped, for all their sakes, that the terms would be acceptable to the Governor.

Brianna
Fire-Born
HoM

The Lt. Governor looked concerned.

” I want to sign off on this Urg but I have reservations. This mine will undoubtfully bring the attention of the rival house and we do not need a political firestorm or worse on OED. Plus everyone in this room needs to understand we are talking a lease. No non Federation group, legal entity or person can own more than 49 percent of any property, to include mineral rights of a Federation property. Legal Federation members have to represent the other 51 percent. Of course what percentage you extract and divide within the contract amongst you is up to you as long as the Federation gets its minimum taxable amount.” The Lt. Governor said as he again looked over to O’Harra hoping she had briefed Urg on all applicable laws.

He was surprised about how the years on Oed had made him a somewhat expert on many things that as a Starship Captain he would have never known.

Lt. Gov

Joseph smiled a little at Xavier’s comment. He’d known more than his share of Starfleet Captains and he knew that there were few who had the same experience and knowledge regarding these matters. “Regarding Colony security matters, direct Klingon intervention is possible with a Starfleet presence with the current treaties and relationships with the Empire. However, it is possible that they would again work with saboteurs and bad elements within the Federation” He said calmly “That can be fairly easily mitigated with the current precautions set in place in the starport.”

Commissioner Karlson

Bri nodded. “With the mine’s knowledge out soon with the survey being listed later this week, the other Klingon Houses would know about it sooner or later, anyway. Anyone else who monitors new finds will know as well. Having Lord Duroc as a major stake holder would actually keep most others at bay.” She glanced at Urg and smiled with a nod. She didn’t like the idea of some other House coming in and trying to stake a claim. Chances are, at least in her experience, they certainly wouldn’t attempt the diplomacy Urg was sitting here doing. They’d take it by force, most likely.

Brianna
Fire Born
HoM

“Ok that makes sense. I mean this is Oed. I don’t expect an invasion but rather covert ops to take the financial gain out. However I am ok with what I am hearing so far.”

Xavier

Urg listened and nodded and grinned as the discussion went on. “Oh, I wouldn’t want to try and make myself an exception to your laws, Captain. That’s why the fifty-one percent of the mine will owned jointly by Mrs. Karlson and Ms. O’Hara under the corporate entity my House filed with your city yesterday. It’s all on the chip.” and he waved his hand vaguely at the optical disk he had tossed before them. “Oed -Duroc Industries is a fully licensed and registered corporation with the Federation. Mrs. Karlson and Ms. O’Hara jointly own fifty-point-one percent of all non-voting stock. The company charter expressly forbids House Duroc from changing that ratio without the consent of the Federation Securities Commission. The rest of the stock, including all voting shares, is owned by House Duroc with the Karlsons and Ms. O’Hara listed as proxies. The good Police Commissioner’s wonderful wife is listed so as to keep any semblance of favoritism away from the esteemed Commissioner. To further keep away any potential for conflicts of interest, Ms. O’Hara’s salary, instead of being given to her, will be donated to local charities in her name.” Urg leaned back and grinned at Joseph and Brianna. He knew that the surprise would either irritate, intrigue, or amuse the pair (and Karlson’s wife). But no matter what reaction he got, he was going to find it entertaining.

Joseph only kept his grandfatherly smile at the Klingons declaration. If he was surprised he didn’t show it. It wasn’t unusual for his wife to own property and the like. She was a private citizen who already owned a sizeable percentage in the Hekla corporation. Josephs shares had been sold to his wife and brother or given to his children. Their lawyers would be earning a decent fee to make sure this arrangement would be ironclad that was for certain.

He looked at the Lieutenant Governor and grinned his borderline-maniacal grin. “That work for you? If so, can we eat? I’m starving.”

Urg’tohn, Lord Duroc, Son of the Builder

The Captain gave what might be called a grunt, reached across the table of food and grabbed a leg of something and took a deep bite. It was another Klingon thing he had picked up on the way. Basically he had sealed the deal and indicated he was ready to move on and fight anyone at the table for the meatiest morsel. However whatever he bit into had the taste of a dying sewer rat. He did his best to act like it didn’t bother him as he swigged the whiskey to kill the taste in his mouth.

Xavier

Urg laughed loudly and slammed his hands together. “EXCELLENT!!! Now we feast!” and he grabbed the same kind of food Xavier had taken and took a bite. His nose wrinkled up in displeasure and he tossed the meat across the room and grabbed a flagon of Blood wine and drained it. “Gods, Captain. Why would you eat that? It tastes like a dead sewer rat… in a Ferengi sewer… in summer.” he said as he wiped his mouth with the back of his hand. “Let me know if you ever want to try good Klingon food. I’ll bring to the ship and we can show you. Blech.” He then reached forward and grabbed a handful of gagh and stuffed it in his mouth. “And going forward, …” he said with a mouthful of wriggling worms, “… don’t feel it necessary to try and make these meetings more ‘Klingon’. I’m Klingon enough for most people.” and he roared with laughter again.

Urg, Son of the Builder

Joseph simply gathered some regular Earth meat, he knew the Durocs well enough to know they didn’t share the usual Klingon sentiment that those that didn’t enjoy Klingon food were weaker for it, another facet into why he was so intrigued by those lunatics “No food taster this time, Urg?” He asked in a bemused tone. He gave the Captain a knowing glance, it would be perfectly fine to stick to Federation food for this event.

Commissioner Karlson

Urg swallowed and shrugged. “Naw… he died.” and he took a piece of bread and piled on some of what Joseph was eating. As one of the aides let out a surprised gasp at Urg’s statement, the massive Klingon chuckled. With a mouth full of food, he looked at him and said “No no… not poisoned. Had a transporter accident. Ended up missing his destination planet-side by… like… three thousand meters or something.” and he swallowed and grinned and looked at Karlson and the Lieutenant Governor.

“Straight up.” he added with a twinkle in his eye.

Urg, Son of Kvaar’ton, Lord Duroc, Transporter Operator-In-Training