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Nebulon RP.

Flowers for Tanks
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The Insurgents eyes move from UAVs, Missiles, Drones, Heavy machine guns, flamethrowers and all manners of other explosives.

(3) <Tommy> "Destructive devices in general? Yeah that sounds about right."

(1) <Charles> "I think we can do pretty flowers for tanks..."

(6) <Magnus> "Eh? Well how's about it big guy?"

The rebel elbows the man in the power armor and immediately recoils, thankfully they're successfully able to hold in the scream from the admittedly unthinking impact...

(0) <Dmitri> "Of course, we're here for a deal, ought to make one happen. Naturally we're quiet interested in everything you have to offer. Coming into negotiations we were especially interested in drones, and it does seem like you have that covered. And naturally, we'll certainly want some of the other weaponries you are offering as well."

A uniformed man looks towards the steelman and they exchange a duo of nods. He takes a step towards the boxes holding the assorted explosives and a smile curls onto his face as he scans the items.

(9) <Carson> "We'll ge- Ehm ehm, we'll be getting a large package of the assorted explosives. As dictated by our objective... and my expertise. I must say I.. especially appreciate the ease of use regarding the missiles. The handheld devices are useful as well. And everyone's always in need of grenades."

(5) <Simons> "I'd like to point out that despite the looks of it..."
- Simons taps on their rifle -

<Simons> "We are actually in a bit of a need for small arms stockpiles."

(7) <Pullman> "That's not quite true. The general already smuggled in a sizeable stockpile."

<Tommy> "Oh but that's hardly fair to newcomers... I saw those guns, they're pieces of crap! We ought to walk in with proper modern ballistics. And well I'm sure just a teeny bit of the good stuff would cover walking away with a few shooters."

(2) <Jackson> "Speaking of which, what's our side of the deal going to look like? What markets are in need of, eh, medicine."

<Charles> "We'd appreciate a look at the flower fields..."

<Tommy> "Oh yeah! A look at the good stuff, ah but uh just don't forget a test run... of the weapons too... naturally."

<Dmitri> "Yes, please, show us to the fields. And as my associate suggested it is of course imperative that we are shown the functions of the weapons and how to handle them. Then, we can sort out the specifics of our deal and Pullman here can get communications up for future notices. This all seems very well so far."

Nebulon RP

Aureos nodded to the insurgents, pleased by their response, even more so now that he knew they also had a use for guns.

- "Oh, well, ain't that a welcome surprise... We had so many small arms laying around we were able to give just about any peasant with enough enthusiasm something they can look threatening with, with plenty left over! We can arrange some sales of those as well, Traeci guns aren't particularly high tech, but they get the job done... That, and they're quite reliable!"

The general stopped to think for a moment as he heard Jackson's question... Picking specific markets to sell illicit stuff in was a rather delicate decision, SPECIALLY if it got traced back to him. But in the end, it was a sacrifice for the greater good.

- "Right... Exact quantities can be sorted out later, I already have some people in charge of the accounting side of things. But it'll roughly work as follows; You basically act as our dealers, we give you a several tons of product, and get paid in armament depending on how much you've sold, any money from sales goes to us, of course. Say a tank is worth 100 kilos and a missile is 50, so if you sell 200 kilos, then you can get a tank and 2 missiles. We set the prices, based on market analysis, of course, as to not get ripped off, so we'll always know how much we should be getting at minimum. As for the clients..."

Aureos scratched his head.

- "Just do wherever it's most profitable, I believe your organization has bases and connections in several countries already. So wherever you have a presence and see it's feasible, sell it. Bet the inmates at that one giant private prison will love a way to drown out the pain, heh... Just be covert about it, the deal ends if someone starts getting too close to figuring out that WE are behind this stuff. Anyways!"

The general turned around, directing the members of the Insurgent to follow him, while commanding his men to continue unloading the items so a test can be set up later. After a short walk, they were already in the middle of the flower field, not far from the manor that sat in the middle.

Beautiful pink flowers bloomed under the sunlight, their stems and leaves a blueish green. They looked harmless... And yet, a few of them looked different, the flowers closed up and turned into spherical capsules of sorts, their colour matching the stem.

- "This, gentlemen, is how it all begins; Through these inoffensive looking seed capsules. And where we commit the first bit of harm, we make them bleed their latex, which is the liquid that we actually harvest. Afterwards, we can simply leave it to dry, pack it, and sell it as is. Already, a man can become easily addict... Er, cured of his pains, by smoking that stuff through a pipe, the ancient method. But we've been investing into labs that we can use it to make proper medicine, much more profitable!"

With this, Aureos took a deep breath, and cleared his throat.

- "Any questions? Or shall we move onto the weapons test, see a few explosions from our drones..."

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