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john777
I don't think that recruiting anyone from the NID is a good idea.
He could get the design for the Daedalus I guess, but he might be better off designing his own ships.
SGU stuff is a long way off right now.
RoyalTwinFangs
Yes, for the last Jump.
OscarDragon
About seven years story time, or less if you mean the Destiny story, but I don't know when I'll write it.
doug89
I do have valid reasons for using LOKI mechs rather than Terminators. For starters mechs would require far less in the way of resources to build. Also Cortana can directly control the mechs, which is useful. Terminators are AI, which in a sense makes them people, sort of, so if he made an army of them he'd creating a machine race as a slave army and workforce. That never works out well for anyone. The Geth are a good example of this, and let's not forget the Asurans. Last of all the perk 'You Promised' is not one hundred percent guaranteed to ensure loyalty, but the LOKI mechs aren't much of a threat if they somehow rebel when compared to Terminators.
In other realities the Dakara superweapon will be in the heart of Goa'uld controlled space, not exactly a safe place to go. Not that he needs to as there is a bound to be a version of Dakara with the super weapon that is not inhabited for some reason. I suppose he could use the technology to create some sort of ship mounted super weapon, but that's a tall order and best saved for the Warhammer verse.
Not just Ra's eye there's a whole set, and I think they are some sort of focusing device for energy weapons as calling a crystal which is a power source an eye doesn't really make sense. A power source would be called 'The Heart of Ra'.
I'm leaving the Ancient repositories of knowledge alone as there would be little point going with this story if Gothic learned everything the Ancients knew.
As for the rest I'm sure I'll get around to it. This story has only just begun.
Egeria the Tok'ra queen was already dying when the SGC found her years ago so I doubt she'd alive on that planet were they used her offspring to make medicine. However I have another idea about that.
As for the original version of Ayiana, well that would be awkward given that Gothic cloned her. I mean what does he do with the clone?
Selias
Guest reviews take about a week before they go up, and I ignore them mostly since I can't directly replay to any questions a guest reviewer asks.
I might do a Marvel verse it depends on how my muse inspires me.
Jump Chain Gothic 4 - Confederation.
Part 8
Tollan World. Alternate Universe.
The Tollan were an advanced civilization that were encountered by Stargate Command, in what I was coming to think of as the prime universe, many years when a few of their people, who'd been left behind on their doomed planet, were saved by SG1.
They were destroyed by Anubis years ago, but in this time line the civilization was still intact. Hardly surprising given that they possessed massive technological superiority over most of the Goa'uld, aside from Anubis who didn't seem to have targeted this world in this reality for some unknown reason.
Their technological superiority led to becoming hard to with in terms of diplomacy, and their isolationist policy didn't help with that either. Another reason why they were hard for outsiders to deal with was having seen their technology misused to catastrophic ends on other worlds.
Because of the loss of their home world the Tollan refuse to share their advanced technology with any other races, or at the very least anyone they deemed too primitive to handle their tech. Which shouldn't include me as my group had access to technology beyond even what the Tollan had.
Another thing I knew about these people was that their reliance on their technological advantages as well as their arrogance impeded their ability to think strategically. In simpler terms their superior technology made them overconfident, as they seemed to think their Ion Cannons would always protect them against the Goa'uld.
However, the Goa'uld always sought ways to find and steal advanced technology, and if they could not simply take it, they would enslave or destroy the more advanced cultures instead. Actually they would destroy them after they stole the advance tech as well.
In the prime universe Anubis found a way to make his fleet impervious to the Tollan Ion cannons. With the cannons as their only defense, they met their eventual destruction, which most likely could have been avoided had they taken the threat of the Goa'uld more seriously.
While the Tollan are not a militaristic people, they were also not pacifists and would destroy any vessel that poses a threat to their planet. Which was when I'd jumped into the system I'd kept my distance from the world and I'd broadcasted my intentions.
I'd needed to be careful because Tollana was protected by a planetary network of cannons, which automatically tracked and destroyed threatening ships in orbit. I also knew that to effectively protect a planet the size of Earth a network of 38 cannons would be needed so they must have at least that many.
The giant weapons fire charged particle streams into space from their location on the surface of the planet with deadly accuracy and were able to destroy a standard Ha'tak vessels in one or two shots. Which was an impressive achievement as Ha'tak have been shown to survive getting struck my naquadah enhanced nuclear weapons.
While my vessel could take a lot punishment than a mere Ha'tak, it was possible that the ion cannons had some sort of phase shifting involved in their use, if so then my ship wouldn't fair much better than a Ha'tak since my ship's armour wasn't that great, and there wasn't much I could do upgrade it.
Now that I'd been allowed to met with one of their leaders I was hoping to trade for ion cannon technology as well as their Phase-shifting tech, as while I had phase cloaks, I wanted to compare the Tollan tech to my own in case it allowed for improvements. Sure my drones could already ignore shields and my Asgard made plasma cannons could simply batter them down. But it would be good to have ion cannons as well.
Travell a a member of the highly advanced Tollan race and High Chancellor of the Tollan Curia, their highest ruling body was the person I'd be meeting with. Travell was a staunch defender of the Tollan's highest law: that they do not share their technology with less advanced species. So if I could convince her the other rulers should be easy to deal with.
"The High Chancellor will see you now" said one of the guards.
I was escorted into an office that looked comfortable enough, but not very large considering the rank of the person who worked in it.
"Lord Gothic" Travell greeted.
The High Chancellor was a serious looking woman who seemed old, but not infirm in anyway. Her eyes were clear and she had an expression of calm on her face which hid any feelings she might be having.
"Chancellor Travell" I replied.
My title as leader of the Confederation was actually Premiere, but the Confederation didn't exist here and bringing it up would just make matters more complex. Besides a part of me was thrilled by people calling me Lord Gothic. Not that I would ever admit this.
"So you have come to barter for some of our technology" Travell said.
I desired ion cannons most of all as I wanted fixed defences for my city-ship, to possibly mount them on my Aurora-class. While it had drones they weren't so easy to replace, and the ion cannons were effective against standard Ha'taks, which groups like the Alliance, Free Jaffa and the remaining Goa'uld would attack with should they become hostile towards the Confederation.
"And what do you have that we consider worth our ion cannons" Travell asked.
She didn't bother bringing up the fact that they didn't trade tech with less advanced races as it was clear to them that I wasn't less advanced. I'd beamed down here from my ship that had power levels vastly superior to that of a Ha'tak.
"Depends on what you want" I replied "How about hyperdrive that will allow to reach other galaxies?".
This did get the eagerness I was hoping for.
"Our people are not explores" was all she said.
I gave the matter some thought.
"How about superior shields for your ships?" I offered "Or shields that can protect your cities?".
I could tell this was going to take a while, and that likely I'd have to come back, but that was okay. I could always try another version of this world if things didn't work out here.
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P3R-233. Alternate Milky Way
As soon as Cameron and I beamed down it became clear to me that this planet was once home to an advanced civilization, who had collected various artifacts and pieces of technology from other planets, among them Ancient technology.
Like in other versions of the Stargate universe this planet was attacked by the Goa'uld, who rendered the planet's surface uninhabitable and completely wiped out the inhabitants of P3R-233. Nevertheless, the people were able to leave behind a warning from which planet the Goa'uld attack would come, including its Stargate address. I don't know who they'd been sending that message to, but in this reality I don't think the Tauri got it, and they hadn't been attacked in any case.
In the prime universe this planet was discovered by the Tau'ri and visited by SG-1 shortly before Apophis attacked the Earth. It was Dr. Daniel Jackson who discovered the Quantum Mirror, which brought him into an alternate reality. Daniel was however able to escape and warn his friends about a possible Goa'uld attack on Earth, which was good since such an event was going to happen in the other reality in the near future.
Following this event, many artifacts of P3R-233 were brought to Earth, among them the Quantum Mirror and a Long-range communication stone, with one being unknowingly activated by Colonel Jack O'Neill. The stone allowed him to see the life of Joe Spencer, a barber, who had found a similar stone at some point. The reviewing of each other lives had gone for years with neither of the men understanding that were actually seeing parts of another person' life.
I had the ATA gene as well so I made sure that Cameron carefully packed the stone away in her pack, and later she would place in the Cosmic Warehouse. Because of the danger of linking to someone in the Ori galaxy I didn't want anything to do with the Ancient long distance communication device. It could be studied safely during the next Jump.
While the other artifacts were not machines I took some of them too so that my city-ship could be better decorated. However while it always fun to loot my real interest was in the Quantum Mirror.
"Why do you want this device when you can already reach alternate universes with our ship?" questioned Cameron.
I realised that I hadn't actually explained to her why we were here.
"We can't keep taking the Thunderchild out whenever we feel like it" I said to Cameron as we started loading up our packs with the stuff in this lab "The Quantum Mirror will let us access alternate realities without taking our biggest military assets away from the Annwn".
Plus I had this crazy idea that if other Jumpers had ever looted the Quantum Mirror then it would be stored in their Cosmic Warehouses, and therefore I might be able to link to their Quantum Mirror. If this was possible then I could make contact with other Jumpers, and then we could exchange technology and other resources.
Of course my idea could be totally stupid. I'd just have to try it and find out. There was no note from Jump Chan this time so perhaps it wasn't as limited as the reality drive in that way.
"Come on we have things to do" I said as I beamed us back up to the ship.
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Kallana. Milky Way Galaxy.
Kallana was a planet in the Milky Way galaxy, which had a Stargate and was under the jurisdiction of Jaffa, formerly loyal to Cronus. In this reality the Jaffa were more kindly disposed to Teal'c and the Tauri as they'd been the people who'd killed Cronus, and had freed these Jaffa.
In the show the planet was chosen by the Ori to be the location of a Supergate that would serve as a beach head for an Ori Crusade into the Milky Way.
A Prior arrived on Kallana, however after the Jaffa inhabitants rejected Origin the Prior created a force field around the planet's Stargate. Leaching off energy from attacks by both the Free Jaffa Nation and the Tau'ri, the force field rapidly engulfed the entire planet and compressed it into a singularity as to create a permanent power source for a Supergate.
The Supergate was later destroyed by Vala Mal Doran after she disrupted the gate's construction process before it was able to be activated although Kallana had already been destroyed.
Kallana was intact in this version of the Stargate reality, and inhabited by a sizable population of Jaffa who were part of the Progressive Party, at least for the most part. They were also a sorry bunch, mostly living in what could generously called refugee camps. Their lack of military might meant that they weren't well represented in the Jaffa council despite their numbers.
"You should have asked for some prefab homes" I said to Bra'tac as I waited for the robots to finish carrying the crates into the encampment "Or at least some bigger tents".
Bra'tac raised an eyebrow.
"Prefab homes?" he asked..
I explained that prefabricated homes, often referred to as prefab homes or simply prefabs, were a type of prefabricated building, which are manufactured off-site in advance, usually in standard sections that can be easily shipped and assembled elsewhere.
It would be simple enough to manufacture the sections and to ship them through the gate, or via ship if they wouldn't fit. The tricky part would be finding people who could construct the building. They'd have to be willing to come to this world and teach the Jaffa how to erect, repair and maintain the structures.
Such experts wouldn't be too hard to find on Earth, but I'd have to hire them, via Stargate Command, they'd have to sign nondisclosure agreements, and I'd have to pay them in naquadah so IOA would have to arrange for the naquadah to be converted into American dollars, and they would try to drag that out in order to get more out of the deal.
"I have seen such things at the place the Tauri call Alpha Site" Bra'tac told me "and while you are correct the Jaffa of this world are too proud to accept charity, and they have nothing left to trade".
So these were the Jaffa who'd given me the technology, including perhaps there only real military assets, in exchange for a very large amount of supplies now, and ships later.
"Are the people here aware of everything I promised to supply you in trade?" I asked.
If they wouldn't accept charity, perhaps I could just add the things they needed to the existing deal.
"There is no formal record of our bargain" said Brat'ac, who soon caught on to my plan "These prefabricated homes you mentioned could have been part of the deal. In my old age I may forgotten that small part of our bargain".
I'd have to contact the Tauri and hire some engineers to help modernize this settlement as much as possible while training others to do the same, or to be more precise I'd have Miranda do it. She had a way of dealing with the IOA that might have something to do with the tight outfit she wore and the fact that the IOA was mostly made up of old perverts.
It could take years for those experts to modernize this society, but I could afford to pay them with naquadah taken from the Matter Furnace, and the whole point of the Confederation was to help the poverty stricken people of this galaxy. Granted my aim was to help humans, but the Confederation could only benefit from gaining goodwill from the Jaffa.
"For now the weapons you are providing will have to suffice in lifting the spirits of these Jaffa" Bra'tac was now saying.
While the Jaffa of this encampment were transfixed by the sight of my bots, they didn't seem like a happy bunch.
"They are warriors trying to fill the roles of farmers" Bra'tac whispered to me "It it my hope that the weapons you bring will let them feel like warriors even while they work the land".
For thousands of years the Jaffa had been soldiers in the armies of the system lords, as such they didn't have the knowledge required to farm, mine or whatever else it was the human slaves had once done for them. This was a big issue, but it could be solved by education. Which again was something I could help with, but that would have to wait.
"Jaffa Kree!" Bra'tac yelled.
I opened one of the containers, this one was full of zat guns, and by the looks of things they were needed. The Jaffa here had a few staff weapons, and many of them carried A Bashaak is a Jaffa training weapon with the same appearance as a staff weapon, but wooden, to train in hand-to-hand combat.
"See the fruits of our new alliance!" Bra'tac shouted "Come take what is yours".
I stepped back as the warriors of this world dropped their training staffs, and replaced them either staff weapon or zat gun. It was like Jaffa Christmas.
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Hebridan. Milky Way Galaxy.
With grace my puddle jumper landed within the boundaries of the Hebridan capital city, I could have beamed down, but the natives of this world had given me landing coordinates. Besides from that I wanted them to get a look at a Puddle Jumper as that would hint at the kind of technology I had to offer.
My ship descended until it landed on a platform of a ship receiving facility that belonged to the corporate giant known as the Tech Con Group. Which was the organization I wanted to build closer ties with as they had the resources and technology to help me improve many worlds across this galaxy.
I kept my mind focused on the meeting to come as I strode down a walkway towards a human who was waiting for me. The human, who was a simple functionary, politely welcomed me to Hebridan on behalf of the Tech Con Group.
Trade deals were important, and I wasn't the only member of my group who was helping to set up such deals. Ever year Tech Con awarded a very lucrative contract to the winner of the annual Loop of Kon Garat race. If Tali won the Tech Con Group would have to award me a deal, and once they saw what my tech could do for them they'd be willing to make many more deals.
As I looked around I saw many advistiments, all of which were trying to sell stuff. Tech Con Ultra Sport Beverage Tech Con Gaming Kiosks ("If you don't play, you definitely won't win") Tech Con Deep Space Exploration Tech Con Cosmetics Tech Con family outlets. Tech Con Funeral Services ("Helping you make peace with death") Tech Con Propulsion Systems ("Your system wide experts in ion-drive technology") Tech Con Group Restaurant Family Chain. It just went on and on.
I saw all of those adverts before Cameron and I boarded a rail bound tram. Once we were seated the human escorting us entered commands on the tram's destination terminal. It seemed that Tech Con Group even ran the public transport network on this planet.
This trip gave me a chance to see Hebridan's capital city in all its glory, it was a testament to wealth and success. There were towers of shimmering glass which rose to astounding heights in a way that reminded me of Manhattan skyline, only this was even more impressive. In the distance, construction activity could also be seen. While appearing polished and complete, the capital city was still very much a work in progress as older buildings were replaced with newer, larger and I was sure more high tech as well.
Already nearing the end of its voyage, the tram raced across a skyway high above the streets of the capital. The tram slowed, as the skyway entered the magnificently appointed headquarters of Tech Con Group. After entering the seventeenth floor of the tower, the tram slowed to a crawl before finally coming to a stop.
Soon my escort and I exited the tram, and the three of us proceeded to a private elevator nearby. This elevator, moved quickly, carried both Cameron and I, as well, as our escort to the topmost floor of the building. Which took a while as the headquarters of Tech Con Group was massive.
As the doors opened, I was told to proceed into the large office near the elevator, while the escort and my bodyguard waited outside.
"Before we get to business" said the head of Tech Con Group "Let's watch the race".
I was directed to join the others, who judging by their dress, were all high ranking members of Tech Con Group or other VIPs. Drinks and snacks were being handed out by serving types, and everyone was looking at the huge monitors which currently showed the ships that hadn't yet started racing.
At once I spotted the modified Delta Flyer, it was oddly shaped compared to the other vessels, and I crossed my fingers, as the race began. Victory ensured that our star ship technologies would attract considerable interest from investors, and once the trade began I'd be able to set up as many deals as I needed to in order to gain the Confederation the support it needed.
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Delta Flyer. Hebridan System.
"Are we ready" Tali'Zorah asked Seven of Nine.
While these two women weren't that close, it hadn't been a hard choice for Tali when deciding who her co-pilot for this race was going to be. No one had a better understanding of the underlying technology of the Flyer than the former drone did.
"We are ready" Seven replied.
Her timing was good as a message was now coming through the comm system.
'This is Tech Con flight control, standby for race start' it announced.
When the race started Tali brought the impulse drive up to full power, which gave them an early led in the race. The Hebridan ion drives were a marvel of engineering, and spoke well of their understanding of physics, but they just couldn't compete with the kind of thrust an impulse drive could offer.
However this didn't mean that the outcome of the race was a foregone conclusion. The two women still had to deal with the other obstacles and trials which made up the race. Besides speed was nothing if it wasn't backed up by endurance.
The first trail was designed to test the defensive capacity of each ship and consisted of a large number of armed drones which would fire at and chase the ships running the course, at least for a set distance. This part of the race was meant to the test the defences of the racing ships, and to test their weapons as it was permitted to fire back at the drones.
"We are within weapon's range of the drones" the former Borg drone announced.
Tali smiled and since she no longer required a suit even when in her quarian form her smile could be seen, had anyone been looking at her. She kept smiling even as the Delta Flyer came under attack.
"Looks like the shields are holding" she said "Fire back when you're ready".
The drones were not very well protected themselves and the Flyer blasted several of them with its forward mounted pulse cannons and phaser bank. This was a good demonstration of the kind of weapons the Confederation had to offer in trade, but of course these weren't the best the Confederation had.
Drones and Asgard plasma beams were even better than pulse cannons and phaser banks, but Tali had seen no need to install such power hungry weapons onto her ship. Not when it had a phase cloak, any enemy she couldn't outrun or outfight could be hidden from. However now that they had a some spare ZPMs she might reconsider that.
The sheer number of drones meant that they were given the Flyer's shields a real hammering the shield it would have been so bad if the other entrants in the race were lagging behind as that would mean the attention of the drones would be split between several vessels.
Lucky for the two ladies even the collective firepower of the drones wasn't enough to overwhelm the Ancient style shields before the rest of the ships arrived and drew the attention of some of the drones. Which gave the two person crew of the flyer to chance to blow up a few more drones.
With that stage done they headed towards the next stage, a dash through the chromosphere of the system's sun. As they headed through the outer layers of the star, the radiation and electromagnetic interference began to effect communications badly and Seven was annoyed because she couldn't track the progress of the other ships. She was the kind of person who liked to have as much information as possible in these sort of situations, and not having that info made her uneasy.
She knew they were still in the led, and that a few of the ships had already been knocked out of the race by the drones, and while her scanners were limited right now, she was also pretty sure that someone was in danger.
"One of the ships has suddenly dropped out of the race" Seven reported "It has been caught in the gravity well of the star".
Tali was already changing course.
"Why are we rendering aid?" Seven wondered.
She'd read the rules and regulations concerning this event, and the dangers were made quite clear to all involved. Also the ship currently heading towards the sun had not sent a distress called.
'If we were falling towards the sun I'd want someone to come and save us" Tali said
Thankfully they didn't give up too much of their led. The Flyer was able to tow the endangered ship out of trouble by using its tractor beam. Then once they were far enough away from the gravity well the tractor beam was disengaged and every spare bit of energy was put into the impulse drive.
After clearing the asteroid belt, which the Flyer had needed to slow down for, there were only three ships left in the race, and at this point the Flyer got to show off how useful it was to be able to cancel out your ship's mass using Mass Effect technology.
In the straight run to the finish line the Flyer ate up the distance, and was restored to the led it had lost while saving someone from a very hot death. While the other two ships were still heading towards the finishing line, having thousands of miles left, the Flyer crossed the finish line, completing the race in the shortest time ever.
Given the low odd the Confederation ship had been given it was a shame that no one in Gothic's group ever gambled, had they placed even a modest bet they'd have come away from this as very wealthy people.
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Hebridan. Milky Way Galaxy.
"The Tech Con Group would love the opportunity to expand our markets to your world" the current head of Tech Con Group was saying moments after the race was done "Perhaps we should open up negotiations".
I couldn't help smiling. Not because of the deals to come, but because I was go proud of Tali and Seven, even when they'd gone after that crashing ship I hadn't been worried as it had been clear right from the start that the Flyer was vastly superior to anything the Hebridans had.
"What I am here to propose is a more direct transfer of knowledge and goods" I explained.
That got people's attention. I now had the whole room looking at me.
"What exactly is it you propose?" someone asked.
I refreshed my drink before replying, making people wait a few seconds while I had control of the room.
"Your ships lack the speed of ours because we have superior sublight drives and hyperdrives" I said "However your people have very good industry".
An industry I would use to my advantage.
"I propose a simple trade. Advanced sublight and hyperdrive technology, in exchange for aid uplifting Confederation worlds" I proposed "Your company seeks new markets, but so many humans worlds out there aren't advanced enough to become decent trading partners. If you aid me in uplifting them over a period of years it will cost you in the short term, but in the long term you'll be creating the new markets you need while also improving the lives of people across the galaxy".
There was some muttering as people discussed my offer.
"While that offer is incredibly generous, I must ask why you haven't offered Earth this deal?" someone asked "We are well aware of the close relationship you share with humanity's homeworld. One would think it obvious you would turn to Earth for assistance".
I resisted the urge to sigh. I had hoped to keep Earth out of this.
"That is a very good question" I admitted "While they do have the industry I require, and Tau'ri technology is impressive, they hoard it. Most of their people aren't even aware of that there are other worlds so I could never hire enough of their people for such a grand endeavor. I'm going to need many engineers, and experts in different fields in order to uplight the worlds within the Confederation. Keep them at level of technology high enough for you to bother trading with them will take much in the way of education and planning. That is why I propose that this be a joint venture between Tech Con Group and the Confederation".
There were many murmurs, as people softly discussed my offer and what it could mean.
"While you're right about future profits, Lord Gothic" said a human businessman "In the short term this idea of yours will be very costly, and while Tech Con Group is dedicated to a better future it is still a business and we have shareholders to thinking about".
Thankfully I'd already thought of that.
"Think of the research and time you'll save if I simply give you the technology you desire" I told the group before me "Now of course your scientists will still need to back engineer the technology, and find ways to make it work with your own, but that will be easier than trying to advance your technology the way your doing now. Giving you this technology will save you centuries of arduous research".
Unlike other worlds these people had proven that they wouldn't destroy themselves if I rapidly advanced them. Although I would be careful when it came to power generation technology and weapons.
"Your current fleet of vessels can be fitted with faster hyperdrives rather easily" I informed the executives "I have allies who can assist with this".
The Asgard should be able to help with that. They owed me and perhaps this world had something to offer them.
"These drives on your warships mean that you'll have a much easier time protecting your colonies and home world" I was now saying "The same holds true for your merchant vessels. That alone should make this trade a valuable stream of revenue for your corporation".
The mumerings were louder and more eager now.
"If you need naquadah I can put you in contact with worlds that have deposits, but not the means to exploit them" I said next "You could easily provide the tools and share the knowledge required to create superior mining operations in exchange for a percentage of the naquadah".
Someone raised a hand.
"What was that device your ship used to save the vessel that was heading into the sun" a woman asked.
Well if they wanted tractors beams that was something I could provide them with, and so much more. This meeting could go on for hours.
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Anwwn. Milky Way Galaxy.
With a sigh I sat down and leaned back in my chair. I got to relax for a few seconds before Miranda Lawson walking into my office.
"How did it go?" she asked while taking a seat.
I smiled despite how tired I felt.
"Pretty well" I told her "Tech Con Group is willing to help us uplift human populations to create new markets in the future in exchange for star ship technology now. They'll be setting up a new division that will be based here, and they'll soon be sending survey teams to assess the settlements we want to improve".
I'd been right in bringing Tech Con Group into this. They had the experts, the resources, the industry and the drive to get the work done. With their help the worlds of the Confederation, and those more primitive planets that were under my protection, could be carefully uplifted over a period of years, without being a massive drain on my resources.
"Do you still want to hire experts from Earth?" Miranda enquired.
I nodded because I did.
"The IOA will make a song and dance about it, but I don't want to spend all my time putting together supplies and moving them to different worlds so we need to create worlds that are more modern and as self sufficient as possible" I admitted to the former Cerberus operative "I have better things to do be doing than charity work, even if it does make me feel better about myself".
Miranda got up off her chair. Clearly she had things she needed to go do.
"I'll get working on setting up a space for this new group" she said "And later I'll contact Earth, and try to get those experts you want".
With that she walked out of the room, and I leaned back again in attempt to enjoy what few moments of peace I could get.