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| [CLOSED] Gondor Visits Port Moreland | |
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| Topic Started: Feb 28 2016, 10:18 PM (363 Views) | |
| UnitedMoreland | Feb 28 2016, 10:18 PM Post #1 |
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 Port Moreland had only been sovereign territory of United Moreland a few months, but already the city was beginning to fill up, hardly any locals had left preferring to see what opportunities the new government would bring as well as having nowhere else to really go. The people of the United Moreland business community had taken the chance too, several shiny new office buildings that had laid empty under the former Zimalian government where now full of workers from both cultures. The Central Business District was built around a large beautiful marina into which HMS Majesty was moored. The ship had made the short voyage following the signing of the Cultural Exchange Treaty and now Princess Anna was enjoying a relaxing early morning Green Tea on its rear deck. While the weather at home in Lancaster was always a bit hit and miss this time of year the Port Moreland sunshine was a pleasant treat. She finished reading her morning paper while eating some toast before draining her tea and making her way dockside. "Good morning Your Highness" Piper McKenna the nations Foreign Minister said as she came strolling along the dockside. "Morning Piper" Anna said as she put the thin linen jacket on over the top of her loose fitting pale blue dress. "We all set?" "Yes Ma'am" Piper said with relish, she always enjoyed meetings like this, "We'll be at the airport in 20minutes, the police are going to convoy us, once there a small detachment of the Royal Lancastrians have been flown in for the honour guard, we pick up there delegation and then its coffee and cake on the roof of the cities highest hotel the Zanzibar, we've also booked them a floor for in case they wish to stay, Captain Marshall of the Royal Moreland Scouts is attached to them as security liason." "He the guy with the ginger beard or the one whose about 7ft tall." Anna asked as they entered the second of the large Black SUV's, thanfully equipped with air conditioning. "The ginger one, beside Bennett is only about 6ft Ma'am" she smiled "Everyone's tall compared to me" Anna said as the car began to pull off. A few locals in the down town areas waved noticing the car with the flags on knowing it was the royalty, it was strange at first to the locals to have a monarch and royal family but after a few weeks of the youngest Cullen, Princess Jessica basing herself here the locals had got to like the youngest Cullen and by association the others. The car arrived at the airport, it was far too large for what was needed, capable of handling hundreds of international flights a day but with the exception of a few cargo aircraft and the twice daily flight to United Moreland very little used the place at the moment. Anna exited the car and the Royal Lancastrians in their immaculate red jackets snapped to attention, even in the heat not a single man moved, they'd discovered the day before that standing around for a long time in the heat meant the dye in the red jackets would rub off onto their skin and many of them now began imagining having to clean the red lines from out the shower blocks back at the barracks. Still they were each proud to wear the scarlet jacket that denoted them of being the descendents of those men who had united the Kingdom nearly 300 years earlier and fought alongside Anna's great, great, etc grandfather Joseph Cullen. Anna asked them to be stood at ease and began chatting to some of them while they waited, another black SUV arrived and two uncomfortably suited men got out, Captain Marshall and his Sergeant, the giant Sgt. Bennett. The two men came over to the royal party. "Ma'am, we've just come from the tower, VIP's are inbound, Bennett here will be watching over you, I'll be with the guests." the Scouts as well as being the nations elite fighting force were also responsible for providing royal bodyguards and ensuring the safety of VIP's. It was a role none of them really enjoyed as it required them to be aware of protocol, something the very laid back Scouts didn't enjoy. "Boss man" the Sergeant said pointing up at the incoming aircraft that was on final approach. "Better get yourself squared away, your guys here." the two men retreated to stand behind the Princess as the Lancastrian's formed up again. The aircraft touched down and came to a stop and a small local school choir began singing the Gondor national anthem, they'd been practising for days. The anthem had been given a rather unusual twist as the school children were more used to local African style singing than that of a nation like Gondor, never the less the Princess enjoyed it and took up position to greet her guests. |
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| UnitedMoreland | Mar 14 2016, 11:04 PM Post #21 |
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"Well in that case I look forward to seeing you this evening" Anna said standing from her seat, "As you're staying at the hotel you are of course more than welcome to take advantage of all the facilities, the staff here are very attentive, anything you need they'll arrange, if they can't just contact HMS Majesty and we'll get it done. Thank you for your time" she said nodding a small bow before leaving with Foreign Minister Piper McKenna. "So what do you think Piper" Anna asked as they stood in the lift back to the ground floor. "Seems a nice enough guy, although I have to say I'm a bit worried with the relationship between the Khanate and Gondor, from bits and pieces I'm picking up their getting awfully cosy, now I know we have a treaty with Los Vatican but these guys are getting very close if the scuttlebutt is right" Piper said passing on a few bits and pieces that she'd heard. "Now I'd hope that Gondor could be perhaps a calming influence but who knows" she shrugged as the doors pinged open. "Ok, so lets get back to the yacht, have some down time and then brief Dawson when he arrives." Anna said as they crossed the road outside and walked the brief distance down the road to the marina where HMS Majesty was moored. She went onboard and spent the next few hours catching up on e-mails and catching a quick nap before a knock on the door informed her that William had arrived. She took thirty minutes to put on a cocktail dress and make her way onto the deck, the sun was begining its descent but there was still plenty of time before sunset. "Hello Your Highness" William said standing. He was a small unassuming man with messy blonde hair and thick rimmed glasses, he was about 40 years of age, his position a testimony to his hard work and dedication. He was, as always immaculatly dressed in a black pin stripe suit, a trade mark bowler hat sat next to the chair he'd been sat on. "Is a great honour to be asked to dine with you and your guests." he said giving Anna's hand a gentle kiss "Your more than welcome William" Anna said taking a seat next to him, "Beside I'm hoping you and me can both get something from this, you want investments, we want closer connections, how would you like to buy a port?" she smiled. William sat back stiring his tea before blowing on it, he took a sip before answering, "For the right price in the right place sure. We have three new rigs funded all we need is a launch platform and we're good to go. Where would I be thinking of buying this Port?" "Well maybe not outright buying" Anna admitted, "Gondor." "Hmm....could be interesting." William put his tea down. "So when are they coming to dinner?" "Anytime soon" Piper said motioning to the impending arrival. |
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| Gondor | Mar 15 2016, 10:49 PM Post #22 |
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After spending a few hours relaxing at his hotel, Nyguno and his security detail left for the HMS Majesty. One of his most trusted aides, Mao Jangao, discussed with him the day's events as they rode in the limo on the way. "Nyguno, what do you think of these foreigners?" "They are very hospitable, and very clever. This trade treaty that they established with us will be very beneficial to our country, especially if we can broker this deal with Gaz Tech. Princess Anna and Piper I thought were very warm and welcoming. Morelanders as a whole give me a good feeling about their competence in general. They aren't like the Maddomans or the other Western powers because they do not manipulate situations to put them in a positive light and us in a negative one." "You are very wise, my Lord. I trust the Morelanders as well. But this William Dawson? I don't know anything about him. Do you?" "Not much, but I'm not nervous. His company has had great success with whatever they do. That man is worth billions because he is smart, and I know that he can help Gondor's economy become a powerhouse if given the chance. That said, who knows. He could be a cuthroat business tycoon with no care for anyone but himself." When they had finished speaking, they had reached the HMS Majesty. They were lead to the room where the dinner was to take place, and just Nyguno went there. Nyguno walked into the room and bowed. "My Ladies, Anna and Piper, I am delighted to join you for dinner this fine evening." He went over to where William Dawson was sitting, and offered his hand in a handshake. "It is a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Dawson. I do hope that over dinner we can establish a business partnership between your company and my country." Edited by Gondor, Mar 15 2016, 10:50 PM.
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| UnitedMoreland | Mar 16 2016, 11:14 PM Post #23 |
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William stood and grasped the man's hand firmly, despite his small physical stature he had a surprisingly strong grip thanks to his love of rock climbing. "The pleasure is all mine" William said taking his seat again. "After all I understand you to be the person who is likely to be able to offer Gaz Tech a unique opportunity." The Queen took the party to the rear of the boat where a large circular table had been arranged. "I've explained to William that you're looking for ways to potentially expand your nations port facilities, I think you might be able to help each other." A group of white suited waiters appeared without word and produced a silver dome covered plate from under a large napkin. They placed the napkin across the lap of their assigned diner with a swift professional motion. Each then stood slightly behind their person as though a soldier at attention, without a word being said they each reached forward grasped the ring atop the silver dome and with a flourish lifted them. "Baked Goats Cheese and Fresh Soda Bread" the lead waiter said before his comrades turned and trooped back towards the galley. He remained and poured each person a glass of white wine before following leaving the bottle in a large bucket. "Soda Bread" William said breaking a large chunk off. "My Gran used to make the best soda bread in Lancaster" he smiled, "although I suppose I am bias" he dipped his bread into the centre of the baked cheese scooping up a gooey glob. Princess Anna was a little more refined using a knife to spread the runny cheese on a small piece of bread. "Now My Lordship, I suspect if we're to talk business then you'd probably be better equipped if I told you a little about our company." he took a bite of his food. "Hmmm....good" he mused before continuing, "We're a company with fingers in many pies so to speak, our main one however is Oil and Gas exploration and extraction, to that end we construct a lot of off-shore drilling platforms and tankers, we tried to bring everything in house in the 1980's and it served us rather well. We operate rigs ourself and handle the product, usually natural gas from extraction until sale to a customer such as the power stations of my beloved homeland" he smiled at Princess Anna, "We're currently extending the search for 'new reserves to tap far and wide, staying within international law of course, as such we're constantly looking for new Ports to access with our supertankers or from where to launch construction projects. As such we have invested in United Moreland ports, we own 45% of Lancaster Port, we also have a 30% stake in the one here in Port Moreland. Now the way we can come to an arrangement is clearly very negotiable, but usually we work on deals where we ask an independent valuer to come into the Port and assess its worth, we then agree with the operators or owners an upgrades package. Now for example should your port be worth $10billion and the upgrades be $2billion we would agree a deal where we would ay for the upgrades and take 20% of the Port's shares. We would own those shares until a time we make our money back from port fees or other income, at which point the 20% go back to the original owner, in return we get indefinite free use of the Port, first refusal on further shares and exclusivity in terms of no other company may launch oil or gas rigs from there. Now in terms of finances we're a strong company, last year we made a net profit of around $8.8billion. Now if there is anything you wish to know about our company, myself or our operations I'd be glad to tell you, our system for deals on Ports is also not set in stone, I have to admit I'm not 100% sure on the current status of your ports?" |
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