บท 31: Negotiations
Rio POV
I just finished a training session on Vaapad and was heading to the kitchen to get some food, I had just entered the kitchen when I walked past a Gardevoir.
'Wait, Gardevoirs aren't blue. Holy crap it's a shiny! Where are my Pokeballs?'
I scramble for a second before remembering that I summoned a Gardevoir.
'Wait it was a shiny summon. Why didn't it say so in the description? I should say hello.'
Rio: "Hello, my name is Rio. I believe I summoned you. What do you go by?"
Gardevoir: "Ah! Where did you come from? How did I not hear you coming? Why can't I sense your mind? Why are you naked?"
Rio: "Oh, in order. From the training room. I walk very quietly. My mind is hidden from basically all but the highest-level beings. I am not naked I am wearing pants. Oh and sorry for scaring you."
Gardevoir: "Wait you can understand what I am saying without my telepathy?"
Rio: "Huh, oh yeah I learned that ability a little while ago. I can now understand all languages and even encryptions. Also, you still haven't introduced yourself."
Gardevoir: "Sorry about that. You can call me Gardevoir. I was never caught before so I never got a nickname. I do have a question for you while we are talking. If that is alright."
Rio: "Nice to meet you Gardevoir and yes ask away but let me make something to eat while I am answering please, as I just finished some intense training."
Gardevoir: "That's fine. I was going to ask why are you okay with me and the other Pokemon not working. Isn't that the main reason humans catch Pokemon? Also, why did you summon us if you don't require us to work?"
Rio: "You don't have to work for 2 reasons the first is you were summoned by me and thus I have an obligation to take care of you. The second is I won't force anyone to do a job they don't want to. It would be really inefficient if I did so. If you want to do your job and you love it then you will never work a day in your life. To answer your second question I should clarify that you are not a caught Pokemon, I never caught you I just summoned you. As for if humans catch Pokemon just so they can do work for them I think not everyone is like that. Then again I don't know what your world is like so I can't say for certain. Finally, I summoned you because I won your summoning in a raffle of sorts. If you help great, if not then I will ensure you will have a nice comfortable life."
Gardevoir: "Wait, I am not captured?"
Rio: "Nope, you are still a wild Pokemon. All the Pokemon you have met are the same. Lucario is also in a different situation from you. I hatched Lucario from an egg so I am sort of his father and as such I am trying to raise him to be a productive member of society. If he said he wasn't ready or didn't want the job I asked him to do I would have accepted it and moved on."
Gardevoir: "You are probably the weirdest human I have ever heard about."
Rio: "HAHAHA."
Gardevoir pouts a bit at my laughter.
Gardevoir: "What's so funny?"
Rio: "Sorry it's just that I am not human so I found it amusing you thought I was."
Gardevoir: "Wait what? How can you not be human? Are you a Ditto?"
I can't handle it and burst into more laughter at the ridiculous idea of me being a Ditto. Gardevoir just pouts more at my laughter.
Rio: "Oh, that was a good one but no I am not a Ditto, a human, or a Pokemon. I am an Alicorn."
I transform into my Alicorn form to show her my actual appearance. Gardevoir just stares wide-eyed at my Alicorn form.
Gardevoir: "You, I, What?"
I giggle a bit.
Rio: "I assume Lucario hasn't started your familiarization training yet. You are in a different universe that has thousands of different sentient species. I am the only one of my kind so you won't see others like me. This universe is so very different from your old one. I would love to explain all the intricacies to you and the others but I have a very strict schedule to keep to for the next month. It was lovely meeting you but I have to get back to my training. If Lucario ever gets on your case too much ask him about the Mew costume. If you need anything from me ask Sebas or if I am outside the training room just ask me. Have a nice day."
POV Gardevoir
I watch as my trainer, no my summoner leaves.
'Wow, he is not a Pokemon but dang he sure looks like one. Aliens huh? I heard Clefairy were from the moon but I never really believed that. Now I guess I get to meet a lot of aliens in the future. I wonder if I should work for him? Hehe.'
I quickly shake my head to get those thoughts out of my head and look at the breakfast he made for me. I decided to try it and I am shocked by how good it is.
'Wow, this is really good. I can get used to this. I hope this is the kind of food we get for every meal. I wonder if being a scientist is really the job I would want to get. I think the other idea was assistant but for whom? Maybe Rio?'
I look at the time and see I need to get going so I can go to the first lecture by Lucario. I quickly finish the meal and get going.
A Couple Of Weeks Later...
POV Tex
The Aura's Revenge leaves hyperspace and I look upon the planet Sakaar. I looked over the scans and attempted to contact the local space authorities. After talking to them I set up an appointment to meet the Grandmaster.
Tex: "Prepare my shuttle and the proxy droid."
B1: "Roger Roger."
The shuttle leaves and I connect to the proxy droid so I can be present at the meeting without risking myself. We land at the palace and are escorted to the audience chambers.
Grandmaster: "Welcome visitors to Sakaar. What do I owe the pleasure of this meeting?"
Tex: "I am here on behalf of the Baktoid Combat Automata or BCA for short to negotiate absolute rights to all material on Sakaar."
Grandmaster: "That is quite the request. What are you offering in exchange?"
Tex: "The BCA is offering to not invade Sakaar and to not interfere in your government. We will offer assistance in maintaining you as the current leader of Sakaar if you make scraping illegal and give us the right to detain anyone caught scrapping."
Grandmaster: "You walk into my palace and demand I give you complete authority over Sakaar in exchange for you not taking everything anyway. Why shouldn't I just kill you here and summon my army to fight."
Tex: "That is because we have already taken control over all the planet's defense systems and if you attack me you will only destroy this droid while I order an orbital bombardment of this palace. Once you are dead we will either take over the planet or place someone else on its throne. Or we can avoid all that unnecessary bloodshed and you get to maintain your position while receiving our support for your regime. We have over 2 million droids ready to invade the planet and wipe out everyone who resists. Make your decision."
The Grandmaster scowls for a few minutes before giving up once he realizes he really lost control of his planet's defenses. When he realizes his situation he becomes pale and wide-eyed.
Grandmaster: "I will sign the agreement. I will not punish anyone for scraping or salvaging but I won't stop you from doing whatever you want to them. I just want it in writing that you will fully support my regime. I will also require you to trade with me as Sakaar needs to rely on outside imports from time to time. I hope everything is acceptable."
I look over the agreement and scan for any deceptions. Surprisingly there are none.
Tex: "This contract is acceptable. You will have to announce the terms of this contract planet-wide so that everyone knows what the restrictions are. If one wants to be a scrapper or salvager they must get a license through the BCA."
Grandmaster: "Of course, I will make the announcement right away. It was a pleasure doing business with you."
With that, the meeting ends and I return to the Aura's Revenge. Once the droid leaves the planet I disconnect and look to my right where a communicator is. I send a message.
Tails: "Hi, Tex. Did the negotiation work out?"
Tex: "Yes, you can enter the system with the prototype."
Tails smiles and says.
Tails: "Perfect, I will see you in a minute."
A Few Minutes Later...
Tails: "Okay, now it's time to see if our project worked. You think she's ready?"
Faraday: "Absolutely, we have triple-checked all the numbers, and the previous tests worked flawlessly. If it fails then it won't take too long for us to figure out how to improve it."
Tails: "Okay, we are in position. Beginning powering sequence. All systems are nominal. The Ultra Recycler Machine (URM) is online. Selecting target. Activating. Please work."
A massive rectangle of 300 meters in length attached to a Dreadnaught-class heavy cruiser starts to glow green and suck up a large portion of junk from the planet's surface. After it enters the rectangle the junk disappears. The junk is dematerialized into base materials and then condensed into a storage bay designed to store large amounts of material in smaller spaces.
Tails: "Everything is holding steady. Our first spacial compressor is at 82% capacity and slowly increasing. How is the ship doing with the extra weight?"
Faraday: "Good so far. It looks like it will be able to handle all 8 containers becoming full. Should we test the short-range teleporter now or when we reach 7 full containers?"
Tails: "I can lower the intake and we can test the teleporter's capability to store the materials in the other dreadnaughts."
Faraday: "Do it. I will warn you if I see anything wrong with the reports."
After a few hours of operating the URM is shut off and the dreadnaughts retreat with the materials back to Olympus.
Tex: "How was the first operational test of the URM?"
Faraday: "Excellent, we only saw a slight issue with the dreadnaught's capability of holding such a large amount of cargo. We will change the amount that is carried out for the next test. The issues themselves were only an issue when in the atmosphere, in a no-gravity area it was unnoticeable. We also checked the cargo itself and confirmed that everything was converted from miscellaneous junk and parts to base materials they are made from."
Tex: "What about the tech scanner did it give good results?"
Faraday: "Technically it worked. The issue is was much of what was scanned was either too damaged to learn anything or incomplete and thus the results were less than ideal. Most of the information we were able to learn about was some very rudimentary appliance designs. As for the military tech we were looking for, nothing concrete. That being said we found something odd."
Faraday looks to Tails and nods. Tails grabs a piece of what looks like scrap and hands it to Tex.
Tex: "What is this?"
Faraday: "A very strange piece of technology. I made the scanner to separate if any tech found was of a level 10 or above. That or unrecognizable. What you are holding is something maybe around the same level as the Aura's Revenge or higher. I can't be certain until I analyze it some more. What I can say for certain is it is unlike anything we have seen so far. It is designed with a completely different thought process. If I had to say what it resembles it would be a piece of tech a techno-organic would make. It's too early to say for certain what that was used for but my guess is a piece of a computer. It almost seems like a recording device but I can't see how to activate it. I request time to study this before I am sent to work on the Covenant tech."
I look at the device in my hand and calculate the possible value and risks with his request.
Tex: "I accept your request. However, you must first finish the correction to the URM, and technician Tails will remain on the project to train new droids on the operation of the URM."
Faraday: "Thank you and I will work to get the corrections in place immediately."
Tails: "I have no problem teaching the droids to use the URM. I will also write a complete manual on its operation. Repairs will require me or Faraday to do."
Tex: "Very well I will await your reports. If you have nothing else you are dismissed."
I return the item back to Tails and focus on making sure the control of Sakaar is continuing smoothly.
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Authors Note:
So Sakaar is now under the control of the BCA. I chose to make them name themselves like that so that it can't be easily traced back to the Crystal Imperium and instead, it looks like a mega-corporation is salvaging all of Sakaar. Also if you have a better name for the URM then let me know. If you have any recomendations to what the technicians could create let me know. As always if you have comments or concerns let me know and until next time Ciao.
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