He could also agree to price techniques by "length of time" it takes a sample representative to Master the technique. And each trade is done one at a time. If one side is offering up techniques that are too easy... then they will eventually go into debt and have to offer up a "free" technique until sufficient days get used up to put the sides back at parity. And... each side can clearly stack the odds by offering up a Martial Artist with the greatest affinity with each technique.
ch 672 Reaction
Action · Lord_Streak
And... the twins are about to steal his Relic. That could be quite a problem!
ch 2003 Why Three Days?
Fantasy · Suiyan
So... the target should be one of the tribes the Long rangers are already fighting? And making sure to fight in "outnumbered" conditions when they can will be super impressive. Much more then smuggling on a minor invasive species would be!
ch 661 Considerations
Action · Lord_Streak
And the day they find out the "Mind Mask" technique is a thing... they will blow their minds! Because after all, they never actually killed those "weak mortals" the powerful Martial Artists took orders from! Nor did those "weak mortals" flinch under the aura of Seniors. As for the lack of retaliation fir the original killed sailors... well... we will see what story Rui eventually comes up with.
ch 660 Conflict
Action · Lord_Streak
Would be better if they continued to accept the more marginal applications who truly need a trustworthy contract system. And the more graceful and civilized bankruptcy procedures the Open Concortium facilitates... the better their reputation! In fact... I wonder if the Duvalt leaders wish to expand that Open Consortium to be their method of government!!🤯
"Dozens." Calsie replied. "Some members have clearly entered our consortium in order to get over a rough patch. Once they have reached a healthier state, they no longer want to meet the obligations of our organizations, so they eventually submit applications to leave our organization. Luckily, they have also done so in an orderly manner. There were only a few times where we had to strike a member off the book because they had become bankrupt. Lately, neither of these two events have happened because we are only taking in successful and promising companies."
Sci-fi · Exlor
That is EASY problem to fix. Ves merely needs to make more Open Books totems!
"I thought you already knew that, sir." Calsie said. "While we have explored possibilities to found new open trade consortiums in the Magair Middle Zone and so on, we are hindered by two factors. One is the fact that we have only a single Open Book that can only stay in one physical location. Another is our non-existent foundations in the other zones."
Sci-fi · Exlor
The rule "50% non-Hexer" only works if it applies to BOTH total numbers and company size. Otherwise they can cheat the system by accepting a bunch of tiny women-owned companies from out of State. Or a single large company to "balance" all the Hexxer ones. The LMC itself might count as "50%" all by itself after all. Might also need a rule stating that both 'male owned' and 'female owned' companies can't drop below the... 35% mark. Otherwise you know the Hexxers are gonna mandate female-only business.
ch 4686 Expansion Strategy
Sci-fi · Exlor
And yet Ves is STILL one provocation away from flipping the table and leaving. The only way to convince him to land on another planet in the future is if they are setting up another branch. Because Ves is getting increasingly more antsy about being 'associated' with Duvalt.
ch 4685 Consortium Growth
Sci-fi · Exlor
Oh... you are right! Gloriana is absolutely the person to bribe! Expecially if she thinks this will force Ves to pick a planet and stay there!
ch 4684 Useful Niche
Sci-fi · Exlor
Keep in mind a big check with that many zeros is ALSO an implied threat! If Tristian refuses he will soon find his commissions drying up and tons of extra "fees" added to his business dealings. But yeah, Ves won't mind if Tristan reports this conversation.
"...Well, if you put it that way… I guess I can tell you my shallow impressions of Ves. I am not a close friend of his, but I hope my comments may be useful."
Sci-fi · Exlor
That also gives Lucky time to manufacture the perfect gem for Ark!
ch 4682 Gear Dependent
Sci-fi · Exlor
I predict a LOT of assists from Rui here. Which might be more impressive then if he did his usual mele stomping tactics.
ch 679 Deployed
The Martial Unity
Action · Lord_Streak