Chardaan
So far, so good.
The heads and shareholders were now running the numbers, determining if the investment by their redheaded guest and master engineer was worth their credits. Tiamat knew of course, they were getting a pretty nice payout and she would make back what she paid within a few short years as her engineers overhaul the shipwright presently. The path engine was a modern miracle of hyperspace travel, tested and rebuilt to overcome the dangers it posed centuries earlier, with it now making hyperspace travel for large ships safer and quicker, cutting costs, increasing profits, especially for those importing goods from the far reaches of the outer rim.
She sat silently in her chair, red locks of wavy hair draped down her cheeks and over her shoulders. She wore what made most comfortable in the galaxy, civilian attire, saving her formal armor and robes for business that resided in the Empire. Her affiliation did come up of course, but with the advances in technology, saying no to something like this, one has to put aside political alliances in order to better understand how this technology would change the galaxy. Regardless, they were at the stage of the meeting where she wanted to be: long silences and negotiations.
Not alone on her side of the table, she did bring another with her: Nakoa Singh. She first met them at the coronation for Altair and found them mildly amusing, to that it wasn't so over the top that for someone who shared her interests, she hoped they were able to pick up a few things from this business negotiation.
The men that sat across the table from her finally looked up, seeming relieved as they received the numbers from their accountants, and slid over the datapad for signatures.
"Congratulations, it is a deal, you are now the new head of Chardaan Shipyards." the dark-haired man said as he waited for Tiamat to sign. The woman grinned, giving Nakoa a quick glance as she signed away on the documents.
"I should also congratulate you all on this deal in return, I reassure, I hold my promise to continue to revolutionize hyperspace travel." she said before rising to her feet and exchanging handshakes, "I will be in first thing tomorrow to oversee the transition."
The woman would leave with her young companion, the doors closing behind them before she was finally able to let her shoulders relax and breath in deeply. "I didn't think they were going to budge on the percentage and that would have been it, no deal." she said softly to Nakoa as she checked her holopad, notices of incoming files were popping up as files were already being sent to her to review. "They seemed really hung up on that and the Empire, but I always try to keep my work as independent as I can, or none of this would have ever gotten this far." she shared with Nakoa.
@Mr. Teatime