Oyu'baat

"You do! That'll definitely come in handy when fighting pirates." *Ellie said, as she tried to match Eimhin's enthusiasm about his beskar'gam.* "You bet I'm going to help you fight em."

*Ellie gave Lorcan a smile as he gave his brother credit for the idea of helping at the orphanage.* "It might have been his idea, but you followed through with it. So that counts for something." *Her smile faded some as she thought about her own sibling.* "Wish I'd listened to my sister's advice about a lot of things."

*Eimhin brought the smile back as he told her about his uncle and the bes'bev he had.* "Oh, does he? I've never actually seen anyone play one before, let alone fight with one. Has he been teaching you to play it?"

*Ellie gave a small chuckle at Eimhin. He was definitely an excitable child, probably a handful for his buir. Her attention turned to Raine, as she had been awfully quiet.* "So, Raine. Have you been on any adventures like your vod?" *She was curious to know more about the girl.

==Mand'alor's Paperwork Woes==
<<108PP; O7 Sector, Mandalore, Keldade, Oyu'baat, Mand'alor's Office>>

Aya was in the office. For the last year or so since she had claimed the title, she had more or less lived in it. Only periodic trips out to Lehon to sort out major issues had allowed her a break. It was fortunate the Imperium was set up & designed to more or less run on its own, without high level input for long periods. It wasn't as efficient as when she had the time to micromanage it, but it survived well enough. A few rounds of promotions had actually been caused by her extended absence, as certain people proved to work even better when given more latitude.

The Assembly was fair from in the same shape. She had though that raw power, both personal & organizational, she brought to the task would be enough to quickly clear out the back log of issues that had been more or less ignored by her predecessors. She had been wrong. Sure, the oldest stuff in the pile had long since settled itself. The newer things in the pile however, had been a mess of judgement requests, feuds, logistic gordian knots & similar issues. Most of her time was spend simply trying to keep it from getting any worse.

On top of that, despite the heavy support for her plan to drag the other clans up in technological & economic prowess to her own, only three clans had actually taken the offered aids. & those three all limited how much aid that would take. Awaud had accepted aid disguised as a mission, but had instead of actually completing it, had instead used it to fort up on a world of their own. Of course, they were doing well on their own there, so it worked out. Itera had accepted a large foundry ship tooled for novacrystal working. But had refused the technical support & was making slow progress in adapting it to their own methods. The last was Bralor, who had actually followed through with what they had been tasked to do. Though at a far slower pace than Aya would have liked.

As if summoned by that thought, there was a knock at her office door. She was well informed enough to know who was on the other side already, but as he had sat down to eat on entering the tavern, she had assumed he was here on other business.

-Aya
Come in, Master Torin. The door is not locked.

==Mand'alor's Paperwork Woes==
<<108PP; O7 Sector, Mandalore, Keldade, Oyu'baat, Mand'alor's Office>>

One thing she had kept the same in the office was the lack of chairs. True, there was a cot in the corner, sheets still rumpled. But she was standing by the table piled with reports the same as any of her guests would be. There wasn't room for more than one chair, & taking the only seat in the room was not a message that Aya wanted to send.

-Aya
'lek. Gar balyc. The spaceyards here are ready for a trial run of capital ships. Likely nothing over a thousand meters to begin with. & the resources will have to be relocated from my clan's supply lines until a more local supplier can be found. We would only need to know what type of ships that Concord Dawn feels best.

She pauses a long moment.

-Aya
Along with the possibly more pertinent question of if we should try to standardize the hulls we stock our defenses with. Ord'inii has many older designs taken from sources across the galaxy & we can produce our own versions of those ships with modern fittings. But that might not be the best choice in the long run.

*Ellie raised and eyebrow when Raine told her of the adventures that she had. All of which seemed dangerous for a young teen.* "You almost lost an arm?" *Ellie asked as she looked from Raine to her buir.* "I definitely wasn't expecting that answer. Now I'm beginning to see why you needed someone to help watch them."

==Mand'alor's Paperwork Woes==
<<108PP; O7 Sector, Mandalore, Keldade, Oyu'baat, Mand'alor's Office>>

Aya nods. The news was not completely unexpected, but the reports (if any had been made in the first place) hadn't reached her yet.

-Aya
That is good news, the extra supplies will go a long way toward keeping things flowing. & any worlds already ready to stand in defense of themselves & others is an even greater help. How does your own clan stand on that front? Did you have a report on the condition of Ordo yet? Or is it still ongoing?

==Mand'alor's Paperwork Woes==
<<108PP; O7 Sector, Mandalore, Keldade, Oyu'baat, Mand'alor's Office>>

She tapped briefly on a data pad to pull up the current status of the planet's orbital lanes. It wasn't always the most up to date, but it worked well enough most of the time.

-Aya
The majority of it, yes. It seems a small task force had been dispatched from it a while back & hasn't yet returned.

Torin nods, clearly pleased with the news that Karr's fleet is still standing watch over Manda'yaim, and steeples his fingers together beneath his chin as he says, "Well then, it seems that our core worlds are well defended for the moment. With the measures they have planned to see that Ordo's fleet is refitted and repaired, and the plan to see that Concord Dawn is provided with a fleet of it's own, Torin feels that, overall, the Mando'ade are adequately appointed where orbital defenses are concerned; though how well they all might be able to operate in concert should the need arise remains a question that it would be best to answer prior to finding themselves in a situation where doing so was called for. In light of the latter thought, and what Aya had said about the need for additional materials for their shipyards, Torin suggests, It might be worth considering conducting a few raids, focusing on the acquisition of additional materials and resources for shipbuilding. Explaining, in as much as his terse way of expressing himself allows, his reasoning, Torin adds, It would also provide opportunities for the clans to work together, learn more of one another, and strengthen the ties between us all."







Lorcan grins, cheerfully agreeing with Ellie, "I like the way you think! Playfully elbowing Raine in the ribs, he asks, What do you think, kiddo? Fret less about what mistakes were made and who made 'em, and focus on learning from 'em sound good to you too? Acknowledging his own role in the most recent mishap, Lorcan lifts a finger and says, First thing we'll need to do in light of what we've learned is to come up with a plan for what we all do if we get separated again, right? I should have put one in place before, you know, he waves a hand to indicate the whole leaving Raine behind at the orphanage situation, all that stuff we just went through. Waving the whole subject aside when he sees Eimhin yawning while his head repeatedly dips towards the tabletop, Lorcan says, Anyway, looks like we should head for home before someone falls asleep on the table here."

After settling their tab, Lorcan leads the group outside to where his speeder is parked, and after everyone has piled in, pilots them to Norg Bral. . .

Torin nods, grunting an affirmative sounding grunt to convey that he understands and accepts Aya's conditions, which he finds both reasonable and in line with his own thinking, and then says, "I'll start considering potential targets, and make some inquiries to determine how many volunteers would be on board then. Once those matters have been settled, I'll let you know what the objectives are, and the teams that will be tasked with achieving them, Mand'alor. If there is nothing further for now, he concludes, I'll get started at once."