[Business] Manufactory to Open on Luna

Manufactory to Open on Luna

Alii T'Plana, The Cyan Sun

Tsaliit, Sur'Kesh - Today, the Sur'Kesh based manufacturing conglomerate Lorkann Virtuals revealed plans to open a manufacturing complex for their products on Earth's lone satellite Luna. In an interview one of the company's representatives, Sathril Nulum, said, "Reconstruction efforts are underway across the whole galaxy. We seek to help everyone who is recovering, and we do that by introducing our solutions right at the centre of the places with the greatest needs. Benefiting from Luna's low gravity environment and proximity to major economic centers such as Earth and the Citadel, this endeavor should aid greatly in the area's recovery, creating jobs as well as supplementing the reconstruction crews with the all-too sparse labor that they need."

Ever since the company regained its independence during the dissolution of its turian parent conglomerate, Lorkann Virtuals has seen a rapid increase in sales of construction drones, heavy lifting and material transportation equipment, bionic suits, and mobility assistance mechs. The new plant on Luna is planned to manufacture all of the above. This new investment has been welcomed by most of the locals; Drew Neil, a human who has lived most of his life on Luna, said: "It's a great chance to kickstart Armstrong's economy. They've promised to hire locally, so this may be our best hope to see our colony back on its feet someday. Ever since the war ended this place has been almost entirely neglected. Rebuilding was focused only around Armstrong and that too went slowly".

Though approved by both the local administration and the majority of the locals, this investment has nevertheless been met with some opposition. "This is just shows how money hungry corporations are looking to make a fortune out of these desperate times," said another local, speaking under condition of anonymity. "Anything that comes out of this assembly line will probably fall apart after a year and cost twice what it’s worth. This is unfair for all of us!"

Nulum ignored these comments, proceeding to unveil Lorkann's plans to expand their operations into the Apien Crest as well as a new line of state-of-the-art cybernetics.

Sometimes I just don't get it. A company is opening a plant and is expected to hire locals, even produces the stuff that is needed right now and still someone comes and says:

Why is that? Nay-sayers central?
I mean, I could understand if critics would target unfair subsidaries from local governments or hostile takeovers. But this?

I can't judge their products but never heard anything particularly bad about them either so I guess it's a good thing for Luna.

...hehehehahahaha

Oh my God. People, please take a moment to reach down and unwedge your panties from between your collective asscheeks. I mean, don't want to sound like a cock but

I just

I don

It's Luna. It is literally one of the biggest Alliance strong points in the entire galaxy. You know who else is based out of Luna?

Aldrin Labs aka the System Alliance's biggest arms supplier aka a gigantic money making machine that probably employs the, like, half of the colony that the SA doesn't already. Which, you know, the SA has a pretty solid interest in propping up. Plus Luna's got like, the most hardcore Alliance loyalists outside places like Elysium on account of being a. a major Alliance base and b. most of the colony's survivors getting sheltered by, well, us.

Mean, I'm not a business guy, never had the head for that kind of stuff, but it kinda looks like whoever made the choice to move a salarian company to one of the most human-nationalist places anywhere has more balls (metaphorically) than brains. They'll get a niche if they're lucky.

Just

jeez.

Someone must have thought this was a good idea. And to a point, they're right; if LV can deliver on their promise, having a factory tooled to heavy industry in close orbit would help considerably. They probably saw the opportunity and jumped at it.

Of course, someone obviously hasn't studied current human politics and/or culture. At least they aren't stupid enough to try and beat AL at their own game, on their home turf.

And I thought my species was supposed to be one of the more intelligent. :\

I get why journalists are urged to find a counter-opinion when they write their piece, but this is absurd. This guys is obviously some local drunk. His opinion that "I'm sure it'll be shitty and super expensive you guys" should not have found its way to the article.
Also what surprises me more is that I always thought Luna was a highly strategic Alliance asset, so I'm a bit surprised that alien private industries are allowed to settle in. No offense to our salarian friends, but I don't think the Hierarchy would allow us to put our companies on Palaven's moon.

I was wondering when Menae and Nanus would be mentioned.

Eh, not really the same deal I mean the fringies basically completely militarized both bodies and then classified every scrap of information about them. Luna's got civilian infrastructure and plenty of other stuff along those lines so having private companies, even some alien ones I think (and this was before the Citadel got parked next door), doesn't exactly have people going all "OHMYGODWHATTHEFUCK".

What I'm trying to say is more that the whole "it'll pump credits into the colony and help fix everything" angle isn't really going to pan out for the suits in my opinion and sucks to be them if that's what they're depending on for their main draw. People are going to buy Alliance stuff, buy (as really bad as it sounds) human stuff because that's what they know and that's who basically runs everything around there (and who they probably work for too). I mean, can't really compete for the market that well if nearly everyone there already works for one Alliance affiliate or the other. And, you know, there are still a lot of people who don't exactly like salarians overall so you can add that on to all the other problems any really big nonhuman company would have trying to set up shop on the moon.

Also yeah, no really, the paper/journo's as biased as all get out. It's kinda funny honestly.

Luna wasn't has heavily militarized as Palaven's moons because until recently, Arcturus was the only way into the Local Cluster, so the heaviest defenses were posted there. Palaven was more accessible, so the heaviest defenses were more nearby.

Of course, given that Earth is now the center of the network, the defensive doctrine has changed.

Is there anything left from Aldrin labs for any serious competition? Other than that, good luck.

Aldrin Labs got pretty fucked up, but a lot like Ivanova Industries, are being handheld back to recovery. Because we need their shit. Aldrin Labs builds all our hardsuits and stuff like that, so yeah, the SA had a vested interest in helping up.

So they exist, but they're pretty beat up. Because you know, they were based in the dome cities and uh...

Not much left of em. I do still reckon people will probably go to Adrin Labs first, 'cause they've historically been a really big employer on Luna. But good luck to the new guys I guess.

A lot of funding is, I'd think, being pumped into getting the domes up and increasing Luna's bite, 'cause it's a pretty big part of Earth's defensive ring, and we don't have Arcturus Station watching the way in anymore.

So I guess some people might be angry at that? Most Luna colonists are pretty strongly pro-Alliance, but there's exceptions to every rule.

Well, I can't see how their production on the moon is only directed towards humans? Everyone can buy it.

A production site in the solar system still is a good thing as it is at the hub of the relay network. You can distribute your goods faster and easier than from elsewhere I assume. I am also pretty sure that not everyone can be employed by Aldrin. Maybe to have other job offers is even good for the job market. So, as long as we don't see torches and forks on the moon, I think this shouldn't be a problem but actual galactic economy.

Well yeah but

it's Luna

it's like all humans.


I guess but the article talks about them specifically trying to make Luna/Earth their main markets (which is part of why they want to built it there unless I totally misread that) so I don't really know.


Yeah, I mean I was exaggerating to kinda make my point that Luna is about SA mili-industrial as it gets. You're not going to crack that. You just aren't.

WHY VORCHA CAN'T HAVE MANUFACTURER ON MOON!?

don't take offense sir, but are there any vorcha controlled companies?

The young human makes a good point. At least, I haven't heard of any vorcha manufacturing companies. Maybe it'd be a new project for you, Flak. ;]

FLAK START BUSINESS!


FIRST, FLAK NEED MONEY!