"A conglomerate the size of Wild Pines is like a shark -- if it stops moving and growing it will die. Then what becomes of those 72,000 families? It is a tremendous responsibility."
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- "A conglomerate the size of Wild Pines is like a shark -- if it stops moving and growing it will die. Then what becomes of those 72,000 families? It is a tremendous responsibility."
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- "Wild Pines employs 72,000 people, all of whom have families that depend on their salaries. It is a tremendous responsibility."
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"They started as an exploration and cargo fleet conducting trade between the Samaran and Insulindian isolas -- 250 years ago, when Pines' ships explored the South-Semenese and charted Lo Manthang on behalf of the suzerain."
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"Centuries of care, deliberation -- and madness -- have gone into this endeavour. Vessels pass through the Great Unrest to re-emerge with apricots in tow. The logic of the system is totalizing... It's taken everything from its employees to build it."
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- "Centuries of care, deliberation -- and madness -- have gone into this endeavour. Vessels pass through the Great Unrest to re-emerge with apricots in tow. The logic of the system is totalizing... It's taken everything from its employees to build it."
- "You know more than you let on." She takes a sip and looks you over afresh. "Certainly it helped, but most of the original indotribes have failed or been absorbed. To survive Wild Pines had to grow and adapt. No suzerain did that."
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"You know more than you let on." She takes a sip and looks you over afresh. "Certainly it helped, but most of the original indotribes have failed or been absorbed. To survive Wild Pines had to grow and adapt. No suzerain did that."
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"You mean aside from being the terminal's legal owners?" She gives you a little smile. "Who are responsible for moving eight percent of the world's cargo?"
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She nods, forcefully: "There are no minor cogs in the system. Each terminal must be accounted for, lest the entire system break. Every hiccup in such a system means thousands lose their jobs -- the world over. I'm here to assure that doesn't happen."
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- "A company getaway. For a weekend or a summer holiday. Then came the Revolution, but that's another matter..." She takes a sip. "I'm here to make sure the Pines can fulfil their responsibilities to the place they built."
- She nods, forcefully: "There are no minor cogs in the system. Each terminal must be accounted for, lest the entire system break. Every hiccup in such a system means thousands lose their jobs -- the world over. I'm here to assure that doesn't happen."
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"All the best parts of it. Rue de Saint-Ghislaine with its bastions, the plaza's Meteoran mosaic. Even some of the old street lamps have been put back thanks to investments from the WP." She points behind you where the seawall rises.
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"Before Martinaise was swallowed by the industrial harbour, even before it was part of Revachol -- long before Terminal B was erected here -- the Pines built it as a resort for its Revacholian employees."
"A company getaway. For a weekend or a summer holiday. Then came the Revolution, but that's another matter..." She takes a sip. "I'm here to make sure the Pines can fulfil their responsibilities to the place they built."
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"Twenty billion is a large number, but the conglomerate employs 72,000 people. They all need to be paid. Then there are capital improvements, interest payments..." A wave hits the sloop, she grasps the mainstay for balance.
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"Twenty two billion is a large number, but consider this -- the conglomerate employs 72,000 people. They all need wages..." She turns her eyes towards the wave rising against the sloop.
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"A conglomerate the size of the Wild Pines is like a shark -- if it stops moving it will die. Then what becomes of those 72,000 families? It's a tremendous responsibility."
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"And to think -- there are years when the group books losses in the billions..." A wave hits the sloop, she grasps the mainstay for balance.
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"And to think -- there are years when the group runs a loss of billions..." She turns her eyes towards the wave rising against the sloop.
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"Wild Pines employs 72,000 people, all of whom have families that depend on their salaries. It is a tremendous responsibility."
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"Tell me again about this drug trafficking."
"I've changed my mind about the drug trafficking case."
"Tell me again about this drug trafficking."
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"Until you come up with something at that intersection I'm afraid I have little else to tell you -- but I'll try. Ask."
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- "Okay. I've made up my mind about the smuggling investigation..." (Proceed.)
- "I heard something about a complex operation earlier. This adds up."
- "What proof do you have that the Union is involved?"
- "Why didn't you come to the RCM earlier?"
- "Actually, let's discuss something else for now."
- "We already have some suspicions that one of the drivers was present at the lynching."
- "It's no coincidence the lorries are stranded there like that, is it?"
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"There's no way we can take this case." (Refuse.)
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"I am very sad to hear that, officer." Her voice is ice cold and laced with worry. "If you change your mind, please let me know. If not, good luck finding your badge -- and your memory."
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"In the meantime, I'll still try to assist you any way I can. This disagreement is peanuts compared to what happens if you fail your main investigation."
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"We will take this case, probe the drivers, see what it yields." (Accept.)
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"Excellent." She takes a long sip of tea. "According to my reports there are at least three lorry drivers lingering near the roundabout. Hopefully one of them will know something."
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"It may come to nothing, or it may just blow the case wide open. I can keep the drawbridge up for a few more days at least. You should have the time you need."
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"In the meantime, let me know if there's any other way I may be of assistance." She takes another long sip from her seemingly bottomless thermal cup.
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- "It may come to nothing, or it may just blow the case wide open. I suspect the traffic jam won't disperse for a few more days. You should have the time you need."
- "It may come to nothing, or it may just blow the case wide open. I can keep the drawbridge up for a few more days at least. You should have the time you need."
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"It may come to nothing, or it may just blow the case wide open. I suspect the traffic jam won't disperse for a few more days. You should have the time you need."
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She nods. "I'm glad to hear, officer. I'm sure you'll find out just what that means, soon enough."
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"How do you think they're financing this strike? There are thousands of unpaid dockworkers going strong for the fourth month straight."
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"With all due respect to these desert cacti, the contents of a few cash registers cannot provide for two-thousand men. The local businesses can scarcely provide for themselves."
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- "It's true they drove a number of the local businesses to bankruptcy preparing for this venture. I've talked to a few business owners -- it was quite the shakedown. But the contents of a few cash registers cannot provide for two thousand men."
- "With all due respect to these desert cacti, the contents of a few cash registers cannot provide for two-thousand men. The local businesses can scarcely provide for themselves."
"Precisely. Smuggled out of that very gate at night, most likely. Then loaded onto lorries and driven to Jamrock. You simply need to find one driver who'll open up to you."
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It sounds like she tried looking into it herself, though she's clearly not the type your typical lorryman would confide in.
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- "I am sorry for the inconvenience, Lieutenant Kitsuragi. But we need them trapped here. This is a unique opportunity. I'm sure you understand."
- It sounds like she tried looking into it herself. But she's clearly not the type your typical lorryman would confide in.
- It sounds like she tried looking into it herself, though she's clearly not the type your typical lorryman would confide in.
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It sounds like she tried looking into it herself. But she's clearly not the type your typical lorryman would confide in.
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"There was a shakedown of local businesses preceding the strike. Many were squeezed to bankruptcy to fund it."
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"It's true they drove a number of the local businesses to bankruptcy preparing for this venture. I've talked to a few business owners -- it was quite the shakedown. But the contents of a few cash registers cannot provide for two thousand men."
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"We did, on more than one occasion. Apparently there's some sort of inter-precinct disagreement about whose jurisdiction this area falls under."
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"We know the company has launched its own probe into the Union's alleged involvement -- we also know it's come up empty. It's not just the RCM -- no one's been able to find any hard evidence."
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"All this talk about jurisdictions is really cramping my style. I just want to get to the bottom of this."