'Look here, one of your main quests requires you to create your own business empire and have wealth like no other has.
As much as my handle on the market has earned you a pretty penny, don't forget I sourced your wealth together using 2 billion dollars I found that were evident of laundered money made from drug sales.'
His words sounded harsh and straight forward, but Esmond understood Carter wasn't mincing his words so he would continue to move about and not laze at home instead, leaving the tasks for later.
Carter had already started making ships, aircrafts, submarines, and plenty of other items the army would require while waiting for the uranium to arrive at the designated address in the United States.
Esmond would be making his way over to the United States after his trip in Ukraine came to an end, with his future schedule busy meeting one of the people connected with the Chernobyl Power Plant confinement project for reactor number 4.
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Currently, the project needed a great deal of funds, so Esmond was going to meet with a particular group that was supposed to organise the funding.
So far, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development were the ones who would finance the project, but Esmond wanted to get in before them and take the project before the market crash, if not, straight after and play on the markets problems to get the other party to walk away.
Even though Esmond would get the uranium from his trip to the United States shortly, there were plenty of materials around the entire city of Pripyat that could be recycled by his up-and-coming business.
He wouldn't go ahead and completely break down the power station until he could completely confine the whole area and then bring the drones in to do their work.
It was a long-term project that would take some years, unless Esmond wanted people questioning him why a project that was supposed to take 3 years was finished in under a week.
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"Fine… just get off my back Carter… jeez…"
Esmond needed a break from the nonstop action and corporate life he'd been living, moving all over the place without rest.
He could easily go and rest within the space wherever he stopped and stayed the night, however he felt it to be unnecessary for now as he would always stay in expensive and highly desired hotel suites, but he was quickly getting over the novelty of it.
"*Sigh* All of this… is just fucking annoying…
Carter, how are the fighter jets?"
Esmond wanted to get his mind off his next meeting, as he was meeting Viktor Kosenko, the Ukrainian in charge of the program to find a business willing to build the new containment building.
However, he wanted to rest and spend time at home before university classes started, that his parents refused to let him drop out of, and he wanted to kick start some work on his plans for Adelaide.
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'The drones have completed 2 so far…' as several days had passed since Esmond tried his Golden Knowledge ability on the film Stealth.
'However, during test flights I have found some issues with system responsiveness and controls, so I've also crashed both fighter jets…'
There wasn't anything to be mad or annoyed about, as Esmond understood it wasn't as simple as copy and paste for Carter to instruct the drones to create a working fighter jet on the first try.
The same would happen with the ships and other vehicles and items being made, so it was imperative everything was heavily tested before being handed over to Phantom, who would take over from there.
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"Keep up the work, at most, have one ready for me to inspect and examine when I return."
He had his own thoughts about the fighter jet in his mind, having the same knowledge about the fighter jet that Carter did, however Carter had his A.I. programming and processing to help him understand the schematics better.
Just from an overview of the designs and what was used to create the jets, Esmond had some ideas he wanted to try when he got back home to improve the jets.
One thing that needed to be done was the biotech microchips which worked excellent with electric propulsion engines.
While the engine type for the fighter jets might be an overkill, Esmond believed they would be rarely seen or out in battlefield until much later.
Most like his war with the greater military powers of the world would see several squadrons of his electric propulsion engine powered jets, but it heavily depended on the pilots flying them.
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Viktor was at home, waiting for the arrival of a client who was supposed to arrive at Kiev soon by train.
He'd sent some of his men to collect the client, as his staff were told the individual would only remain for the meeting before heading to the airport.
With little information about his client and what they were about, Viktor prepared himself for a serious discussion, however when he received the call from his men who went to collect Esmond that he was a child, Viktors mood flipped.
Instead of showing a graceful and cooperative side to the client, Viktor planned to bully the client and learn as much about who they were before reporting to his superiors.
Lately his office was inundated with calls from businesses looking to fight for the Chernobyl contract which had him under a great deal of stress with some of the funding they had sourced was being pulled out with adding problems in the market.
"Sir, the car has arrived…"
"Fine…
Bring him to my study."
Viktor left his outdoor lounge and moved upstairs to his office which made him feel like a King within his throne room addressing his subjects.
But seeing Esmond enter, carrying a presence that screamed superiority and excellence that shit all over Viktors attempts to show power and dominance.
Knowing he failed to show some strength before the meeting began, having broken eye contact first with Esmond, Viktor started the discussion between the two.
"Ahh hello Mr Manston, my name is Viktor Kosenko, part of the State Agency of Ukraine for Exlcusion Zone Management…"
"Hello, it's nice to meet you, my name is Esmond Manston, founder and CEO of ARC, Recycling and Materials recovery…"
Having introduced themselves, Viktor genstured for Esmond to sit down while asking his maid to pour both of them some vodka, which Esmond was about to refuse, but Carter reminded him, 'Business culture 101, not every country works like western nations.
Better yet, you were chased after your meeting in Nigeria, so DRINK BITCH!'
Smirking, Esmond drank the shot in one go, ready for the burn from the alcohol to affect his throat, however being a Primordial Human, the strength of the vodka didn't affect Esmond as he thought it would.
Speaking Ukrainian, he asked the maid for another pouring, which took Viktor by surprise, but a smile crept up on his face as he watched Esmond slam another shot.
And then his third…
"Tasty…"
Viktor struggled to process how the kid slammed three vodka shots of some of his common vodka that was especially harsh, and he could speak the mother tongue clearly.
He typically drank it because it would make him drunk much easier than some of the finer vodka which would costs quite a fair bit, even with his hefty salary.
Therefore, he didn't think much of it serving Esmond, thinking he would pass out or being to struggle and let slip some information, but the Esmond before him now was straight as an arrow, steady and unmoveable.
"Ah… I think its best we continue with business if you don't mind…"
Esmond tried to be polite and smile at Viktor, annoyed the meeting was going ahead, so he spoke up after noticing Viktor was a little dazed out.
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"I don't mind your proposal, but the problem remains of transporting the materials from Pripyat as our be imposed with taxes and costs going through either Russia or Belarus.
Even bringing in some of the materials you'll require for the dome and the changing of the staff, so they don't exceed the maximum radiation limit for the year, or worse… their lifetime…"
"Ha!"
Esmond thought Viktor had a dark sense of humour, making a joke about radiation death, however he was sorely mistaken after noticing Viktors mood change for the worst.
Thankfully Viktor excused Esmonds behaviour and continued the business talks, albeit at a greater pace, the two were able to reach a basic agreement which was left to the Ukrainian government to approve.
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"How did it go Viktor?"
"Hmm… It could have gone much better, Ivan, but… we've come to an agreement which requires little work from us, other than ensuring the exclusion zone stands."
Of course, there was much more discussed between Viktor and Esmond, however he wasn't going to easily tell everything to his superior over the phone.
"Fine, get ready and make your way to the office… we need to sit down and have a talk"
Ivan Kozak was someone in the intelligence agency of Ukraine and was alerted about Esmonds arrival and travel through the train to meet Viktor.
It wasn't anything worrying or to be concerned about from their observation of Esmond, but Ivan still felt unsure about the kid, wondering why he would travel so freely and openly without a team of guards.
Having cut the call with Viktor, Ivan was sending his agents and staff to find everything about Esmond Manston before they continued with the business discussions pertaining to Pripyat.
'Might cause some problems with the higher-ups, but this kid just doesn't feel right…'
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While Ivan and his agents moved fast to figure out their new target among the millions that were already monitored, Esmond was already in the air and on his way to the United States.
He was going over to collect the uranium at first but with the new quest from the system, Esmond had Carter organise some meetings with lower end businesses and some government officials within particular states with waste problems.
Right now, in America, there were a great deal of private companies that own and operated the landfills, though the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act meant they needed to recycle and organise the waste that entered the landfills.
Based on the standards the Act stated, there were programs created to manage the waste of all kinds and install better protections against the waste harming the environment, but not all these private businesses worked completely according to the act.
Instead, if they could find loopholes, they took it and utilized it as best as they could to help reduce costs and increase revenue.
So, Esmond had decided to get involved in the United States market and take over some landfills if he could.
From there, he planned to increase his influence and slowly take over more landfills, pushing aside the other competing businesses.
In the end they were millenniums behind him in knowledge and technology that he would be using at his landfills to process the waste to create resources that could be used again without any waste being combusted to generate electricity which wasn't climate friendly at all.
That was another issuing bothering Esmond, climate control.
A great deal of human expansion leads to a great deal of harm that is done to the environment.
There was a time in another lifetime of Esmonds, where the empire had started to affect space with the contamination left behind by their spaceship engines.
During those time, a great number of ordinary citizens were wiped out from diseases and viruses came about because of the space contamination which was near impossible to accomplish.
Esmond during those days tried to figure out some way to clean up the contamination, unfortunately he ended up catching a deadly disease that killed him before he could see if his work was successful.
However, remembering the images of those dying everyday hour because nothing could be done to the contamination haunted Esmond to this day and lifetime that he planned to make sure his people would never ever go through something like that.
Landing at the Newark Liberty International Airport within New Jersey, Esmond connected with Carter first while entering a cab as he gave the driver the address for the Hilton Hotel, which Esmond wasn't a large fan of, after staying a night in the Adelaide Hilton Hotel, but his childish side thought 'screw it!'.While on the way, Esmond pulled up the Wheel of Chance from the System Interface and spun the wheel with his consciousnesses control over the system which saved from looking like a food to someone when he used the System Interface.Today had made it roughly a week Esmond had acquired the new System Function which only gave him one worthy item so far which was the Virtual World.The last two spins gave Esmond,.[2465 – Gregorian calendar][Ugusta Star Empire][Space Cruiser Cloaking System V5]And[2096 – Greg
"Hello Mr Manston, my name is Crista Hoffman.""It's lovely to meet you Ms Hoffman, please just call me Esmond.""Then please call me Crista,"The two chuckled a little, before sitting down and getting to business.They both found the other attractive, with Crista finding Esmonds eyes to be deep and honest, while Esmond found her smile to dazzling and highly attractive, but they kept their thoughts to themselves and focused on business before them.."So… I have reviewed your file and the information you've sent through.From the looks of your proposal, I no doubt believe you would be perfect for a contract with the State government for Waste and recycling control management.""There seems to be a 'however' that is about to escape your lips."Esmond wasn't trying to flirt, but his tone and eyes focusing on Crista lips made her feel Esmond might try to connect with her in t
'What am I doing here?'Carter was listening to Esmond whine while about the number of people and traffic as he arrived at Times Square."Stop complaining and tell me what the city is like?"Carter was more curious about what Times Square looked like and how the atmosphere in the area felt, as the vision from Esmonds eyes just wasn't enough anymore after so many years of being confined to Esmonds mind.With his body and the freedom, the space offered him, Carter was more than satisfied up until he felt the space to be void of life and moving parts, besides of drones that helped create the true beauty of cities…What it needed was people and lots of it to fill the city he'd made and the second one that was being built.He hadn't started on any work for the second city beside the palace and Summoning Square, because Carter wanted to see how the people lived and worked in the cities Esmond visited.So far, Carter found the third w
“I would love to ask if you don’t mind, what your favourite part of today as been?”“I-I beg your pardon?”Malcom stuttered a little, confused by what Esmond just said.He thought for a moment he heard wrong, but what Esmond said next clear that straight up, like hot coffee straight to the face.“I’ve seen you taking a tour of New York with me today…From when I left my hotel to the boat hire for the graceful lady of liberty and then you broke off for a bit when I went to the library, but you came back like a Jordan in the fourth quarter and joined me here, in the majestic Grand Central Station that makes one wonder if they are waking under the heavens…”Malcom, and those listening in on their conversation through his microphone, were on edge Esmond kept a close eye on Malcoms steps which meant they rest weren’t likely to have escaped Esmonds sights.‘Malcom! Hu
֍ 5th February 2008 ֍.‘Hello, this is Titan… who am I speaking with?’Esmond was on the phone, currently in the first class at John F. Kennedy International Airport, waiting for his flight back home.He thought there would be some issues going through customs, but there weren’t any problems thankful, and it seemed like he wasn’t being followed anymore, so he was happy to get out of America.With Carter informing about the possibility of a call from Anton, Esmond paid for a little private room off from the side of the lounge, which was perfect for the call..“Thanks for taking our call, I am a friend of Anton… Schmuel…”He didn’t know if he should say his name or not but seeing Anton nod as he paused for a moment, Schmuel decided to say his name, even
֍ 6th February 2008 ֍.*Ding*[Daily Wheel of Chance!][Pouch of Medicinal Plant seeds][ - 15 seeds of Uncommon Grade medicinal herbs which come from Planet Alura -56, known for supplying the Intergalactic Network with herbs, potions, and tonics that could improve someone's strength and health][While others could cleanse the body from any filth and waste before practicing their body energy].'Hmm… at least Carter can plant these and make something of them…'Esmond wasn't overly concerned with the rewards from the Daily Wheel of Chance, because the Uncommon Grade herbs wouldn't be able to affect his body.The Xoplis Body Refinement and Spiritual Practise Manual made it incredibly d
Carter and Esmond were walking through the streets to the Summoning Square in the second city, watching the drones install sewage pipes and roads to buildings with furniture and décor.It all made Esmond feel amazed by the abilities and technical skill of the drones but there was a setback to their brilliance which bothered him.His turmoil was spotted by Carter, who understood why Esmond looked so stressed suddenly."Even if they can't exactly go out and speed up the work… we can use them discreetly of course…Have you thought about examining the cloaking system you got and see if we can apply it to the drone?"Carter had hit the nail on its head with his question as Esmond pulled up the cloaking system schematics in the System Interface.Staring at the notes, code, and designs of the cloaking system, for up to 10 minutes, until Esmond found something they could work with to make some adjustments to the cloaking system
After Esmond was cleaned up and attended to, which Carter objected to, however Rubys opinion far superseded everyone else's, when it came to her childrens health.The other mothers and parents among the Zadris people understood so many rushed forward and helped Ruby treat her boy.She was amazed how an alien species could speak fluent English so easily, but it turned out to be one of the traits of the Zadris people to pick up languages quickly.Astonished, Ruby enquired about much more, as was Daniel who was connecting with the fathers and elderly who stood in the Summoning Square.Only when they noticed some of the children and elderly were about to sit down did Carter suggest they leave the square and move inside to the palace.Everyone, including Esmond at times, were utterly amazed and taken aback by the sight and brilliance of the palace.The Zadris people felt a little inspired and their creative genes exploding when they eyes would co
"Mmm… H-hello…?"Esmond sleepy voice carried through his phone, earlier scrambling to find it as it started blaring aloud and disturbing his sleep.'It seems like I've disturbed your sleep, Mr Mars…'Like the wind was knocked out of him, Esmond sat right up, as the drowsiness left his body…"Not at all… *cough* just resting a little, after a long day… anyway, how may I be of service?"With no clue who was on the other end, other than someone important through Anton, Esmond did his best to sound authoritative and relaxed.But being caught off by his sleep made him ill equipped for the conversation, he soon fell back into rhythm and took hold of the conversation..'My… child, Anton, has given me your letter… as well as this simple phone…While I appreciate the two, it seems the wooden box is more of an important gift than the two.'<
֍ Sametime in Iraq ֍......"I am exhausted…Seriously… what the hell am I doing? I'm supposed to be relaxing in Thailand but no… still gotta trek through the goddamn desert!"Anton was stuck dealing with the misery of travelling alone on camel back through the Iraqi desert while trying to reach a hidden military compound.It was his last stop before leaving for Thailand and resting with that little time he had left to enjoy the luxuries his boss had bought the new recruits and their families before training started.His own wife and children were already there and enjoying themselves as he would hear from them during his evening calls every so often.It all made Anton jealous and furious that he had to be out in the desert alone on a camel, but he more thought about the rewards and benefits his work wou
"My Lord, if you wouldn't mind me asking a question?"One of the G.A.E humans called Janet, a red-haired beauty who could change her hair colour and length with just a simple thought as part of her specialised augmentation ability, wanted to ask Esmond more about the body coding and augmentation as she was curious about having some of her own."Sure, go ahead.""Could the body coding be made for specific organs…?What I mean is, currently I have gathered from my quick skim through the information that the coding affects the body as a whole.But why not affect the organ instead.If we wrote the coding for, let's say, improved eyesight, could be write it on the organ and increase the body coding any person could be subjected to."Esmond like their idea and even thought it worked better that the current method which meant it could give his soldiers a greater sense of power and strength.His snipers could be deadlier than an
'I knew it was too good to be true…Fuck my life'"Carter! Help me out here…"Esmond massaged his head as it throbbed in pain from his carelessness to not read labels properly.He cursed his luck for wasting credit just like that for something that would require time and patience, and he didn't have any to spare if he wanted to get started as soon as possible.Before he completely discarded what he brought from the system, Carter gave him a rundown of what he bought.Much to his delight and surprise…"What you bought, of course, isn't the complete Buklish Special Security Forces which would mean they could be summoned at the square, instead what you got is a way to create your own super soldiers with accelerated growth development.Plus, it's set with a universal list of genetic coding which means it can be used on the Zadrisian, humans and even the G.A.E.The pods make the operation seamless and ove
Esmond hadn't started using the Virtual Labs he'd bought from the system store along with the Virtual World which the labs were connected with and integrated into.Though the system had removed the side effects and problems associated with Virtual Labs, the Virtual World would allow Esmond to both test out his simulations with near identical environment to the external world.Now getting the System Knowledge Databank as a reward, he felt it would perfect for him to recreate some of the items and projects from his past lives.He might not need it now but uploading it to the S.K.D would definitely bring him some sort of benefit."Carter?!""Yo yo yo!What do you need fool?"Carter was twirling like a ballerina, trying his hand at dropping some hot verses before Esmond called for him.He'd come across rap music by chance while fascinated by the graceful movement of ballerinas, so he started performing them at the same time which E
"….Mmm…. hello…"Julias sleepy, croaky voice spoke into the mouthpiece of her housephone, waking her up before her alarm for work.She felt like cursing at whoever it was for ruining her sleep, however the voice from the otherside just happened to be the person she most dreaded and feared, having been tortured by their mind-numbing calls that broke down Julia at times."Goooooood Morning! JULIA! RISE AND SHINE!" Carter's voice came screaming through the phone awaking Julia right up and ruining what left of her sleepy mood and she knew instantly her day was going to be long and arduous."I've got some great news for you today!So, wake up and get dressed.Also bring your daughter along today.The office has been updated and prepared based on Esmonds thoughts.All the instructions have already been sent to your email, with that to do.Also, today is the first day for James Trudell, the new CEO so I hop
Oscar recounted the past of his people and planet while the other G.A.E humans were conversing and chatting freely with the Zadrisian people who'd come out to chat and act as guides for the newest members of the city and space.Carter was also busy gathering all the details and information of the new citizens of the Spatial Ark Land, so he couldn't stick around and continue to listen to Oscar's past for now."If I remember things correctly, the insectoid race was called Chisidin, a planet conquering nuisance that had 6 eyes, though you would only see 4 on their faces while the two remaining were hidden at the back of their heads.Those pricks were difficult to deal with honestly… especially the captains within their ranks could shapeshift, I think so… or was it Lord ranked…?"Esmond added his thoughts to the conversation, thinking back to a time in the past when he came across the 6-armed, 6 eyed creature which ripped apart assailants
Esmond moved according to Carter's instructions, however the cut through side streets and alleys to catch up to the small motorcade that surrounded the personal secretary.He circulated his body energy to increase his speed and movement which removed most of Esmonds need for a vehicle, but it got to a point that he needed more than his body to assault the security detail in the motorcade.Follow the roughly direction and estimations of Carter, Esmond eventually found the motorcade slowly approaching a backed-up region of traffic.It seemed like the perfect place, but it would cause a huge scene and mass casualty..>Master, please summon some drones, I believe I may be of some assistance…<Esmond felt relieved and summoned a gate, letting a dozen or so drones entered before shutting the gate.A guilt fluttered in his heart for not getting in contact with Echo once he was
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