ALJ Chpt 48

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==Chapter 48 - A Long Journey==
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17 June 2786
New Earth (Terran Hegemony)
Helen Froy, owner CEO of Froy Industries, was not at all enjoying life as she had thought she would when she took over the company from her father in 2763. After barely surviving the Amaris reign over the Terran Hegemony, the brutal fighting during the Liberation of New Earth which had seen several of her factory complexes destroyed and the last two reduced to only a single production line at one and twelve lines at another. She had then watched in horror as the SLDF under General Kerensky had taken six of the twelve lines at her factory just because they could it seemed and then he up and vanished. She had over fifteen hundred idle workers she tried to take care of as best she could in these trying times, and it looked as though those times were about to get even worse.
Though in despair, she was still a very keen businesswoman who kept very aware of what was going on around her. She had heard of someone named Gerald Mitchell who had been purchasing once valuable companies and moving anything left, including workers to Mackolla in the Federated Suns. First Lockheed Galactic and then recently Buhallin Military Products, plus several offers still on the table to other companies. She could find nothing at all about the man, but he seemed to have some serious resources at his disposal. I wonder if he would like to purchase Froy Industries, if I get to stay in charge of course. She had checked and it seemed everything was flowing to Mackolla which was as close to the Periphery as you could get, but also a long way from where the fighting was probably going to be, she thought as she wrote out an HPG message to be sent out.
Froy Industries Products
-Double Heat Sink - One production line
-M7 Gauss Rifle - One production line built under license
-Ail Arrow IV - One production line built under license
-Arrow IV Ammunition - One production line built under license
-Blankenburg 25 - One production line built under license
-Holly Mk II - One production line built under license
-Streak SRM-2 Ammunition - One production line built under license
Her company was a shell of its former self, once a prime subcontractor for many SLDF authorized defense contractors, her company had helped other large companies keep up with demand for many weapons systems. Her father had been one of the greatest businessmen ever to live in her opinion. To make sure his company always fulfilled any contract he had spent a fortune purchasing backup production equipment in case one broke down. These had been carefully stored away from the factories in case something really bad happened but could easily be moved to where needed within a day. She had planned to rebuild here on New Earth with that very equipment but had held back to see what was going to happen and now, she did not like what she saw coming in the near future.
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