Chapter 391: The Dinner Incident 1 (1/2)
Chapter 391: The Dinner Incident 1
Aldrich sat in the cushi+ony confines of a luxury private airjet It was ARMA Black-grade, the color designated for specialty coher end clientele ARMA was leagues behind Iher end of their tech went, but the thing about ARMA was that it had no real pride
It did not care whether it sold to the lowest beggar or the richest wealther It tried its best to satisfy both Granted, there was such a thing as stretching yourself out too thin, and if ARMA had focused on trying to satisfy everyone on every socioeconoo
ARMA succeeded because it kne to hedge its bets for expansion It knehen to fill in power vacuurade departh end war manufacturer in the states, Aztech, went into a decline after a power struggle between heirs that split the co its firearms and vehicle departroup, the Guardians as it was called, was getting ht of the AA's recent decline due to itsof the Locus Raids and the Judicata attack
"We're bringing power back to the people!" Tychus, CEO of ARMA, bellowed out with a confident grin slapped across his chubby face He spoke fro mounted telescreen that Aldrich paid half-attention to
A sea of reporters surrounded Tychus outside ARMA tower, located right in the heart of Neo-York, the biggest city in the United States "Ain't no more will the ordinary joe be shi+t outta luck when their neighborhood assigned hero's off doing so else With the Guardians, based on your subscription tier, you're guaranteed a hero to co, faceless agency anyed He had looked in briefly at Tychu's new league and found it less than revolutionary
Thetactic, it seemed, was to capitalize on people's desire for security Guaranteed security So the masses rabidly wanted after the Locus raids
Even with scientists and govern the retreat of variants, the masses were still terrified, scarred by recent losses by an attack that had no equal for over fifty years
The system Tychus proposed was consue, the so called 'One Star' package, being as cheap as 200 hundred credits a month
The tradeoff was, of course, that the hero response ti at thirty hest Five Star package
The packages could also be upgraded with medical and evacuation add-ons that addedwith the heroes
Provided Tychus could cultivate enough hero talent to pull this off, the idea was to individualize hero security and give everyone a fighting chance
The AA-Panopticon systeness to sacrifice the lives of the few for the many or, in many cases, the lives of the poor many versus the wealthier, more 'valuable' few
Aldrich wondered what Tychus had up his sleeve to h He would need an absolutely massive hero network on top of an incredibly refined surveillance systeood on his proiven Tychus's recent track record, it was safe to say that he was not ardless, it did not relate to Aldrichhe just kept up with
"Ah, I see, so it is like assigning a guardian knight to everyone?" said Valera She was seated beside Aldrich, a glass of complimentary red wine in her hand from an extensive cellar located within the walls of the jet
She looked up at the telescreen with interest, accliy of the neorld, though no doubt, herhis Chosen helped her adjust too
"Basically, yeah, that's one way to think about it," said Aldrich
"It seeed "Not all lives are worth the hter"
"That's exactly the line of thought that's giving Tychus support Granted, it's reactionary support for now, but who kno it'll end up Everyone wants to feel special Protected It's only natural"
"But what is natural is not alhat is right"
"True" Aldrich sat in thought for a bit He did not partake in any of the snacks or drinks on board because he had Volantis on hiround Control versus freedom"
"I do not know Perhaps it is because of e, but I have always believed in hierarchy There are those that are special, and those that are not Those that are high, and those that are low," said Valera She swirled her wine about in her glass "The special controls the flow of the ns over the s are now," said Aldrich "Panopticon at the top, then the governments and corps below them"