Law's End
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Unwilling to let the professor off the hook that easily Kassad dismissed the man's concerns saying, "You're being a little overly dramatic, and I have to maintain appearances."
Finally realizing what his former protégée was angling for Cameron responded, "Eighty million."
"What?" Kassad scoffed at the offer. "University script? I doubt they haven't frozen your accounts for the duration of this investigation."
With a completely self-confident smirk Cameron replied, "I'm talking about company script, from Eret & Nograd."
It all suddenly made sense to Kassad as the familiar E&N logo was engraved on the grip of Kassad's own pistol. Their logo could be found on a majority of personal and starship weapons across Laniakea. Eret & Nograd was one of the largest, most influential, and oldest armaments manufacturers that had ever existed.
E&N had a history dating back to the post-first-contact conflicts thousands of years ago. Originally they had been one of many companies that serviced early colonial defense needs, and over the years they'd adapted to shifts in their market with surprising ease. They'd made the transition from galactic to pan-supercluster corporation and had remained a vigorously competitive force in their corner of the industry ever since.
In spite of their great wealth and resources E&N wouldn't have had the resources specifically needed for a research project like Law's End. Funneling money into the right hands could liberate a great deal of equipment and personnel. Done properly, and E&N had a reputation for doing things properly, the staff working on the project would never have known it was anything other than a legitimate University program.
And with the company script valued at least ten times that of University script Kassad grinned as he extended his device. "Let's make that a contract."
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