First step in the event industry
12 May 2022Claude Lecardunoie
After my participation to the Sirius Corp. humanitarian aid for Didio, from which I had a nice reward of 2 millions credits, I took some days off in the nearby systems, only trading some common goods, here and there.Then I stayed a whole week in Davies High, Reorte. Reorte is an important system in the region, about 3 billions people living there, flourishing extraction and agricultural economies and therefore animated spatioports and outposts. Actually, while I was there, they even had a live music concert, with actual musicians and real electro-acoustics instruments. "Starpaint" was the name of the band. Given their Solish indie rock revival style of music, I figured out that they made the trip all the way from Earth or Mars. They played in a nice venue called the "Seagull". I had never seen music played live before, only through "telepresence", and the experience was magical: the vibe, the interaction with the audience was different from anything I saw before.
I stayed a while after the concert, sharing drinks with other people there. Among them, other pilots who, like me, had been working for Sirius Corp. I carefully listened to them as they were talking bout shiping luxury goods to this big finance tycoon, Zachary Rackham.
- "Sounds interesting", I told them. "He'll take stuff from any independant pilots, right?"
- "Yeah, that guy is crazy rich and he'll likely start a political career, so he needs to make an impression on both the public and future political sponsors by throwing some big event. So whatever he needs, he'll buy... From anyone" answered one of the trade pilots I was with.
- "And he'll problably grant any permit required if you help him", added his friend, a very nice looking guy from Orrere.
The day after, I started searching for markets selling luxury goods and ploting routes to pick up such commodities. I was not fond of trading rare goods: they don't sell that well. Actually, I was then stuck with a freight of Azure Milk from which I didn' manage to make profit. But this was different. That man, Rackham would probably pay well. And just like the Sirius Corp. humanitarian operation, it may help me getting important contacts. In this galaxy, you must have acquaintances around the likes of Zachary Rackham or Sirius CEO, Li Yong-Rui.
"So, what is this Zachary Rackham home system again?", I thought still programming my navigation computer.