ILLUMINARRPG: (-90- 1240)- Ferengi Entrepreneur Lar

[Charles Gatling]

NRPG: Dancing on the PG-13 rating here a bit. You will notice I'm being
extremely vague.
RPG:


Mission:  Death in the Shadows
Day: -90
Stardate: 245.11.03

(Mars- Utopia Planitia Surface- Martian Sunset- Ferengi Entrepreneur Lar-
1240)

There was very little activity during the day but at night the Martian
Sunset came alive true to its name. Lar had come to Mars after word had
gotten out that the base had been restaffed and the numbers were growing.
His profits had been small at first owing to the prevalence of fresh faced
young Ensigns and very little else. It didn't take long for word to get
around about the fights and as his take grew he was able to bring in better
talent. His business then had grown with the base to a great extent. In
time those Ensigns moved up in rank and had more resources to gamble away.
Ships were built and launched and a new wave of Ensigns hit the base but
there were enough holdovers to keep business humming. Ships continued to be
built. Lar was not shy about congratulating himself on his ability to smell
profit in the wind. Another round of fights began tomorrow and he had
already set up the cards. He was looking forward to another windfall.

He walked outside and inspected the area that had been marked off for
construction. He walked the perimeter already seeing in his minds eye where
everything was going to go. He also had long range plans to build an arena
on an adjoining piece of property he had sent out feelers for. If he could
get it at the right price his little Martian empire would have a solid
foundation.

Chuckling he did a little jig then returned to the Sunset.

Inside the office he found a message on his personal terminal and pulled it
up. It was a note that he was moving into the next round of bids. He
watched the brief clip then sat back to consider his next bid. This could
net him a large windfall of latinum if he could find the right buyer. The
trick was to buy low and sell high. But how low? Buying high was bad for
business. It was time to play Tongo with the bidding process. He sent out
some queries to find out who was involved. Once he had surveyed the
landscape he would know best how to proceed.

He had been busy all morning and decided it was time for a little
relaxation so went out into the bar. Currently there were only a few
patrons sitting at a table close to the stage. These three could almost
always be spotted when the Orion named Shalla was dancing near this time of
the day. Prella was onstage and showing off her considerable assets.

There was a well known saying that Orion females were irresistible to human
males so he had acquired those two at considerable expense as a long term
investment. He couldn’t bring them into Federation space legally as slaves
so they were "employees". They were paid a part of the take and given a
small salary. He had purchased the establishment only a week ago and
brought them in immediately. It had been a tandem purchase, as soon as the
deal was brokered he had installed them into the staff.

A lovely human female was hanging out at the bar since the men were intent
on the dancer and nursing their drinks. She had no more clothing on than
Prella and the bar had been open less than an hour.

He got her attention then made his way to a comfortable round seat at the
back of the bar. He made better business decisions when he was relaxed. It
was a win, win.

He patted the seat beside him and she sat after giving him a coquettish
smile. "You know what to do." He laid his head back in her lap and she
began to massage gently.

"Ah!" His sigh was full of satisfaction. "You give good lobe."

(Reply: None)

(Posted by Charles G)



Charles Gatling
Commanding Officer
USS Illuminar
NCC 61240


"The light shines brightest amidst the deepest darkness."
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