Spies were an annoying continuous problem I had to deal with as for some reason all the other corporations thought that since I had taken over Atlas my internal security was still just as bad. In reality that was literally the first thing I fixed. I found those stubborn or cocky spies and captured them while using them and aggressive tactics to find the actually sneaky ones. If I missed any of them it was only because they kept their noses clean until now as I had all messages in or out of the planet intercepted and decoded.-
As for hacking me? That was a pipe dream as I had a powerful Eridian based defensive firewall on every piece of tech that could even send or receive signals. I may not have had the full coding language of the Eridians but I had enough that I could substitute normal languages for the missing parts without much issue. I also put those spies I caught to good use by turning their brains into processors with Atlas in charge of it. Cruel perhaps but they brought it on themselves by trying to steal from me.-
"Everything should be smooth sailing from here. The longer we have without being interrupted the more sturdy our company will be. We already have another four Ken class ships being built at various production facilities and the armor and weapon retraining with the new stuff is almost done for the first batch of soldiers. We just need time now." I said with a grin.
"Indeed. By my estimation so long as we are given at least three GT months our solidification will be complete and I dare say we will be untouchable." Atlas said nodding in agreement.
"Not untouchable, just very hard to do so. Still close enough I suppose." I said with a shrug.
My company wasn't the only one changing though as word through the grapevine was that Hyperion was undergoing a change of hands as well. Led by none other than Jack himself, now sporting a mask and calling himself "Handsome Jack". His personality was now fully flipped on it's head apparently as he was now crass, bold, arrogant and cruel. My thought that Lil and Moxxi were going to learn a harsh lesson seemed to become closer and closer to fruition from the looks of it.-
I wasn't going to step in to clean their mess however as now my focus was on getting my company to a point I could take regular long absences without the whole thing crumbling. I had an entire universe of traits and lifeforce waiting for me and still fully intended to claim it for my own. It was funny how my face had appeared on hundreds of business and celebrity magazines across the galaxies as the newest rising star in the business sector. These magazines were clamoring for interviews in hopes of capitalizing on my explosive rise to galactic power.-
Despite not being very attractive due to my many green tattoos and sharp predatory features I was still considered one of the most eligible bachelors somehow. Especially when some of the magazines managed to find out the nature of my siren powers some fucking how and explained more or less why I looked like this. The thing that apparently threw off most people however was my age. I was fourteen at the moment, barely more than a child by conventional standards. Despite that I looked like I was twenty five at least. -
Ironically my youth actually improved my image in the publics mind because I was sitting at an incredibly high level politically as the head of a massive corporation that I all but resurrected with a new name. My accomplishments set me apart from almost every other person my age in the entirety of the six galaxies. It wasn't all glory though as some of the other corporations tried to get a law put up that made it so you had to be a certain age to run a company. The old man and I along with Anshin and Vladof pushed back against this law HARD.-
The inclusion of Anshin here was a surprise as usually that company stuck with Maliwan on most topics but a closer look showed why they didn't here. The current head of the company was old and his heir was around my age. He wouldn't be able to retire like he planned if this law went through. Even with the four of us working together the law was slowly creaking forward so I chose to move to more violent methods. I found the galactic congress members that were backing the law and quietly made them vanish. Reduced to dust after I snapped their necks and drained their lifeforce.-
The law died almost immediately after the first three vanished. None of these politicians were stupid and realized almost instantly that we weren't going to let this law pass even if it meant killing everyone who supported it. None called us out for it directly because frankly speaking this wasn't an unheard of tactic. Political assassination was a practice as old as politics itself and if motivated enough never off the table. The game was knowing how to give and take just right so it became a last resort. -
The disappearance of the three politicians told the rest that they had to give up this law. Not pleasant but between disappointing their backers and death the former was much more acceptable. There were a few assassination attempts on me after that but frankly speaking they were pathetic. The best in my opinion was the time someone tried to poison my tacos with several tasteless and scentless toxins. The indigestion that gave me was terrible. The worst was by far the guy that showed up and just shot me in the forehead while I was going to grab a coffee, the ricochet killed the barista bot. -
He died screaming.
Not even because he tried to kill me but for the sheer irritation I felt at not being able to get my favorite praline and pecan coffee. There was two times however where I let the assassins go. The first was when a silent sword wielding assassin by the name of Zero showed up and politely made his attempt before offering to reverse murder his employer for a slightly higher paycheck. Apparently he only took the job to challenge his skills and once he made his attempt and failed was satisfied and didn't actually care about finishing it, I respected that.-
The second time was an older assassin by name of Zane Flint who was frankly a trip to deal with. He legit just sat down next to me while I was drinking my coffee and started casually talking about this job while he ate some tenders. Even when he failed and I literally held his life in my hand he just laughed without any regret at failing at all. I ended up letting him go with twice his paycheck to kill his employer and a standing offer to do the same from now on when he found a job for my life.
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Alexander Drake
Lifeforce: 2,429,173
Integrated Traits: [Clever mind-Rare grade],[Enhanced senses-Epic grade]X2, [Energy projection-Legendary grade], [Supreme vitality-Legendary grade],[Lesser dragon breath-Epic grade],[Regeneration-Epic grade]X2, [Disease resistance-Epic grade],[Amphibious lungs-Uncommon grade]X2, [Thermal sensing-Uncommon grade], [Water resistance-Rare grade],[Active camouflage-Legendary grade], [Eridian engineering expertise-Mythical grade], [Efficient lungs-Rare grade]x2, [Biometallic bones-Legendary grade], [Quick thinking-Rare grade], [Minor spatial awareness-Epic grade], [Adrenal rush-Rare grade], [Mechanical engineering expertise-Rare grade]X3, [Gunsmithing expertise(degrading)-Common grade]X3, [Mechanical Savant-Epic grade], [Embodiment of destruction(partial)-Mythical grade], [Demi-god body-Mythical grade], [Martial savant-Legendary grade], [Tinkering instinct-Rare grade], [Phase-god(Incomplete)-Mythical grade], [Impenetrable hide-Legendary grade]
Stored traits: [Agelessness-Legendary grade],[Elemental lifeform-Epic grade], [Elemental embodiment(Fire)-Legendary grade], [Elemental embodiment(Cryo)-Legendary grade],