So how do you want to deal with the private investigators that will be hired to look into us? Because the thing about trade secrets is they aren't protected by law meaning it's finders keepers and well worth hiring a PI on just the chance of snooping it out.
The Library of Congress doesn't know what an Exalted is. Plus, once we have RVD, we could actually transport the diamonds from Africa to USA legitimately.
Oh, that's a good idea. I'm stealing it.
Well it's more likely to be a LLC meaning no one 'owns' it per say. And it makes sense to have Thomas be the CEO because he is in fact handling the finances.
We need to remeber to produce uncut stones for him to pass through customs with, but if anything that should increase the number of stones we produce per check as it's cutting a whole step off the end of the process.
The idea with the Crown use is to find undiscovered magical potential in the list of properties for sale. Like a vein of magical material, or a long lost ancient buried temple, or dragon king eggs, or a Dragon's Nest. Something that Thomas would have no idea is there. That the people selling it would have no idea is there.
Indeed. That's actually a perfect cover. The "official" timeline goes like this:
If we don't want to draw attention naming it as series of random numbers and letters is the way to go. And we don't actually want this to draw attention. Let's leave that name for a future enterprise that needs branding.
-This is a Dresdenverse/WoD crossover. Our cyberdevils are from WoD hells.
Could be. Was it? Thats not the impression I got.
They DO have the budget to make intercontinental trips on a whim.
*Shakes head*
Which is why we hide it in Africa. They could try to send someone there, but it wouldn't be hard to make a protected facility.
This, basically. And playing chicken with the Masquerade is a good way for Mab to come in and smack us. The facility in the USA is infeasible.
I'm not advocating for, like, giving interviews or something. But this gives us an ability to sell both qualities of diamonds.
I suspect that he is playing the Sir Humpty Applebee game and making sure to give us choices. The right choice that benefits him and the wrong choice which is a terrible idea. Unfortunately going by the current vote he underestimated our intelligence.
In my eyes the precision makes direct telekinetic guidance more likely, not less.
Good thing we have a capable minion to handle all that and he seems to think it's easier.
Daedalus still couldn't. They entirely lack jurisdiction as part of FBI. Moreover, if they try to investigate our property in a foreign country... We'll just deny them entry, and that'd be it.
You can't do this with a satellite not already designed as a kinetic kill vessel.
