[u][b]New Hope[/b] - [i]NORA capital building[/i][/u]

A Ceiling light kept flickering on & off audibly clicking each time as it struggled for life eventually with a loud clunk-like noise it managed to stay lit illuminating the corner of the office it covered. The president Ron Sterling now returning his attention from the light back to the ongoing meeting of the high council remaining in silence as Volker was finishing his explanation of the latest patrol changes for the northern parts of the republic in his dull but deep sounding voice "And that concludes my report sir! i would just like to add i have also submitted accommodation requests for some junior officers whose quick thinking & abilities have helped resolve several severe matters before they got out of control", With that Volker put down the stack of papers he had outlining his report on the desk.

After a brief pause the president spoke up "Thank you Tobias i trust in your judgement on those matters also i will review those requests in due time, Now a pressing matter of business id like to know about before we proceed with anything else!, Mira whats the status with the oil pipeline issue i heard about this morning?". With that the mature dark beauty in the room turned calmly in her chair to face the president across the large office desk smiling confidently "A couple of hours ago it was resolved after the engineers found where the damage was they promptly set-about with the repairs and the pipeline & pump-stations have resumed full operation again, and i have crews out mopping up the oil spillage as we speak, however... this whole issue has caused quite a setback and the refineries are still being brought back into operation to process the crude oil into fuel in Midgar...". Another woman abruptly cut in with her slight but noticeable Russian accent however she promptly turned a bright shade of red in the process "My refineries in Kenai however are fully operational & ever since the pipeline has been restored they've been,.. processing... the... oil...", Her speech slowly dimmed down into mumbling as she noticed the intense glare she was getting from Mira Hawks only now realizing she'd cut her off mid-speech. everyone else besides them two began quietly snickering to themselves at the sight of this before the president cut in again ending the matter. "Very good! see that the repair crews are congratulated for their efforts, i know some of the workforce will still be distressed about the inactivity but there's not much we can do about that just get everything back up to scratch by this evening please", Mira simply nodded in response before reading over the excess paperwork she'd brought from her office not wanting to waste anytime in getting back to work.

The kurst brothers barely had any presence in the meeting both simply saying "everything was fine & should continue to run smoothly" before they went back to their private discussion. Even the the visually out of place hulking tank Alexander Hund quietly sat in his chair claiming no pressing matters from the education board. The chief medical official Klein Reik took the opportunity to speak up again pressing the issue again that they need to either start scouting out unexplored areas to gather more medicine or start constructing dedicated labs to create their own for mass production which as normal would of turned into another argument between Mira, Reik, & the kurst twins if the Head of agriculture Innugati hadn't cut in "That is a real concern yes, but as always the republics food supply is of equal if not more concern!" Reik giving a sideways glance at Innugati for that comment as she continued. "what little surplus we had stored got distributed to twin tree & several of the Inuit villages that wont merge with the republic due to very poor crop yields, we really should be focusing our efforts into creating more viable food sources, If we continue as is the shortages are going to get a lot more frequent & severe if the recent estimates of the republics population growth are anything to go by, i Strongly think we should risk long distance broadcasts again in hopes of finding trading partners as a short term boon to this matter".

The room went quiet for a bit before the president nodded "I'll consider it, and Reik i know every time i meet or pass you you bring it up trust me i know! but everything still a balancing act at the moment & we can only invest in certain projects decided on by urgency". Then Hoolens tried to jump in saying they should open their boarders to the mutant tribes for better trade but he is shot down & drowned out by the rest of the high council. the meeting continued for another hour before it was dismissed and a tired & weary looking president slumped in the head chair at the table only seconds passed before he noticed Natasha & Nonna were still hanging around. "Hey Nat you're people managed to get access to them yet?", Natasha Liethens shook her head "can't find or bypass the safety locks or activation codes but we're still trying, the security is like nothing any of us have seen thus far, although we made a weird discovery in that underground warehouse we found in old schematics strange vehicles but nowhere for the operators to sit in it i split the teams & let them take a crack at these vehicles instead". The president nodded "fine, just notify me on any significant updates". The president then faced Nonna who seemed an even deeper shade of red then before but before he could speak she'd exited the meeting room, Ron Sterling though confused at the reaction he got just stood up & began heading back to his own office deep in contemplation.


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> Military Moral: High
> Industrial moral: Stable
> Civilian moral: Average

> 24hr setback in oil gathering, refining, & processing, industry & logistics setbacks throughout the republic.
> Civilian moral lowered due to poor harvest & food shortages/delays.
> re-worked deployments & rotations - increased military moral.
> Honored hero's - recent deeds in action have earned accommodations to several officers - Increased Military Moral.

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