While Max and Nico were sitting in a secondary layer of space, working on a mass producible version of the Dyson Sphere, Mary Tarith was sitting in the Sector Governor's office on Rae 5, trying to talk some sense into her counterparts.
"For the last time, no, we are not going to start a trade war with the Icarians over their production of luxury yachts. The design isn't even close to ours, and the quality is far inferior." She explained for the fifth time today.
"But so is the price. We can't have someone undercutting us in the market like that." The Commander in front of her declared.
"They're a Warp 3 local system vessel that needs portals to even get between star systems in a standard vacation. How can their offering even be considered to be in the same market as ours? We produce and sell luxury vessels with Warp Ten drives and Portal Generators." She countered.