JULIA HIPORI, CEO, DEAD IN 'TARGETED ATTACK' AT HEART OF THE EMPIRES DEFENSIVE INDUSTRY
Reknowned CEO, Julia Hipori has been confirmed dead in a 'targeted terror attack' directed at the Imperial defensive industry, Imperial sources have confirmed. The attack, which is the latest in a slue of...
It was good to get out of Core.
Julia had long stopped considering Coruscant with that moniker; these days Raxus held the crown in her eyes. As CEO of one of the premier businesses in Imperial Space, she felt something of a moral obligation to hype up her new homeworld after all. Yet such a...
It was night on Raxus as Julia's speeder darted across the skyline of the planet's capital. Escorted by four probe droids, the luxury speeder car cut a clear line toward their meeting place, a park and restaurant in the city's upper levels. Stepping out of the speeder, she was accompanied by an...
Tensions had been somewhat high in the Corporate world since the news broke.
Rumours of data plagues would do that.
So would allegations of sabotage and suggestions of more from significant players.
Therefore Julia and the board had moved swiftly to call a meeting and get to the bottom of...
Canto Bight.
The City had a reputation as a jewel in the crown of the gambling scene. Playground of the rich and the powerful, it was a hub of high finance and higher stakes. It also happened to be a city where Julia Hipori had a residence. Well, technically speaking.
In actuality, her...
Zygerria dominated much of the galactic underbelly for centuries through its domination of the intergalactic slavery trade. Now, however, its lustre had wained, replaced instead by a cantankerous Imperial family, clutching onto what little generational wealth and influence it could muster...
Julia couldn't remember the last time she had been burdened with a visit to Tatooine. A glum dusty rock in the forsaken end of the galaxy, she had yet to hear why the world should not continue to be a forgotten patch of sand nobody ever wanted to come to. Since arriving planetside, she had done...
Julia paced up and down the top floor of an office block in 'Central City', one of the major ecumenopolis of Etti IV, deep in the heart of the Corporate Sector. Today was a day she had been looking forward to for some time, finally getting an assortment of old contacts, and even some new ones...
"For nearly three generations, Systech has been at the forefront of the adrenals market, providing much-needed aid everywhere from the doctor's table," the screen changed to show a medical droid administering a Systech product to a patient "- to the battlefield." the image shifted to a soldier...
Coruscant, a planet that was buzzing with life twenty-four seven.
A brilliant chromium sheened vessel sliced across the upper atmosphere of the city-planet, a Guild d'Lanseaux Star Yacht, its occupant, one of the most formidable players in the Corporate world. Julia Hipori was her name, and...
Denon. A world upon which Blackwell had been operated for generations, and now the melting point for a myriad of political, corporate and military interests. Over the past few months, tensions had been rising on the planet, with several invasions either attempted or succeeded, and the board was...
Arcing across the skies above the cityscape below, a Guild d'Lanseaux Star Yacht cut a thin line across the night sky as it carried its occupant toward a meeting she really didn't want to go to. Every year the 'Hipori Holdings' group held a get together, bringing together friends, business...
Deep Space
''- with a predicted rise of 7% over the next three months, we anticipate a sizable uptick in the demand for cbersecurity in the regions shown on your datapads.'' Julia addressed the executives over the holonet, as a few nodded along to what she was saying.
''This is a competative...
Throughout her career, Julia had grown to despise social functions with the political class. She'd even hated them when she was a politician herself. However, as time had gone on it had become clear to her that they served a purpose - one beyond the consumption of expensive champagne, whilst...
Whoever had the smart idea that they had to meet on Tatooine of all places, Julia simply did not know. She had, however, decided that when she found them, they'd be getting a piece of her mind. She didn't like sand, it was coarse, irritating, and it got everywhere. Regardless, here she was...
Julia Hipori was irritated.
The gentle tap-tap-tap of her chromium plated pen on the glass tabletop in the boardroom demonstrated that fact, as did her general manner thus far in the meeting. It had been called by their logistics officer, Dryden Duo, after one of their shipments had been...
"Why exactly are we going to Canto Bight Ma'am?" the serious voice of her chief of security cut across the lobby of her yacht, as it dropped down into the upper atmosphere of Cantonica. Two Hawkbat speeders rose up to meet them, as part of the security detail provided by the ISC for this...
Julia Hipori was once again on the move, her shuttle cutting across the skies of Cantonica with ease, the city lights of the capital of the planet, Canto Bight, glinting off the vessels transparisteel windows. Behind the shuttle, two BV-Hawkbat Urban Patrol Speeders kept pace with their charge...
The camera was off, the director standing just behind it, his right hand raised, as a makeup attendant powdered something onto Julia's face. She was numb. This was, quite simply, the most important day of her life. She was about to address, on a public, live broadcast..well, everyone.
The...
Julia Hipori had not stopped reading and re-reading the 'Journalism' that was the talk of the business world these past few days. Every single time she had tried to get some work done, she had heard the 'news' item mentioned, and between every meeting she had been glued to the comments section...