OOC: This is open to any Senators that are within ISC or would like to lean ISC. Furthermore, ALL ISC meetings are streamed live to the public.
Emryc was the recently elected President of the Independent Systems Consortium. The structure of the government body was already in place, and he was a shoe in for assuming the position of President. Elections were held to vote in delegates and representatives for sectors. It was a messy process, and it wasn’t as crisp as he would have liked even now, but he had faith in his executive council. They worried about the groups of planets and their diplomats so he didn’t have to, and he would review the high level items that came to him.
The half Sephi had called for the first ISC meeting to cover a very pressing issue. Thyferra was the planet where he had the biggest sway, and he set it up to serve as a diplomatic HQ. It was close to FWA, which allowed for easier relations with other governing bodies. He had called the council as he took the seat at the head of the table. One by one, Holo projections flicked on for the distant members that dialed in from the Outer Rim, those closer to the FWA borders attending in person.
Emryc was casually leaning in his seat texting back and forth with his boyfriend while waiting for others to arrive, his face as stoic as ever. Every now and then silver eyes glanced up as people filed in, and he gave them a cursory nod. He had met with these individuals many times in person. Keen ears picked up on idle chit chat until he finally checked his chrono, putting the datapad away.
“Welcome everyone to our very first official session together,” Emryc said as he stood, gazing at each and every one of those in attendance, “I am once again humbled by your generosity and support in electing me as President and I hope me calling this meeting is a testament of how quickly I wish to execute on our plans.”
There were general murmurs of agreement before Emryc pressed a button to project a Holo image for everyone to see. It displayed snapshots of the news report that went out about the AMS virus.
“I have worked with several of you to help curb the AMS problem in your sectors,” He glanced over at the Bothan diplomat that represented the entire sector around Bothawui and surrounding planets, “Especially in your area. This is a galactic wide problem and our worlds are the most threatened. The item that I consider of utmost importance to address at once is to form a task force to begin working on a cure. That could mean either forming a team drawing from the best minds from our planets or leaning on a reputable third party company. In either case we will need to allocate funding. However, there are other points to consider so I want to take a multi faceted approach.”
Emryc looked at all of them for a moment, “I’m proposing for an emergency stimulus bill of 50 trillion credits to fund this effort so planets within our borders can begin their AMS fighting initiatives. Part of this will go towards funding Blackwell droids which have proven successful in combating the infected and minimizing organics exposure. Other portions of the funding will go towards establishing quarantine and relief centers. We will also need funding for disposing of the infected once they are killed and a clean up operation.”
The half Sephi scrolled through the Holo projections that displayed his models for how the disposal and cleaning facilities would work, “Should this be approved, I will present this proposal at the Galactic Senate for additional funding so we can extend this comprehensive effort out throughout the galaxy. FWA no doubt could use a model for combating and curing AMS.”
He finally paused to look at them, “Let us deliberate on this now.”