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Our Divine Emperor is proud to announce that our teams of biologists and researchers have finally discovered a way to tame sharks and subdue them to their master's will. Electronic devices in the (most popular) upper fin enable the shark to do simple tasks, such as patrol the shores or return to their refuges...

Even if it's still rudimental, it is more than enough to get rid of those most annoying SEAL troopers that insist in washing ashore, wrecking that strategically important building you oh-so-needed for your world domination plan to work.

We are currently develloping the Sharkomatic technology, so visit this thread often for possible breakthroughs.

LOL....good idea:P

how much are they?

The Republic of Sharina would like to hear more of this technology.

We are willing to provide aid in this research endeavour, in return for granting us the right to train sharks and develop shark teams for our own use.

Sharina is prepared to send several of our engineers and marine biologists with doctorates, as well as $100 million towards this project.


Live well,
President Rand Veristek

Terra will watch the development of this technology with interest.

(ooc: Hello, Lapse!)

Oh, Excellent. Now all is falling in place.

I need someone to bring me the jade-monkey by noon tomorrow. Now go.

:)

Oh, Excellent. Now all is falling in place.

I need someone to bring me the jade-monkey by noon tomorrow. Now go.

:)

Man in dark robes slips WC representative the jade-monkey.

*coughs*

Dumpsterdam would be very interested in this technology....we are willing to donate 75 million Imperials to your project if we can train our own sharks later on using your program.

The Divine Emperor *bleep* has taken in consideration the propositions of Dumpsterdam and Sharina, and agrees with their proposals. Though we'd like to know how much is the Imperial worth in $

To Lapse: It depends on the package. If you want to raise sharks, then a pair of them, male and female will be sent to you, as well as supervisors that will install the mechanisms on their fin. The price is 5M$, plus whatever expenses the supervisors might have. A full set of equiped sharks costs 10M$ per animal.

FC is very interested and wishes to purchase 10 equipped sharks for a total price of 100M USD. Please confirm the sale so that the money may be wired.

We have sent your 10 shark units, as well as a caretaker that will instruct you on how to tend for the animals. We'll also notify you for upgrades in the technology, which you'll get a 10% discount on future later release purchases.

The Vestern Stated defence ministry is asking if it`s possible to arrange a test-period of the shark-units
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Edmond McLean
Defence Ministry
Vestern States

The Divine Emperor agrees, provided a team of monitors is sent along to ensure no research is conducted during the exams' period.

Greetings, friend.

We would like to know when we can send our scientists and money to aid in your research efforts?

In addition, we have a large bay in our nation that would be an excellent testing range for your sharks within an easily controlled enviroment.


Live well,
President Rand Veristek

The nation of Slimestoria would like to request 3000 sharks(fully equipped) to be sent to our Military island base, Plot 666 in the Silver Seas region. If at all possible, we would like the sharks to be great whites. We also want to know if it would be possible to genetically enhance the sharks to increase size and overall intelligence. We would do that ourselves of course.

The $30,000,000,000 will be wired to you upon confirmation of this order.

Zalcara would find these sharks to be of strategic importance to us in "protecting" our shores. We shall wire 125,000,000 Zches (equivelent to 80,000,000 USD) to recieve as many of these aquadic creatures as possible.

Sincerely,

Al'duris - Dictator of Zalcara

Greetings, friend.

We would like to know when we can send our scientists and money to aid in your research efforts?

In addition, we have a large bay in our nation that would be an excellent testing range for your sharks within an easily controlled enviroment.


Live well,
President Rand Veristek

Whenever you would like. And we thank the offer of testing grounds, some of our test subjects will be sent.

We appreciate the great interest of our Slimestorian friends, but we cannot, for population issues, send you more than 1000 sharks/NS year. We're one of the rare lands where sharks are abundant, and we intend to keep it that way. Not that we're dismissing the request, just asking you to have patience as we allow our national animal to rebuild its numbers. And as for enhancing, nothing has driven us to think otherwise.

The nation of Zalcara will now be the proud owner of 80 of our sharks, that are being shipped as we speak.

Ok, then for the next 3-5 NS years, please ship the sharks to Plot 666.

Greetings, friend.

Our research teams shall be sent immediately, along with our $100 million donation.

Research Facilities are being built near our bay to house your test sharks, your researchers, as well as some of our finest scientists. They will have the state of the art computer cores, water filters, electronic equipment, a dedicated power generator, powerful multi-spectrum scanners, and an assortment of ultra-modern scientific equipment.

Construction shall be finished in several months. You may send your sharks and teams immediately, as the shark tanks and human living quarters are already completed as of this comminque.

President Rand Veristek

Question, can the sharks be trained to do tricks?

Oddly enough, Truitt supports this.

We are willing to send enough funds to fund the rest of the project, in turn, Truitt recives full technology of this wonderful idea. Oddly enough, I was going to make a salt-water peranna to do this, but you beat me!

Question, can the sharks be trained to do tricks?

Of course they can't... they're not as flexible as dolphins... And far less docile. And there's also the not-appleased-with-a-mere-sardine-for-trick-reward factor... And besides, don't the creatures have better things to do, like gnaw on enemy sailors?

Oddly enough, Truitt supports this.

We are willing to send enough funds to fund the rest of the project, in turn, Truitt receives full technology of this wonderful idea. Oddly enough, I was going to make a salt-water peranna to do this, but you beat me!

I suppose it'd be unfair to turn your offer down. Besides, if you're so interested, you could send industrial spies to learn the secrets of Sharkomatic... so deal's done!

The Divine Emperor agrees, provided a team of monitors is sent along to ensure no research is conducted during the exams' period.

That will do fine. Your observers are most welcome

Question, would it be possible to mount neural-controlled laser beams on the sharks? Okay, seriously:

IC- We would be interested in learning how you subdued the shark's brain through the implant. Does it deaden the electrical impulses from the brain and then redirect them elsewhere to control it?

Money wired.

I am curious about this. Some of our special interest groups here at the last Assembly in Hadula are concerned about the state of the sharks themselves. They are asking to go in and inspect your caretaking techniques, and we are sponsoring them. If they find it satisfactory, I will make a contract with you on these sharks, not for defense purposes, but more for exploratory and scientific research project we are starting. being an island nation we are very interested in researching ways to use the ocean around us.

What would be the fee for such an inspection? And remember, if they find no inhumane treatement and find the enviromental conditions satisfactory, I will write up a 100 million USD contract with you for only access to a few sharks and the technology in which you control them with. I will increase the price paid for this if you so wish, but we have a limited budget.

Thank you for your time, comrade.

With sincere regards,
Consul Venice Damon

I suppose it'd be unfair to turn your offer down. Besides, if you're so interested, you could send industrial spies to learn the secrets of Sharkomatic... so deal's done!

I could send in a bunch of spies, and could get it, but we do the blue plus blue thing.

We would also lik eot send our best scientists to help. We have worked on producing Velociraptors, and have made a male and female, currently "testing" breeding.

We could help in this, and who knows, maybe make trainned Merlin Hawks to fly with small cameras on thier legs and fly around enemy territory. Wait, I already do that. Ignore that.

The subject of what is involved in the Sharkomatic technology has been presented in two occasions since the negociations have begun. Therefore, the Divine Emperor has allowed me, the chief investigator, AKA brains behind the whole deal, to clarify how the sharks are controlled.

The device sends sonar waves into the animal's brain, using the spine as medium. These control the shark, not through rough mind-control, but rather by instilling a desire, a need for the shark to go to that specific spot and hunt. It's no more different than what they do when they smell blood nearby.

Even so, the animal quickly rejects the orders if he cannot sight prey at a medium distance. He must first be trained by placing bait in the directions you wish him to go, graduatly smaller to instill trust in the shark. Since it's still in the first stages, it is adviced that they be used in night time, to diminish chances that they decide to go on conducting hunts of their own during a patrol.

As said before, we are only on the early stages of development, and other features will appear, possibly next NS year.

The Chief Investigator,
Sebastião de Melo

BREAKTHROUGH!!!

Besides an increase in the efficiency of the shark's control, we have now installed modules that counter the effects of devices that manipulate the electric field around the user to prevent the shark from heading in that direction. All the nations that have long-term arrangements with us should review their contracts, as the price for each shark has now raised to 20M$.

OOC: That break through better have come from my money...
Alright, now to the serious stuff.

IC:
Would you like any mroe funds, since the whole Navy and Ground Forces of Truitt have had their funding cut, got a lot of money from the NSBC wating to use uselessly too.

Of course they can't... they're not as flexible as dolphins... And far less docile. And there's also the not-appleased-with-a-mere-sardine-for-trick-reward factor... And besides, don't the creatures have better things to do, like gnaw on enemy sailors?

Do you sell dolphins then?

How much would it cost to purchase production rights for these sharks, as well as access to future updates?

Our pocketbook is extremely large in this regard.