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Five-Minute fiction - 23:21-23:26

If the stock in X-Corp had been publicly available, it would have been the most sought after. But the corporations private status, and extraterritoriality meant that the sole owner, Daniel Cresa, always had controlling interest in the company. And there really was no need for the company to go public. The establishment of the Cresa Belt, a belt of asteroids in stable orbit just beyond the moon ensured that X-Corp had a great deal of material wealth in the form of heavy metals.

Couple those material assets with the research and development division and you had one of the most desirable companies in the solar system, and it was owned by just one man, well, him and a few million employees.

Are you sure you want to do this? Burquest said as he leafed through the bundle of legal documents. Its a pretty hefty youre taking, and Im not sure its in the best interest of everyone involved, mainly yourself. To surrender this much control in the company would be tantamount to Wellington not conducting the Battle of Waterloo