:32:00
If the worker revolt takes place,
my informants tell me. . .
:32:04
. . .that the first order of business is
to separate you from your head.
:32:08
Which is why there will be no revolt.
:32:12
I am authorizing you to use whatever
means necessary to prevent it.
:32:16
The best way is to increase profits
and stop cutting the workers' pay.
:32:20
Production equals profits.
:32:23
And I've already ordered
as many new workers as possible. . .
:32:26
. . .to boost production.
:32:28
But we have to pay the new workers.
:32:31
Maybe you were absent the day they
taught economics at the academy, Ker.
:32:36
But nobody works for free.
:32:39
Man-animals do.
:32:42
What if we were to train them
how to mine?
:32:49
Man-animals operating machinery?
:32:53
Have you blown a head gasket?
:32:56
I will be the laughingstock
of the universe.
:33:01
So you should have me
take man-animals. . .
:33:03
. . .with equipment,
out to a remote area. . .
:33:05
. . .better that you don't know where,
and try and train them.
:33:09
Have them do some test mining.
:33:12
If it doesn't work out,
no one will know.
:33:14
-Right.
-And if it does work. . .
:33:17
. . .I will be vaporized.
:33:19
It is against the law.
:33:21
Regulations say. . .
:33:22
. . .a Planetship faced with
a profit-threatening situation. . .
:33:26
. . .is relieved
of all other ordinances. . .
:33:30
. . .to pursue, to protect
and to acquire said profits.
:33:34
There you have it.
:33:42
We stick to the original plan.
:33:46
Bring in new workers. . .
:33:48
. . .and they go on half-pay
as soon as they arrive.
:33:51
And that is final!