Arms dealing at the start of a war is always good business. Especially so if you can afford to sell a unique service. At that point, you can raise your price as high as you want: you ain't talking margins of profit here; you're milking this cash cow dry. And what better way to raise the price, than an auction? But, almost like it's nature's law, the more one tries to climb prices, the more new... alternative methods are cooked up for someone else to get their hands on the prize.
No discussion. That weapon will be yours. End of story.
Where money flows, there flows power. There is no better opportunity to get richer, in both of them.
Nobody has ever stood in your way and lived. You will do anything to get that weapon. Yes. Anything.
Nothing better than some healthy competition, to raise prices. And you want it shooting for the stars: there is no upper limit.
Since always, there's a very easy way to win an auction. One just needs to be the only person to bid.
You had never seen any cash trail like this before. And you're afraid you'll never see one like it ever again. This is your opportunity, and you must catch it.
You have always known what you wanted. You wanted fame, glory, money… the complete package. But now that you are about to get it all… you fear it.
For once, you weren't hired to off someone, but to protect them. If only there wasn't all that money involved… Temptation makes the thief, they say.