"First, to draw them out, Santo Domingo needs to hold an event. It needs to be crowded, and it needs to make a big splash. Then we can put up a banner.
Don't you want to become the United States and promote the American spirit?
The community needs confidence right now. Hold an event like this."
"But what for?"
"You're in the middle of an internal conflict, brother," Lier said. "Sure, the mercenaries are the biggest problem, but on the surface, this is an internal conflict. Your underlings hired mercenaries to rebel.
Santo Domingo needs to know which side is the real boss and who they should be paying, right?"
"Oh, I get it." Sergeant waved a finger, suddenly understanding. "You're forcing them to show themselves. But can they?"
They probably could.
Lier felt that although this looked like an internal conflict on the surface, there was a good chance the mercenaries wanted to become the boss, or were helping certain figures behind the scenes expand their influence.
Controlling the gangs meant controlling the local residents, which was a big help when it came to moving product.
For example, Militech had good relations with the Sixth Street. They could use that relationship to sell their products in many places. It wasn't that other companies' products were bad; it was just that if the Sixth Street made even a little trouble, their sales costs would skyrocket.
When the costs ate up the profits, they might as well not sell at all.
Since they had thought of starting with the gangs, they couldn't possibly refrain from interfering in an event like this, because this was the most hardcore and common form of marketing in the Cyberpunk World.
Corporate wars started according to this logic: I break your backbone so others won't dare