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'''Wikku Ai''' (lit. "Expedient Goods", in the informal grammatical case of Nolneki) is a chain of convenience stores found in transit hubs across the Pentarchate, especially spaceports. Its corporate headquarters and largest store are both located on [[Jojerykh]]. | '''Wikku Ai''' (lit. "Expedient Goods", in the informal grammatical case of Nolneki) is a chain of convenience stores found in transit hubs across the Pentarchate, especially spaceports. Its corporate headquarters and largest store are both located on [[Jojerykh]]. | ||
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Wikku Ai is the main surviving remnant of the [[Nolnek Imperium]]. The Imperium's intricate leadership structure lives on in the internal corporate maneuvering, and branch managers are selected through a mix of networking, patronage, and blackmail. Since Nolneki governance is incompatible with modern jurisprudence, Wikku Ai's Board of Trustees has lobbied the Pentarchate to be deemed a [[Historic Cultural Enclave]] with the right to set an autonomous legal code. This has never been granted. | Wikku Ai is the main surviving remnant of the [[Nolnek Imperium]]. The Imperium's intricate leadership structure lives on in the internal corporate maneuvering, and branch managers are selected through a mix of networking, patronage, and blackmail. Since Nolneki governance is incompatible with modern jurisprudence, Wikku Ai's Board of Trustees has lobbied the Pentarchate to be deemed a [[Historic Cultural Enclave]] with the right to set an autonomous legal code. This has never been granted. | ||
Revision as of 09:47, 9 January 2019
Wikku Ai (lit. "Expedient Goods", in the informal grammatical case of Nolneki) is a chain of convenience stores found in transit hubs across the Pentarchate, especially spaceports. Its corporate headquarters and largest store are both located on Jojerykh.
Wikku Ai is the main surviving remnant of the Nolnek Imperium. The Imperium's intricate leadership structure lives on in the internal corporate maneuvering, and branch managers are selected through a mix of networking, patronage, and blackmail. Since Nolneki governance is incompatible with modern jurisprudence, Wikku Ai's Board of Trustees has lobbied the Pentarchate to be deemed a Historic Cultural Enclave with the right to set an autonomous legal code. This has never been granted.
Wikku Ai's current slogan is "The customer possesses the Imperial Mandate!"
Goods and Services
Wikku Ai is best known for its efficient currency conversion, with rates updated daily and only a 4% transaction fee. The rest of the store's offerings have been widely panned as "wildly obsolete", "redundant", and "gross", though the centuries-old inventory is a vital resource for scholars of commercial trends or Nolneki history.
The high turnover of management and staff has given Wikku Ai personnel a reputation for being perennially clueless and lacking any pool of informal institutional knowledge, an image that Wikku Ai's advertising often disputes.
Legal Issues
The Nolneki mastery of memehazards has led authorities to place tight restrictions on Wikku Ai's advertising campaigns. Complaints of unlawful prior restraint are still being litigated.
Future Endeavors
Wikku Ai has raised the possibility of building a theme park based on Nolneki history and culture, though as of yet they have never had a profitable quarter.
