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28: News, Shock, Isolation, Reversal, Flight

22:33 29 Sep 2006

I was on the bridge, researching recent Board activity, when the news hit.
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27: Capture, Dismay, Assumption, Principle, Resignation

22:50 28 Sep 2006. Updated: 10:02 29 Sep 2006

She pushed me into a shuttle nearby and sat me down, then said, “Truder Redmane, I am here to take you back. You have broken your contract of work with Redmane Minerals, and they are permitted to force your return and sequestration for the duration—” [more...]

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26: Prediction, Inconsistency, Meeting, Observation, Confrontation

23:57 27 Sep 2006. Updated: 14:16 20 May 2009

Lee jumped out of her chair and ran for the stairs. She was sure the man exiting the Governor’s office was Truder Redmane.
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25: Anger, Review, Trail, Politics, Insight

23:10 26 Sep 2006

Lee pounded the desk. Reviewing the files from Brivik security, she couldn’t believe some of the things they let slip. Primarily being slow to realize that the “terrorist” who’d started killing guards was Truder Redmane.
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24: Orbit, Evasion, Request, Intervention, Regulations

22:49 25 Sep 2006

“Three Redmane interceptors, they said we’d committed security violations, want us to power down and surrender.” [more...]

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23: Gamble, Killing, Speed, Luck, Flight

23:47 24 Sep 2006. Updated: 01:08 25 Sep 2006

I looked to my right, saw two guards, and walked towards them quickly. One looked at me in time to take my punch to the throat. I stepped closer to get his pistol from his holster, pull up his armor, and shoot him in the stomach. The other guard had his visor flipped up, so I shot him in the face, then took his gun as well.
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22: Foray, Disguise, Welcome, Aid, Exit

07:07 23 Sep 2006

I made it onto Brivik, through the spaceport, without incident. Free. On a planet. Real air. Real gravity.
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21: Fear, Agreement, Contacts, Hopes, Plan

20:09 22 Sep 2006

Looks Good on Paper was far away. Far away, locked inside a secret base in a dangerous asteroid belt under intense scrutiny within a remote solar system. And Shara felt the distance.
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20: Assignment, Anomaly, Misgivings, Resentment, Approach

23:51 21 Sep 2006. Updated: 01:34 22 Sep 2006

Lee ducked the punch and came back up again with her gun jammed against the contract-breaker’s nose. Her phone chimed.
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19: Trust, Determination, Dilemma, Odds, Proposal

18:30 20 Sep 2006

I set up the transfer, and had it ready to go. Three hundred million. I looked up at Shara, and said “You know you won’t get to spend it.”
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18: Unease, Contingency, Disagreement, Risk, Corner

23:09 19 Sep 2006

“We don’t know that it’s him.”
“No, but who else, given blackmail from something that Truder knows and activity at his bases?”
“We don’t have enough information, no matter how it looks, to do what you propose.”
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17: Obstacle, Friction, Evaluation, Recognition, Decision

23:59 18 Sep 2006

Shara was in my way.
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16: Information, Questions, Confusion, Opportunity, Idea

23:31 17 Sep 2006

“So where is she now?”
“Ops doesn’t know.”
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15: Asteroid, Base, Money, Surveillance, Flight

23:55 16 Sep 2006. Updated: 01:55 17 Sep 2006

Near the middle of the asteroid belt, I directed Shara to approach a large hunk of rock. I broadcast a code to it, and a section slid sideways, revealing a docking bay. Shara was clearly impressed, and I was gratified by this.
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14: Negotiation, Wealth, Threat, Agreement, Destination

23:52 15 Sep 2006. Updated: 01:46 16 Sep 2006

“How much is the reward?”
“One hundred million.”
“So little?”
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13: Solitude, Insanity, Company, Capture, Confusion

00:54 14 Sep 2006. Updated: 20:58 15 Sep 2006

Death seems closer in the quiet places.
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12: Reward, Hunt, Research, Guess, Discovery

23:58 13 Sep 2006

Looks Good on Paper was outbound from the Rithvi system when Shara heard about the reward. One hundred million for finding Truder Redmane.
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11: Blackmail, Discussion, Assumptions, Demands, Complications

19:32 12 Sep 2006

“What if that’s all a cover?”
“How?”
“What if the whole point of the archive planet role is to make us assume that’s where he got the information?”
“Where else could it come from?”
There was a pause as the Board Members considered this.
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10: Captive, Negotiation, Passenger, Transport, Doubt

23:26 11 Sep 2006

Lee drew her gun as she slammed Korza against the bulkhead, jamming her forearm against his throat. “Look, Korza, if I say you get checked for explosives, it happens. No more shit. You helped me get Stephanos, but now do what I tell you or I’ll throw you off this ship. And I might wait until warp.”
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9: Pursuit, Competence, Indifference, Regulations, Unease

22:51 10 Sep 2006

As the large man walked into the room, Lee let go of Korza’s balls and moved around behind him, putting Korza between her and the stranger, and keeping her gun ready for either of them.
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8: Scavenger, Ship, Grave, Race, Payment

12:34 09 Sep 2006. Updated: 13:54 09 Sep 2006

Looks Good on Paper was still Shara Clavell’s ship.
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7: Plague, Mystery, Panic, Rebellion, Power

19:48 08 Sep 2006. Updated: 13:54 09 Sep 2006

Thirty years before, the Rethril system had been one of the most prosperous in the Empire. A teeming cityworld, it was a jewel in Redmane’s crown. Then came the plagues.
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6: Fever, Persistence, Disappointment, Luck, Surprise

21:54 07 Sep 2006. Updated: 13:54 09 Sep 2006

The Board Member involved with Rittensoor was Franco Lubomirski, now deceased. Lawrenceson discovered that the archive had just received his records.
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