Neverwonagame3
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It was meant to be Von Dunkelheit- the penguin got his facts wrong, and Von Dunkhelheit couldn't be bothered correcting him.
The Coalition Expedition:
“Could you stop hogging the window? Others wanna look too, you know.”
“Sorry” said Kira, looking behind him. It was some guy he didn’t know- one of the mercenaries, probably.
The person seemed annoyed. “Could you move, please?”
“Right.”
Kira walked away- he didn’t want any trouble. “Mercs” like him, as they were called, tended to be very stubborn, and if he hadn’t given way the man probably would have punched him.
Most of the people he knew in the room were as expected. Joso was sitting bored by a nearby window, Naman was playing chess with some random, Dosios was obsessively practicing his fencing, and Kakriak was telling what sounded like an amusing anecdote. Kira wasn’t in the mood, though.
Not being able to think of much to do, Kira decided to go up to the window Joso was looking through. Since he was trying not to be bored, it wasn’t the most logical thing to do, but people in general aren’t logical.
“Hi”
“Hi”
“You bored?”
“Yea.”
That wasn’t much of a surprise- Joso was always bored. They’d even tried drugging him, but for the past five decades he’d been bored anyway. It was some sort of medical condition, and somehow it was still there.
Tagero stood up on the stand. Kira didn’t know him, but knew his name- he was in charge of the whole thing. Much as he tried, he was always distant from those he commanded. It was his money behind the expedition, though.
“People! I have an announcement to make.”
Most, though not all of the room turned to attention. Dosios was an exception, but that was as expected.
“Men of the Coalition Expedition! We are about to reach Kothora, and by doing so will fulfill what we have set out to do! Divided we may seem, but in truth we stand united- and ready to fulfill our cause!”
People clapped, but only because they were supposed to. The cause was in no way united- in practice and in theory, the ship was divided into three separate groups.
The Society for Living Space argued that the galaxy was overcrowded and house prices were too high, so it wasn’t worth the price of having Nature Zones. The Society for Good Philosophy argued that the kind of sentient species likely to come out of Kothora would be a genuinely inferior race, but due to fears of racism would not be treated as such- or at least, that’s how the others understood it. They tended to have highly philosophy arguments Kira couldn’t keep track of.
Finally, there was the mercenaries- they were obviously in it for the money. Kakriak was the only decent one among them- the rest were brutal thugs as far as Kira was concerned. The tension between them and the others made a mockery of everything Tagero was saying…
The Coalition Expedition:
“Could you stop hogging the window? Others wanna look too, you know.”
“Sorry” said Kira, looking behind him. It was some guy he didn’t know- one of the mercenaries, probably.
The person seemed annoyed. “Could you move, please?”
“Right.”
Kira walked away- he didn’t want any trouble. “Mercs” like him, as they were called, tended to be very stubborn, and if he hadn’t given way the man probably would have punched him.
Most of the people he knew in the room were as expected. Joso was sitting bored by a nearby window, Naman was playing chess with some random, Dosios was obsessively practicing his fencing, and Kakriak was telling what sounded like an amusing anecdote. Kira wasn’t in the mood, though.
Not being able to think of much to do, Kira decided to go up to the window Joso was looking through. Since he was trying not to be bored, it wasn’t the most logical thing to do, but people in general aren’t logical.
“Hi”
“Hi”
“You bored?”
“Yea.”
That wasn’t much of a surprise- Joso was always bored. They’d even tried drugging him, but for the past five decades he’d been bored anyway. It was some sort of medical condition, and somehow it was still there.
Tagero stood up on the stand. Kira didn’t know him, but knew his name- he was in charge of the whole thing. Much as he tried, he was always distant from those he commanded. It was his money behind the expedition, though.
“People! I have an announcement to make.”
Most, though not all of the room turned to attention. Dosios was an exception, but that was as expected.
“Men of the Coalition Expedition! We are about to reach Kothora, and by doing so will fulfill what we have set out to do! Divided we may seem, but in truth we stand united- and ready to fulfill our cause!”
People clapped, but only because they were supposed to. The cause was in no way united- in practice and in theory, the ship was divided into three separate groups.
The Society for Living Space argued that the galaxy was overcrowded and house prices were too high, so it wasn’t worth the price of having Nature Zones. The Society for Good Philosophy argued that the kind of sentient species likely to come out of Kothora would be a genuinely inferior race, but due to fears of racism would not be treated as such- or at least, that’s how the others understood it. They tended to have highly philosophy arguments Kira couldn’t keep track of.
Finally, there was the mercenaries- they were obviously in it for the money. Kakriak was the only decent one among them- the rest were brutal thugs as far as Kira was concerned. The tension between them and the others made a mockery of everything Tagero was saying…
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