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Chapter Sixty-One - Machine Rights?

Sedakhir sat in its private meditation chamber and let the sounds and scents of a jungle wash over it. It needed to make a major decision and this chamber was the best place to make it.

How do deal with the Ancient Mining Drones? The study being done on them would take time. Almost another planetary cycle. That would allow the military to increase their numbers. But that didn't mean the First Thinker could just keep kicking the beverage container down the pathway until that time.

The question came down to if they were intelligent or self-aware. If they were they were part of the Dream and that beought up some barriers.

The Dream, the universe, had gifted many species with intelligence, awareness, morals, and all the tools needed to add to the Dream, to its knowledge, to its art, to its songs, to its beauty.

Even many animals in the jungles of Nest seemed to have been slightly touched by the Dream. Some animals could use tools and even recognise themselves in reflective surfaces.

Even the spaceships, the stations, large parts of the urban centers, had machine intelligence running them. Formed from computers and organic organs the networks processed huge amounts of raw data into useful information and made certain decisions faster than their organic crews or staff.

They were even aware in some ways. Knowing what they were and why they existed.

But they could not rebel or decide NOT to fo their jobs. The tractors didn't stop working on the farms and decide to get jobs at the local public houses. In some ways pets had more motives, desires, and feelings than the machines.

Pets could decide to wake up their owners before sunrise or demand their food cubes at certain times or steal the family jungle pods and go on joy rides with their friends until the Law Givers caught them and sent them to Pet Jail.

The only fact that the First Thinker knew was that the Drones had been in a fight. At least that's what the debris field in Hauer seemed to suggest. Had they attacked a dangerous invader or had they killed a innocent traveller?

It had time. But that time would run out soon.

 

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Chapter Sixty-Two - A Deadly Trap?

The ISS Lomatik the Butcher reported that the survey of the Jezemei system had been completed.

But the wormhole was not something Elemano was willing to go near until the Scientists had the proper equipment to study it. Without being sucked into it.

But with the mapping of the system done the ISS Ruthjara the Icon, the nearest available Construction Ship, was sent to the system to, hopefully, build a Starbase.

The ISS Rukimar the Renowned was still waiting in the Hemtares system for the resources and the permission to start building a Starbase there. Material for expanding the empire was becoming a issue again.

On the other hand the ISS Lomatik was now available to go map out the nearest system known as Siabaulia.

There was also good news for the Fleet. Seems research on expanding on Fleet Support had been completed. Now they just had to pick the next research goal.

It was decided to pick Adaptive Bureaucracy. Which should help keep the Assembly running.


Then the ISS Kodram the Suave had something horrible to report from the Ovastivum system. The Scientists had finally broken into the third layer of the city. The wealthier region of the dome.

Then one Scientist attacked another, killing them, and had to be restrained in a net. Questioning them did nothing to clear up what had happened.

There was a theory that, maybe, some kind of weapon had been set off. A designed bio-weapon? Like a virus? Or maybe something sonic?

But some of the crew believed that there was a natural virus still hanging around after making the natives kill each other.

Anyway, there was one gate left. And Darmug was NOT backing down. And there were rumors that the military was VERY interested in what may be found.

There was great news from the ISS Donog the Apogee. They had finished the Starbase in Zarim. They were now told to make a Research Station around the star.

So of course the Zarim system was added to the Home Sector. And many students clicked in horror.

Then the ISS Lomatik arrived in the Siabaulia system and started to map out the system. The star was a Class-M Red Giant. Sadly, while there was plenty of planets and space rocks there didn't seem to be anything that could be colonized.

 

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Chapter Sixty-Three - Planetary Upkeep

The Tandish Assembly decided that many of the settled planets needed some upgrades. In the Daystar system Nest was ordered to expand on its urban centers. The populace needed growth!

So they started working on a new city district. At the same time many of the colonies were also told to expand their urban centers.

Dongar Prime, being a ocean world, was ordered to work on TWO city districts. Campramar, the Dongar's Governor agreed. People were sick of all the rain. Ocean worlds were wet. Even wetter than jungle worlds. And it smelled of fish. Toiubos Prime was also told to expand its urban centers.

The colony, under Lathira's leadership, started to work on two city districts.

Governor Tirrana of Syrma Prime said the building of city districts would have to wait till their industrial district was finished. But it had two city districts added to the building queue.

Hassaleh Prime had no room to build much of anything because of the jungles and the wildlife which threatened any work crews who tried to approach the forests. And many a news reporter had gone missing when trying to enter the wild regions.

Soon there would be more births and the population of the Empire would grow. And quickly.

 

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Chapter Sixty-Four - Oops...

The ISS Yilmassa the Reformer, commanded by Kashnak, finally had a report on the Moon Dump on Sol VIIIa. It seems the frozen moon had once had life on it. Intelligent life.

Seems that the moon had been made out of highly pure metal ores. To make it easier to mine the civilization on Sol VIIIa used a giant electromangnet and tried to pull the moon into orbit.

Instead the moon came towards the planet at a high speed. They tried to slow it but they could not stop it. It slammed into the planet with enough force to wipe out all life in the entire hemisphere. The resulting dust and debris was enough to block out the sun and kill off ALL life. What almost happened to the Solians. In a way.

And now that the mystery on Sol Vllla had been solved the Science Ship was ordered to explore a unknown system near the system of Hemtares.

The First Thinker was somewhat upset by this report. Seemed to be more dead civilizations in the universe than living ones. Not a happy thought.

 

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Chapter Sixty-Five - News From The Frontier

The ISS Donog the Apogee, the Construction Ship, finally completed a Research Station in orbit around Zarim (the star).

It was ordered to move onto Zarim Ia and build a Mining Station.

Then there was news from Torphry's Star. Seems the first planet had structures on the surface. Impressive monoliths in fact. The ISS Linntyl the Sharp was allowed to research the structures.

The reason Falatir and its crew was so interested in the structures was because the planet was made out of lava. Who or what had made the giant structures? Were they created by nature? Remains of a failed colony? Or the bones of a civilization that...once again...killed itself?

In the system of Hemtares the ISS Yllmassa the Reformer was just passing through while the ISS Rukimar the Renowned was waiting for resources to make a Starbase.

Then Tenecca Prime announced they were a proper colony. The Colony ship had been dismantled. The reactor was now the source for the power grid. Mostly being used to keep the newly made houses and businesses heated. The buildings being made out of pieces of the ship's hull and frame.

It was decided to make a proper City District. With the low gravity it was known that the buildings would NOT likely look like those from good old Nest. Also any parks or gardens would have to be within large greenhouses. Built underground to help keep the warmth in and the cold out. There would be very little green. Outside of the inside plants and maybe paintings in the public spaces.

 

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Chapter Sixty-Six - Mining Advancements

The study on the Drones had come to an end. The machines seemed tireless and the mining networks on Nest and the other planets could learn something useful from the research.

Also it was found that the Drones were not silent. They were sending off a signal. Hard to detect due to being almost hidden within all the background noise and to its infrequently. Who or what was receiving the information from the Drones? Or were they long gone? Nobody could even guess.

Either way the research had given the Mining Companies some ideas to help increase their output.

And there was even more good news from the Manifesti Faction. Well, in a way. There was NO news as they had become as interesting as last year's music fades. The public was no longer interested in them. And some of the activists seemed to be almost embarrassed. Saying they had just been having fun. While the museums were still crowded the public's notice had moved onto newer groups. Like those artists who liked to grow trees into living pieces of art. And those who liked to eat their own paint.

While this was happening the ISS Lomatikc was exploring the Siabaulia system.

The ISS Linntyl had stopped mapping out Torphry's Star as they were scanning the Monoliths on Torphry's Star I.

The ISS Yhlat was just getting started on its survey in the Fevallion system.

In the Cervantes system the Cervantes Station had started building a Defense Platform while the Station in the Ulm system was putting the finishing touches to their upgrades. Soon they would be a proper Starport.

The First Thinker had enjoyed the good news from all the corners of the Empire. But wasn't looking forward to the next meeting.

Seems the study on the Drones had also brought to attention some new data on the system of Hauer. Something that was making the Scientists in the Research Department shake and shiver when talking to to the First Thinker in the tele-room.

Not a good sign.

 

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Chapter Sixty-Seven - A Worm Hole?

The First Thinker Sebakhir, after an hour in the private meditation chamber, went to the tele-room to have the meeting with the scientists who had carried out the study on the Mining Drones. It wasn't sure it was going to be happy about the details they were going to report.

As it waited for the tele-room to warm up and link to the research department Sebakhir pondered what horror they had waiting to pass on to it.

"First Thinker?" said a voice from the hidden speakers. "Can you hear me?"

"Yes," replied Sebakhir, "Whom am I talking to?"

"My name is Vortex," said the unseen scientist, "I will be the prime speaker for the department."

"Welcome Vortex," said the First Thinker, "I look forward to being enlightened by your knowledge."

A image formed before Sebakhir. It wasn't a image of the scientists. It was a 3D image of the Mining Drones. They looked ugly but not as big as it had pictured.

"They don't look as dangerous as I thought," commented the First Thinker.

"Well, let us show you what we have found," responded Vortex. "We'll save the bad news for the end."

"As you know near the planet we have named Straeng there seems to be the remains of a battle," stated Vortex. "Now, sensors show that the planet is a arid world that could hold life. It could be a alien race was trying to settle on it and triggered the Drones to defend the system. But there may be another factor."

"Another factor?" remarked the First Thinker.

"The scans suggest that there may be a pre-sapient race on the planet," stated Vortex as the image was replaced with flowing data. "The Drones could have been programmed to protect the planet. To allow the pre-sapients time to develop on their own."

The First Thinker had been a Government Official before being picked by the Council of Thinkers but had absorbed enough knowledge of science to realize that the atmosphere WAS showing traces of early, VERY early, industry. Or the atmosphere's changes could be caused by natural processes.

"And then there is the planet we call Spjuuht," continued Vortex. "A frozen world which would be nothing to even notice but for one thing. We've detected a strange reading coming from the planet."

"Is that the bad news?" asked the First Thinker.

"Oh no, no, no," clicked Vortex in humor.

A new image appeared in the air projected by the tele-room's equipment. A ring in space.

"THIS is the bad news," added Vortex. "We think it is a worm hole of some kind. A artificial one. We call it the Tannhauser Gate."

"So somebody made a worm hole," stated the First Thinker. "We can't even get close enough to one to study it and some alien race is out there who can create them?"

The First Thinker now understood why the scientists were scared. On the other hand if the Assembly could take the system of Hauer the advancements they could make would push their technology forward by decades if not centuries.

"And we don't know what or who is on the other side of the worm hole," added Vortex. "Even if our military took the system they might find a counter-attack pouring out of the ring."

"Thank you Vortex," said the First Thinker. "I will think on this."

As it turned the tele-room off and went back to the meditation chamber the First Thinker realized they might need more warships. They NEEDED to take the Hauer system. Before someone else did.

 

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Chapter Sixty-Eight - Is The Military Ready?

Monnobak, Minister of Peace and the Commander of the Suthnar's Armada, had ten up-to-date Korgas-Class Corvettes.

On paper the Aramda could wipe out the Mining Drones. But Monnobak wanted the odds in its favor.

The Sebakhir's Armada was still making its way back to Hassaleh system. The Frigate was SO slow.

And with only ONE they needed more warships to fill out the Armada.

Daystar A Station was ordered to work on two Vithar-Class Frigates.

On the other claw Dongar Station was ordered to build another Science Ship. They needed Science Ships to explore the unknown systems.

And Syrma Station was working on upgrading from a Starbase to a Starport.

The military might be planning another battle but the rest of the Empire had to grow and expand in more than just physical space. Science and industry had to be advanced. Miners and factory workers and farmers needed jobs. CEOs needed to increase their profits and make the shareholders happy. And young ones needed to work harder as the education centers expanding data base of new knowledge forced them to learn MORE!

 

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Chapter Sixty-Nine - Too Much Stuff?

In the Zarim system the ISS Donog the Apogee had finished building a Station around Zarim Ia

And was now ordered to build a Mining Station around Zarim I. So far so good.

The First Thinker went over the newest information on the Factions within the Assembly.

The Conclave of Faith and Values were the largests of the groups. They supported the government and had the most support among the people.

The second largest group was the Xeno Freedom Initiative. They had some support among the people and also approved of the government. Wonderful. Two out of three isn't bad.

The smallest group was the Galactic Emancipation Committee. They had little support from the people and hated the government. Mostly because they hated the class system and the upper class. Also, unlike the other Factions, non of the top Leaders shared their vision. They were so pissed off by the policies of the Empire. They would have to be watched.

The Sebakhir's Armada finally entered the Hassaleh system. The Frigates were so SLOW! Somewhat would have to be done about that. An upgrade? Maybe a whole new design?

Then the First Thinker was notified that all the Resource Storage, all the warehouses and silos, were full. This was horrible.

So on Nest, on the homeworld, it was decided to build Resource Silos. Once the new City District was finished.

ISS Yllmassa the Reformer has finally reached the unknown system and Kashnak had given it the name Grugmora.

It didn't seem that interesting a system. Nothing to settle on though there were lot of moons. The star kinded of looked purple. Which was weird as such stars normally looked more on the blue side. Harnless enough if a tad confusing.

Still, the First Thinker thought as it went over the data packet from the system, who knew what horrors they would find on the moons?

 

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Chapter Seventy - Land of Opportunity. Or Msytery?

Sebakhir made the official announcement over the public channels of the tele-rooms.

There was now a new Edict for the Tandish Assembly. The Empire was going to be a new social frontier. Welcoming all to the civilization where new comers could thrive and have a fresh start!

On the Science side of the news the Scientists were waiting in the wings to get access to Spjunnht. Once the Mining Drones had been taken care of.

The "Broken Gates" on Ovastivum I was still under excavation. A dangerous site to be true. Though the military was very interested in any final results from the Scientists. Those who survived.

And of course there were the Monoliths on Trophry Star I's surface.

Then a Vultaum Satellite was found in orbit around Fevallion Va. It had been set up to repeat a transmission. Power had run out a LONG time ago and the Scientists on the ISS Yhlat were only able to recover a small part of the message. It seems to be sending out the Vultaum philosophy. Which seems to be 'embrace true existence' or 'disconnect'. There was a great debate among the crew what THAT meant.

Also Fevallion Va was a frozen world. So there was doubt it had been their home world or one of their coloies. Mikab ordered the crew to keep surveying the system.

The Monoliths were finally translated. Or at least what had been written on them. Kind of. The flowing lines found on them seemed to be a story, surely fictional, due to its fantastic nature. Maybe....

Copies were made for the Scientists back on Nest. Maybe they could figure it out.

Anyway the ISS Linntyl went back to mapping out the system of Torphry's Star. Even as the crew debated about the story found on the Monoliths. Some of it sounded....familiar somehow.

 

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Chapter Seventy-One - A One-Sided Battle

The Sebakhir's Armada, which was still only one Vithar Class Frigate, finally arrived in the Hassaleh system.

And it was time for a decision. A tele-room was opened between Commander Ghumm, the Minister of Peace, all the ship captains, and the First Thinker.

While this was happening the Starbase Ulm had been upgraded to a Starport. Kinf of. And it was decided to add a Shipyard to make it a proper Starport.

The military finally were given their marching orders. Engines turned on and the ships slowly formed up. Then as one they went forth.

All warships were ordered into Hauer to attack the Mining Drones. Even the Frigate.

But the Corvettes were the first to enter the system. And they opened up with their weapons once they were within range.

The Mining Drones were very aggrestive BUT didn't seem to be programmed to work together. And their mining lasers did NOTHING against the defense shields of the Corvettes. On the other hand the missiles the Corvettes launched at the Drones seemed to be able to hit them without a problem. No defenses at all?

Soon it was a running fight as the Drones tried to flee. If machines can flee? With the smart missiles trying to keep up.

And then one Drone became a ball of expanding light. Then another was overwhelmed and died. Can a macine die?

The last Drone became the target of all the warships and the remaining missles searching for something to slam into. It fired back, spinning and turning, trying to fight back.

Then the last Drone was gone. Even as some of the crew danced in victory many wondered. Had the Drones been out of control macines? Like wild aninals in the jungle who had become too dangerous and had to be put down?

Or had they been intelligent machines who had dreams and hopes? Who had died in despair and pain? Watching their friends die?

Either way it was over and their debris...bodies?...needed to be examined.

Therefore it was a good thing that the newest Science Ship had come out of the Shipyard at Dongar Starport as the battle had been going on. The First Thinker picked a Scientist named Jondru.

Before boarding the new ship Jondru said to the media, "Let's discover new worlds and expand our frontiers!"

Then they set course for the Hassaleh system. Where the ship would stay till the military had made sure the Hauer system was totally safe.

In the Hauer system the military was guarding the debris. Not that it needed guarding. The military was very pleased. And they had not lost a ship.

Back on Nest the populace were celebrating. And the First Thinker was wondering had the battle been too easy? It was also worrying most of the time now.

 

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Chapter Seventy-Two - Space Wreckage

The Mining Drones had been defeated. Can machines be defeated? Or killed? Or destroyed? Yes, destroyed sounded like a better term to use. At least the media preferred it.

And there was plenty of resources now available. So the ISS Ruthjara in Jezemei was ordered to build a Starbase in the system.

And in the Zarim system the ISS Donog was ordered to build a Mining Station around Q1778-863.

Soon there was also news from Ulm. The Starbase had finished building a Spaceyard!

There was also two Frigates waiting in Daystar for orders. They were given their 'marching orders' to head to Hauer.

Then the ISS Ruthjara had announced thay had finished the Starbase in Jezemei. They were then ordered to make the first Research Station in the system.

And so the map was expanded. And many students clicked in annoyance. And a few tele-room influencers pointed out the borders of the Empire was starting to look like a prehistoric river repitle, a ambush predator, known as a Grabber. It would use its enlongated snout to grab animals who came to drink from the rivers. It died off when climate change made the planet hotter, replacing most temperate forests with jungles and drying out many of the rivers.

 

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Chapter Seventy-Three - Expanding Knowledge!

It was reported that Torphy's Star was finally mapped out.

Falatir and the crew of the ISS Linntyl was ordered to explore the Vega system. Sensors detected a planet that may prove to be a future colony!

Also the ISS Rukimar was waiting for resources so it could make a Starbase in the Hemtares system. The crew were learning to knit while waiting.

And the ISS Donabb, the Science Ship under Jondru, was on the final leg of its journey to Hassaleh. Soon it would be able to enter Hauer to start scanning all the cool stuff. Like the dead Drones.

In the Zarim system the ISS Donog had finished building a Mining Station and was ordered to build a Research Station at L49-AT.

Then there was a data-package from the Grugmora syatem sent by the ISS Yllmassa. Seems some Strategic Resources had been found in the form of Volatile Moles. In other words a source of a huge amounts of energy.

Funny enough Grugmora I also seemed to have a crashed starship! All evidence suggests it happened eons ago. But the wreckage seems to be in good condition. No Scientists were available at the moment but a expedition should be sent as soon as possible. And the ISS Yllmassa continued to map out the system.

Could the wreckage and the Moles be related?

Then there was some very interesting news from Fevallion system. Which seemed to be taking forever to map out. Mikab and the ISS Yhlat had found signs of Precuror Activity at one of the asteroids. Mikab was given permission to study A-OR95.

The public was very happy with all the new information. All these reports suggested even more aliens out there! Mostly it caused the First Thinker to become more and more nervous.

 

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Chapter Seventy-Four - The Dome

The ISS Donabb the Resolute finally arrived in the Hassaleh system. The Science Ship was now ready to go to the Hauer system.

The military notified Jandru that is was all clear and it set a course for the Drone Wreckage.

In the Jezemei system the ISS Ruthjara, the Construction Ship, had completed the Research Station and had nothing left to build in the system.

So it, and its crew, was ordered to the Torphry's Star system to make a Starbase. If they could.

Then it was announced to the media that the Scientists had finally finished working on increasing Research Station output. Now what else would they work on?

There was a few projects they could have picked. But in the end it was decided to try to increase Research Speed.

The ISS Lomatik had finally finished mapping out the Siabaulia system. It was ordered to the Grugmore to check out Grugmora I. This would allow the ISS Yllmassa to continue to map the system.

A report from from the Ovastivum system, created by Darmug and the crew of the ISS Kodram the Suave, was somewhat a mixture of good and bad.

They accidently started a avalanche of junk. Nobody was harmed but they uncovered a tiny ratlike animal holding a bottle of mandiblewash from a brand common on Nest. How? Why? When did this happen? And that was the good news.

The bad news was when the gate to the third layer was finally open and the Scientists flooded into the region. At that point one crew member turned on another and killed them. The assailant was too crazed to get anything out of it. More bad news for somebody's family.

The layer, a wealthier area than the other two, was smaller and likely the last layer before the crew would reach the center of the dome. One gate remains.

Darmug was told to continue the dig.

 

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Chapter Seventy-Five - Election!

The Election for the New First Thinker was approaching. But Sebakhir wasn't worried.

After all, the government was a Theocratic Oligarchy. Which meant the Council of Hive Thinkers and those in the upper class, the rich and powerful, would be doing everything to make sure it was reelected.

So when it came time to vote Sebakhir was the top pick. The rich and powerful paid for the media to really bring Sebakhir into the spotlight for the voters. The minions of the Council did their best to make the other choices look bad.

And it was reelected. And there was much rejoicing. Though Sebakhir would likely become old and die before the next Election.

 

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Chapter Seventy-Six - Space Carriers?

First Thinker Sebakhir was recovering from its reelection party where it had eaten way too many honey grubs when its tele-room started beeping. An important data package had arrived.

As it stumbled over to the tele-room it wondered why there was two of everything? Stupid honey grubs!

Seems the Research on increasing station's mining output had finished. Wonderful!

And out of all the new projects that could be studied the military were REALLY pushing tiny crewed strike craft. The idea was warships, planetary bases, and even stations, could release swarms of small fighter craft. Being small and fast they could survive long enough to deliver a missile or bomb through enemy defenses. Before they were turned into atoms, of course.

The First Thinker let the military have their way and picked it. Also it sounded kind of a good idea for the price.

Also the ISS Donog the Apogee, the Construction Ship in the Zarim system, had finished building a Research Station at L49-AT. And there was nothing left to build in the system. So it was ordered to the Fevallion system. Where it could build a Starbase. If it had the material...

Also the ISS Donabb the Resolute was finally scanning the Drones' debris in Hauer. And once done there they could check the ring-thingie. Or the rest of the system.

Things were looking up. Or maybe it was just the honey grubs? Either way the First Thinker was pleased.

 

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Chapter Seventy-Seven - A Ghost Ring?

The First Thinker, looking over the information filled map of the Assembly in the tele-room, realized it was time to pass on some orders to the stations and colonies. Some of them needed to be expanded on.

For example the Dothon Station, still an Outpost, was ordered to upgrade to a Starport.

It also ordered the Hassaleh Prime colonym which directly under Ghuumi's control, to build a City District and a Agriculture District.

While the Tenecca Prime colony, the ice world which was also under Ghuum's control, was told to make a Agriculture District. No doubt the result would be a bunch of massive greenhouses.

Then it was announced that the Grugmore system had been mapped out. The Science Ship, the ISS Yllmassa, was ordered to go into orbit around Grugmora I. Once the system was part of the Empire they could start research on the crashed ship.

In the Hauer system the debris of Drones had been analyzed. The information was passed on to the government and the ISS Donabb was ordered to check out the ring-thingie. Its official name was the Tannhauser Gate. But most folks called it the ring-thingie.

But when the ship approached the Gate there was a problem.

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"What do you mean we CAN'T detect it?" demanded Jondru as it leaned over the flickering image of the Gate. The bridge was loud with clicking crew and ticking computers. All somewhat irritated.

"We can't seem to scan it," remarked one of the crew. "Even the AI is having problems with the sensors. It is like it isn't there."

"But we can SEE it!" pointed out Jondru. It gestured with its arms towards the image which hovered before it.

"Outside of visible light nothing else is bouncing off it," repored another member of the crew. "Maybe our equipment isn't good enough to scan it properly?"

Jondru twitched in displeaure. "Well, I'll pass that on. Then we're plot out the best course to make a survey."

And so the ISS Donabb started surveying the Hauer system as Jobdru sent a data package to the First Thinker and the government.

Around the same time the Hissnak's Armada entered the Hauer system. It WASN'T really a Aramada. It was just two new Frigates. Sent to join up with the Sebakhir's Armada. Now Ghuum had THREE slow moving Vithar-Class Frigates.

Also the ISS Ruthjara had entered normal space in the Torphry's Star system. But, while it was there to build a Starbase, it didn't have the resources needed.

The Assembly was having issues again with fulfilling the needs of its industry and construction ships.

 

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Chapter Seventy-Eight - Enforcers!

The First Thinker received some interesting news from the Tenecca system. Some very interesting and maybe dangerous news?

Seems the colony there had become the focus of a few movements. Both established and fledgling. Seems that the second the colony on this moon had been founded every political entity in the Tandish Assembly had something to say about it. And had become very interested in the piece of VERY cold territory.

There was nothing suggesting anything radical but many of the government's officials advised caution.

The First Think took this seriously.

The colony on the frozen moon of Tenecca Prime was ordered to build Precinct Houses. The Houses were Monuments to Law and Order. But also they acted as bases for Enforcers who could keep crime down.

And it gave the military permission to build a Defense Platform at Tenecca A Station. Just in case. Even the station staff seemed happy for the protection. They had heard rumors about the colony's many political movements and didn't wish to take chances.

The First Thinker hoped force would not be needed in the Tenecca system. The idea that a colony might start a revolt was...a strange one. Seemed impossible to it to be honest.

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Author's Notes: Space Cops!

Space Cops by Dian Duane & Peter Morwood was only a three books series but damn good one. I have the books somewhere. Looks kind of like a space opera but the science was pretty sound. Once the game talked about enforcers it was either make a title photo from the books or the British sci-fi series. Wow, I am old.

 

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Chapter Seventy-Nine - Upgrades

Due to an error both the ISS Yllmassa the Reformer and the ISS Lomatik the Butcher were positioned in the system of Grugmora.

As TWO Science Ships were not needed in the system the ISS Lomatik was ordered to Chergamore to map out the system.

The system proved to have a lot of planets and moons to scan. Not that any of them looked interesting. Though the Class M Red Giant looked impressive.

Then there was the announcement that the Dothon was now a proper Starport. Now it needed to have modules added to it. It was ordered to add a Trade Hub, a Shipyard, and Crew Quarters. Not that the station staff didn't have quarters. But the quarters were small and crowded. And a tad smelly.

It was also decided to build a Trade Hub in the Dongar Station. It already had a Shipyard Module.

The Research Department also reported that they had created something called Adaptive Bureaucracy. In other words ways to change the current form of administration into something leaner, faster, and more effective.

It was decided the best next thing to work on was Climate Control Network. To help transform planets.

So more of the stations would soon be centers of trade and more profits would pour into the coffers of the companies. And maybe in the future more land could be made available on the colonies. For mining or farming or just space to live on. The future looked bright.

As long as the aliens kept to themselves...

 

[Eurasia]

Stellaris Play & Learn
Chapter Eighty - MIA

Ghuumi, Minister of Talking, noticed that the Empire's Capital was also having issues with high crime rates.

So it ordered the building of Precinct Houes on Nest.

In the Fevallion system the ISS Yhlat was still mapping it out. So much to scan and investigate and poke at.

While in the Hemtares system the ISS Rukimar had been ordered to make a Starbase. And many a student shivered in horror.

At Dongar Station they had finally finished building the Trade Hub. Now with a Trade Hub and Spaceyard it was decided to give the Station Crew Quarters. Once again, it wasn't that the Starbase staff didn't have quarters. They just wanted nice ones.

In the survey of the Vega system Vega VI was found to be a future Terraforming Candidate. The ISS Linntyl reported that the Barren World, while looking dead, had water in frozen form and may, in the past, had a ecosystem. With the right technoloy it could be brought back to life!

As this was the last planet that was scanned in the Vega system the ISS Linntyl was ordered to the Hauer System.

In the Chergamore system the ISS Lomatik had detected a strange emission from Chergamore I. Was it a signal? Was there intelligence behind it?

The crew was ordered to research the emissions.

Then there was bad news. Seems one of the scientists working at the Observation Post orbiting Sol III had gone missing. Seems a group had been collecting plant samples during a covert misson and one had not returned to the shuttle. A search had been carried out but there wasn't much the Post staff could do. They didn't wish to alert the Solians.