The
Neon Tygers arrive home with one day to spare before the big
Conference on forming a new government for the planet Styrigia,
luckily in our absent the preparation for the conference was handle
by the publicist we hired to help to sale the event to the people of
the planet.
The
crowds camped out in front of our base had left, as rumors spread of
our deaths. So we are able to return to our place without and
interference. Checking on the arrangement we are informed that the
Conference will start with a speech from Alice, who will introduce
Rodworth. Since every thing looks okay we get a good day rest before
the conference begins.
The
Day of Conference, Rodworth distribute stunners to the Screachers and
assign them to monitoring the various groups that we divided the
attendees to. Given instruction to prevent any physical conflicts.
Any conflicts that cannot be solved with violent is to be taken to
the station gym where the it can be settled. Alice start the
conference with her speech, which praise the idea of the conference
and she end with an apology for the evils of past rule of Styrigia
family. The audience seem a bit overwhelm and it seem as their stock
in her rise with her confession of her families acts against the
people of planet.
Rodworth
gains the stage and has the servers hand out drinks, he inform
everyone that before he start, that every one should have a good
stiff drink as what he about to say will very likely shock them.
He
begins with a display of the Aliens from Dark system and the story of
the Neon Tygers venture to travel the route of the Space man Jones.
The crowd is shocked and Rodworth instructs the audience of the
danger that the system face, he also inform them of the fact that the
Sathars have secret routes into the systems of the frontier. He also
informs them that the Sathars has a present in the outer potion of
the Dramune system and that the only way that will survive is the
formation of a government that unites all the parts of the Styrigia's
society. He end his speech with a short question and answer session.
Unfortunately
most of the questions were silly, one of them is basically a plead
for Rodworth to sire offspring due his superior genetics, and another
major question was an accusation of the Neon Tygers being double
agents of the Sathars, surprisingly it seem that many take Rodworth
tales of what the tygers to heart. He then breaks up the audience
according to their color code and inform them that he expect them to
chose a spoke person that represents their group interest.
The
conference goes on for two days with little issues, other poisoning
of a minor civil servant and the Pirate clans members going around
the station, taunting the UPF. Rodworth meet with the clans and tell
them of what is at sake, the fact that when the Sathars come, it very
likely the hammer will fall on them first. Whether they believe them
or not, the talk did appear to calm them down. The last day of the
conference ends with each group offering up a Representative, Justin
White, is chosen as leader of the freedom fighter, Alex that of
Strigia family, a robot for the Crime boss, etc etc. Rodworth ask
each group to submit what they want for the planet. Justin ask for
equal rights, Corporations an open trade policy, Nobles protection of
their properties right, the Pirate clans non interference from the
UPF of Strigia internal affairs, Civil Servants of agreements of
prior government to be respected. Amazingly these request as noble
and just are now the basics of the new planetary's constitution. And
all parties actually agree to election of a planetary president by
the people in 30 days.
Krit'k,
the privateer appoarch Robworth to transport him off the station,
Balta Sax, dons the holobelt with Krit'K image as Rodworth and Kyle
transport Krit'k back to his ship on the Druga. Along the way Krit'k
act very nervous and it catches Rodworth and Kyle's attention. When
press on what going on, Krit'k pull out a clock and indicates that
their a bomb aboard the Druga and that Kyle and Rodworth only chance
is get aboard his ship as the Rabbit want them dead. Rodworth strike
Krit'k with an electron sword, and even though Krit'k is wearing an
antishock implant, the force of Rodworth blow ( A 1on the dice roll)
stuns him. Kyle and Rodworth brace themselve to storm Krit'K ship
only to find the ship filled with bodies encased in freeze fields.
After
moving some of the bodies to Druga to make room they attend to
override the lock outs but fail. They wake up Krit'ks who refuses to
give them the ship code, so Rodworth threaten to take him into the
vacuum without a helmet when the escape the two ship. Krit'k is
unmoved and when Kyle and Rodworth ejects make no effort to save
himself by revealing the code.
Shortly
afterward a small explosion cause a puncture in the Druga hull, but
the damage is fairly minor. Leaving our heroes basically floating in
space with a brunch of freeze field bodies, the dead Krit'ks to be
rescued by the UPF.
