And it does not have a cover so wild cats and deer keep getting in it....
Part two of chapter one.
Intro- This part introduces the Kaizoku Karuteru, a offshoot of the Houjin. They are a group of pirates, smugglers, and remnants of dishonored noble houses. The main adversary of the Houjin people for many years.
Light years away from Gindoaw, deep in the heart of a highly ionized nebula....
Kaizoku Mikiko stared at the man in front of her desk with disdain. The whelp had recently lost an entire shipment of Ahenahtu(A highly refined, altered opiate like drug.) He had been in command of a small group of cargo freighters bound for the outer world colonies. A Houjin destroyer had ambushed them from behind one of the moons of their first drop off planet.
" Mistress, we ran three sensor sweeps of the region, scanners did not pick up any unusual e.m or subspace fluctuations. I deemed it safe to proceed with the deal. We had no intel about any large warships in the region...." Kortari began.
"You should have been more patient Kortari. If you had been for thorough in checking the system with probes before you entered you would have found that warship waiting for you. " Mikiko said to him.
" I did not launch probes because of the time it would have taken for them to return! We are already behind on all of our shipments because of the Houjin navy's desire to destroy us. Their vessels pursue us all over space. I have failed in my duties. I have failed the Karuteru. I have failed you house mistress. I beg your mercy, provide me a chance to reclaim my honor! " Kortari pleaded.
" And why should such a chance be given you? " Mikiko inquired of him.
" I have always served the Karuteru to the best of my abilities! I have been loyal to you and your house! " Kortari replied.
" I see. And yet with the first wave of missiles the destroyer launched at your fleet you turned tail and escaped in your personal craft, abandoning the slower cargo ships to the Houjin. You are gutless. A coward without resolve or honor. " she stated to him as she pulled out a Wakizashi.(Small sword) as fast as a snake, she was over her desk and holding the blade to his throat.
He gasped, he had not even had time to blink.
" If it were up to me, your head would decorate my ships bow. However, it is not. " Mikiko moved the blade away from his throat and slowly walked back behind her desk.
Kortari collapsed on the floor. Just then, the doors to Mikiko's chambers opened up and a procession of noblemen strode in.
"Son, are you all right? What did you do to him?! " the man in the lead of the group demaned to Mikiko.
" Nothing. I did nothing to this nothing."she said, gesturing at Kortari. " Your families financial support is still key to our operations. Because of this, I grant your request to spare your sons life. " She finished.
" Yes. Yes it is. Do not forget that without our help, the Houjin would have closed their noose around your houses neck decades ago! I take my leave of you now." the man finished.
Mikiko said nothing as all the men left with the whelp. What was happening to the Karuteru?
The Houjin were tightening the net. It was becoming harder and harder to pull a profit, to survive. But were could they go? The underspace disturbance prevented them from leaving this region of space for greener pastures. Until they found away around the disturbance, if such a thing was possible....
End part two.
The disturbance is just an f.t.l preventer, but to get outside of it to other systems would take forever, having to go at sublight speeds.
Part two of chapter one.
Intro- This part introduces the Kaizoku Karuteru, a offshoot of the Houjin. They are a group of pirates, smugglers, and remnants of dishonored noble houses. The main adversary of the Houjin people for many years.
Light years away from Gindoaw, deep in the heart of a highly ionized nebula....
Kaizoku Mikiko stared at the man in front of her desk with disdain. The whelp had recently lost an entire shipment of Ahenahtu(A highly refined, altered opiate like drug.) He had been in command of a small group of cargo freighters bound for the outer world colonies. A Houjin destroyer had ambushed them from behind one of the moons of their first drop off planet.
" Mistress, we ran three sensor sweeps of the region, scanners did not pick up any unusual e.m or subspace fluctuations. I deemed it safe to proceed with the deal. We had no intel about any large warships in the region...." Kortari began.
"You should have been more patient Kortari. If you had been for thorough in checking the system with probes before you entered you would have found that warship waiting for you. " Mikiko said to him.
" I did not launch probes because of the time it would have taken for them to return! We are already behind on all of our shipments because of the Houjin navy's desire to destroy us. Their vessels pursue us all over space. I have failed in my duties. I have failed the Karuteru. I have failed you house mistress. I beg your mercy, provide me a chance to reclaim my honor! " Kortari pleaded.
" And why should such a chance be given you? " Mikiko inquired of him.
" I have always served the Karuteru to the best of my abilities! I have been loyal to you and your house! " Kortari replied.
" I see. And yet with the first wave of missiles the destroyer launched at your fleet you turned tail and escaped in your personal craft, abandoning the slower cargo ships to the Houjin. You are gutless. A coward without resolve or honor. " she stated to him as she pulled out a Wakizashi.(Small sword) as fast as a snake, she was over her desk and holding the blade to his throat.
He gasped, he had not even had time to blink.
" If it were up to me, your head would decorate my ships bow. However, it is not. " Mikiko moved the blade away from his throat and slowly walked back behind her desk.
Kortari collapsed on the floor. Just then, the doors to Mikiko's chambers opened up and a procession of noblemen strode in.
"Son, are you all right? What did you do to him?! " the man in the lead of the group demaned to Mikiko.
" Nothing. I did nothing to this nothing."she said, gesturing at Kortari. " Your families financial support is still key to our operations. Because of this, I grant your request to spare your sons life. " She finished.
" Yes. Yes it is. Do not forget that without our help, the Houjin would have closed their noose around your houses neck decades ago! I take my leave of you now." the man finished.
Mikiko said nothing as all the men left with the whelp. What was happening to the Karuteru?
The Houjin were tightening the net. It was becoming harder and harder to pull a profit, to survive. But were could they go? The underspace disturbance prevented them from leaving this region of space for greener pastures. Until they found away around the disturbance, if such a thing was possible....
End part two.
The disturbance is just an f.t.l preventer, but to get outside of it to other systems would take forever, having to go at sublight speeds.
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