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'I know the way.'

'Wait!'

The judge was opening another screen.

'There is another alternative, Yoshitaro, which I'd momentarily
forgotten,' she said. 'We received a mandate a few days ago. Although I
doubt if you'll consider it for even a moment.'



CHAPTER 2

Capella/Centrum

Alban Corfi, Chief of Procurement, Undeveloped Worlds, Elis Sector, was
a careful man. He read the entitlement twice before looking up and
nodding at his superior, Procurement Head Pandur Meghavarna.

'Very unusual, sir,' he agreed. 'This is the what... thirtieth request
for reinforcement and logistics this Strike Force Swift Lance
pretentious name, that-out there on the thin edge of nowhere's sent in
this E-year?'

'Thirty-fourth, actually,' Meghavarna corrected.

'Something you might know, sir. All the others were spiked for lack of
proper priority, unavailability of equipment, improper preparation of
forms, and such. Why was this one not only allowed, but given a Beta
priority?'

'An excellent question, Corfi, one which I attempted to find an answer
to. I received none. Perhaps the Lords of the Confederation are
practicing their capriciousness.'

'Very well, sir,' Corfi said, opening the file again. 'So what exactly
do these noble frontiersmen think the Confederation is oh-so-willing and
unable to give them? As if we aren't stretched to the limit and beyond
already.

'Hmm. Six Nirvana-class P-boats with supply train... well, they'll
whistle through their ears before they get any of those. Every one on
the assembly line is tabbed for the Riot Troops. Alpha priority.

'Thirty-five heavy lifters, capable of carrying ten K-tons or greater
for one thousand kis or more... I seem to remember there's some
reconditioned items we could allow them.