Auberon
There's an old man with a robot arm and a lady and they're talking about being concured by Laconia. The old man is like, nbd, new boss same as the old boss. The lady does not share those feelings. She feels like being concured by the Laconians really sucks.
Biryar Rinttenaur is the laconian appointed governor of Auberon. He is trying to memorize the names and positions of government folks. The real reason he was given this position over others of similar abilities is his wife is a brilliant soils scientist. Auberon's claim to fame is they grow food real good.
Biryar lands in Auberon's capital city and there's soldiers in riot gear lining the streets to keep him safe on his first day. It smells like shit. It's great for growing plants, but it smells bad. The locals say you get used to it. I can't imagine getting used to the smell of shit.
The old man with the bionic arm is named Erich. Could this be Timmy's Erich? He sure talks like Timmy's Erich. He tries to bribe the new governer and it doesn't go well. Usually that means he's gonna have the governer killed. But he decides not to.kill him just yet.
Auberon is very corrupt.
Biryar's wife, the genius soil scientist finds out that her local atache has her fingers in a lot of pies and largely the patents that have been approved in the past have all bribed her. Also, her husband is the head of the labor union so likely they're part of a vast criminal organization. She wants to take immediate action. Biryar says they can't do that. They don't really have the forces to enforce much on the locals. They have the vague threat of violence, but that's from their super advance protomolecule ships that aren't even in this solar system. So they gotta let these people self govern and try to create the image that Laconia is in charge with the hope that it will eventually become true.
Erich is trying to figure out a way to get the new governer under his thumb. He's got a spy in the house and they told him that the governor was arguing with his wife. Erich thinks maybe a honeypot is a good idea.
Mona has decided she's just gonna exert her authority. She goes to IT and says she's having trouble changing things and they give her the permissions she asks for. First thing she does is give a bunch 9g money to a project she likes that was canned by the previous administration because she wouldn't do all the bribes.
The governer is being interviewed by a reporter. She kisses him. He is not into it. This has gotta be Erich's doing.
Erich is now talking to the reporter about her failed seduction. The criminals decide to dig into Mona to see if anything she does can be used against the governer.
Governor is doing a talk on the other side of the planet. Erich surprises him. He shows him proof that Mona is misappropriating funds. This is real devastating for him. Laconian honor demands that he turn her in. But instead he shoots Erich. Erich has that robot arm that blocks the bullet. Erich has successfully broken the governer. He's gonna kill the head of Laconian security for him so they can sweep his wife's crimes under the rug. Also he screws over that lady that was blocking the science that didn't bribe her and his wife loves him even more.
The sins of our fathers
FILIP!!!!!!!!!!
He's on some planet. It has giant monsters that come out at night. They charge into their walls and break stuff and it's bad. They don't have guns so their best strategy is to burn it woth torches to encourage it to go around the camp. It works with one, but another one comes and charges right through the wall to the center of camp. A guy named Jandro jumps on the thing and stabs it a bunch. And I guess they do have a gun in the middle of town and they shoot the monster dead.
In the morning Filip's old broken body hurts real bad. Mose says to get up, they gotta work. Mose used to be Filip's boss before the star gate disappeared. They're still pretending he is. Mose makes a big deal about how they aren't going to the town meeting cause their deal with the union says they don't have to. Filip isn't as delusional as Mose. He's going to the town meeting.
At the town meeting they vote to move the settlement cause their camp is right in the middle of the monster path. The next day they start moving stuff but jandro doesn't do that, he and his group of tough guys start building better defenses. Everyone else sorta follows suit. I guess democracy is dead. Filip isn't having it. Jandro reminds him too much of his dad to let it.go. so he.kills him with a bomb and gets banished.
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