When emergencies form friendships..

[Omicron]

'My home is there, within sometimes centuries old wrecks and monotonous rocks filling half of Omegas. Sure it is dangerous but you have very same people in there that raid Rheinland, yet there are some bastions.' Kate drinked for few seconds and continued. 'There is way worse route. For example if one would want to enter Corsair homeworld... fastest route from here will lead through most hostile to life system I know about. Omega 41 is no man's land with minimal presence of Corsairs and Zoners. Two stations of both factions use monstrous in size asteroid field as a cover, remnant of what used to be planets there.' Kate changed her tone in attempt to deliver seriousness of the situation. 'The only stellar body left is dead star, devouring everything that enters the system at alarming rate. Only most dedicated and mad people settle on heavily shielded outposts there but they are still only slowly dying. That is what you want to avoid in edge worlds. Bless the fact that modern anti-radiation pharmaceuticals are enough to negate effects if you are just passing through in safe zone. Nothing returns from asteroid-free zone in direct neighbourhood of what is left of star.' Kate looked on Vitha, awaiting reaction on the fact such things exist in Sirius.

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