Lucendez was sitting on a high mountain overlooking the canyons and deep red valleys of Crete. The Elder often came to this spot to contemplate on issues that seemed out of his control. His thoughts were on the recent Council meeting and the impact it had on the rest of the Corsair body politic.
Suddenly, his portable datapad started to vibrate and the message from Banderas blinked on screen. He didn't even get through the entire message before sprinting down the hill towards civilization. Hurriedly typing a quick transmission out as he stumbled over rocks and the odd outgrown root, he managed to get to an area that he could transmit to.
//Broadband Transmission, Omicron regions//
Comm ID: Elder Lucendez
To all Corsairs patrolling the Omicron Delta region, I want battlegroup Gamma and Zeta in sectors 4 and 5, Alpha and Omega groups in 3 and 2. Your orders are to move in a cyclical pattern starting with Yaren base as the central point. Your target is Antonio Bandaras' escape pod. I want that man found people! Alert the Zoners and see if they can send out any patrols. If the Nomads get to him before us ...
You all have your orders, go to it!
//End Transmission
"Delta ..." he whispered to himself as he gulped down another swig of water, completely out of breath.
"... blue devils .... they will pay."
"The thirteen saloons that had lined the one street of Seney had not left a trace. The foundations of the Mansion House hotel stuck up above the ground. The stone was chipped and split by the fire. It was all that was left of the town of Seney. Even the surface had been burned off the ground.
Nick looked at the burned-over stretch of hillside, where he had expected to find the scattered houses of the town and then walked down the railroad track to the bridge over the river. The river was there."
