Miles to Midnight

[Erremnart]

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"Somewhere safe, yet not entirely out of reach for those who would like to visit them, of course. Parents, lovers, kids - a mixed bag of different dear ones who managed to survive their share of hardships over the years. Planet Erie or less crowded Freeport, does not really matter.", Virginia replied with some emotions in her voice, this whole evacuation was a huge stake for her - she would make a good name among even those crewmen who do not like her, but she can also be held responsible for all deaths if this would go all wrong.
She was thinking all about this before and now she finally made progress, a major breakthrough in her plans.

"I'm not going to hold them at the gunpoint afterwards. They can go or stay wherever they wish, but they might even stay there if it would be perspective enough for living.", she continued talking openly about her thoughts, but stopped for a moment as she realized something, "But it'd need to be a larger volume of people, not just those close to my men, so all the names on transport's manifest wouldn't be pointing out at one ship at first glance.".

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