Breaking the Spirit

[Heresy]

The project was well underway, and construction was proceeding on schedule. Francesca had been assigned construction tasks that her and her team were to complete by set dates, and she busied herself with the work. The job was hard and the hours were long, but the pay was excellent. Her salary had just broken the 1,000,000 credits-a-year barrier as a senior engineer.

For weeks, work proceeded on schedule. Outcast activity had been low due to BMM increasing their patrols in Tau 23, and the necessary paperwork had been delivered to both the Bretonian and Kusari governments, allowing both to deploy small garrisons nearby to deal with any other threat that manifested itself.

However, tensions had been rising in the whole of Sirius. Admiral Otto Schultzky had been assassinated on Liberty’s front porch by the Order, and Rheinland began tightening it security in the entirety of its territory.

This caused a buzz in the mess hall of the Tau 31 – Tau 23 temporary construction station, but nothing more. After all, it was on the other side of Sirius. What was the worst that could happen? Its not like there was going to be a war or anything....

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