The Line

[Nine]

A folder crossed Chief Myers' desk on Police Plaza, the LPI's fortified stronghold deep within the Illinois system. It appeared to be a regular file, except it had a large 9 printed on its outside in red ink. Anyone on the station knew that was the signal to pretend the file didn't exist. Division 9 was merely a rumor; only the Illinois ground-crews that worked on the ships and the top of the command chain knew anything about it. The rest of the LPI knew only that certain pirate ships were not to be fired upon.

To Chief Myers, however, Division 9 was a tangible entity. It was comprised of some of the best of the best; not just combat-wise, but nerves-wise. Nothing rattles a man's nerves like prolonged under-cover activity, and that was the entirety of Division 9's existence. Deep-cover amongst the pirates, pretending to be them whilst all along on the payroll of Liberty Police Inc. Deputy Chief Karl Agathon was the man heading up the Division, and had been so since his escapade to Outcast space.

Myers read through the report and nodded. He was a pragmatist to the bone, and knew which measures were necessary to keep the LPI not only as profitable, but as clean as possible. He sent out a call for Agathon to make a face-to-face report.

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<span style="color:#FF6666">Division 9... &quot;Just as every cop is a criminal...&quot;</span>

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