Star Map Draftsman I · Chapter 17 of 25
Sundium PlanetStar Map Draftsman I: Federation War
“Moreth steader,” just as the two fell silent, a soldier outside rushed up to Jonathan and spoke before he could stand still. “The Ninth Legion has arrived at Sundium Planet, and they are assembling outside the city.”
“Any more movement?” Jonathan asked and then cleared his throat as a way to ease his tension.
“Nope.”
“Where’s Centaly?” Jonathan asked.
“They are camping on the right flank of the Ninth Legion, and it looks different from the Ninth Legion.”
“What do you mean?”
“Here’s the thing, Moreth steader, the Ninth Legion is moving in what looks like a blitzkrieg to take us down all together, but Centaly’s not moving, they’ve started a fire to cook.”
“I see, you inform the people on guard to be alert.” Jonathan finished and walked back to the star map, and after a moment of rummaging in it, looked thoughtfully at the information in front of him in a daze.
“What’s up Moreth steader,” Dawn Lucius asked after walking over to Jonathan and scanning the star chart.
“Not a good thing.” Jonathan pulled Dawn Lucius toward the window and walked quickly as he pointed to the wall of people in the distance and continued. “Centaly came first, they didn’t move, my initial judgment was that Centaly would have waited for the Ninth Legion to arrive and attacked together, while Carlson’s ship would have continued on to Kunek Planet, now it seems that they should have something else planned that we don’t know about. Look at ......”
Jonathan pointed to the high ground in the distance and continued. “Sinjuri is camped there, and it is most convenient for them to attack us from afar. If we go to attack them, that distance of climbing the high ground will cost the soldiers too much physical strength, and by the time they fight Centaly head-on, the physical strength advantage is gone. However, now that Centaly has been occupied there, I am still much relieved.”
“What about the Ninth Legion?”
“That’s what worries me, this rabble is like a moving rotten sore, as long as it exists in Moreth Federation’s star field, the people of Moreth Federation will not have peace.” Jonathan clenched the back of his teeth as he said this, then he turned the tables and patted Dawn Lucius on the back and continued. “But there is good news.”
“What’s the good news?” Dawn Lucius wondered what good news there could be at this time.
“Carlson’s ship is heading away from Kunek Planet, and we currently calculate the flight path of his and Burt’s fleet, their purpose should be to rendezvous at the border of Ashton Federation and attack Ashton Federation together, which is certainly good news for Moreth Federation, which is of course good news for Moreth.”
“Moreth steader, have you heard from Sandra?”
“What?” Jonathan heard Dawn Lucius’s question and he frowned a little, what he didn’t understand was why Dawn Lucius suddenly asked about Sandra.
“Sandra, I just thought I’d ask if she was safe yet, after all, we’ve all been shot.” Dawn Lucius put her right hand over her chest as she said this.
“She’s fine, don’t worry.” Jonathan smiled, and after hearing Jonathan say so, Dawn Lucius felt a little more at ease.
“So why doesn’t the Moreth Federation stop the Strath Federation?” continued Dawn Lucius.
Jonathan glanced at Dawn Lucius, who sighed and spoke. “You’ve met our treasurer and general. The treasurer does business with all the planets of all sizes on Orion Arm, he prides himself on being able to buy most of Orion Arm’s star field, for him to fight a war anywhere would affect his business, he is not willing to fight a war. You see this time I came to Sundium Planet, originally intended to defeat any incoming enemy, but the treasurer came, the next here except business, the probability will not be any war, he will give the Ninth Legion a good price, give Centaly a suitable condition, and then we each go back. As for the generals, they are better at building and avoiding when there is a war. The Finance Department, which is in charge of finance, does not want to fight a war, and the Military Department, which is in charge of military operations, does not want to fight a war. Inside the three major agencies of the Moreth Federation, there are already two agencies that do not fight a war, so how to stop it?”
“You are Moreth steader, you can order them to defend their star field, right?” Dawn Lucius asked tentatively.
Jonathan was silent for a while, and he said through clenched teeth. “If I had your power ...... not to mention whether they listen to my orders, the entire Orion Arm, even if there is a war, I can lift my hand to erase the war and let it all start again.” Jonathan clenched his fist and shook it a few times in front of his chest, he was silent for a while, opened his mouth and spoke with Dawn Lucius. “Moreth Federation’s administrative rights are in my mother’s hands, she’s more than willing to go to war, I inherited Moreth steader status from birth, but you know what? I don’t have any rights.” Jonathan tapped on the screen, he lit up all the screens in the room, some were showing pictures, some were showing videos, even some videos where a burning massive star could be seen.
Jonathan raised his hand and pointed to all the screens, he said coldly. “Moreth Federation no one knows Orion Arm better than me, I know all the civilizations, I know their populations, their military deployments, if only ......” Jonathan raised his voice. “Moreth Federation is up to me, I will build more interstellar routes, so that poor civilizations are not enslaved by multiple civilizations, so that all monopolies disintegrate, I will sweep away all wars and build a new empire of tranquility.” Jonathan sat paralyzed on the ground, he was like a deflated ball after roaring, more, lost.
“But, then there would also be a war, no different from the Strath people now.” Dawn Lucius tries to help Jonathan.
“I know, my friend, that Orion Arm is at war every second on a different scale, only it’s not a direct war between the Federation, we only need one war to keep a civilization like the Solar System safe and sound, with countless fathers like you who won’t lose their sons, who won’t have two people separated. War, my friend, is not a vile and nasty tactic, he is, at times, a good medicine.” Jonathan said as he stood up and squeezed his shoulders. “You want to save your son, join forces with me, you use Star Map Draftsman can control the ability of dark matter, assist me to take back the Moreth Federation ruling, I will use Star Bridge to transport troops to protect the solar system, help them to develop sooner to be able to save your son’s technology. ”
“I do not know, Moreth steader,” Dawn Lucius backed up, he thought of what Sandra said, that Jonathan should look at Star Map Draftsman’s Dawn Lucius, he if and Jonathan If he cooperates with Jonathan, he will obviously become Jonathan’s fighter only, which will only make him fall deeper and deeper in other people’s war, after standing firm Dawn Lucius continued. “My first priority is to save my son, I do not know Star Map Draftsman’s ability, and I do not know how to use it, please Moreth steader understand.”
“I can understand that, Dawn, if you’re willing to work with me, we can figure out a way to use Star Map Draftsman’s powers together... Strath people, Ashton people, can’t hurt your civilization, wouldn’t that be better?” Jonathan walked up to Dawn Lucius again and held his hands and said.
“That I believe you, Moreth steader, but my immediate priority right now is to stop the Strath Federation and keep the solar system safe while they can develop the technology to save my son.” Dawn Lucius did not step back, he reversed his grip on Jonathan’s hand to let Jonathan know his determination, Jonathan hesitated for a moment before pulling his hand back.
“The only way you’re going to save the solar system is to go to the Ashton Federation. not for help, but to help them defeat the Strath people so that the Strath people won’t be able to go to war for the next 10,000 years.” Jonathan pulled Dawn Lucius to the screen and opened the starfield map. “Check it out.” Jonathan pointed to the orange planet and continued. “It will be useful for you to remember the political structure of the Ashton Federation and their main administrative planets. This one is Visadio Planet, the political center of Ashton Federation, the entire Federation officials assessment and selection is decided by this planet, they are the best at playing politics and compelling people. Ashton Federation has two main political groups, one is Lord Winifred dominated by the innovation faction, the other is Madam Winifred dominated by the old guard.”
“The innovators and the conservatives?” Dawn Lucius asked.
“Right.” Jonathan explained. “Madam Winifred likes the current political strategy, which, she believes, is proven successful, all the new decisions are not implemented, and she leads a political group that feels innovation is risky. But Lord Winifred was different, young and vigorous, and he wanted to lead a new group of ministers to reshape the political atmosphere and establish an Ashton era that would flourish even more than the time of the Patriarchs.”
“Did Ashton Federation used to be brilliant?”
“Yes.” Jonathan fell into memory. “Almost ten thousand years ago, Orion Arm was all a paradise for Ashton people, technologically advanced and good at trade. ashton Federation first established a market on Visadio Planet, where there were fair trade rules, an army to protect security, and civilizations all over Orion Arm Civilizations from all over Orion Arm were willing to come here to do business, and the Ashton Federation festivals were the liveliest, with hundreds of barter ships lining up to land.”
“Why did it split?”
“Split?” Jonathan asked, looking at Dawn Lucius.
“I mean, Orion Arm was originally ruled by the Ashton people, so why did three Federations appear later?”
“Greed leads to that.” Jonathan shook his head and continued. “If you want to do business with others in Visadio Planet, it is necessary to pay a certain amount of taxes, Ashton people made a lot of money just by collecting taxes, they began to become luxurious, they lived a luxurious life that you can not imagine, what is more, they had mastered White Crystal technology at that time. After a few hundred years, the group represented by Madam Winifred was no longer satisfied with the previous amount of taxation, and people who could read the situation came forward and changed the way of taxation to trade banknotes. In short, how much you sell is how much you pay, and the smaller civilizations don’t have the strength to trade. At first, the civilizations with large volumes thought it was good that they had fewer competitors, but the Ashton people were not satisfied, and a man named Jasper came forward and made a big deal out of the trade notes, making them the trade license for Orion Arm, which means that even if you don’t come to Visadio Planet to do business, you have to come to Visadio Planet to buy trade notes in order to trade with other civilizations. Planet to buy trade notes in order to trade with other civilizations.”
“So other civilizations can accept this rule?” Dawn Lucius asked.
“At first, the larger civilizations would openly complain, but at least, they could trade, and Ashton people could protect the traders as a protection fee. But then, Jasper kept changing the trading rules for trade notes, and overprinting trade notes, and some civilizations bought trade notes earlier and devalued them before they could trade. What’s even more frightening is that the trade notes that may be in hand are voided before they have a chance to be used.”
“Voided?” Dawn Lucius felt that such a rule was ridiculous; it was blatant robbery.
“Right.”
“So the emperor of the Ashton people doesn’t care?”
“This is the problem with Ashton Federation political factions, these rules change around, explicitly Jasper is the bad guy, but in reality, it’s the greed of Madam Winifred at work, secretly instructing Jasper to do it.”
“Got it.” Dawn Lucius nodded, thinking that this would be the lead-in to the glorious downfall of the Ashton people.
“Too much time has passed, and most people have not experienced the chaos of Orion Arm. At first, it was the smaller civilizations that started the war against Ashton people, and some people started looting under the banner of opposing the rule, and started wars against other civilizations for no reason. Later, civilizations of large size also joined the melee, and when they encountered small civilizations, they annexed them, and when they encountered large civilizations, they looted them, and Orion Arm was just in chaos.”
“What about Lord Winifred? He’s the heir to the throne, and he doesn’t care about Jasper’s behavior?”
“Lord Winifred’s problem is that he is weak and wavering in character. Before the war, he said one moment that Madam Winifred did not do the right thing, and a moment later Jasper earned back the benefits of smoking happily. Now he wants to reform, wants to recreate the glory of Ashton people, half of the leadership gang is on his side, but well, always cries for reform when on a whim.”
“Earthlings have learned a lesson from history that weak-willed leaders only lead to the downfall of nations.” Dawn Lucius said.
“It’s the truth, isn’t it?” Jonathan chuckled.
“Yes, in the ancient civilizations of the Earth, empires that were glorious for a time, whether in the Western or Eastern hemisphere, were overthrown in a short period of time when they were handed over to the wrong people.” Dawn Lucius thought of the Tang and Song dynasties of ancient China, and of the ancient Roman Empire.
“There’s one more thing.” Jonathan said, taking over. “There must be clean generals and diplomats; corrupt generals are a disaster for civilization.”
“Why do you say that?” Dawn Lucius asked.
“The downfall of the glorious Ashton people began with corrupt generals.” Jonathan headed for the large window, Dawn Lucius followed him, and the open area between the Sundium Planet garrison and the Ninth Legion was as calm as a large playground paved with mooring oil.
“Strath people have always been considered an inferior civilization to Orion Arm, the more developed civilizations like to buy and sell Strath people as slaves, and with the Ashton people trading money, Strath people are starting to riot on the edge of Orion Arm. No one would look favorably on the Strath people, no advanced weapons, no trained army, and their army was pitifully small compared to the Ashton people’s. There was a wide uninhabited star field on Orion Arm, with almost no planets to land on, which we called the Sothatki Star River, which happened to be Strath people didn’t have enough power to transport their troops to Ashton people’s main domain, and Ashton people were too busy squeezing other civilizations for hundreds of years. It was not until two young princes of the Strath people led their armies across the Sothatki Star River that the Ashton people realized it was time to end the rebellion once and for all. In the eyes of both sides, there was no negotiation, no compromise, only total victory and total defeat in this war. were terrified. And so the Ashton people were beaten back into the main star field, the Strath people couldn’t fight anymore, they were tired, the Strath people had their backs to the Sothatki Star River, and the two sides just faced each other.”
“And then there was no war?” Dawn Lucius asked.
Jonathan shook his head and continued. “Think about it, Strath people have to live near the Sothatki Star River, supplies are scarce, inevitably they have to rob the nearby planets, this gives Ashton people headache, so they start to negotiate. Strath people just want a small amount of food and a few planets to live on, so they won’t. The Ashton people allocated food, selected a nearby planet, and sent a general to hand over the food and planet access to the Strath people. This way, the war would stop and the Ashton people could continue to enjoy their extravagant life. But the problem is that the general who handed over the planets did not think so, he saw himself as profitable, he wanted to take all the food and supplies, and devised a treacherous plan.”
“What kind of treacherous scheme?” Dawn Lucius asked, thinking about this clumsy tactic in her mind.
“The general only invited two Strath people’s prince landed to the planet, held a sumptuous handover banquet, the general wanted to kill the two princes at the banquet, their soldiers without a backbone, will certainly be in chaos, the general can not only take the food supplies for themselves, but also kill all the Strath people, you can also The general can not only take the food supplies for himself, but also kill all the Strath people, and he can go back to receive the prize. But, it didn’t happen as the general expected.”
“Was there an accident?” Dawn Lucius asked.
“Well, by the time the escort captains off-planet got hungry and made their move to kill the Ashton people’s guards and showed up at the banquet with grumbling stomachs, the general’s ambushed army was also getting ready to strike, and both sides understood what was going on. The negotiations then turned into a prologue to a massive war.”
“Are Strath people very good at warfare?” Dawn Lucius was a little curious about those two princes.
“Yes, Carlson is reasonable in all things and does not go to war easily unless forced to do so. But Burt is different, warlike and killing. By Ashton people, Strath people will not negotiate, they almost hit Visadio Planet, we Moreth people are also forced to enter the war.”
“Which side are you playing on?” Dawn Lucius was curious as to which side Moreth people were on.
“We?” Jonathan looked to Dawn Lucius.
“Did you guys hit Strath people?”
“War is not like what you think, only enemies and friends. In the beginning, Moreth people fought defensive wars, like when there was a war by our important assets, we would send troops there to protect them, and if someone else’s war hit our heels, we would drive them away. But, then it became more than just defensive, to protect ourselves, we had to fight the war proactively so that the threat could be nipped in the bud.”
“Got it, how did the war stop?”
Jonathan heard Dawn Lucius’ question and he turned and patted Dawn Lucius on his right arm as he pointed to the glowing object and said. “Because of this.”
“Datheon?” frowns Dawn Lucius.
“Yes, Datheon. when Orion Arm was set on fire by the battle, and most of the planets were burning, and the wailing spread through the nebula, Datheon appeared, and they appeared on the battlefield, and the weapons were sucked into the air and crushed, and the blood mixed with feces on the battlefield seeped into the ground, and insects burrowed out of the mud, and together with them, upward, the plants of hope. ” Jonathan had a smile on his face.
“So they’re human?” Dawn Lucius was even more puzzled.
“I don’t know, my mother knows a little better. Not many people have actually met Datheon, and I haven’t either.” Jonathan smiles.
“So, Datheon designated three Federations to check and balance each other to make sure Orion doesn’t go to war, right?”
“Brilliant.”
“But now that the war is coming back, why aren’t they coming out?”
“That we don’t know, Datheon’s technology is way too advanced than ours, and their way of doing things we don’t understand. Besides, the galaxy is so big, they can’t manage it, right?” Jonathan smiled.
Yes, the galaxy is so big, even if Datheon is the energy body that can travel in different spaces at will, they do not need to take care of all the big and small things between the stars, Orion Arm is not so special, it is just the smallest arm in the galaxy, compared to the fairy arm and the centaur arm, the number of civilizations on Orion Arm is certainly not as many as they are. Dawn Lucius remembers visiting the science museum as a child, and when he saw the structure of the galaxy, he always imagined that there were high level civilizations living on the Perseus Arm, such as fairies. Solar system civilizations have not yet discovered more effective interstellar navigation technology, but deep-space telescopes have also mapped the structure of the galaxy over the years, and the gravitational force of the Silver Center is unusually high. In fact, scientists on Earth have been updating their knowledge of the Milky Way and the universe. The updated theories suggest that the Milky Way collided with the Sagittarius dwarf galaxy about five billion years ago, which led to a surge of material in the galaxy and a repositioning of the galaxy’s stars, making the current shape of the Milky Way more wave-like from a certain point of view.
“Moreth steader......” the soldier who reported the news rushed in, almost dropping his gun on the ground, and added before he could stand still, “The Ninth Legion is picking a fight outside the city, should we meet it? ”
“Go check it out.” Jonathan walked quickly out the door, and Dawn Lucius followed.
The merchant capital Moreth steader city-state is built with its back to the huge lake, the back of the city-state is safe enough with the lake as a natural barrier, the bottom of the city-state is hard rock, even if the Ninth Legion plays dirty tricks to dig tunnels in from the back of the city-state is also a difficult thing, not to mention their expectation of war is to quickly wipe out the planet at hand, and then go to plunder another planet. The Ninth Legion recruits people in a very simple way, those who join only need to follow the orders of the top commander to move, the rest, how much they want to earn to rob themselves, no need to turn in and no need to report, by any means, no rules, no punishment, which makes the Ninth Legion in Moreth Federation’s star field as the death of existence, some planets before hearing the Ninth Legion came Some planets ran away before they heard that the Ninth Legion was coming, while some planets were not satisfied with Moreth Federation rule, they came a long way to join the Ninth Legion, to say that no one is afraid of the Ninth Legion, this can be said when the Strath people just formed the Ninth Legion, but now, they are already a war machine that is the most courageous and fierce in combat.
Dawn Lucius followed Jonathan to the top of the wall when the treasurer’s son saluted Jonathan, who walked straight to the front lookout as if he hadn’t seen him as a person. The company’s main business is to provide a wide range of products and services to its customers. The ninth legion outside the city walls without uniform attire, like a group of beasts eager for blood wielding weapons, two feet in front of one another keep exchanging, making ready to charge, someone’s waist is also hanging withered heads, which may be a symbol of their cruel glory, the front of the army, standing alone, the whole body inlaid with golden armor, the left armor welded with two silver short knives, cold and brilliant light wavered, his right hand held the butt of his rifle, his index finger resting at the trigger. He raised his left hand, and the roar of the soldiers stopped.
“Listen people in the city, you have two choices, the first is to open the gates and cut yourselves off, the second is for us to fight our way in and cut you off, but in my experience,” the man in golden armor continued as he slung his gun over his shoulder, “I would suggest that you cut yourselves off, if my soldiers help If my soldiers do it for you, you may not be comfortable.”
“Listen up people outside the city,” Jonathan continued after shouting and propping his hands on either side of the watchtower. “You are a bunch of rabble, you are the enemy of the entire Moreth Federation, the Moreth Federation, and will hunt you down to any corner of the universe. I, Jonathan, give you two choices, the first is to end yourselves, the second is to wait for me to come out and end it for you, we have no experience in helping people to end it ......” Jonathan spoke after the man in the golden armor, he added after a contemptuous smile. “But we will take your lowly body as if to practice how to help you break it off.”
“Jonathan?” the golden armor took a few steps forward and stopped to continue. “The Moreth steader of the Moreth Federation has come in person, that’s better, save us the trouble of going to Kunek Planet to settle accounts with you, now it hurts.” Then, the golden armor raised the gun above his head, the soldiers behind him then like a tide with poison slowly approaching the walls, their roar in the ears of everyone in Sundium Planet waving spears, haphazardly zapping people’s ear drums, their footsteps like drums smashed by chaotic stones, smashing deep and shallow ragged holes in everyone’s heart, Sundium Planet’s guards The troops unconsciously retreated, even the soldiers recruited by Jonathan’s high pay, whispering.
“Moreth steader, what do we do?” The treasurer’s son asked anxiously as he clasped his two hands together.
“What can he do?” Before Jonathan could answer, the thin treasurer came toward the men with a disgusted look on his face, his eyes signaling his son to step back, and the treasurer deliberately stepped forward after walking up to Jonathan. “To protect your people by fighting in arms is the most incompetent underhanded way to do so.” The treasurer finished by glaring at Jonathan, who was as blue as if he hadn’t breathed for a long time due to lack of oxygen.
“Everything that can be solved with money, why not use it, let’s talk about it.” The treasurer shouted to the golden armor below, which raised its left hand and the tide of people behind it stopped.
“How do you plan to talk?” The golden armor spoke up and asked.
“You make the conditions.” The finance officer replied.
“Why should I believe you?”
“You don’t have to trust me, you just have to trust Moreth Federation’s finance department, and I, for one, happen to be able to preside over Moreth Federation’s finances.”
“Well then, the terms are simple,” the golden armor continued after sweeping a glance back at the soldiers behind him. “My brothers are all about money, you do this, give one galaxy coin each and we’ll pull out of Sundium Planet.”
“A galaxy coin?” Jonathan snarled and took a step forward as he pointed down at the golden armor, “Do you know the value of a galaxy coin? That’s enough to pay for a trip to Star Bridge, how can you possibly be worth giving one galaxy coin each?”
“Then there’s no more talk, let’s come in and grab it ourselves.” The golden armor reared its gun and was planning to move on.
“Wait.” The treasurer raised his hands and shouted, and after the golden armor stopped he continued. “Give or not give galaxy coin or I said, Moreth Federation always want to see peace not war, money can bring peace, then spend this money, so ......” the treasurer pointed to the golden armor behind The people behind the golden armor, indicating how much galaxy coin he needs for so many people to work.
“At least half a million galaxy coins,” the golden armor replied after a moment of hesitation.
“Deal, then figure out how I’m going to transfer the money to you.” The treasurer smiled broadly.
Jonathan, the Moreth steader, was not taken into account from the beginning to the end. The treasurer had his hands on the Moreth Federation’s finances, not to mention withdrawing his rights, even if the treasurer said to re-establish another Moreth steader, it was not impossible, which deepened his desire to withdraw the Moreth Federation’s rights. Dawn Lucius stood next to Jonathan on his way back to the observation room, Jonathan did not say a word, as silent as a child who was aggrieved in front of everyone, he slumped his shoulders, pushed the door open, and went to the nebula monitor and flipped through it. He just stood there, until a person came in the door, her slender body wearing a blue dress, hair cut short, white skin, clear features, she walked up to the two men, after first giving Jonathan a salute, smiling at Dawn Lucius.
“I thought that I would never see you again.” Dawn Lucius said this with a heart like a sunflower in full bloom.
“So, do you expect to see me, or don’t you?” Sandra teased with a big smile on her face.
“I was hoping to see you, of course.”
“Here’s the thing Sandra,” Jonathan continued as he interrupted the next conversation between Dawn Lucius and Sandra. “The Strath people have gone to war at the borders of Ashton Federation, they are rapidly advancing towards the inner star fields of Ashton, would you please take Dawn to Ashton Federation and see if there is anything you need from him?”
“Need him?” Sandra’s voice suddenly raised, and she wondered why Ashton people just needed Earthlings.
“Yes, he’s a Star Map Draftsman,” Jonathan emphasized.
“Oh, got it.” Sandra’s face smiled even more as she turned her face to look the other way, muttering under her breath. “Remarkable, Datheon’s messenger. So what are you going to do about it?”
“I don’t know, but I would like to ask the Ashton Federation to stop the Strath people, if they cross into the Ashton Federation’s star field, then the solar system is in jeopardy.” Dawn Lucius’ voice bounced back to his ears as it hit the walls multiple times, again he felt it was a bit rude, as the other two were frozen, Dawn Lucius walked up to Sandra and spoke. “Please, take me to Ashton Federation, I can’t let the Strath people hit the solar system, my son is still there, he has been dormant for seventy years, I don’t want him to wake up and find the solar system gone, I want to stop anything that is a threat to the solar system.”
Sandra didn’t look at Dawn Lucius, her eyes fell on Jonathan after bypassing Dawn Lucius and said respectfully. “Moreth steader, can you provide me with an access report?”
“What kind of reporting?” Jonathan asked, puzzled.
“This earthling goes to Visadio Planet’s report, I cannot take people from other civilizations into the core area of Ashton Federation without permission.”
“There’s no need for that, just treat him like a tourist and visit Ashton Federation.” Jonathan chuckled.
“That’s not good, he’s not from Moreth Federation, he’s not from Ashton Federation, if something goes wrong or gets into some kind of trouble, which side do we count on?”
“That’s not so bad, Dawn is not a politician, what kind of trouble can she cause for both sides?”
“That’s not a guarantee for any of us.” Sandra wasn’t going to budge.