Chapter 52 - The Administrator[]
Coast Guard Base Spider Moon
Kowloon System
Lyran Commonwealth
December 12th 3147
Block-chain message by relay from Tharkad to Spider Moon, Kowloon system...
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Attention to Orders:
Ducal Order 3147/12/10
War Plan Green, Silver Variant. Version P. Contingency Plan Gamma Elizabeth is in effect. Forward necessary information under Contingency Gamma Elizabeth to all Quarantine Zone Governments.
Execution to begin immediately.
See attachments.
Sharon Elizabeth Ngo
Duchess, Kowloon.
[4 attachments]
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Nha Tranh
Kowloon System
Lyran Commonwealth
December 12th 3147
Ducal Regent Patrick Ngo opened the de-compressed attachment files, and put them up on display.
"Oh god." {She wants this distributed?} "Call the press and call forth the Assembly-both houses, and I don't care if they're sleeping, or ******, or fundraising, I want those delegates seated in three hours!" orders Patrick.
Mentally, he made a list of which local governments were going to be likely to refuse, even as he opened a file drawer and pulled out the envelopes Sharon had left him in case of emergency.
He stopped himself for a moment, looking at a photograph of his sister, Amanda. "It shouldn't be me in here today." he said, "It should be you..."
He opened each envelope in turn, and uploaded the codes to the system-wide Pnet network. "I should be the one preparing to go...but it's Sharon." he muttered.
"but she won't be going alone."
Mobilization will take months but, it has to start somewhere.