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Chapter 81 - The Administrator[]
FCS New Avalon
Fox class corvette
New Avalon system
Federated Suns
3150
Julian re-read the message, and the guest list...and let out a Whoop of relief. "I could kiss her!!" he exulted.
"My prince?"
"Trillian's gotten us time and a cease-fire." He announced. "The Combine's accepted her invitation to a Summit, and accepted Stone's offer of a cease-fire for the duration of that summit. It gives us time."
"Your Majesty, Yori Kurita's acceptance is contingent on yours!"
Julian grinned wide, "Send back 'Yes'. and copy it to our neighbors." he said it savagely, "It buys us time to fix the disaster Caleb left behind...I swear, I thought she left us to hang for a while there but, here she is-buying us what we need the most!"
"Time?"
"TIME!!" he said, "It gives us time to get forces out of mothball. Time to get troops trained and time to get forces moved into position. To position and to take the initiative when this summit ends-which it will."
"but no fresh troops from-"
"We are the Federated Suns, not some beggar kingdom, it's time people started remembering that we've been in worse shape before, and won-because of time." He sobered, "Also because we're getting technical help and additional manpower from the Republic. This cease fire lets the Prince's Champion actually get those into position to be useful as more than a speed-bump."