Chapter One
Atvar, the fleetlord of the Race's conquest fleet, and Reffet, the
fleetlord of the colonization fleet, were having a disagreement. They
had agreed on very little since Reffet brought the colonization fleet to
Tosev 3. Atvar was convinced Reffet still had no real understanding of
the way things worked on this miserable planet. He didn't know what
Reffet was convinced of probably that things on Tosev 3 were in fact
the way the Race had fondly imagined them to be before sending out the
conquest fleet. "I do not know what you wish me to do, Reffet," he said.
They were equals; neither of them was Exalted Fleetlord to the other.
They could be, and often were, equally impolite to each other. "No
matter what you may believe, I cannot work miracles." He swiveled his
eye turrets this way and that to show exasperation.
Reffet swiveled his eye turrets, too, and hissed for good measure. "I do
not see that it is so difficult. The ship the Big Uglies have launched
is under very low acceleration. You have plenty of time to send a
reconnaissance ...
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