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“Kabir, it is the big day for the people. No one has come up with any more delays.”
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“It is a formality that is wasting time and resources. I have been doing all the functions for month...
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“I will have to go in a minute to check on the media coverage stuff.”
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“We hired someone to do that. What is wrong, Adric?”
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“I have to check everything. Seriously, Kainda was such a brat, but she knew her shit.”
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“Aunt Vicky talked to her. Do you think she will come to the coronation?”
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“Kabir, if she shows up, all the protocol people will crap all over themselves. It will be the most ...
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“It will be interesting.”
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“One more thing, big brother. You are king now. If she shows up, you can tell everyone to back off. ...
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Kabir smiles, saying,
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“Or I can let her run loose and watch the fun.”
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<<<>>>
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The official coronation ceremony takes place in a large hall with stained glass from floor to ceilin...
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Everything is arranged with lights, tapestries, and chairs.
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The media cameras cover every angle but are not visible.
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People are entering and sitting down.
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The ceremony is scheduled to start in 15 minutes.
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The music will begin, and the king will enter with several attendants, proceeding to the stage.
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There will be speeches, and props will be moved around.
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If everything goes smoothly, it will take an hour.
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It needs to start on time for the media coverage to work for a live feed.
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People have been given time off work to watch the ceremony.
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In the anteroom, Kabir asks,
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“Adric, any word on Kainda?”
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With others in the room, Adric is formal in his response,
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“No, Your Majesty.”
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Aunt Vicky says,
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“She is traveling across several systems; it may take her a minute. She told me she would attend.”
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In the room are Kabir, Adric, Aunt Victoria, Admiral Wilbur Wake, who is Victoria’s husband, and two...
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Five minutes before the ceremony starts, Admiral Wake gets a message.
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He relays it to everyone,
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“A fleet of small ships just jumped in. Deal Hunter is leading them.”
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Aunt Vicky says,
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“I told you.”
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Adric looks at Kabir and smiles.
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Admiral Wake relays information.
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“The fleet is in the upper atmosphere and looks like it will enter. The fleet is Deal Hunter, ten fr...
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Kabir comments,
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“She is making an entrance.”
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“The attack ships are fanning out to surround the freighters as they come in.”
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Adric asks,
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“Why freighters?”
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“Robots are coming out of the freighters. They are Warbot drop bots.”
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Kabir asks,
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“How many?”
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“Fifty, no, sixty. They are dropping without jetpacks, simply dropping fast.”
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Aunt Vicky asks,
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“Where are they headed?”
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“Here they all are coming to the palace.”
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Thirty seconds later, they start to hear the jet packs of the robots.
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“They are moving to different entrances of the palace.”
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Kabir says,
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“Instruct the guards and military not to fire on those Warbots.”
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The chief of the guard walks into the room saying,
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“Sir, we have Warbots landing.”
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“I am aware. It is Princess Kainda. Let them land.”
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Warbots land at every entrance to the palace.
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Public, private, ground level, and every ship landing pad.
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The ships have all pulled away, and the freighters land at a distance while the attack ships fly pat...
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Everyone hears the engines of a bigger ship.
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Deal Hunter is slowing down, heading for the royal family landing pad.
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Deal Hunter barely fits on the landing area.
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Adric looks around the room, saying,
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“It’s time. We should go out.”
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They follow protocols, and everyone exits the anteroom.
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Looking to the right, they see an armored figure with the Warbot clan emblem walking down a long hal...
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They are walking to the group.
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When they get to the door, one of the Warbots stops, taking up a guard position.
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At the red carpet, the Warbots split up, walking toward different entrances.
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When she gets to the group, Kainda nods, saying in her normal voice coming from the speaker,
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“Your Majesty, brother, aunt, and admiral.”
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Aunt Vicky says,
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“You need to take your helmet off.”
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“No. There is someone still trying to kill me, and they will try here as well.”
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Aunt Vicky says,
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“I have to insist.”
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Admiral Wake interjects,
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“We have ships incoming. It is a pirate frigate and five fighters.”
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Adric looks at Kainda, asking,
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“Are those yours?”
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Admiral Wake says,
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“They don’t have the Warbot clan emblem. The frigate has the Vamp clan emblem.”
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Kainda says,
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“They knew I would attend and are here to kill us.”
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While she is talking, Warbots enter the chamber from each door.
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When they enter, the guests in the chairs all stand.
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The chief of the guard walks over to stand between Kabir and Kainda.
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She turns to him and says,
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“Stand down. Kabir is not in danger from me or my Warbots.”
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When the Warbots have surrounded the group, Kainda says,
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“Warbots take the king and Adric away from these windows. Go back into the anteroom while I work wit...
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The Warbots surround Kabir and Adric as they walk into the anteroom.
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Kainda looks at Admiral Wake and then the chief of the guard, saying,
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“We need to get to a tactical situation room.”
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The chief of the guard turns left and starts walking toward the door and a hallway.
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He is talking on his radio as they walk.
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Going through the doorway, Kainda turns to see Aunt Vicky with them.
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She says,
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“You should go back to the anteroom.”
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Aunt Vicky replies,
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“I don’t want to be in the room with Warbots.”
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After walking down the hallway a few yards, they turn into a room.
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The room contains six guards, all of whom are armed.
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Admiral, Aunt, and the chief of the guard all immediately move to the side.
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The guards raise their weapons at Kainda and start firing.
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Kainda is hit several times and drops to the floor.
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Vicky yells,
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“Kill the bitch!”
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Kainda is on her belly with her arms forward.
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She rolls over and says,
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“Hello, Ruler.”
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Vicky replies,
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“You figured it out. Too bad it is too late.”
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Admiral Wake says,
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“How do we deal with the Warbots?”
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“If she is dead, the Warbots don’t have anyone to instruct them. We simply set off a bomb in the roo...
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Kainda’s breathing sounds ragged as she says,
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“Wiping out the Murphy line so you can take the throne. That was my problem. I couldn’t understand w...
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“Yes, you stupid little brat. You have always been a brat, and alive, you could be a problem.”
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“My surviving the first attack was a fluke. Then I was smart enough to realize I needed to get out.”
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“You and that damn ship. Enough talk. Give me your gun.”
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She reaches for a gun from the guard, points it at Kainda, and fires several times until she stops t...
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“Take her helmet off. I want to shoot her directly in the face.”
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The guard bends down and removes the helmet.
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As he pulls it off, Vicky sees a robot’s head with lipstick and mascara.
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Vicky turns bright red.
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“AHH. I hate you!”
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She fires the gun into the robot’s head.
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“You made my brother give up on life. You bitch!”
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Vicky hears Admiral Wake saying,
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“What do you mean they are simply orbiting?”
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Vicky says,
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“What? They aren’t attacking?”
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“No, the pirate ships just went into orbit.”
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“Wilbur, find out what is going on with your pirates.”
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The group hears mechanical feet walking toward them.
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A few seconds later, Warbots enter through the service entrance and the main door with their guns re...
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One guard turns and fires at a Warbot.
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He is immediately killed by three Warbots firing.
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The rest of the guards drop their weapons.
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When the guards are disarmed, the Warbots escort them out at gunpoint.
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Left in the room are Vicky, Admiral Wake, and the chief of the guard.
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Immediately, more Warbots enter the room, followed by a figure in blue-gray space armor, followed by...
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The space armor has a Warbot clan emblem on the chest.
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Adric says,
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“We saw and heard the whole thing. That robot was transmitting what happened.”
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Admiral Wake asks,
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“Who are you?”
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Looking at the person in space armor.
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The person reaches up and pulls the helmet off.
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Kainda looks at the admiral and Vicky.
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Her long, red hair, which used to fall to the middle of her back, has been cut and is now just below...
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One of the last things that people would associate her with being the princess is gone.
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She has removed the previous control they had over her.
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She turns to Kabir and Adric, saying to Kabir,
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“Congratulations, Your Majesty.”
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Vicky screams,
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“You bitch! Why can’t you die?”
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Kabir says,
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“Gag her.”
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Kabir asks Kainda,
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“This whole thing was your plan?”
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“Yes, we will talk about that after the coronation. I’m sure, based on their previous discussion, th...
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Kainda puts her helmet back on and tells the Warbots to restrain the three others.
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“They can still witness the event before they are taken to prison. Warbots lead us to the ballroom.”
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They are all walking to the ballroom when Kainda stops.
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She turns and says,
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“More vamp clan ships have arrived. I will deal with this while you finish the ceremony.”
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Kabir says,
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“Kainda, let the Navy deal with them.”
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“They have two cruisers, a frigate, and 16 fighters against your one cruiser and fighters. I will di...
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The group enters the ballroom.
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When they reach the red carpet, Kabir, and Adric start walking to the front.
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Warbots have pulled Captain Willamina Wake from the audience.
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She is restrained and moved back with her parents.
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When he gets to the dais, Kabir turns to address the group.
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“There was an attempt to kill Princess Kainda. She is unharmed and now dealing with the pirate Vamp ...
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Kainda has been talking to Hunter while she walked to the ship.
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As soon as she gets into the captain’s chair, Hunter lifts.
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The attack ships are already in space and engaging the fighters.
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“Hunter, can you get a comms channel open to the Murphy cruiser?”
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“Working.”
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After a minute, Hunter says,
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“I have Captain Wolfgang Antlion on the cruiser Adventure Bound to talk.”
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Put him on the vid, please.
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When the captain comes to the screen, Kainda says,
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“We don’t have time for pleasantries. Captain, concentrate your fire on their frigate. My fighters a...
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The captain nods, saying,
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“Yes, ma’am.”
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Hunter tells Kainda,
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“Ten of their sixteen fighters are destroyed.”
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“Take half of our attack ships and begin jump attacks on the bridge of a cruiser.”
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Captain Antlion asks,
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“What is a jump attack? That is a tactic I’ve never heard of.”
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Kainda replies,
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“Simply watch the cruiser bridge.”
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Hunter directs the attack ships that fly toward the cruiser closest to the Murphy cruiser.
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They are accelerating at twenty times the standard rate, making them difficult to track and shoot.
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They are making random changes to avoid laser cannon fire and beginning to spread out.
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The ship’s bridge area has strong protection from laser cannons.
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The first attack ship veers left, then makes an impossibly sharp turn toward the cruiser’s bridge.
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A few meters from crashing into the ship, the small attack ship jumps.
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It is jumping a few thousand kilometers away and will return in a few minutes.
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Captain Antlion is looking at the screen in shock.
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“How?”
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As he continues to watch attack ship after attack ship do the same maneuver.
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Kainda tells Hunter,
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“Focus on the cannons that are firing and send drop bots to the cruiser.”
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“Yes, Captain. They will be from the frigate.”
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After eight attack ships performed the jump maneuver in front of the bridge, the cruiser is no longe...
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The Warbots are using jetpacks to reach the ship.
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They will attack the bridge first.
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Hunter says,
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“Warbots will be at the ship in two minutes.”
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“Continue the jump attacks and go to the second cruiser when you can. Have the attack ships fire int...
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“Acknowledged, Captain.”
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Deal Hunter transitions from twice the standard acceleration to four times and shifts left, right, u...
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As they enter the extreme range of the cruiser’s guns, the cruiser’s guns shift toward Deal Hunter a...
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“Hunter, you need to go harder.”
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Deal Hunter advances to the six-time standard with more challenging shifting maneuvers.
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Kainda has been training for weeks on high acceleration and reaches for a button on the control pane...
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Kainda is still on the vid with the captain, and he can see the acceleration in her face and shiftin...
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One of the other bridge crew members, with the captain, can see the screen and comment,
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“No wonder no one can kill her.”
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As they look, Captain Antlion is watching Kainda’s little attack ships destroy the bridge of a full ...
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This is not supposed to be possible.
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Looking away from the screen, he gets a report and says,
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“Their frigate is trying to jump away.”
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Kainda is using breathing exercises to keep blood in her head and not pass out.
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“Hunter sends two attack ships to get the frigate’s bridge. If they get away, that is okay. Concentr...
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After a minute, Hunter reports,
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“We are approaching the Murphy Cruiser. Two jump attacks were completed on their frigate, and then i...
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“I agree after we complete this. Get this cruiser between us as cover and stop.”
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“Warbots have arrived at the first cruiser.”
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After a few seconds, Hunter says,
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“We have the bridge of the first cruiser.”
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Cheers erupt from the Murphy Cruiser bridge crew.
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Kainda says,
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“Let’s get the other cruiser before they can try to jump. Use the cruiser’s guns to target the bridg...
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Captain Antlion replies,
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“Captain, thank you. You don’t want a capital ship in your fleet?”
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“No, Captain, they are better used to show a presence, not in taking out pirate fleets. I will let y...
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“Understood.”
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“Hunter, let’s get back so I can put in the showing I promised.”
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Kainda arrives and walks into the back of the ballroom alone.
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She is carrying her helmet under her left arm.
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She approaches the group of prisoners.
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Vicky is gagged, but still standing, forced to watch the ceremony.
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Kabir is giving his acceptance speech.
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Kainda nods to him as she walks in.
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At the back with the prisoners, Kainda says to Admiral Wake,
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“When I was on the cruiser with Captain Wake, I was not thinking straight and didn’t realize she is ...
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“How would that have helped?”
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“When I found out that someone with the code name Ruler created the bounty, then I found out Ruler w...
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