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“So during that fifteen seconds, all thirteen hundred rings duh that four ships on approach to the rings had their crews cooked Eency systems kicked in, autopilot stopped the ships, so we don’t have four uns at us, but …”

Onni lifted his hands as if he was presenting a gift Singh blinked and sat back So shifted in his belly An emotion he hadn’t felt since he’d arrived at Medina Surprise Maybe even hope The ring space was, by the best understanding of the science teas in the perceivable universe The power required to keep the space itself fro even to people who routinely built things like Magnetar-class battleships The effect Langstiver described wouldn’t even be a rounding error in the overall system, but the applicat

ion of it could nificant windfall

“How do you know this?”

The Belter spread his hands “I live here I know things not everybody knows”

“Is this correct?” Singh said, not to Onni but to Kasik

“I’ll have a report prepared i at his wrist

“So, yeah,” Onni continued, laughing a little now Acting as if he’d already ingratiated himself If he wasn’t corrected, it would becoonna be pissed you just cooked four of their freighter crews”

Singh considered the man He would need local contacts Natives of Medina Station ere loyal to the neer structure and supporters of Laconian rule The prospect of having this bootlicker as one of the first anity

“Dish said to the man He needed to call Trejo on the Tempest and report this

Onni’s face fell The snation and resenth watched He’d rarely ht so definitively or so quickly People of this low character would never be part of his adain power on Medina

“Bossotta listen to me,” Onni said

“I said you’re dish barked at hirabbed Onni by the arth

“Ouch! Fuck!” Onni yelled as she dragged him out of the room

“Have a cart brought around,” Singh said to the reo to the ops center and look over the data about this gamma-ray burst”