Battle for Maji-Onda (Starmen (Space Opera Series) Book 2) by Hagan J.M

Author:Hagan, J.M. [Hagan, J.M.]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2017-03-29T16:00:00+00:00

14

Location: Maji-Onda Station, Habitat A

They reunited with Cane and Siena and took the express route to Starman HQ that was located in the back of the station, avoiding the main thoroughfare for now.

Claudia looked up in awe at a tower of saucer plates that soared high above them. Each of the hundred rings had billboards lit up 360 degrees around them, advertising many of the corporate logos that were rampant throughout the station.

Just taking in all the colours made her step back dizzily.

“Is that an apartment block?” she questioned.

“Habitat-ring,” Cane corrected. He pointed ahead to another tower that was overflowing with plant life. “That’s an Agriculture-ring. It’s one of the many ways that they produce the food needed to sustain the millions of lives on-board Maji-Onda.”

“Incredible,” she gasped.

The Bright-Star Mining corporation logo flashed up in her face as she passed a man-sized cylindrical tower with a digital interface beneath the habitat-ring.

“Greetings visitor. Make sure that you apply for a position with the Bright-Star corporation now that you have completed your application for citizenship,” it prompted her in a friendly, practiced tone. “Bright-Star, making lives bright for a thousand years.”

“No, thank you,” said Claudia, as she passed. A holographic projection persisted after her as she stepped away, morphing into a different logo.

“Holo-com – connecting citizens with their loved ones is our goal. Customer satisfaction is our duty. Holo-com – the only choice in FTL hologram communications.”

“Piss off,” she shrieked, stepping away sharply. Cane was chuckling at her. “Jesus. How do you people deal with this?”

“In my case – by ignoring it. Open hostility works just as well, though,” he joked.

“In that case,” Claudia turned and gave the floating projection the finger. “Suck on that, bozo.”

“Unable to comply,” the hologram answered robotically. Then it reverted to a friendly tone as it ran another sale’s pitch. Claudia was sure to ignore it this time, as it harried after her.

“Maybe your way is better,” she said red-faced, catching up with Cane.

They proceeded through the quiet backstreets, passing by some humans who looked at Siena oddly as she passed. When Claudia noticed her agitation, Siena gave a shrug.

“They probably don’t see a lot of Plysarians here. My home is very far away.”

“Does it bother you? Their staring, I mean.”

“A little. Then again, on my world, humans are an irregularity.”

Cane chuckled. “I can attest to that.”

“So, what’s the next step?” asked Jack, as Cane led them toward an elevator.

“Well, you’re now citizens of the Galaxies. That means you can proceed to apply for a position with Starman HQ.”

“Ah, man. Don’t tell me we’ve gotta wait in another line?” he moaned.

“Jack, you’ve gotta wait in another line.”

“Damn.”

“That was a joke.”

“Oh.”

“To be honest, I’m not sure what lays ahead. I’ve never been to Starman HQ. And this is where we shall parts ways for now,” he told them, entering the elevator.

“Wait. Where are you going?”

Cane went into his pocket and removed a data chip. “I’m taking this directly to Media-1, the news station.”

“What is it?”

“The footage from our encounter with the Dok’ra.

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