Breaking Point by David Alastair Hayden

Author:David Alastair Hayden [Hayden, David Alastair]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Typing Cat Press
Published: 2018-10-01T23:00:00+00:00

The start of the second evening saw no change in the actions of the known players around them, and the suspected Tekk Reaper ship remained in place. During the day, while they slept, Silky successfully hacked the Titus II government.

“The planetary authorities know the Tekk Reapers are here,” Silky said. “They were bought off with money and technologies the planet could, quite frankly, use.”

"So why are the Reapers hiding then?" Mitsuki asked with a yawn. She was still lying in bed undressed.

“Because it’s incredibly bad politics for people to know you’re working with murdering tech brigands.”

“Fair enough.”

“What about the other groups?” Siv asked as he stretched his stiff muscles.

“The government knows they’re here too, sir, and has received anonymous payments to fund various programs. And all of the groups have made campaign donations along with outright bribes. You know how the system works.”

“Even the Thousand Worlders?” Mitsuki sat up. “Surely, they’re not okay with their presence.”

“The Empire made a large payment to the government,” Silky said. “Remember, Titus II isn’t in the Federation yet, so they’re still a neutral player.”

“Oona said she believed the Tekk Reapers captured her father when he arrived,” Siv said. “Do you have confirmation on that?”

“I do, sir. The Tekk Reapers made arrangements with his ambassadorial counterpart to take him by surprise.”

“So it was an inside job,” Mitsuki said, “and not a matter of the Tekk Reapers taking him and then making payments?”

“Correct,” Silky replied. “A broker made arrangements between the Tekk Reapers and the Titus II government. He also served as a go-between with the Ekaran IV government and Senator Pashta.”

“You figured that out from hacking the government here?” Siv asked.

“I figured if the broker did a deal here then he did a deal there, so I looked into it.”

Mitsuki chuckled. “Pashta got a bad deal.”

“He paid off the broker, but the broker then paid a smaller amount to the Tekk Reapers to get rid of Pashta,” Silky said. “I didn’t bother investigating why, but I’m sure it wasn’t hard to find someone willing to pay him a lot to assassinate a senator.”

“Who is this asshole go-between?” Mitsuki asked.

“Oh, you’ll both love this. He goes by the name Broker Samson.”

Siv chuckled derisively, and Mitsuki shook her head and rolled her eyes.

“Obviously, not his real name but the name of someone who wants you to know he’s a career asshole. I didn’t give researching him the old 9G-x try cause he’s not a concern right now.”

"If we do make it out of this, I suspect he's going to be a big-time pain," Mitsuki said.

“Which came first,” Siv asked, “the Reapers going after Oona or the Reapers kidnapping Ambassador Vim?”

“They timed their strikes to coincide.”

“So they didn’t learn about Oona from her father?” Siv asked.

“They found out about her from Broker Samson,” Silky said.

“Any idea how?” Siv asked.

“My guess, sir, is that the information about the genetics facility was a lure to catch a messiah, and it worked.”

“Do you think the information is authentic?” Mitsuki asked.

“There’s Oona’s vision, plus others no doubt want to find that facility.

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