The New Alliance: The Golden Donderi Saga by Daniel Dore

Author:Daniel Dore [Dore, Daniel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Independent
Published: 2022-08-07T04:00:00+00:00

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Chapter 11

The next day is spent touring the space station where most of the ore is brought before it is distributed to either the factory on the moon or to the several planet-side factories that need the precious materials. We then head for the repair station for the transports that carry the ore. I have a special something for the people working there and I want to bring it to them in person.

Last night I asked Augustine to take an image from the memory banks of the Conra V system and carve out a small statue to commemorate the brave men and women that gave their life to save not only this system, but my people as well. Now is time to present it to the families of those brave workers. I asked Alvaro yesterday, before we parted ways, to bring all family members to the repair facility.

We arrive at the dinning hall, the largest room in the facility, and we receive applause from most of the people gathered there. I’m there to celebrate their members, and I’m getting the applause. I lift my hands to stop the clapping and slowly compose myself.

“Thank you for the applause, but they should be directed at yourselves, not at me or my people. Yes, they came to this system to fight for you, but that is their job. Do they deserve a thank you? Yes, they do, but not today. Today is about the crews of the three haulers that sacrificed themselves to save the station, the factory and the people of this system. Although my ships were able to defeat most of the force that came here, none of them would have been able to destroy that ship before it destroyed the station and killed millions of people.

These people sacrificed their lives to save others, and there is nothing more selfless than that. This was not their fight. They were not asked to fight, nor to place themselves in danger. They were even ordered to stand down and come back to this facility, but they did not listen. They knew in their hearts that it was the right thing to do, and so they did it. That day, three Captains and their nine crew members used the tool of their trade to save millions. They will always be remembered in this system and on Conra V as heroes. On Conra V we have a sacred ground that is reserved for all our fallen warriors that give their lives for others. I have placed, in that sacred park, a monument with all twelve names on it so that all members of my crews and their families can remember that on that day, twelve freight haulers were their equal if not better.

I have brought a smaller version of that monument here for you to remember them by. It is not much, but it is a small token of my appreciation. Also, although Alvaro has already compensated the families, I wish to add a little something myself to that compensation.

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