Madame Guillotine by Jason Anspach & Nick Cole

Author:Jason Anspach & Nick Cole [Anspach, Jason & Cole, Nick]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Galaxy's Edge Press
Published: 2020-04-21T16:00:00+00:00

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Syl Hamachi-Roi’s chartered star yacht, Star Mist, officially designated as a sanctioned courier for a member of the House of Reason, set down on the ceremonial landing platform of Detron’s old Government Council Building. It was the height of high-end luxury travel, and the landing pad it kissed was built during the grand days of the Republic to receive official dignitaries for commissioning ceremonies for the latest battleship, the landing pad was as visible within the government cluster as the playing field of a sports stadium.

Repub Navy traffic control, mainly the admiral overseeing operations aboard the destroyer Castle, had been reluctant to let Star Mist enter Detron’s airspace, but both the pilot and the House of Reason member herself had dared the admiral to shoot “her ship” down if he didn’t like it. Seconds of inaction on the part of the navy had allowed Star Mist to drop below the atmosphere and assume an approach profile for Detron’s government sector and the ceremonial landing pad. Despite the military no-fly zone currently in effect.

This was her big moment. Syl Hamachi-Roi and her handlers would not be denied.

The recently-elected junior delegate had been a nobody mere months ago. She’d quickly risen to prominence in the entertainment and media streams by taking on the policies of the current leadership. She showed a gross ignorance of galactic history, but she’d tapped into a universal frustration many were having with respect to the government. And she’d artfully managed to suggest—without, of course, ever really saying it—that maybe the Mid-Core Rebellion had some legitimate grievances.

Detron was her big moment to take the stage.

Word from the media was that Syl had a very good chance of becoming the next Orrin Kaar, a man considered a first among equals, capable of getting his will done in the House and Senate.

But first… she needed a moment to shine.

She needed to put it all on the line to show the masses of the galaxy that she could be the savior they so desperately needed, wanted, according to the media’s indefinable and ongoing crisis they never tired of talking about.

The galaxy was never without trouble.

Syl, and many others, were vying to be the answer to the galaxy’s problems.

As the Star Mist set down, elegant and slender gears deployed from her mirror-polish underbelly and gases vented from twin deluxe nacelles that erupted aft of the central passenger deck. The crowd held its breath in anticipation. Within minutes nondescript but obvious security types masquerading as crew were securing the landing pad as more and more protestors gathered around the steps of the various government buildings to witness the spectacle.

Elsewhere were the riots and ruin. Here was worship.

This, for every protestor who’d thrown in with what was happening here on Detron, was a crowning achievement. To many, who felt their grievances were legitimate, this was victory. The House of Reason had failed. Or rather its leadership had failed. And now one of their own, a simple working girl from their side, one of the House’s most bright and shining new members, had come to their rescue.

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