Revolt (Owning a Spacebar Book 3) by Walker John

Author:Walker, John
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2025-01-14T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7

​Astrana took Carson Flint down to the command center where Priak assigned her an office. She showed him the recent activity, including the attack on the prison and the sabotaged cargo sled. Afterward, she gave him a rundown of how equipment and goods moved about the area.

​“This is all very interesting,” Carson said, “but we’re looking for an aggressor. Or group of them. How this works means less to me than why they care. What’s happened to the Lumari recently to bring that kind of heat down on you?”

​“Heat?” Astrana lifted her brows.

​“Um. Rage. Anger. Uh… the attack.”

​“Oh. I don’t know specifically.” Astrana frowned. “I thought things were progressing fairly well. Unless they are offended by the treatment of some of the outer colonies.”

​“And how is that?” Carson asked.

​“Some of those trips have proven dangerous enough that we’ve had to limit the amount of travel. As a result, some of them are failing. Though they refuse to leave. Offers to evacuate were met with flat out refusal. One group even threatened to turn to violence. Not that they had the resources for such a thing.”

​“So wait.” Carson rubbed his forehead before continuing. “Are you telling me that there are failing colonies out there with people who can’t support themselves, angry that you can’t help them, and also angry that you tried to make them leave?”

​Astrana nodded.

​“Why? I don’t get it.”

​“They are stubborn.”

​“Stupid,” Carson corrected.

​“They are at home,” Astrana said. “And some of them are multi-generation. They do not know any other place. All they are familiar with is that trade vessels came through regularly, making it possible for them to live their lives the way they saw fit. Now, we come in and tell them otherwise. It breaks the covenant.”

​“Shit changes!” Carson bit his lip while shaking his head. “Whatever. I mean, that sort of unreasonable behavior can certainly lead to what you’re looking at here with explosions and everything else. But I still struggle to understand.”

​“Are you suggesting you don’t have this sort of problem in the Commonwealth? Thick headed individuals fighting for what they think is right?”

​“It’s a little different,” Carson replied, “but yeah, we have morons that do the same thing. They don’t turn to terrorism though. By and large.” He turned to the screen. “But someone here did. Well… it makes sense that they might go after your resources. It chokes the city a little, makes you feel something of what they’re feeling.”

​“I see that.”

​“But attacking the Queen…” Carson sighed. “That part doesn’t make sense. You guys care about the pageantry there. So assaulting that… Okay. I get it. They want to strike at the heart of your traditions. Show you what it feels like when something familiar is threatened. But it’s risky.”

​“Because,” Astrana continued, “if we find out who did it, no one will be sympathetic.”

​“Exactly. They’re putting themselves in a position of contempt. The kind that will lead to executions… or your stupid trials.”

​“I am sorry about that,” Astrana said. “I can assure you Garvin’s people did not agree with that.

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