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opportunities required one
to be of a mindset that wouldn’t allow you to wipe out all life on a given
planet, so maybe it wasn’t so odd that the Chixzon had missed out on this
angle, but missed it they did and that gave Nefron pause to consider how much
else he might be missing. He had the
benefit of his Star Force memories to put into contrast with his Chixzon ones,
but were there angles to the Uriti or other matters that he was still blind to?
    It was worth thinking on, and over the coming years
he’d do just that as he probed the Uriti’s abilities and temperaments far
deeper than the Chixzon had ever cared to, exceeding them and gaining a greater
understanding of just how impressive and alien these beasts truly were.

 
    4

 
 
    June 3, 3288
    Paquat System
    Vikod (Trinx homeworld)

 
    The escorts for the Trinx representative walked
through the membrane wall onboard the Yisv cruiser just prior to it splitting
apart to allow the visitor into the small reception chamber. Pattrel floated
down from the ceiling displays like a ghost then touched solid feet to the
ground as his body changed its molecular alignment and his wispy aura coalesced
into a mass more like the Trinx.
    “ Thank you for
coming aboard .”
    “ I presume you
were sent by the others? ”
    “ We were,” Pattrel
acknowledged. “ Given that you killed a
great number of them, it was decided that the Yisv should handle this meeting
to reduce the possibility of conflict breaking out. They are still quite
enraged. ”
    “ As are we ,”
the Trinx said with muffled anger. “ You
have betrayed your oaths .”
    “ On the
contrary, we are in the process of fulfilling them. Regardless, I have not come
here to debate the past with you. The Trinx made their choice and suffered
greatly for it, but the matter is not concluded. Given time the others will
come here to exact a reckoning. I have been sent to entertain the possibility
of a peaceful settlement. ”
    “ And I have been
sent to hear your words, though it is unlikely that we will agree to any
demands .”
    “ You have
destroyed a great many of The Nine’s ships, killed our people while we were
defending the very solution that we have all long sought. Had you succeeded,
the Hamoriti would be on the rampage again with us unable to do anything but
delay its minions from spreading. You were wrong in your judgement of Star
Force. The Hamoriti has been contained and two more have been acquired. The one
we discovered in Li’vorkrachnika territory first, then the Sety’s was successfully extracted while sedate and moved to the containment Preserve.
Once awoken it joined the group and is remaining within the boundaries. Our
worlds and the galaxy are now safe from them so long as Star Force does not
lose control…control which you tried and nearly succeeded in destroying. I will
also note that they now have the ability to control the Hamoriti via different
ships, so even if the Chixzon is killed they will be able to maintain control .”
    “ Something that
they had promised was impossible .”
    “ They did not
lie. I am told that the Chixzon found a way to do what was never meant to be
done. They did not give details, but it is a recent development. We are fairly
sure they did not have this capability when you attacked them, meaning that if
you had succeeded you would have destroyed our only chance at restraining the
Hamoriti. For that the others will not forgive you, and they will seek a
measure of vengeance unless contritions are made .”
    “ For the sake of
discussion only, what contritions do they seek? ”
    “ Payment to
replace the warships you destroyed, in appropriate material then multiplied by
a factor of 8. Severing of all ties and agreements with the other members of
The Nine. Banishment from ever entering our combined territories. And the
forfeiture and removal of the Hamoriti you guard to the Star Force Preserve.
That will satisfy us, but you will have to come to terms with Star