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of SSE was leading the rescues. Manny and Zoe had a team, Josiah and Tanna had a team, and Ariel and Jason led a team, while Jesse and Kimi oversaw the entire operation.
                  Many of the people wanted to go back to their worlds to start over, or search for missing family, but with the dead bodies still not taken care of, and the likelihood of radiation and disease, they knew they would not be able to for some time. Jesse had promised them that settlements would be built for them on Polisia, or they would be given passage off Polisia to a planet of their choice. Most of the refugees didn't want to go back to the Coalition because they felt they had been abandoned by them. They knew that President Rhodes had personally called Admiral Collingsworth back to Earth and they were outraged that Earth would so easily give up three whole worlds. It seemed to them that only Polisia cared enough to help them and the refugees had decided to take their chances there. Now Polisia's problem was how were they going to settle three-quarters of a million people comfortably and quickly?
     
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                  "Alright everyone, what do we still have available that we can use to get these people settled? They've already been through an unimaginable tragedy, we don't want to add to that by not being able to settle them.” Jesse asked as his top people sat around the Vanguard conference table.
                  "We have six cargo ships full of SSE construction equipment. We should be able to build settlements for close to fifty thousand within two weeks." Nina began. "I have instituted a lotto system to decide which families will go first, it was the only fair way."
                  "It's not enough, is there anything else we can use?"
                  "There are twelve cargo ships full in a Depot on Pythos," Serge replied. "They were on loan from one of our former corporations; the government has already sort of claimed them."
                  "Is there any way we can get them?" Jesse asked.
                  "Probably, but the government has to know we know about them. Rhodes will have men sitting on them, so it'll be dangerous." Ariel started. "And, no, Jess, you will not be leading a team because you need to take your daughter camping. Someone else will handle the dangerous stuff for once."
                  "I agree," he replied to everyone's surprise. "I can't remember the last time I was this excited. That's why I've already told Josiah pick a team and do what needs to be done. He'll take Endeavor and a special shuttle. Endeavor can run protection if any Coalition or Enclave ships try to stop you."
                  "Sounds good, Jess, do you want me to run my team by you before I go?"
                  "No need, I trust your judgment, Jo. Just leave a list with Nina so she doesn't assign them other duties. We should at least try and coordinate." He laughed. "We need that equipment because if we don't get it, that leaves thousands of people still living in tents eight months from now. That would cause problems. We also need to be thinking about getting these people jobs so they can begin supporting their families again."
                  "I've got that covered with the council, Jess," Nina interjected.
                  "Thanks, Nina. Jason, how are you doing with the special project Nina assigned you? We're gonna need to finance all of this, somehow." Jesse continued.
                  Jason smiled, his special project was going to be the largest siphoning of government funds in galactic history, and he was excited. "I've gotten into almost ten thousand government agency's slush funds and I'm slowly draining them. Most of these are funds that technically don't exist, and are therefore not looked at very often. It's completely untraceable, except I'm leaving a trail that leads right to