Free Star Force: Quenar (SF88) (Star Force Origin Series) by Aer-ki Jyr

Sety representative.
    “Is there a problem?” he asked when he accepted and a
small hologram popped up before him.
    “The revelation is over and your Duke is busy
answering questions. I will ask you this bluntly, but as politely as I can. Do
you intend to remove Glaech from its sedation?”
    “We’ve really got to work on the name thing. I’m
sticking with Bahamut.”
    “Whatever you wish to call it, please answer my
question.”
    “Not immediately. We need to study Nami before we try
to bring Bahamut here. It will not be a quick process.”
    “Then you will rouse…Bahamut…despite our objections?”
    “What objections are those? For what possible reason
would we leave that Uriti in a separate place that would require a separate
fleet to defend it? Better to have them both in one location.”
    “There may be some wisdom in that, but it is a
decision that we all should make.”
    “We will gladly listen to counsel, but the decision is
ours regarding Bahamut. It is in our invasion corridor against the
Li’vorkrachnika. The Uriti that you and the others guard is a different matter.
We will not wake them and put any people living above them in danger, but we
will suggest that all of them be moved here for safekeeping.”
    “And if we decline that suggestion?”
    “At the moment there is no cause to start a war with
The Nexus to reclaim a sleeping Uriti. However, if after study we learn that
the sedation is in some way harming them that may change.”
    “You put the wellbeing of Uriti as higher priority than
our lives?”
    “No, I put it as higher priority than your ego.
Remember, we are doing you a very, very, very big favor in all of this.
Remember back shortly to when you had no way to control a Uriti and this one was loose and heading wherever it wanted. I should not be
hearing ingratitude in your voice.”
    “It is the arrogance in yours that concerns me.”
    “It’s not arrogance, it’s accuracy. Though if I were in your position I would be cautious as well. If we
wanted to we could use a Uriti to cause a lot of damage.
We’re not like that though, as you’ll learn if you haven’t yet, but from your
position I would also recognize that at least we can control the Uriti, and since at the moment it’s not out tearing
up systems it is an improvement in condition.”
    “At the moment, yes. It is the future that concerns
me.”
    “Us as well, which is why we’d prefer your help in
setting up this preserve and maintaining it.”
    “But you intend to continue with or without our
assistance?”
    “Yep. If you want to wash your hands of the matter entirely,
turn over any Uriti you’re currently guarding, you can do so and forget about
them entirely. We’ll take it from here.”
    “And what do you gain from this if you do not use them
as leverage to extort various tributes?”
    “One very big deterrent against invasion.”
    “And what invasion do you fear?”
    “None specifically. But I didn’t think you’d accept
the answer that we have no motive.”
    “If you have no motive, you have no impetus for
action.”
    “No profit motive then. This will be an expenditure
for us, especially considering the systems we’re going to devote to this
Preserve. Those, auctioned off to The Nexus or others, could profit us greatly.
We are doing this for the simple reason that it needs to be done and we’re the
only ones that can exercise control over the Uriti. But even if we couldn’t,
we’d still try and find a way.”
    “Altruism is your motive?”
    “If you want to think of it that way, yes. Though I
suppose we will make a nice little profit off the tourist revenue once
everything is set up. But that’s going to be negligible when compared to the
cost of establishing a proper blockade.”
    “As you have said, we have no choice but to return to
the anarchy of the past. But we are slow to trust those we have little history
with.”
    “And I’m not too confident in your choice of friends.”
    “The