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Admiral Daxin Cavix settled into behind his workstation. Mooring clamps had been added, but he just glanced at them in disgust and went to work. They had been added so that he could lock his hoversled to the workstation and not have to keep adjusting its controls in order to maintain position while working. He decided then and there that he was not going to degrade himself in that fashion. He was already a pariah as it was; an E1 could hold altitude better than he. He was not going do deride what little respect he yet commanded by relying on two mechanical crutches!

To work. Perhaps work would destract him from the cruel fate that descended on him that fateful day, so many months ago. Each of his ministers had submitted a summary report of all that had happened in their little corner of the Force during his extended abscense. He started with Commadore Xavan's report.

The Lerconians, it turned out, were giving his Political Minister quite a fit. Despite her best efforts, they had attacked the scout vessel that had made first contact; and now she was fighting tooth and nail just to keep them in a Trade Alliance. He queried Commodore Hamox's report; sure enough, no assistance had yet been sent to relieve the damaged Revival in the protection of the Rakella colony. Then he queried Commodore Noyuv's report. "Well," he thought to himself, "at least Rakella is building weapons platforms. That should ease... Lt. Cmd. Vitax's mind somewhat, anyway. As he turned back to Xavan's report, Cavix abscently wondered what reason the Lt. Cmd. had been given for the lack of support he'd received.

In short order, it seems, other Revival class vessels had made contact with the Xera Collective, the Federation, and the Far Out Empire. They all seem to be cooperating with Xavan's efforts and have apperently taken kindly to the treaties she arranged with them. Good. At least if the Lerconians turn aggressive, I've only one front to worry about.

The only other item of note he found in the reports was in Commadore Xidan's report. The Vaxin Expeditionary Force had a serious shortage of Minerals to work with. Querying Noyuv's report showed that two mineral rich colonies were nearly ready to start mining operations, and several other colony prospects looked to be even richer in mineral deposits. So the first order of business is to make sure that colonisers for those planets are queued up for construction.

As Admiral Cavix set to work coordinating the efforts of his various ministers, he failed to notice the mooring clamps latch hold of his hoversled...