Part III. ‘Arrived’

	With flash of white light ship leaved that strange place, where they
was while they covered wast distances through hyperspace. It was a
green-and-brown painted, with the name ‘God’s Anger’ on its aft.
Computer immediately started to scan all surrounding space for points of
tying maps at.
	“Trofar system.” it decided after few seconds.
	Kei smiled satisfied.
	“I did it right this time!” she said proudly. “I set in all parameters
alone and we arrived where we need to.”
	Yuri checked auxiliary screens and sighted.
	“Yes, we arrived. Only a few millions of miles further that I may
preferred.” she said coldly.
	Kei went silent.
	“Lets see... I think, I will jump to Ursaa and back. It will cost us
extra fuel, but it will save three weeks of travel under light speed.”
	Kei stayed silent all the time, while Yuri was inserting new data into
computer. With flash, ‘Anger’ was gone.

	With flash ‘God’s Anger’ leaped out from ‘between-space’. This time
computer was much quicker to determine, they have arrived into Trofar
system.
	Kei still was in melancholy, and Yuri don’t disturb her, while she
oriented ship toward their destination - Trofar IV. That done, she again
start check details about various catastrophes, that haunted ships in
this system.
	Hour later, Kei touched her shoulder.
	“I’m sorry,” she said slowly. “I don’t need to do that. I don’t know,
what happened to me - it seemed so good idea to do calculations
himself.”
	Yuri smiled slightly and hugged Kei.
	“How about you join me into sorting the data?”
	Kei nod, though idea don’t seem very good. But Yuri had already pushed
her toward second chair and handed a data link. Kei plugged it in.
	“I will get technical faults, you a collisions.” Yuri give quick
instructions. “Look for cases with no survivors.”

	Two days later, they had covered all the accidents, that was described
into UG, WWWA, Space Exploration Institute and some other databases.
Total cost of ships that may be possible victims of pirates had reached
three hundred fifty, with two thirds of reports being tampered, forged
or edited. Both girls stretched into their chairs and look one at
another.
	“I feel, the two squadrons and carrier will be a bit underpowered to
deal with operation of such a scale,” Yuri said.

	“‘God’s Anger’ calls station ‘Tyre’!” Yuri was talking into comm. “We
request a landing.”
	Kei jumped over back of her seat, with one hand already powering up
weapon stations, as she strapped safety belts. Yuri raised eyebrow.
	“Just ‘cause they may get a wrong idea,” Kei grin, noticing partner’s
look. After their work on databases, she was wanting a physical fight.
	“They aren’t such a fools,” Yuri whispered back.
	Comm cracked few times.
	“‘Station ‘Tyre’. We hear you, ‘God’s Anger’. Will you dock at orbit or
planetfall?” young voice asked. Video still don’t turn in.
	“Planet fall, station ‘Tyre’.” Yuri reply.
	“Damn crap...” was heard faint curse, then video too came on. Man on
screen lovered fist and shuddered shoulders in a apology. “We have two
spaceports ready to accept. You prefer Otama or Derry?”
	“What’s the difference?” Yuri smiled.
	Man smile back. “Otama is near capital, but they will tear from you
three skins for same work that Derry will tear only two.”
	“Otama.” Yuri declared.
	“One sec...” man turned away from screen. “Okay, you get it. Ready to
accept navigation data?”
	Yuri turned in computer input. Short whine, and all the information was
sent into their board computer.
	“Good landing. Besides, my name’s Jamies, and my week shift ends
tomorrow. If you are free, may I ask you on a small walk after it?”
	Jamies looked Yuri straight into eyes. Yuri feel charmed, as more that
usual men looks concentrated somewhere below.
	“I will think about it,” Yuri reply politely. “Where to put a reply. If
I accept.”
	“I’m leaving Space port at 12.40 tomorrow. I will wait for you at the
exit eleven.”
	“Agreed. ‘God’s Anger’ out.”

	“Another leech” Kei stated, retracing weapons for atmosphere entry.
	“You envy, because he asked me, not you,” Yuri stick out tongue, while
checking the accepted data for any hidden additions. Founding none, she
forwarded them to computer, and ‘God’s Anger’ start descend.
	“He will choose me, when he sees us both.” Kei reply.
	“Why worry? ‘He’s only ‘another leech’.” Yuri smile.
	Far left they leaved small white speck - station Tyre, lighted into
Trofar sun rays, and near it the largest of Trofar moons. At right side
both girls now had a good look on Trofar IV from space. Planet seemed so
peaceful - two large continents and six huge islands, all covered into
lush green cover, with only few spots of light at night side.
	“It may be turned into extra class resort planet,” Kei said silently.
	“May. If they don’t spoil it with their industry.”

	Otama city, capital of fourth planet into Trofar system, was growing.
Ten years - for a city, its only a ‘fresh out of diapers’ age.
	Anyway, for a city to get eight hundred thousands citizens on planet
where total count of people was less that five millions, was not record
at all. Adapted to overcrowded Earth, colonists usually took its
building style to their new homes. Into UG Kei and Yuri had seen
planets, where ninety five percents of habitants was crowded into one
huge megalopolis.
	In fact, dispersion of cities on Trofar IV was another problem, they
will meet, if there will be no fast solution. Over one half of
habitants, if someone can trust the reports, UG had supplied them, was
living out of cities, into single houses, farms and small villages, over
all the land, Trofar IV had.

	“What’s up, partner?”
	“Nothing,” Yuri look out of window.
	“I’m not blind. What bothers you?”
	“You will laugh, Kei. But that dead bird, that fall to ground, when we
leaved spaceport... Its a dark sign...”
	“That only?” Kei feel relieved. “You always had a soft spot about all
these birds, flowers and butterflies. Want to drop your job and join
some greens? I can see you waving placates ‘Stop terraforming!’ ‘No
factories, yes nature!’”

	Cab driver said nothing, concentrating on driving, letting two
passengers argue. Many had sit at his back, and talked. Some great
secrets had even been spit out into drunken bravado. He know how to keep
tongue on chain. But these two he can’t place into any of categories, he
knowed. They stand out. Over the crowd, so to say.
	Car turned off from road and pull up at some house, more belonging to
the architecture museum that the useable object.
	“Hilton hotel, ladies.” he said, noticing their looks. Newcomers, he at
last understand. Definitely newcomers from some high-tech world, maybe
even from the Union.
	“Are you sure?” redhead asked.
	“Yes. You give me address, I drive you to it.”
	“Lets check out,” brunette climbed out.

	“What’s this all?” Kei asked, better said - demanded from the man
behind the registration desk.
	“Hilton hotel, miss...”
	“Keit Sinclair.”
	“... miss Keit. Yes, you have ordered double room.”
	“I ask, what’s this all is?” Kei pointed at wooded ladder, glass
vitrages and a small marble fountain at the hall far end.
	“A! Its the idea of previous owner. He decided to build a copy of same
hotel, that was on the old Earth. Before overpopulation and expansion.”
clerk feel visibly relieved.
	“Good. Give me keys.”
	“And your husband? Will he arrive later?”
	Only Yuri’s intervention saved poor clerk from close observing of Kei’s
boot. From underside.

	“How can I know?” Kei excused, while they walked down the corridor. “It
wasn’t said, that this hotel - single Hilton on all planet - is for
newly wed!”
	“Haven’t I stopped you, we will be in serious trouble!”
	“My husband! Ha! See, how he looked at us, when I says, you are with
me?”
	“Yes, and I can guess, why.”
	Kei stopped dead. “I will beat that idea out of his skull!” she hissed.
	“Calm down, you draw attention.”
	“What a damn corner this is?!”
	“Kei.”
	“What?”
	“The keys. We are arrived.”

	“Okay, no more bugs.” Kei climb out from under bed. “Only one good
thing I can say - there is no dust under beds.”
	Yuri nod, placing back mirror into bathroom. It turned out ordinary
one.
	Usually they may do that all with their electronic devices, but being
on planet under cover meant no high-tech stuff other that one, you can
get through the customs. And their detectors, light as they was, was
over limit.
	Was it good thing or bad, but only one bug they found, was one into
main room. Poorly masked into nail, painting hang on. Yuri pulled out
her set of microelectronics instruments from her desktop case secret
compartment and quickly locked the bug on itself.
	“Any plans?”
	“Yes. Sooner or later we will need to contact the high bosses. We was
ordered to do that on arrival, out identity change was only for them not
to throw us out on arrival, ‘due your bad reputation’, as said that punk
from cover operations.” Yuri stated.
	“You think, that the officials may be involved?”
	“With so long and so big operation, I’m certain. No way someone may
pull that at their backs. I know, there is border to human stupidity,
but this is too much. In we assumed wrong, we always may apologize.”
	“Okay, so on our own. So bad, they have limitations on weapons, you can
carry.” 
	“On many of UG worlds you cant carry weapons at all. And your blaster
launcher really shocked that lady from customs. ‘You are wearing THIS?’”
Yuri parodied in small voice.
	Kei sighted, looking at tiny needle gun, she had.
	“Anyway, for morning, I’m having a meeting with Jamies. Maybe he knows
something, that goes here, being in place like his. And You?”
	“Since You are relaxing, someone needs do a job. I will check the bars
around the spaceport. Maybe will found something.”
	“Good work,” Yuri smirked. “For evening, lets check the hotel
restaurant...”

	Evening was going on on a breeze.
	Kei was dancing slow dance with simpatic boy, she had snatched straight
from Yuri’s nose. Yuri don’t mind this time - her partner, she was
talking with, too was a good looking. And single. Not that the golden
ring on a finger may stop Kei from getting what she want.
	“You really are from Union?”
	“Union?” Yuri turned back to conversation.
	“United Galactica, excuse me. We usually call it Union. You really are
from it?”
	“Yes. What’s so exciting?“
	“You know, we have near no contacts with the Union, for around ten
years. The ships come and go, the colonists sometimes arrive, but the
immigration had near stopped.”
	“Interesting. I can say near same for your home,” Yuri smiled. “Until
this month, I don’t even know about your existence. And I have seen many
planets.”
	“Yes. But I have visited only two dozens... And they all look near
same.”
	“You are a merchant?”
	“No,” man took two champagne glasses from officiants plate and offered
one to her. “I’m captain. I’m working for one of Twinmoon wine makers.”
	Yuri feel great. Not often, her work may be have done with so easy and
good time spending.
	“Isn’t it dangerous to run a cargoes here?” she asked in casual voice.
“In UG sometimes appear a space pirates. I hear last one hunted down not
more that half year ago.”
	“Ahh. No. Not at all. If you have strong ship, you safe.”
	“A. And your one is strong?”
	“Not much. But we can show teeth to any who try stop us.”
	“Glad to hear.”
	“And you? If I may judge from your interest, you are working on
something similar. I’m right?”
	“Yes. Only I have my own ship. Independent.”
	“Yes, that’s good. I hope to get enough money for own business in a
year, or two.”
	“That’s sounds wonderful. Maybe we will meet in future.”
	“I hope, not a concurrent.”
	The music ended, and started a slightly faster dance.
	Man set down their glasses on passing officiantins plate and turned to
her.
	“May I ask you on dance?” he asked.
	Yuri agreed.

	To be continued.




	Okey, tell me, what You think.
	And dont hesitate cut teeths into it - english language
isnt my strong point.
	The first part, also as the future parts, will appear
on my website as soon as i overcomy my laziness and set them
up. Hopefully tomorrow.

						Aivars
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