They had convinced him. They were moving to the mainland. Jefri would have his chance to call for rescue! Steel was even more solemn than usual; he made a big thing about how important it was to get help, to defend against another attack from the Woodcarvers. But he didn't seem angry about Amdi's little prank. Jefri breathed a quiet sigh of relief. Back home, Daddy would have tanned his hide for something like that. I guess Amdi is right. Mr. Steel was serious because of all his responsibilities and the dangers they faced. But underneath he was a very nice person. Crypto: 0 As received by: Transceiver Relay03 at Relay Language path: Firetongue->Cloudmark->Triskweline, SjK units[Firetongue and Cloudmark are High Beyond trade languages. Only core meaning is rendered by this translation.] From: Arbitration Arts Corporation at Firecloud Nebula [A High Beyond military[?] organization. Known age ~100 years] Subject: Reason for concern Summary: Three single-system civilizations are apparently destroyed Key phrases: scale interstellar disasters, scale interstellar warfare?, Straumli Realm Perversion Distribution:War Trackers Interest Group,
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复件 (29) air max1, Threats Interest Group, Homo Sapiens Interest Group Date: 53.57 days since the fall of Straumli Realm Text of message:Recently an obscure civilization announced it had created a new Power in the Transcend. It then dropped "temporarily" off the Known Net. Since that time,
复件 (93) air max1, there have been about a million messages in Threats about the incident -- plenty of speculations that a Class Two Perversion had been born -- but no evidence of effects beyond the boundaries of the former "Straumli Realm".Arbitration Arts specializes in treckle lansing disputes. As such,
复件 (34) air max1, we have few common business interests with natural races or Threats Group. That may have to change: sixty-five hours ago, we noticed the apparent extinction of three isolated civilizations in the High Beyond near Straumli Realm. Two of these were Eye-in-the-U religious probes, and the third was a Pentragian factory. Previously their main Net link had been Straumli Realm. As such,
mbt kimondo red, they have been off the Net since Straumli dropped, except for occasional pinging from us.We diverted three missions to perform fly-throughs. Signal reconnaissance revealed wideband communication that was more like neural control than local net traffic. Several new large structures were noted. All our vessels were destroyed before detailed information could be returned. Given the background of these settlements, we conclude that this is not the normal aftermath of a transcending.These observations are consistent with a Class Two attack from the Transcend (albeit a secretive one). The most obvious source would be the new Power constructed by Straumli Realm. We urge special vigilance to all High Beyond civilizations in this part of the Beyond. We larger ones have little to fear,
Monster Miles Davis, but the threat is very clear. Crypto: 0 As received by: Transceiver Relay03 at Relay Language path: Firetongue->Cloudmark->Triskweline, SjK units[Firetongue and Cloudmark are High Beyond trade languages. Only core meaning is rendered by this translation.] From: Arbitration Arts Corporation at Firecloud Nebula [A High Beyond military[?] organization. Known age ~100 years] Subject: New service available Summary: Arbitration Arts to provide Net relay service Key phrases: Special Rates, Sentient Translator Programs,