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The next morning, I was back in my office writing down some notes and trying to think of some ways I might get close to DECO without alerting anyone as to the nature of the investigation. I was concentrating on this when the AI spoke. "Sir, I have gathered some of the information on Ishtar which you desired."

I looked up as Sarah walked into the room. "What kind of information?" I asked.

"First, yesterday you asked about pickups where the group picked contained a name and there was no record of that person being picked up in their individual file. I have now identified one hundred people with such discrepancies in their records. The first pickups with this occur about fourteen days before the one containing James Rabb, the last occurs about twenty-four hours after his pickup," the AI said.

Sarah smiled as I nodded. "Well, that matches the number of one hundred colonists on Ishtar, so I think we have our list of colonists finally."

The AI continued. "Affirmative. The other item I discovered was a manifest for the Will-O-Wisp as it left the Earth system heading to Ishtar. It was filed with the Fleet Readiness department of N4 and appears to have been missed by the attempted purge. I have been able to match this manifest to the list of missing pickups. The name correlation is one hundred percent."

"Bingo!" Sarah said cheerfully. "Now the question would be, does Heidi's guess from yesterday match? Is there a possibility that the colonists were chosen because they were seen as un-trainable?"

There was a pause, during which Heidi joined Sarah and me in the room and whispered. "Mio and Mara are enjoying some time with the babies. They are so looking forward to children of their own that they will get to raise."

I turned to respond as the AI spoke again. "I have achieved approximately ninety percent correlation between the two CAP score patterns Heidi observed in the James Rabb pickup and the one hundred colonists believed to be on Ishtar."

"Huh? Explain," I replied.

"Looking at the CAP scores on the one hundred colonists and comparing them to the four that we first suspected were on Ishtar, there is a definite correlation. Fifty-seven of the one hundred show patterns similar to that of Ruth and Dennis. Another eighteen are very close to that of James and Yvette. The remaining twenty-three are similar to James and Yvette however in addition to the individualist thinking most show a much higher pacifism score on average," the AI reported.

"Why did you break down the groups like that?" Heidi asked.

"I was matching the scores with the location of the pods according to the ship's manifest which I discovered. The ship is like the smaller Aurora class ships in that it has a front and back cargo zone. James and Yvette were in the back, part of a group of twenty who I score as similar to them. The others in the back cargo area have scores that mostly match well with the scores of Ruth and Dennis who are also listed as being carried in the back part of the ship. In the front of the ship the division is twenty-seven to twenty-three. The difference in scores for the ones like Ruth is negligible, but the ones in the front who are like James do have a noticeably higher pacifism score."

I thought for a moment and then sighed. "That explains a comment I heard yesterday. General Montgomery said that he called James and was told that only a small fraction of the colony was still working on the mission they were sent to accomplish. I'd be willing to bet that if we did call we'd find that every one of the colonists working with James is part of the forty-three who match closely to him, and I'd be very unsurprised to find that the majority come from the back half of the ship."

"I wonder if he anticipated that," Sarah mused. "If Ruth and Dennis are as angry and hateful as Heidi thinks, and James anticipated that, it's possible he organized something while still in transit. I would have if I was in that position, although I'm not sure people would have listened to me."

Heidi laughed. "Who knows if James expected to be listened to? But we shouldn't be looking too deeply into that portion of the question. It's clear that the villain of the piece is back at DECO Headquarters, possibly thinking of the next group of candidates for his little experimental colonies."

"And if Ishtar succeeds he just might think he can get away with it again. He could claim credit and try to come out looking like a hero," I growled. "The fact that nearly four hundred people might die because of his actions means nothing."

"Three hundred fifty six," the AI interjected. "The records only show fifty children total."

Sarah looked confused as Heidi quickly counted on her fingers. "That's only six concubines more than the minimum? The CAP scores have to be mostly under seven," she said.

"Only Yvette Mimeux, Bertrand Russell and James Rabb have scores above a six point five. James has the highest score on the planet with his seven point two," the AI reported.

I nodded. "Easier to lose a low scoring citizen. Someone with a score of seven point five or more might show up on some personnel officer's list and they might ask what happened after the pickup. This way, there was much less chance of that. It definitely looks like it was a planned move."

Heidi was rubbing her forehead. "How many people do you think were involved?"

I shrugged. "Probably no more than three. I wouldn't really be surprised to find that only one person was involved in the move to create the colony. Any others are likely involved in the bartering with the training officers who wanted the undesirables kept away. Most likely they believed that the people they didn't end up with were just being sent to another post."

Sarah giggled. "Well, they were, only not one anyone knew about."

I was about to agree when the door chime rang. Mio shouted that she would answer it and as Sarah, Heidi and I looked at each other in confusion passed by the open doorway of my office. We could hear her greet someone at the door and a moment later she returned leading the young female lieutenant I had run into the day before in the halls of Borneo Headquarters.

The young lady looked at us and then threw me a sharp salute. "Lieutenant Jackson reporting, Sir!" She waited for me to return her salute, which required extracting my arm from Sarah's embrace, and then she walked up to me and handed a small sheet of paper to me.

I looked up at her, but she seemed equally confused and stood silently. Lacking an answer from her, I finally unfolded the paper and looked down at it. To my surprise it was handwritten and I read it aloud.

"Commander Nelson," it began. "Monty and I had a private meeting after your call. We are convinced that the Lieutenant Colonel in charge of training at Darling Downs was one of the instigators, and that he may have one or more sources within headquarters. I had one of my staffers check after you told me that James Rabb was listed as a marine volunteer. The rest of the pickup he was in all ended up in the most recent training command at Darling Downs, so we have reason to believe that our Colonel wanted his untrainables diverted. I should warn you that there is a high probability that the officer at DECO headquarters can expect to be stripped of all rank if he is caught. This will make the investigation rather hazardous and I apologize for sending you into such a dangerous situation. Like many of your other investigations, the criminals will be very jumpy if you appear openly. After some thought and a call placed by Monty to an old friend who works in Marine Logistics back on Earth, they have come up with a cover for you. You are going to be traveling to Earth to assist in the final training of Lieutenant Jackson as a new investigator for Internal Affairs. The story will be that Marine Logistics has created a training scenario involving several officers and non-coms who will pretend to be part of a ring that is falsifying procurement and shipment records to colonies in the Borneo district."

Lieutenant Jackson gasped. "Does this mean he just transferred me?"

I nodded briefly and then continued reading. "Please tell the lieutenant that this is not a punishment. We need more investigators and she has the scores for it. I believe only her youth prevented her from receiving the training during her initial deployment. Right now Borneo District is supposed to have received two new investigators from Earth, and I have reason to suspect that the little shell game with personnel that our DECO criminal played cost us at least one of the trained investigators we needed. Riflemen have always had higher priority, and one hundred troops lost without firing a shot leaves holes in the ranks of several battalions. We need to find out who managed to hide the one hundred colonists and create the faked orders that created Ishtar."

Lieutenant Jackson looked confused. "Wait! I know my brother's ship is being repaired at Ishtar. What does this mean?"

Heidi gave a motherly smile. "Norm was called in because Ishtar shouldn't be colonized. We don't know the whole story yet, but someone back at Earth managed to get one hundred newly picked up recruits put on a transport and taken to Ishtar, where they were dumped. At least that's what Norm believes right now."

I could feel the eyes of Heidi, Sarah and the lieutenant all turn to look at me. "It does appear that way. The pickup records have been tampered with and the personnel files for the one person we are sure is on Ishtar contain no information on him after his pickup. Even his pickup record is missing. Its like someone tried to make everyone on the planet vanish."

I could hear the whimper from the lieutenant. "Brian..."

"What's wrong?" Heidi said as she rushed over to catch the young lady as she slumped to the floor.

"Her brother is on a damaged corvette that showed up at Ishtar yesterday. She found out when the Admiral called the planet about the second report of a Sa'arm contact." I replied.

"Oh my," Heidi said as she gave the lieutenant a huge hug. "Do we know anything about how he is?"

I was shaking my head when the AI spoke. "I was able to insert a command into the DECO network to forward any reports the Ishtar AI made to Central Command. Four crewmen and two concubines were placed into medical pods shortly after the Nassau arrived. A Jackson is included in the four crewmen placed in the pods."

"There is no complete list of who was still alive?" I asked.

"Negative," the AI replied. "Some four hours later the captain of the Nassau, Commander O'Brien, was placed into a pod. His first officer Lieutenant Toms was already in a pod. It appears that no complete survivors list has been created."

Lieutenant Jackson sobbed. "Brian was the only Jackson on the Nassau. It must be him, but how bad is he?"

"I am unable to obtain that information," my AI said. "The Ishtar AI has not provided that information to DECO, and there has been no call to Borneo Headquarters with official news. The only word was that repairs had commenced and the crew was in treatment and would contact Admiral Himmel once they had time to prepare a detailed report."

Sarah giggled. "This is like some crazy international spy thriller. Worse it seems like the AI units are playing double agents. Who'd have thought I'd be part of this someday."

I sighed and shook my head, looking over at Linda who was smiling shyly. "I guess the news is good," she replied. "But what do I do now that I'm transferred?"

I returned her smile. "Well, we are investigating how Ishtar became a colony. It was not properly authorized. Worse, it appears that the officer who set this up planned on all the colonists dying before the colony was discovered. And as you have probably heard, the AI on Ishtar is quietly sending reports to Central Command without clearing them through the Borneo District Command first. My task right now is to discover who set up all of this and make sure he is brought to justice."

Linda nodded. "I can understand, but what do I do?"

I smiled. "Well, if the message we received was accurate, later today I should receive official word that I'm taking you to the Marine Command Ship Success orbiting Earth to conduct a training mission for you."

"A Marine ship?" Linda asked in surprise.

I nodded. "Yes. With how quickly everything has been moving and the fact that saving Earth does not look possible, the Marine and Naval commands set up a couple of Modified Presidential Class Carriers as mobile command posts. They stripped out the fighters and the support equipment and used the space to install offices for the various commands. It allows them to travel to other planets when necessary. Also it means they can jump from the Earth system when the Sa'arm finally arrive. Leaving any Confederacy technology behind for the Sa'arm to find is a major worry for High Command as its been proved that the Sa'arm are masters at converting captured technology to their own purposes. The Navy calls their ship Victory."

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The next thing I knew I was lying down on something soft. At first my mind seemed filled with fog, but in the distance I could hear a baby babbling. This reminded me of my own daughter and I thrust my hands down, planning on sitting up. Hands reached out and grabbed my shoulders, holding me down. "Slow down, Little One," Bethany told me. "You took quite a hit." "But Madoka," I cried as I squirmed in Bethany's grip. "She is fine," Bethany told me. "You do have five sister...

A Peril at IshtarChapter 9 A Visit from Yvette

Yvette was wearing a light and flowing dress that looked more appropriate for wearing on a summer day rather than in some climate controlled ship, but I was not going to say anything. I was more interested in the motley assortment of humanity accompanying her. Philippe was the first in the door after her. He was dressed, if you can call it that, in a loincloth and nothing more. He still seemed a bit unhappy, but it was clear that Yvette was continuing to support his inclusion in her...

A Peril at IshtarChapter 39 More Visitors

To I think everyone's everlasting surprise the rest of the visit by the remnants of the Wolf attack was absurdly simple. I was alerted by the AI when the Jackson finally slipped into a repair bay about four hours after I crashed into bed, but Commodore Sprague had requested that the formal meeting be delayed until morning as his own crew was collapsing where they stood due to lack of sleep. So it was nearly ten o'clock local time when I finally walked into the briefing room to find Yvette,...

A Peril at IshtarChapter 29 Giving a Tour

It took a moment for the laughter to die down and then I looked at Barbara. "Yes, you can stay, and we even have a pod you can move into, although you'll probably want to request some remodeling as both of our spares were occupied by sponsors who had no dependent children in the household. I can either show you directly to one of the pods, or we can find the rest of your household first." "Where are the pods?" Barbara asked. "The one that was Tasha's is the closest to the crossing,...

A Peril at IshtarChapter 31 Visitors

The admiral huffed. "Well, do that. And get me a full report when you can." The speakers burst into static and then cut out. "Sorry, Sir!" Gina said. "He cut the connection." I was turning to Louis to check and see what he might need when Yvette's voice came over the speaker. "Damn! How does it go? When it rains, it pours? James we have a problem at the doors." "What kind?" I asked as Tamara and Gina gasped. "They're kids!" Tamara said. "They have to all be sixteen to...

The Ishtar InvestigationChapter 9 Learning from a new friend

The girl knelt limply at my feet and offered no resistance when I lifted her into my arms to step back into the room. She had her eyes closed as I stepped in and set her on the bed. Sarah smiled as I set the girl on the mattress. "Hey Fate," my concubine said. Fate gave a cry that was a combination of joy and panic before opening her eyes and noticing Sarah sitting next to her. She burst from her position and hurled her body at Sarah, almost knocking her down with a hug, as her loud and...

Crisis at IshtarChapter 14 Another Aftermath

James shook his head and looked up. "Terrence, start bringing all the injured from Freya over. Coordinate with their staff and bring the hurt ones over when gurneys are available. Let's get them medical attention quickly." "We're already on it," Donna said. "David, Elle and Robert are standing by with gurneys. Lindsay and Ed have headed to our multi-use room and are going to set up to treat the non-critical cases there. Craig and Tom are setting things up there." "Maggie has the...

Crisis at IshtarChapter 15 Lessons from a Model Citizen

"Bit of a walk isn't it?" Tanya said with a smile. "It's outside the citizen zone," I admitted. "But you had wounded so we teleported you in at our command post. I'm not sure we have a teleport near here yet. This is new." "Will all my crew be here?" Tanya asked. "Probably not," I said. "The walking wounded you had were directed to one of the rooms we have near our medical center. If there are free pods they'll rotate the people through." Tanya nodded. "On that note, how...

Crisis at IshtarChapter 16 Gifts Exchanged

Bethany had my daughter on a changing table when I walked in. She smiled at me. "Don't worry, I don't mind changing babies. Especially when it's the child of my sister." She lifted Madoka up and carried her over to me. With a gentle touch she laid Madoka in my arms. I looked down at the child I had brought into the world. She was now just over two months old and still spent the majority of her time sleeping, but right then she was awake and reached out her tiny hands to grab at my...

Crisis at IshtarChapter 30 Emergency Measures

"You need to get that fire out!" I heard Timothy shout. "It's too close to your missile magazine." "The magazine is empty!" a female voice called back. "We shot everything during our breakout from Ursus!" "I'm not worried about an explosion," Timothy called back. "The smoke from that fire will be poisonous if it reaches the loading tubes. Those tubes contain heavy metals that you really don't want to breathe." "Everyone here is in suits!" the voice cried back. "We...

Crisis at IshtarChapter 40 Gifts of Rabbits

I held Brittany in my arms as the door to the skating rink opened. Esther and the male concubine Petey stepped into the hallway. Kitty immediately noticed the young man. "Oh, a loincloth. I like the look." Petey blushed and stepped a little away from Kitty, who immediately turned to Esther. "The AI suggested that Brit and I be here now. What's happening?" Esther sighed. "Let's just say that Governor Johanes offered us an extremely clear example of the kind of leadership he offers....

Crisis at IshtarChapter 45 Old Friends Spark New Feuds

In the command post, everyone continued their frantic work to help save the ships and their crews. I could hear Ulla and Tiffany talking with Captain Travis and Captain Gates. Ulla was a bit confused at one point, but Tiffany's quiet confidence kept her at her post. James had finally dragged Janice and me over to a padded chair. He flopped into the chair and I quickly pushed Janice into his lap. My sister concubine quietly held on to our master. I was looking around for another chair when...

Crisis at IshtarChapter 46 Visiting Captains

Bethany walked forward once Brad had left the room. I was puzzled by her action until she reached down to pick up something. It took just a moment for me to recognize that it was the uniform Captain Gates had been wearing when she first arrived. "We definitely should return that to her soon," I said. Bethany nodded, but made no move to exit the transporter room. Instead, she walked over to stand next to me at the control panel. I turned to ask her a question as the speakers started to...

Crisis at IshtarChapter 57 Official Notices

My opponent abandoned his attempt to take over the teleport pad after about twenty minutes. I stood at the controls, waiting for the next attack. I was checking to see if I could set up some filters to help limit the scope of the attacks when I heard someone clear their throat behind me. I froze, but a hand kept me from turning around. "Don't panic," I heard Brittany say. "I just didn't know how to get your attention. You were concentrating." The console signaled that another attempt...

A Peril at IshtarChapter 5 Family Bonding

The next morning found me sandwiched between Tina and Bethany. I sat up slowly to find Janice and Meiko in each other's arms on the other side of Bethany, sleeping. All my ladies were sleeping peacefully so I carefully climbed out of bed and took my time to look around the pod. Tina had commented that it was two-stories, but to the best of my knowledge none of us had really explored past the common room and the master bedroom. I took the time to check the upper floor and found that the pod...

A Peril at IshtarChapter 8 Planning the Colony

The door had barely finished opening when a dark haired missile charged me and pulled me inside, checking every inch of me for bruises as she did so. Meiko was so attentive and vigorous in her probing that I could not get a word in edgewise and soon was laughing as her light touches started to tickle me. My other ladies came over and I offered them all a group hug as Meiko started to calm down. "I'm fine," I said. "Well, you scared us," Bethany said. "And why did it take so long to...

A Peril at IshtarChapter 10 The Council Meets

Dinner was completed quickly, although clean up suffered, as both Bethany and Janice demanded their fair share of kisses and caresses. I did sneak out long enough to have the replicator produce the schoolteacher outfit for Bethany and a cheerleader vest and skirt for Janice. Meiko seemed disappointed until I pulled out the schoolgirl blouse and skirt that she put on while blushing, immediately receiving cries of approval from the others. I had to laugh, but wanted to sneak in another hour of...

A Peril at IshtarChapter 11 A visit with the Rabbits

There were no others in the corridor and Terrence started out with Yvette and the others. I escorted Donna the other direction, listening for any trouble ahead. "Do we really have rabbits on board?" Donna asked me as we stepped out into the corridor. "Everything I've heard suggests that the confederacy doesn't worry at all about anything except their warriors." We were almost to pod green seven and I smiled. "AI, are Brenda and Brittany awake? Will it be acceptable to visit?" Donna...

A Peril at IshtarChapter 13 Training and Waiting

Well, the trip had now become a bit of a nightmare of routine and training. Ruth and her minions continued to roam the halls, but as the other households remained locked up in their pods, frustrations seemed to boil over, and fighting broke out in the hallways more than once ringing out and being heard even through the pod doors. The AI reported that no permanent injuries were inflicted, but fear hung over the inhabitants of the blue and green rings like a cloud. For those of us under siege...

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