2 Clan Amir Falcon ChickChapter 06
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At 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday 3rd March, 2009, Marcella is standing in front of the View Port Internet (VPI) Head Office taking a break when she notices a man leaving the View Port Orphanage with a fast long stride and a sour expression on his face. Looking up at the orphanage front door, it’s next door to VPI, she sees Stella, the orphanage manager, with an odd look on her face, and she appears to be about to cry. Marcella walks closer and calls out, “Stella, come on in and have a hot chocolate. You look like you can do with one.” While nodding yes Stella speaks to someone behind her before closing the door and walking over to VPI.
Together they enter the VPI offices and head for Marcella’s office. Marcella asks one of the staff to organise hot chocolates and some biscuits for them. Once in the office Stella starts to cry. Marcella takes her in her arms and gives her a cuddle. She’s shocked by this because Stella is such a strong and very much in control person, this isn’t like her, not at all. You don’t manage an orphanage for twenty years without being strong. They stand like that for several minutes, they don’t move when the staff member walks in with the hot chocolate and biscuits. Betty, the staff member making the delivery, is shocked to see Stella crying and in need of comforting because she’s usually the one comforting others.
Betty knows Stella well because she spent six years in the orphanage after her parents died in a car accident near here. She remembers how strong Stella was in helping her get over her grief, and how she watched Stella help the children deal with the recent invasion. Returning to her desk she wonders what she can do to help. Suddenly she smiles as she knows exactly what she can do. It’s a standard rule in View Port: ’If you have a tricky problem talk to Gerry. He can fix anything, and if he can’t, no one can.’ Picking up her phone she hits the speed dial to call Gerry. She often wondered why Gerry’s number is in the business speed dial system, and now she knows - she thinks.
Gerry is in the View Port High School Study Centre on a free period when his mobile phone vibrates as he has the sound turned off while at school. On answering the phone he listens to Betty talk. Leaving the Study Centre he stops at the school administration centre to let them know he’s leaving the school and he may not be returning this afternoon, they enter it into the records.
He walks to the VPI offices and enters the building. He goes direct to Marcella’s office, knocks on the door, and enters when she says he can. Entering the office he sees Stella is distraught and Marcella isn’t happy, either. He looks at them, sits down, and says, “Talk to me.”
Giving him a weak smile Stella sits up in the lounge more and says, “You know how Farly Ferries has the class leader of their new cross between a ferry and a cruise ship touring the region, and how we’ve assisted them for the last year with their publicity while they fit it out?” He nods yes because he knows a lot more about it than she does. Gerry, as the Royal Protector, approved their involvement. He’s also starting to get a bit ahead of her because the company underwent a hostile takeover in mid December. She says, “Part of the deal was for the ship to be here during the coming school holidays to take all of the children for a cruise down to the tip of the Dareed Peninsula and back. Spending five days and four nights at sea in the cruise ship. I’ve just had a visit from Mister Farly. He was the junior partner in the business which used his name and expertise while the senior partner provided all of the funding. The senior partner recently died and his children aren’t interested in the business at all so they sold out their interests in a way that’s forced Mister Farly to sell up for less than his share was worth. The new owners have cancelled the holiday trip because they see no financial return to them for going ahead with it. Mister Farly is leaving them, but his last official duty is to inform me of the change of plans. This morning he explained it all as he handed me an official letter cancelling the arrangements. He’s not happy and has gone back to the View Port Arms to get drunk. For months the children have been looking forward to the good holiday on a fancy ship, and now I have to tell them it’s off. And after all the hard work they did helping to promote the ship and company. It’s so unfair to the children.”
Gerry looks up as he says, “If I remember right the trip was for April eleven to April fifteen, correct?” Stella nods her head yes. Going to the desk he picks up the telephone and signals for the reception desk. When Betty answers he asks her to call the View Port Arms and to get Mr Farly on the phone for him. She’s to signal when she has him. He looks at Stella and says, “Correct me if I’m wrong, but the orphanage currently has one hundred and twenty-nine girls plus twenty-seven boys in residence?” She nods her head while she wonders how he knows the exact numbers. He smiles as he answers the phone when it rings. Betty connects him to Mr Farly. Gerry asks, “Mister Farly, I hear your association with Farly Ferries is finishing, is that correct?” He listens for some time.
New PlayerFinally Gerry says, “That’s all well and good, Mister Farly, but I wish to speak with you about employing you. I’m currently in the office of the CEO of View Port Internet, please come and see me now before you get too drunk. I wish to discuss employing you at my new shipyard.” Stella is looking very wide-eyed at this while Marcella is smiling. He hangs up the phone.
Walking around Marcella’s desk Gerry sits down and he uses the intercom. When Betty answers he says, “Betty, Gerry. I’ll be here in Marcella’s office for a while. I’m expecting a Mister Farly to arrive shortly, please show him in. In the meantime, please get me Captain Harding, he’ll be aboard either the Sea Dream or the Dream Girl, try Sea Dream first. I also want to speak with Major Lancer of the Protector’s Office and Lee Mills of the Department of Tourism and Development. All of the numbers are in the phone book. When you get through to them tell them you’re calling for Mister G. Mannheim and put them through to me here. Thank you.”
Stella’s eyes go wider and Betty is a little bit shocked, but she’s a good professional so she gets on with following the instructions. Turning to Stella Gerry says, “Stella, you’re about to see and hear some things, things you never saw or heard. Understand?” She slowly nods her head yes. Gerry smiles because he knows he can trust her to keep quiet.
A moment later the phone rings, it’s Captain Harding. Gerry says, “Hi, David, what bookings do you have for both boats for the period April eleven to nineteen?” He listens then says, “OK, I’ll talk to the VPI people, you ring the rest and tell them I’m pre-empting the bookings. As of now that period is reserved for the View Port Orphanage, the boys will sail on Dream Girl while the girls will sail on Sea Dream. Leave just before dusk on April eleven, return late afternoon of the nineteenth. Please prepare suitable itineraries for them, try and organise for them to be out of sight of each other for most of it, but close enough for mutual support, plus some joint activities on some of the islands. Thanks.” Hanging up he turns to Marcella, “Please explain to the staff about the change in the arrangements for the staff party. I’ll arrange for you to have access to the ballroom at Highcliff.” Both ladies go wide-eyed at that statement.
The phone rings and Betty is about to put Major Lancer through when Gerry says, “Betty, I also need to speak to Colonel Rochester at Highcliff, please.”
He explains the situation to Major Lancer and requests him to get some lawyers onto the matter to see if they’ve legal grounds to take Farly Ferries to court for breach of the contract. He authorises the Protectors Office, through the Child Welfare Office, to do this on behalf of the View Port Orphanage and its children. The Major promises to get on it straight away. Gerry hangs up just in time to meet Mr Farly.
Gerry welcomes him and asks him to sit down. Mr Farly is surprised to see how young Gerry is, and to see Stella is there too. The phone rings. Gerry excuses himself and answers it. Betty tells him Mrs Mills is out of the office and will ring back when she returns. She’s expected back in about thirty minutes. She puts Colonel Rochester’s aide through to him.
Gerry says, “Hi, Steve. Yes, it’s really me! Put Erica on, please.” A moment later he’s talking to Erica. After explaining the situation he says, “I know the ballroom is free on April eleven so I’m shifting the VPI staff party to it because I’m kicking them off the Sea Dream so the kids can have it. Please sort out the arrangements at your end so it’ll happen, and fax Marcella at the VPI offices with confirmation.” He listens for a while before he hangs up.
Turning to Mr Farly he says, “Everyone calls me Gerry or sir, choose the one you’re happiest with. Do you mind if I call you George?”
Mr Farly laughs, “Go ahead how you wish, I think you’ll do that, anyway!”
Gerry says, “OK. You’re about to be out of work and are very pissed off with the new owners of Farly Ferries. How would you like to work for me as a ship designer and manager of a new shipyard well down on the Dareed Peninsula? The designs you’ve done for Farly Ferries, how do you stand with regards to the copyrights on them?”
A smiling George says, “I’d like a job as designer and manager again, but don’t expect me to do anything more than that. I’ll want a long term contract. I gather you’re reopening the old Dareed Naval Shipyard. If so, I know a number of the people who worked with me at Farly Ferries who are now looking for new jobs because they heard I’m leaving. I can get them to come across with me, especially the fifty-six Berant citizens I employ on special work visas in Australia. The design copyrights are mine, but they’ve exclusive use for ten years. If I change more than ten percent of the design it constitutes a new design and is outside of the restriction.”
With a large grin Gerry says, “That’s good. You’ll have to make a lot of design changes, anyway. I own Dream Boats. I’m resurrecting the Dareed Naval Shipyards and restructuring them to build with Nolar Two. We’re expanding into a whole new range of larger ships, cruise ships and ferries to start with.” All in the office have big grins because they realise he intends to compete with Farly Ferries. Both Marcella and Stella are surprised he owns Dream Boats. “I’d prefer multi-hull designs since they can get into shallower waters. You’ll find Nolar has a much higher tensile strength than steel, so you can get away with such designs. I’ll employ anyone who follows you over, provided they’re employable under the Berant laws on foreign workers. Many of the Australian citizens can look forward to one year contracts to train locals in their skills, but I can’t be sure of going past a year. You may wish to inform them I expect Farly Ferries to be changing hands again within two years of my new yards becoming fully operational, and I want that happening within six months.” George gives him an odd look. Gerry adds, “As I’m sure you’re aware, Farly Ferries are the top contenders to supply the cruise ships and ferries for the new Berant tourism expansion program. The Berant Government doesn’t do business with people who don’t keep their word. No contracts have actually been let. This failure to meet their contract with the children means they’re now out of the running for the tourism contract. The whole matter has to be re-examined, and I want to be ready to place a bid before the committee when they review it all. As a local company we’ll have some major advantages over the foreign bidders. I’m looking to you to provide the designs and ships to win the contract. The shallower the draught of the ships the more places they can get into, and the better they’ll rate.” George nods his agreement with it all.
Gerry is about to speak again when the phone rings and he answers the call. It’s Lee Mills of Tourism and Development, and he says, “Hi, Lee, Gerry. You better do some checks of your own and note them for the record, but I think you’ll need to review the whole expansion program from scratch. Farly Ferries are the leading bid for the ferries and cruise ships. They’ve just voided their promotional contract with the View Port Orphanage and aren’t delivering on their promised cruise. The new owners, Wilday Investments, see no need to meet this agreement by the prior owners. I’m pretty sure they also own Westly Developments, the leading contenders for both of the island resorts. I think it’s time for me to step in. Send me the details of the small bidders who got cut for lack of funding support, and include notes of what you liked or disliked with the bids.” He listens for a moment then says, “Oh, I’m sure I’ll be able to work out something. Their ideas, their management, my financial support plus extra ideas. You’ll get some really good bids this time around, and it’ll only be a few hundred million. Take your time getting this sorted because I need to outfit a new shipyard to construct the ships for the task.” He listens some more and hangs up. The rest are staring at him because he’s telling senior government staff what to do. He sees their expressions and he just smiles at them.
Betty knocks on the door, she enters with a fax, and a wide-eyed look. She hands the fax to Marcella. It’s the confirmation from Highcliff Palace they’ll have the ballroom for their annual staff party this year. She shows it to Gerry and he smiles. She hands it to Betty with orders to inform all the staff of the change of venue. She leaves, stunned, because many people request use of the facility, but it’s impossible to get for a private function, yet they have it for this year’s party.
Gerry is sitting there while discussing some of the details of hiring George as an Australian based contractor when Betty knocks on the door to show in Princess Carly and she shuts the door behind her. Princess Carly quickly looks around the office. Seeing Gerry she says, “OK, Gerry, now how do I announce the use of the Highcliff Ballroom for a private function without opening the flood gates?”
He smiles and says, “Make a joint announcement from the orphanage with Mister Farly, Stella, and Marcella. Get the Palace Public Relations machine involved to explain how the orphanage children had worked with Farley Ferries on public relations and were really looking forward to the promised holiday cruise. Tell how the new company owners have cancelled it, show the official cancellation letter. Tell how Dream Boats have made Dream Girl and Sea Dream available to give the kids their promised sea cruise. However, in order to do that the booking of Sea Dream for the VPI annual staff party had to be shifted. Tell how the Palace has stepped in to help with this by providing an alternative venue for the party to make the ship available for the cruise. This isn’t a commercial booking for a private party because King Harold is taking a direct and personal interest in this to help the children. He’s intervening and he’ll be on hand to dine with his guests. He’ll meet all of the costs of the party because it’s now his party. The money the VPI social club would’ve spent on their party on Sea Dream is being spent on gear for the orphanage children to enjoy their cruise. See, it’s simple! If you and Robert smile happily when you announce all of this no one will think about the issue at all. You both tell things so convincingly, and not a word is a lie. All I’ve done is cut out the time lost in people finding things out.” Everyone but Carly is staring at him because he’s telling the King’s personal public relations representative how to do her job and how to deal with this situation.
Carly is slowly nodding while she notes down all he says. Looking up she says, “Put that way it just might work.” She turns and looks at the others, “Anyone got any problems with that, or any suggestions on how to make it work better?”
They all agree and Marcella says, “Have some of the children in the back of the shot smiling about going on their cruise.”
Carly nods as she agrees with the idea. Turning to Gerry she says, “OK, this pretzel may work. But next time you’re messing around with Palace Standing Orders please talk to me first so I can work out how to present it well.” Turning, she leaves the office. All the others stare at Gerry.
While shrugging Gerry says, “You think she’s pushy now, you should have seen her when she was a teenager and someone was using the TV when she wanted it. She’s always been pushy. But I shouldn’t complain, because I’ve always just gone ahead and done what I thought was best while relying on her and others to help tidy things up afterwards. She’s really a good stick when she’s not caught short.” They stare open mouthed. He smiles at them and looks at his watch, “If I hurry I can still make my last class for the day!” After making his goodbyes he leaves them sitting there. On his way out he thanks Betty for alerting him to the problem.
The combined public announcement is well timed for the main local and regional media news that night. It makes some of the International news programs the next morning. The whole affair is good publicity for the King, Dream Boats, George Farly, VPI, and adverse publicity for Farly Ferries and their new owners.
PreparationsIn the weeks following the meeting at VPI Captain Harding and the ships’ crew members visit the orphanage three afternoons a week to make sure the children all know basic water safety and first aid. All are tested by the Captain or senior crew under his direction. He gets to know a lot of the children and staff during this time. On the Friday afternoon the week before the trip he tells them all about the minimal clothing rules for on-board the boats. Standing before the children in the main lounge room he says, “The actual standard of dress is up to the owner or the supervising guest on-board each boat. However, the very minimum is the wearing of ship shoes or boat shoes while outside of your assigned cabin, and a swimsuit while in, entering, or exiting any harbour. Outside of the harbour you can go topless or nude or fully dressed as long as you wear ship shoes while moving about the boat. This is for safety reasons. I believe arrangements are in hand for you to get ship shoes tomorrow. When you get them take good care of them, and don’t wear them anywhere except on-board a boat. Ship shoes are like special socks and they don’t handle cement or normal ground well.” He stands there studying the expressions on his audience.
One of the older girls timidly puts up her hand and when pointed to she asks, “Are you saying we can go nude on-board ship if we want?”
He nods as he says, “Yes, if the person in charge of the group permits it. The boys will be sailing on Dream Girl while the girls will be on Sea Dream, so what you wear is up to Stella. We often take single gender parties out for weekend cruises, and when the party is all females they often take it as an opportunity to work on an all over tan. Just be sure to use plenty of suitable sunscreen.” With that he leaves them to think about and discuss the options. He’s found it’s best to get such matters sorted out before they board the boat.
During this period Gerry and George spend time working out what’s to be produced at the shipyard first, and arranging for the reactivation of the shipyard as the second shipyard to be owned and operated by Dream Boats. George’s contract is very quickly sorted out and signed. George is now very busy doing the basic plans for two new ferries and three new cruise ships. They’re all for use in Berant waters and are made out of Nolar Two with multi-hull designs. He’s sure they’ll outperform anything he’s previously designed, due to the lighter materials used and the more efficient hull design.
Next Day, SaturdayImmediately after breakfast the children move out of the orphanage to the park in the square in front of the orphanage. Once there they’re grouped according to their names four light trucks drive up and stop beside the park. The trucks are parked about three metres apart. Some VPI staff get out and climb into the back of the trucks. Picking up some backpacks with sleeping bags attached they start calling out names. As the children respond to their names they’re handed the pack and are told to move away from the vehicle. When they get their packs the children open them up to examine them and the contents. The pack has their name stitched into the front, and inside are some items which also have their names on them. Each child has a pack, a sleeping bag, a silk sleeping sleeve, a stuff-it bag for the sleeping bag, a stuff-it bag for the sleeping sleeve, a padded ground sheet, an inflatable pillow, two large towels, a face washer, two drinking flasks, and a basic first aid kit. They’re all well set up for their coming holiday, and also on any future camping trips they have.
The media people get lots of photos of smiling children examining the packs and trying them on for fit. By 9:30 a.m. the bags are handed out, taken inside, and put away. The children are again lined up outside the orphanage in a long column of twos and ready to walk off.
They’re no sooner ready to move out than Gerry walks across the square with a dozen of the high-school’s senior girls. He waves his hand and the girls spread out along the column of children, each is going to be looking after a small group of children during this activity. Gerry has promised them a nice surprise for helping him. They don’t know what it is, but they’re happy to help with the kids, anyway.
Gerry shouts out, in a fake French accent, “Com-pan-eee, atten-shoon. Com-pan-eee, right face, queeeck march.” He’s saying company, but the way he drags it out makes it sound very funny. While they laugh very hard the column of children starts walking through the town. They know they’re going clothes shopping, but they’re heading away from the shops and they don’t understand why. The column soon reaches the beach at the edge of town and many think they’re going for a swim first. But he keeps on walking past it. They reach the entrance to the View Port Marina with a guard on the gate to restrict access. Today he opens it wide and he salutes the column while it walks by. The children are wide-eyed, and they slow down while looking at the luxury boats they’re passing. In a very short time they’ve passed along the front of the cliff face the marina stretches out from and are leaving by the main entrance on the Carmel side.
Arriving in the main Carmel shopping area at 10:15 a.m. Gerry leads them to one of the best beachwear shops in the region. When they near the door one of the staff opens it wide for them and the group marches in. They spread out around the shop, there’s no other customers in it and one of the staff locks the door. Gerry says, “OK, people, you all have about twenty minutes to select two swimsuits, two beach shirts, two pairs of ship shoes, and a beach towel then take them to the counter for charging. Now be quick, and make sure everything fits well. Make sure you end up wearing one of the swimsuits and beach shirts.” With wide grins they all start examining the quality clothes on display. The staff are soon very busy helping people. Everyone has their new clothes, names on the tags, and are ready to leave just after 11:00 a.m. Longer than stated, but much sooner than was really expected.
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Tim’s Halt is a large farm in a remote valley at the southern base of the Sharten Mountains which are the northern Berant border. This is one of many such valleys. The major crops are barley and hops. The only road through the Sharten Mountains is one hundred and twenty kilometres to the east, much further east than Darmore. However, there are several small passes in nearby valleys that allow foot traffic to pass through the mountains. Throughout history groups of brigands crossed the...
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In mid June, 2006, Senior Captain, acting Major, Gordon Mannheim is on loan to the Green Orcas, the 2nd Royal Sea Guards, with Lieutenant Angelson and a platoon of the 3rd Claymore under Senior Sergeant Chektar. There’s always been a bit of piracy in the region, usually fast small boats involved in smuggling or raiding small coastal cargo ships. Of late there’s been some talk about slavers in the region, and the rate of missing children has risen very sharply. The chances of smuggling...
In 2003 the eleven year old Gerry wants to build a couple of yachts. One for practical reasons and a luxury cruiser for himself. He decides to build one hull able to do both tasks with different fit-outs. The luxury yacht will be the first built to prove the design. He knows what he wants and how it should look. The experts say it can’t be done. He studies and qualifies as a maritime designer, maritime engineer, and chemist. Doing all of the studies by distance education and condensed short...
In mid March, 2007, Major Gordon Mannheim is an acting Lieutenant Colonel in charge of the 3rd Claymore, The Rocks, on a mountain climbing exercise in the Darunch Mountains. Colonel Phillips, the Rocks’ regular commander, is to evaluate Gerry’s performance. Technically, the Colonel is outside of the command chain during the evaluation and until they return to the barracks, but he’s able to take back command if he sees the need to. The weather is hot and very dry as it’s been an unusually hot...
By the end of 2007 Gordon ‘Gerry’ Mannheim has proven he knows how to control and manage troops in the barracks and in the field. He’s proven his combat tactical skills at various levels, and his courage. He’s excelled at the combat strategic theory and he’s shown he can handle all of the command administrative aspects. However, he still needs to prove his ability to deal with high level combat strategic and tactical matters in a changing combat situation the way it happens in real life....
Bullying is not an accepted behaviour amongst the tribes as the elders go to a lot of trouble to see it doesn’t occur, so do the clan and family leaders. The few cases of bullying that do occur in the tribes are quickly and thoroughly dealt with, so repetition isn’t a problem. Oh, some boys and girls are very bossy and very pushy, but abusive bullying (either physical or mental) is very quickly stopped by the adults. Stopped in a way that makes those responsible to never want to do it...
In December, 1999, Gordie is in Carmel shopping with his sister, Danielle who is known as Dani-girl. They’re after a few Christmas presents for family members that are hard to shop for, so they’re checking out the wider range of shops in Carmel. They normally shop in View Port because the clan residence is built into the headland between the two towns with its front entrance being closer to View Port, but the tourist resort town of Carmel has a much wider range of goods for sale, though at...
In February, 2001, Gordie is asked by his sister Dani to see if he can help an old friend of hers from school, Marcella Barrington, find a new job around the View Port / Carmel area. Her parents aren’t well and she’d like to move closer to them in View Port. She’s a well-regarded business manager with an MBA and a good work record in Berana, the capital city. However, there’s not much demand for MBAs outside of the capital city. Gordie passes her resume around all of the local businesses, but...
She was born Danielle Annette Nancy Isobelle Amiri on December 16th, 1975, two days before her cousin Daniel Albert Nathan Imara. Neither set of parents knew what the other named their child until the Imara family moved back to live with the clan in View Port. The Imara family had been living in the Dareed Region due to Mr Imara’s work. The children first meet when they’re five years old and both are about to start school together at View Port, both are usually called Dani / Danny. This...
For the first few weeks after the Ruiz incident Gordie stays at home under constant supervision, and having counselling sessions with a psychologist. Because of his medical training Gordie knows why this is needed so he works with the counsellor to help sort out his mental processes to get a good handle on them again. By the time the doctors declare him fit for the world again there’s only a week before the mid-semester break. Gordie talks his parents into letting him go on a camping trip in...
Gordon Mannheim was never an average boy. However, in many ways, especially emotionally, he was like an average boy of his age. He was never truly innocent in the full dictionary meaning of the word, it wasn’t possible in his environment. But in many ways he could have been accurately described as an innocent boy at the start of 2002. Yes, an unusual boy who was legally an adult; one who had already faced and bettered many dangers; one who owns and runs a very successful business. However,...
‘Grandpa, Grandpa! Look at the bird!’ exclaimed little Tanya. Her grandfather, Michele or simply ‘Pa’ to the children, cocked his head turning his black eyes skyward. Tanya looked upwards and marveled at the snow white hair and snowy white mustache of the world’s most intelligent man – at least in this child’s mind. ‘That’s a falcon, Tanya. They’re like hawks but smaller, quicker, and I think more beautiful. Watch him sail and hunt in the air’. ‘Gee, he’s pretty Pa. Does he have a family?’ ...
November, 2001, Gerry Mannheim sets up his first business, View Port Internet (VPI), and it’s a runaway success. Over the next few years he pours most of his profits back into the business to expand it across the country. He’s operating as a private company well within the law, so he has no need to inform the government of what he’s doing and he sees no reason to do so. He quietly buys the right of way to bury fibre optic cable across the country while only dealing with private land owners...
In early January, 2013, Lord Robert visits the US on a diplomatic trip to last a few weeks. He’s accompanied by some university students as interns because many of the students are studying political science or public relations, and some members of the group are businessmen there to help develop closer economic and political ties between the two countries. The trip is triggered by difficulties between Berant Ambassador Shumra and the US Secretary of State on a major bi-national trade...
The battle has been raging for nearly an hour. The Guards and the US Marines are running seriously short of ammunition, but neither are attempting to conserve ammunition. Any reduction in fire power is an invitation to be overrun. Even the better defensive position hasn’t saved the Marines because several have died and half of them are wounded, but they’re still fighting with all they have. Most of C Company are dead or wounded. The line would’ve broken, except for the militia and retired...
The rebellion hasn’t gone as well as planned. The Rebels control most of Shumeer and the main highways. The Royalists control most of the mountains, all of the coast, and the area behind the coast for about thirty kilometres. All of the Shukra Navy is loyal and is still operating because the few naval Rebels were soon killed. According to their plan, by now the Rebels should have control of all of the country except the mountains. All support for the Rebels has to be flown in or driven in...
All is in readiness by 5:00 p.m. with Major Pargrew’s force ready to go in the front door and windows while Captain Daneer’s force is in the tunnel on the way to the cellar of the Palace apartments. Reaching the hidden door Gerry stops the Captain from opening it for the moment. They’re about five metres ahead of the rest of this force, just Gerry, Lillian, and the Captain. Gerry takes a deep breath to calm himself and he extends his empathetic ability while he tunes out those with...
Born Gerald Herbert Mannheim on March 1st, 1942, the son of a US construction engineer working for a French company in Berana and a Berant woman of the Ber Clan (pronounced bear). Gerald grows up on the tales of his clan and tribal heritage. His mother is the only daughter of the Ber Clan Father, the clan for whom the country Berant is named. The Ber had been kings for several centuries, until two despotic kings ruled in succession in such a way as to push the Amir Clan too far. Civil war...
At 8:30 a.m. Major Pargrew leads a dozen vehicles up the slope to the ridge overlooking the battlefield. The three regional governors plus several media people disembark and look at the valley. The visitors can easily see the destroyed vehicles with many dead and parts of the dead still lying around, as well as the mass graves dug nearby with the busy Swords carrying the enemy dead to the graves. The film crews start their cameras when they alight. Now many turn them off because this sight is...
The Royal party arrives on the northern outskirts of Amarant at 9:15 a.m. The schools are on the city’s edge, just off the second major road from Berana. The surrounding hills are under broad-acre development for a housing estate. Being early they all look over the new primary school. At 9:35 a.m. King Herbert is talking to the parents and teachers while King Edward’s party is walking the two hundred and forty metres to the high school. The parties are only fifty metres apart when the radios...
By 12:00 noon all combat has ceased, all attack forces have been defeated and are dead or surrendered. Gerry turns to Carly while saying, “I think it’s over, the attackers used about forty thousand people, all of them are now captured or dead. No need to give any other figures. Please tell our people and thank our troops. I’ve got to go to Amarant to deal with the prisoners there.” Carly nods yes, because she knows no one has told him about Amarayah yet. She glances at Isobelle, and she nods...
At 8:30 a.m. Janice knocks on Gerry’s door to wake him up. It’s the first time he’s slept this late for many years. She has a breakfast tray with her and strict orders to make him eat its contents. After knocking a second time she lets herself into his bedroom. He’s still asleep, and he clearly didn’t have a good night. Much as she’d like to let him sleep on he’s needed at Highcliff. He’s the government until Harold is out of the hospital because all of the others who had the proper training...
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Kaire did not really have the same types of crime as the humans. At least not until we learned more about them. We have had peacekeepers for a millennium but mostly they were to settle clan disputes. Now they were more like the human constables or peace officers and had learned to cope with the new crimes. I was sixteen and unmated and a cadet officer in my clan. What that meant was any arrests had to be reviewed by a clan member that was a full peacekeeper. Not that I had ever made a mistake...
5004, OTT Outside the bitter cold winds of Longnight howled around the thick Duro-Crete walls of the Burg; but here in my mother’s drawing room it was warm and cozy. The soak-stones glowed warm with Tyranno Oil fire in the oven. I always thought her room was just a bit warmer than all the other rooms and halls. Here in her chambers the gray and drab Duro-Crete walls were mostly covered with velvet curtains and antique tapestries depicting the first settlers, the gods, scenes of great clan...
I was a human protector and a good one. I glanced at the Kaire teenager following me and shook my head. Why had she insisted on coming here and why had her father allowed it? He was a major clan leader and she was only a daughter and one from a later litter. Kathera or Kat as she asked me to call her was golden with black strips. That was not a uncommon coloring for her people so she did not stand out. We were on a vague and very distant world once called Aur where some of the Kaire were wild...
Barbara watched in anticipation as the computer attempted to recover the data from the transmitter, fearful that the computer would give her some sort of error and she’d have to basically start from scratch in finding her friend and fellow vigilante, fellow Batgirl. Each minute that passed made Barbara a little bit more sick. FILE TRANSFER SUCCESFULLY “Yes!” Barabara went to work sifting through all the data immediately. More specifically, Barbara was looking for the audio logs...
Just after midnight Force Apache makes contact with Rebel troops patrolling the border area. Coming up very fast from behind them 4th Platoon, C Company, 2nd Royal Armoured Guards opens up on them when they start to pass by. Ninety seconds of fierce fighting while they drive by results in five Rebel vehicles burning on the side of the road with forty dead troops lying in and around them. The Lieutenant in charge of the Raptors is upset because he missed most of it. He was knocked unconscious...
In April, 2013, spies inform Gerry of a series of meetings between U MAMA executives and senior members of a major South American drug cartel. Efforts are spent to find out what’s going on. After two months of dedicated work by some very good agents the picture forms. U MAMA are offering their resources to the drug cartel to smuggle their drugs into the USA if the cartel will supply U MAMA with trained troops. They’ve an operation planned that needs twenty thousand mercenaries and U MAMA...
Just before 6:30 a.m. spies inform King Ahdeed the Rebels will strike today. He relays the information to his loyal field commanders and the Shuken Clan Father. Mardrik passes the information onto his people, and thus to the public at large. The remaining palace retainers grab their things and they immediately leave the Palace for places of safety. With the remaining Dragon’s Teeth of B Company for protection Princess Opal leads the people out of the Palace. They go through a secret tunnel...
Patrick, Gina, and Shauna are very surprised to be walking up the stairs to the White House. Inside they’re formally announced, Gina is surprised to hear them announced as ‘General Mannheim and Miss Gina.’ Because no family name is given their announcement gets them much more attention. All there stop to stare at Gina in her new gown, very heady events for a sixteen year old girl. Shauna’s new gown isn’t quite as fancy, but she fits in well and she’s just as overcome by the situation. The...
The dinner is just as boring and full of politics as can be expected of such affairs. Many of the senior diplomats are upset about their junior advisers having been invited, and invited in a manner to make refusal seem rude. Instead of being the long sit down dinner with speeches most expect it’s a buffet style meal with soft dance music. Those who want to can dance, which many of the younger ones do. Or they can gather in groups and talk, which many of the serious lobbyists do. The Berant...
Gerry’s extra staff start arriving with Wendy Paul as the first to arrive at 10:00 a.m., followed around 10:30 a.m. by Daniel Jackson and Anna, his sixteen year old sister is going with him. 11:15 a.m. sees the arrival of Felicity and Brenda Waters with Albert Jones ten minutes later. Gerry greets them when they arrive and he introduces them to everyone. He has his ‘Gopher Gang,’ as he calls it, set up in the Port Hull cabins. Each has their own cabin. Patrick and Shauna have the two rooms...
Gerry provides the Gophers with the very best, and latest, of the computer hardware and software, often before it’s officially available to the public. They also have access to the fastest Internet services, often by cut-outs as well as directly into the backbones in several countries, thus making their external access of company computer systems very difficult to trace back to them. They develop programs to install on systems for the systems to report back log in IDs and passwords. They...
They’ve been some changes in the Royal Guards in the last couple of years. Most are changes in their equipment and a new unit is raised. The Shields, the Protector’s Own, is a regiment of troops who give their oath of loyalty direct to the Royal Protector and the crown, not the King or Parliament. They’re usually recruited from amongst the Guards and are given extra training. The King gives the Guards a personal release from their original oath before they’re appointed to the Shields. These...