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of those trapped in the past.
The double-implants from Anga-Param continued to sow dissension and distrust amongst whoever they could befriend.
Xela continued her work to keep the still-contending factions in some form of lasting unification.
Velu and Zena continued to help Xela in her efforts.
The Harians on Anga-Param had accepted their new name, Aklans, and, because of the belief that there were still safe places on the planet, met their deaths as a group, during their yearly gathering to celebrate the Revelation of Akla. The children who had been sent to them for safe-keeping and the parents of those children were also killed but not in an out of the way place. They met their physical end in the town squares and office parks where they had lived and worked.
The double-implants were eventually discovered because of information that Zena had passed on to Xela to scan for devices that had irrevocably broken the treaty between the two Worlds.
Xela met her death at the hands of one of the double-implants—member of the Leadership Council. Xela knew the information from Zena was, in reality, from Akla. Her last trace of doubt about his Prophethood had made her begin scanning in the general populace, even though she had a recent Angan arrival on her Council. She reasoned that, if the information wasn't true, she wouldn't embarrass a Council member.
Her last thought as she died was the echo of a Lordly voice: “I forgive you for that now."
The Leadership Council on Anga-Param issued a threat to the Council on Anla-Purum and Anla-Purum sent ShipFour back to Anga-Param. It halted its flight just out of range of weapons, on land or in orbit, and delivered four deadly plasma blasts to the Leadership Council's building, then retreated to Anla-Purum.
~~~
The ecology of Anga-Param continued to deteriorate, everyday people and Corporate workers dying in the millions.
Zena became the adviser to the newly-formed Settlers' Leadership Council and Velu became advisory to the Religious Leadership Council.
Citizens on Anga-Param, those who had particularly strong physical and mental constitutions, organized themselves into a Planetary Leadership Council. The Corporate Leadership Council had become just a name.
Members of the various Leadership Councils began to visit each other. All were ready to find some way to end the divisions, to find the path toward unification—to try, beyond hope, to stop the death and destruction.
5 ~ Light
Exploratory talks between members of the various Leadership Councils continued. Face-to-face meetings became the norm because a smaller LightSail craft was rapidly developed and nine were initially built, on Anla-Purum. The deteriorated conditions on the corporate World of Anga-Param made any construction of spaceships a non-priority when just keeping the basic infrastructure intact was the only task possible; and, even that was severely hampered by the wild swings in weather conditions and the virtual non-existence of a government. Everyone was willing to do whatever was necessary. Angan life was stark and utterly confused.
Anlan life, however, was ripe and evolving. Not having had an ecological disaster to deal with was a distinct advantage. Having four different religious groups to unify was a supreme challenge. The settlers, as a group, were the most eager to work toward unifying the two Worlds.
~~~
Velu and Zena were back in the Unholy Lands, after much traveling between Worlds, to be with Akla as he prepared to die. They were the only two permitted to attend to Akla's final physical needs. Akla was comforting them as they did what little they could to make this passing peaceful and easy. They could do small things like fetch a drink or open a door for a breeze but Akla poured out such blessing on them that the three would often share laughter at the ironic
The double-implants from Anga-Param continued to sow dissension and distrust amongst whoever they could befriend.
Xela continued her work to keep the still-contending factions in some form of lasting unification.
Velu and Zena continued to help Xela in her efforts.
The Harians on Anga-Param had accepted their new name, Aklans, and, because of the belief that there were still safe places on the planet, met their deaths as a group, during their yearly gathering to celebrate the Revelation of Akla. The children who had been sent to them for safe-keeping and the parents of those children were also killed but not in an out of the way place. They met their physical end in the town squares and office parks where they had lived and worked.
The double-implants were eventually discovered because of information that Zena had passed on to Xela to scan for devices that had irrevocably broken the treaty between the two Worlds.
Xela met her death at the hands of one of the double-implants—member of the Leadership Council. Xela knew the information from Zena was, in reality, from Akla. Her last trace of doubt about his Prophethood had made her begin scanning in the general populace, even though she had a recent Angan arrival on her Council. She reasoned that, if the information wasn't true, she wouldn't embarrass a Council member.
Her last thought as she died was the echo of a Lordly voice: “I forgive you for that now."
The Leadership Council on Anga-Param issued a threat to the Council on Anla-Purum and Anla-Purum sent ShipFour back to Anga-Param. It halted its flight just out of range of weapons, on land or in orbit, and delivered four deadly plasma blasts to the Leadership Council's building, then retreated to Anla-Purum.
~~~
The ecology of Anga-Param continued to deteriorate, everyday people and Corporate workers dying in the millions.
Zena became the adviser to the newly-formed Settlers' Leadership Council and Velu became advisory to the Religious Leadership Council.
Citizens on Anga-Param, those who had particularly strong physical and mental constitutions, organized themselves into a Planetary Leadership Council. The Corporate Leadership Council had become just a name.
Members of the various Leadership Councils began to visit each other. All were ready to find some way to end the divisions, to find the path toward unification—to try, beyond hope, to stop the death and destruction.
5 ~ Light
Exploratory talks between members of the various Leadership Councils continued. Face-to-face meetings became the norm because a smaller LightSail craft was rapidly developed and nine were initially built, on Anla-Purum. The deteriorated conditions on the corporate World of Anga-Param made any construction of spaceships a non-priority when just keeping the basic infrastructure intact was the only task possible; and, even that was severely hampered by the wild swings in weather conditions and the virtual non-existence of a government. Everyone was willing to do whatever was necessary. Angan life was stark and utterly confused.
Anlan life, however, was ripe and evolving. Not having had an ecological disaster to deal with was a distinct advantage. Having four different religious groups to unify was a supreme challenge. The settlers, as a group, were the most eager to work toward unifying the two Worlds.
~~~
Velu and Zena were back in the Unholy Lands, after much traveling between Worlds, to be with Akla as he prepared to die. They were the only two permitted to attend to Akla's final physical needs. Akla was comforting them as they did what little they could to make this passing peaceful and easy. They could do small things like fetch a drink or open a door for a breeze but Akla poured out such blessing on them that the three would often share laughter at the ironic
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