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the Voku’s chief of tranquility, tasked with maintaining the inner workings of their
civilization and hunting down problems before they began. With any interstellar
empire, let alone one the size that the Voku sported, divisions could easily
occur with the distances and communication lag, thus preserving a single
cultural identity was a huge necessity that could not be overstated. The
Brosika held the responsibility of holding the Voku together, not through
censorship or restraints, but through a gentle push or pull here or there
dictated by the tenants of wisdom.
The Letrifiv was the complete opposite and responsible
for the day to day running of the empire. It was the highest administratorial position and also the most difficult, with
an insane amount of data to process daily. Even with a support staff the
Letrifiv needed to know everything that was going on in order to insure that an
oversight didn’t leave a planet without enough foodstuffs for the coming year
or that the fuel supply wouldn’t exhaust itself leaving ships stranded
insystem. While local administrators accomplished a variety of tasks
independently, it was the Letrifiv that had to keep the empire’s priorities
fulfilled, and as such he was the most knowledgeable person in the empire when
it came to current events.
Both leaders held a slightly higher position within
Voku society than a Renimar, but they respected each other enough not to give
orders. The military was separate and the third part of the trinary that made
up Voku society, but technically the Letrifiv and Brosika were co-rulers…though
the term ‘ruler’ had a different meaning for the Voku, since they all served
the Elders’ will.
The small conglomerate that brought Cal-com back home
passed through their orbital defense grids without delay, being allowed
immediate and priority access through the defense fleet screens, bypassing the Kastas , and coming into very low orbit where a tiny bit of
the conglomerate broke off and headed down into the thin atmosphere of the
planet with the Renimar onboard. It was allowed direct access to the Hall of
Majesty, which was the capitol within the capitol and the home of the Letrifiv
and Brosika, when the Brosika was insystem, for he was traveling almost
nonstop.
When Cal-com’s ship landed he was escorted by an honor
guard into the sprawling complex that he had become well accustomed to since he
became a Renimar, though most of his duties kept him away, similar to the
Brosika. So it wasn’t a great surprise that he noticed the change in
architecture within the Hall of Majesty when they entered a particular wing.
Cal-com remained silent and simply observed, seeing more and more alterations
that appeared to be of extremely new construction, yet all were complete with
no signs of ongoing work.
Then when they turned a corner the size of the
architecture changed drastically, and the Renimar saw himself standing in a
foyer large enough for a starship to land in, and in fact he could see on the
distant roof the markings indicating that there was a hidden exit to the sky
built into the structure that could be opened at will. But it was the huge
doors that stood closed before him and the presence of both Yev’jat and the Letrifiv waiting for him that truly shocked him.
The honor guard stopped in their tracks as Yev’jat waved them off, leaving only the three leaders
behind as the infantry retreated to a respectful distance away from the doors.
“ What is this
place? ” Cal-com asked, having to crane his neck up to see the top of the
doors that stretched a third of the way up to the ceiling.
“ An Elder is
here ,” the Letrifiv said, almost a whisper.
Cal-com immediately stiffened with awe and shock, then
forced himself to push the foolish emotions aside. “ Why have I been recalled? ”
“ The Elder
specifically requested your presence. I am sorry I could not tell you by
message ,” his fellow Renimar said, “ but
his presence is not to be
civilization and hunting down problems before they began. With any interstellar
empire, let alone one the size that the Voku sported, divisions could easily
occur with the distances and communication lag, thus preserving a single
cultural identity was a huge necessity that could not be overstated. The
Brosika held the responsibility of holding the Voku together, not through
censorship or restraints, but through a gentle push or pull here or there
dictated by the tenants of wisdom.
The Letrifiv was the complete opposite and responsible
for the day to day running of the empire. It was the highest administratorial position and also the most difficult, with
an insane amount of data to process daily. Even with a support staff the
Letrifiv needed to know everything that was going on in order to insure that an
oversight didn’t leave a planet without enough foodstuffs for the coming year
or that the fuel supply wouldn’t exhaust itself leaving ships stranded
insystem. While local administrators accomplished a variety of tasks
independently, it was the Letrifiv that had to keep the empire’s priorities
fulfilled, and as such he was the most knowledgeable person in the empire when
it came to current events.
Both leaders held a slightly higher position within
Voku society than a Renimar, but they respected each other enough not to give
orders. The military was separate and the third part of the trinary that made
up Voku society, but technically the Letrifiv and Brosika were co-rulers…though
the term ‘ruler’ had a different meaning for the Voku, since they all served
the Elders’ will.
The small conglomerate that brought Cal-com back home
passed through their orbital defense grids without delay, being allowed
immediate and priority access through the defense fleet screens, bypassing the Kastas , and coming into very low orbit where a tiny bit of
the conglomerate broke off and headed down into the thin atmosphere of the
planet with the Renimar onboard. It was allowed direct access to the Hall of
Majesty, which was the capitol within the capitol and the home of the Letrifiv
and Brosika, when the Brosika was insystem, for he was traveling almost
nonstop.
When Cal-com’s ship landed he was escorted by an honor
guard into the sprawling complex that he had become well accustomed to since he
became a Renimar, though most of his duties kept him away, similar to the
Brosika. So it wasn’t a great surprise that he noticed the change in
architecture within the Hall of Majesty when they entered a particular wing.
Cal-com remained silent and simply observed, seeing more and more alterations
that appeared to be of extremely new construction, yet all were complete with
no signs of ongoing work.
Then when they turned a corner the size of the
architecture changed drastically, and the Renimar saw himself standing in a
foyer large enough for a starship to land in, and in fact he could see on the
distant roof the markings indicating that there was a hidden exit to the sky
built into the structure that could be opened at will. But it was the huge
doors that stood closed before him and the presence of both Yev’jat and the Letrifiv waiting for him that truly shocked him.
The honor guard stopped in their tracks as Yev’jat waved them off, leaving only the three leaders
behind as the infantry retreated to a respectful distance away from the doors.
“ What is this
place? ” Cal-com asked, having to crane his neck up to see the top of the
doors that stretched a third of the way up to the ceiling.
“ An Elder is
here ,” the Letrifiv said, almost a whisper.
Cal-com immediately stiffened with awe and shock, then
forced himself to push the foolish emotions aside. “ Why have I been recalled? ”
“ The Elder
specifically requested your presence. I am sorry I could not tell you by
message ,” his fellow Renimar said, “ but
his presence is not to be
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