Excession

character assessments of the two craft attached; they look reliable.

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x Woetra (Orbital Hub, Schiparse-Oevyli system, [solo]):

And call our mutual friend.

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x No Fixed Abode (GSV, Sabbaticaler, ex Equator Class):

Of course. So, are we all agreed on all the above?

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x Anticipation Of A New Lover's Arrival, The (GSV, Plate class):

Agreed.

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x Tactical Grace (GCU, Escarpment Class):

Agreed.

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x Woetra (Orbital Hub, Schiparse-Oevyli system, [solo]):

Agreed.

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x Steely Glint (GCV, Plains Class):

Agreed.

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x Serious Callers Only (LSV, Tundra Class):

Objection!

… Na, just kidding:

Agreed.

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x Shoot Them Later (Eccentric, Culture Ulterior, AhForgetlt tendency [t. rated Integration Factor 73 %, vessel rated 99 %]):

Agreed.

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x Limivorous (GSV, Ocean Class):

Agreed.

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x Not Invented Here (MSV, Desert Class):

Agreed.

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x Full Refund (Homomdan «Empire» Class Main Battle Unit [original name MBU 604] Convertcraft vessel rated Integration Factor 80 % {nb; self-assessed}):

Agreed.

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x Different Tan (GCU, Mountain Class):

Agreed.

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x End In Tears (Rock, First Era, previously Star Turn):

Agreed. Doing my bit. Done.

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x No Fixed Abode (GSV, Sabbaticaler, ex Equator Class):

Agreed.

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x Limivorous (GSV, Ocean Class):

Good talking to you all again, by the way. So; now we wait.

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x Serious Callers Only (LSV, Tundra Class):

And see…

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The holo screen disappeared. 'So what does all that mean?' she asked.

'… Good grief, Ulver,' the drone said, giving a fair impression of spluttering. 'It's the Heavy Crew! It's the Ghosts!'

'What? The who?' She swivelled in the seat to face the drone.

'Child, there were names appearing there I hadn't seen for five centuries. Some of those Minds are legends!'

'This is the Interesting Times Gang we're talking about, I take it?'

'That's obviously what they call themselves.'

'Well, good for them, but I still want to know what all that was about.'

'Well, a normal enough but pretty high-power Mind Incident Group gets together to discuss what's going on, then — allowing for signal travel duration — within real-time seconds it's taken over by probably the most respected not to mention enigmatic group of Minds ever assembled together in the same signal sequence since the end of the Idiran War.'

'You don't say,' Ulver said, yawning a little and putting one black-gloved hand over her mouth.

'Yes; in the case of the Not Invented Here, everybody I know thought the thing had been lost half a millennium ago! Then they dump the boring, pedantic GSV that happened to be on the Incident Coordinating Rota, agree to wait-and-see with the Excession itself while sending investigatory reinforcements, start a localised mobilisation — mobilisation! — and release a half-truth about the Excession when there's some more