![]() ![]() ![]() And, by the way, while the Kristang were trying to arrange payment, four Thuranin star carriers passed through the area, and any one of them could have picked up those three ships with hardly any effort.” By the time the Kristang scraped up enough money to pay the Thuranin to retrieve those three ships, ninety percent of the Kristang aboard were dead. The Thuranin ejected those three ships more than a lightyear from the nearest star system, a star system without habitable planets. So many refugees were packed aboard these ships that their life support systems were failing. Those three ships were packed with refugees, Kristang refugees, but they were still refugees, mostly civilian castes, fleeing from war. This ship stopped, and when the Kristang were unable come up with payment for transit fees to cover all eighteen of their ships, the Thuranin ejected three of the ships, then jumped away. Halfway to their destination, Thuranin discovered that particular Kristang clan had defaulted on a payment. Earlier this year, this star carrier was transporting Kristang ships full of refugees from a planet the Kristang has lost to the Ruhar. It still didn’t feel right, killing sentient beings. I couldn’t tell whether he was being sincere, or a jackass. ![]()
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