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72- Susan Rocan
“These are serious charges that you’re bringing against Officer Dawes, Protector Sumner.”
Yoran stood before the High Council, sitting on their tall benches and peering down at him with suspicion. His stomach was in knots.
“I tolerate no insubordination on my ship,” he replied. “Dawes had the audacity to suggest I was consorting with the enemy. I could not let him undermine my authority.”
“Do you think Officer Dawes was consorting with the enemy?” one of the councilwoman asked.
Yoran knew he had to tread carefully. “No, Madam Castille, but I treat my ship as a dictatorship. Anyone who threatens the chain of command is committing treason, as far as I am concerned.”
The five members of the council huddled together, whispering and glancing at Yoran, occasionally. He clasped his hands tighter behind his back, concerned that he would soon be the focus of treason charges. Finally, they straightened and leaned back in their seats, blank-faced. Yoran could not tell whether the news would be good for him or not.
The President spoke. “It is our opinion that, while Officer Dawes was wrong to question the chain of command, you have charged the young man unjustly. He will be reprimanded and retrained to be more respectful in future. We want you to know, we have no intention of undermining your authority by lessening the charges you have pressed against him. We simply believe that the death penalty does not apply, here. As for you . . .”
Yoran’s face paled.
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Part Sixty-Seven – Shayla Kwiatkowski
Part Sixty-Eight – Anmol
Part Sixty-Nine – Norah Jansen
Part Seventy – Shannon Burton
Part Seventy-One – Vanessa Jane Chapman
Part Seventy-Two – Susan Rocan
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