Heart of Fire Tracking Tread

[Kody]

Enigma:
A few turns back I decided that you really didn't need me adding to your diplomancy problems. So stop worrying, because I'm not out to get you.

Jamski:
There's a tempoary problem with my regular mail account. Can you please use the following email nospam.zzxuej@uqconnect.net.nospam (glad he has something like 10 spare email addresses).

[Jamski]

Can you confirm that is zzxuej@etc... ?

-Jam

[Kody]

Yep that's it.

[GeoModder]

Know what? Turn is on to 'nigma!

And found it in my inbox in the nick of time, 40% full with the latest incoming...

[Enigma_Nova]

Turnage!
-->Jamski

[Jamski]

Turn 2109 sent on to Kody.

That scout patrol is overworked, and the shareholders are restless.

Enigma, can you remember to zip the turn next time, thanks

-Jam

[GeoModder]

All uneven numbered players seem to like unzipped turns today

[Frankychan]

If people are determining where Deacon Frankychan is located, then it's all good.

[Snowflake]

Sorry Geo. I was really in a hurry to send it out.

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Centauri A just shed its first light when Kody walked into HongHu's tent. She was already waiting. The black lines under her eyes betrayed the vague smile that hangs at the corners of her mouth. Two CDs lie on the desk in front of her.

A girl walked in with a wooden plate. There are two glasses on it with some kind of orange colored liquids. "We made this wine from the fruit of a mystery plant we discovered." HongHu gestured Kody to the wines. "I don't drink, Lady." Kody was a little surprised but he kept his voice flat.

"I heard that the Spartans are ruthless and fearless." The smile on Lady Hong's face had not varied.

"Yes they are. And while some of them may be dumb, none would be so dumb to suspect the sincerity of the offer of a drink from a Lady such as yourself." Kody picked up a glass.

HongHu cannot read anything out from Kody's face. But somehow she felt as if she saw the man smirked for a second. This man is different from the other Spartans she thought. He seemed to lack the thirsty for blood that are inherited with most of them. She picked up her own glass and gave the girl a slight approving nod.

When the girl quietly stepped out of the tent, nobody said anything. Not a person who likes to chat, HongHu thought. She wondered why Satiago would want to send Kody for the negotiation. She remebered Satiago's angry back the other day. That woman loathes me. It is strange that she didn't ask for Gaian's surrender, or simply ordered her people to destroy our bases. Somehow HongHu felt that she was approval of Satiago's choice of people. She could feel the slight uneasiness buried under Kody's appearance of arrogance. But there was something else ... Something else that she couldn't yet fully understand ... What is that he wants to prove?

Lady Hong patiently waited until Kody finished his drink. "Here's our map and technological files you requested." It was this easy. Kody hesitated for a second before he stood up and reached for the files.

"Wait!" HongHu stood up abruptly and pressed her hand on the CDs. They were now standing face to face closely, each has a hand touching the CD cases. "I want a pact with the Spartans. We will provide our expertise to assist you understanding the planet. And you will protect us from any possible harms from others." HongHu's words were now hot and fast.

He knew that it would not be this easy. Kody backed a step from the desk. He did not like standing so closely to her. He stood there without a word. Lady Hong was smart enough to not need him reminding her that his request was unconditional.

"We have destroyed all documents regarding Ecology last night. What you see here is the only copy. If you do not accept my condition, I will destroy it right now. And we are prepared to die."

"You know that I can easily retrive that copy from your hands don't you?" Kody glanced at Lady Hong's soft body.

"Of course you can. But will you do it?"

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Back to you, Kody.

[Jamski]

Hmmm... soft bodies... keep it clean please

-Jam

[Kody]

Turn sent.

My regular email address is working again so you don't need to use the other one anymore.

[Kody]

Santiago laughed. The poor fool he honestly thought the Spartans would want to Pact with the Gaians, and believed it when Santiago accepted the terms. Now that he had closed the deal he had gone back to Spartan Command to oversee construction of the colony pod and terraformers.

Santiago grinned at the termite mounds of Chiron Preserve, as the rover team made their way up the river. Honghu would pay for capturing and humiluating her aboard the Unity. Santiago had left Chiron Preserve alone, but only to gain the greater prize of capturing Gaian Landing.

Their precious grove of pines would burn.

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OOC: Heh I thought I was smart expanding in the opposite direction that the CMN was obviously intending. Now I can see someone else's land I've realised that I've been dumb because I've also missed many of the terrian bonuses.

[Frankychan]

Nothing new to report....no RP. Sorry.

[Turn sent to Brother Hercules]

[Snowflake]

Jamski!

[Kody]

Nothing wrong with looking at a soft body, the curves are better.

*Kody takes another glance at Honghu's soft body.*

I just realised something. I don't need to kill you to retrieve the datadisks. However, retrieving the disks gives me a good excuse to tackle you.