Chapter 355: The Drums of War, Pt 5

NeutroDrive Prime, Vaar’torin System, Great House de Jardin

The First Feathers walked into the cruiser’s cargo bay along with Minister Mathilde, a few of her aides, and many ship engineers. They walked through and inspected every millimeter of it and made sure that everything was up-to-spec.

Behind them were clusters of citizens of the Corvus Republic, who were coming in to move themselves from the Raven’s Refuge into their new cruiser.

“You’re all absolutely sure this is the ship you want?” Mathilde asked. “That Federation cruiser was worth a great deal more than this.”

“It’s perfect, Minister,” Claire answered her. “Of the three cruisers available, this one has the best city deck. Plenty of room for us to expand into. Best of all’s that park in the center of it all. We couldn’t stop the citizens from moving in if we wanted to.”