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For the second time in one day, Nathan thought his number was up. The serpentine exalted reared up and the darkness of the chamber threatened to embrace him. Lok's purple blade flashed, illuminating their foe and cutting through the air. Nathan staggered to his feet, holding onto the rail as...

"That may be true" Nathan replied, as he hurried after Aska "but I prefer to think more positively. Particularly when I have the dead at my heels". They were increasingly certain of the cause of everything now, and that was progress. Nathan had a hope it would continue. Of course Aska did...

They wound their way from the Chancellor's office up several flights of stairs, emerging onto one of the rotunda encircling the Senate chamber. They ran into nothing living on their route, but more than once they had to navigate a collapsed corridor or skirt around a jagged hole in the floor...

"Begamor" he corrected as they hurried on. Nathan would have paid good money to have his world renamed Bergamor, if there were not thousand of years of history to overwrite. Who wanted 'beg' in the name of anything. "Yes, Braxon the Peacemaker the papers say". He was surprised she was so...

Nathan stood panting for a while after Lok slid the door shut. He was not unfit to look at, indeed he had Stamper take him through a regular workout to maintain an attractive physique, but he was always slack with the cardio. Now it showed. The young Senator supposed it had been a little...

Nathan was quite warming to John. The man had an upbeat, direct manner and cantered at a good pace but still with some character thrown in. He sensed they could work together well. ”Has its merits” Nathan replied honestly, weighing the idea of a Commonwealth. The name was negotiable, but he...

“Perhaps I’ll join you if you’re struggling“ Nathan smiled at Xim. It was a joke, one they hopefully now knew each other well enough to share. ”From what I know, you plan sounds a good one” he commented “as I say, these pirates believe what they are doing here is a total secret. They have...

Miss Asteria lived up to expectations. Aside from turning up on time, she had wrapped her shapely figure in a smart green dress that fitted perfectly with their surroundings. Her red hair and blue eyes were striking and gave her a unique air well-suited to a pioneer in her field. Nathan shook...

Nathan threw Aska a pained grimace at her joke. He was not quite wetting himself just yet, but he was desperately scrabbling to get control of the situation. Granted, heading for the ship was perhaps not the answer. Their pursuers were in the way and it seemed the mercenary was not up for...

The thought that this was how he would die flashed through Nathan’s mind as he was near knocked to the floor. He even found a a nanosecond to contemplate his own funeral. Then he was sliding backwards, unnaturally suspended like a puppet in the air. Only when Lok stepped past him, unleashing...

“We’ve got the beginnings John” Nathan acknowledged in relation to the military “but Ord Mantell can take us further I’m sure. Our military would combine the best of each, establishing a force greater than the sum of its parts”. The Begamorians were capable, but the military of Ord Mantell had...

Nathan stood back, looking at Lok all tooled up and confident. The other man had a baseline capability about him that was impressive, even more so now that the Senator knew the emotional baggage Lok carried all the time. Stamper was the only man Nathan had truly trusted, but as he looked at...

John’s mention of the Jedi had Nathan tipping his glass in agreement. “Well indeed” he smiled, pleasantly surprised this particular Senator shared his realism. “Another group pursuing their own personal agenda. Perfectly natural, but so many pretend it’s not happening”. Nathan was arguably...

Nathan was pretty good at reading people, he made a point of it. But Lok Skyshatter was more difficult than he could ever have guessed, a man with more layers than he could count. One minute the former Jedi chuckled, the next he looked more thoughtful than an aged monk. There were practically...

Nathan nodded approval at the bourbon, ordering himself an old fashioned. He was pretty damn good at sipping slowly by now. ”For sure” he agreed. There were certainly countless Senators who were clueless about the sharp end of their decisions. Nathan did his best to keep grounded and climbing...

Nathan affected a nonchalant expression, but his hands gripped the guardrail beneath the podium with fury. If the durasteel bar were a neck, he would have wrung it until there was no life left. This Galactic Senate was a joke. He had never intended to play here, not until his work outside it...

“We’re getting further from the ship here” Nathan shouted as they hurried into the cavern. While he was glad to put some distance between them and the walking dead, his calculating mind was already racing ahead. Diving underground was unlikely to lead to a quick escape, in fact it was...

Vetra rightly asked for the detail. Smart. “Begamor“ he answered “and Gatalenta in particular”. Their treaty was the foundation of the new union. “But I am in talks with more, Kuat, Ord Mantell and others”. They were prominent worlds, worlds she would hopefully not turn down the opportunity...

“Nathan” he replied “Nathan Braxon, Begamor”. Like most, John was unlikely to be familiar with his Outer Rim home world, but the Senator found his planet’s obscurity was often helpful. A more notable planet might have a legacy to get in the way. They headed up from the range and arrived in...

Nathan smiled at Lok’s cynical assessment of human nature. “You’re not wrong” the Senator agreed “we’re all animals, fighting our base impulses every day. The instinct to survive is stronger than most”. But there were other instincts, including the pack mentality that made many want to band...