WCGW Chpt 241

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==Chapter 241 - What Could Go Wrong==
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Linden (Former Outworlds System)
20th September, 3046
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"It will be just over a month to Boulsi. Probably a week there as we get the habitats positioned plus I will need to make contact with my people on Thazi to coordinate food deliveries to Boulsi until we get food production going on Boulsi itself. So, if I had to guess, it will be at least 3 months before my ships return for the next batch. Depending on if Krait is finished being repaired, we will decide if that will be the final movement or not. I really do not want to leave anything behind, but I am also told that the stockpiled Germanium and Titanium will take quite a while to move, so we will always have that particular mission to complete." Major General David Mitchell said
"I would like to accompany you, check out our new home if you would not mind." Captain Marcus Birch replied
"Your more than welcome to accompany us." Major General Mitchell said and then looked at Captain Carla Hansen "How about you, Captain, want to take a trip and check us out with your own eyes?"
"Why not. My relief has command of my ship, so I am not due another trade mission for at least 8 months." Captain Carla Hansen replied
"Very well, then. We depart tomorrow. Pack your bags." Major General Mitchell said and turned to leave then stopped and turned back around "About those trade missions, we should seriously think about suspending them until we get everyone moved, settled in on Boulsi and then we can reevaluate those trade missions for any threat or risks involved." 
"There is always a risk out here." Captain Carla Hansen replied
"That is what I worry about. Your part of us now and that makes you my responsibility to protect from those risks or threats. We need to come up with a way that I am comfortable conducting those trade missions." Major General Mitchell said
"Outside of attaching a Leopard CV or Intruder to each Merchant, cutting our trade volume in half, I do not see an easy way." Captain Carla Hansen replied
"We have several months to talk it out. There has got to be a way to make it much safer, outside of conducting a multiyear sweep of the region to eliminate any threats." Major General Mitchell said
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21 September 3046
The SaRI convoy departed Linden carrying six orbital habitats loaded with 23,622 people from Linden towards their new home at Boulsi. It was a third of the Linden population and they had even moved people off the Olympus Recharge Station and 3,500 people from Linden's surface to help establish a presence on Boulsi's surface.
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Thazi (Independent System)
Brigadier General Herbert Horbaugh watched the AFFC Mammoth with some anxiety as a throng of civilians from Wokha began disembarking. He turned when he heard former Lieutenant Colonel Sarah Campbell say "That is a bunch of people. How many people did they say were coming over here?" 
"Just over 118,000 people are being moved to ease the supply strain on Wokha. This is only the tip of that iceberg, only 14,000 people. Every two months another batch will arrive to give us time to get them properly settled. When are you heading to Inner End?" Brigadier General Horbaugh asked
"After he gets back. He told me to wait for his return for some reason." Sarah Campbell replied
Brigadier General Horbaugh had already seen the message from Inner End about her birthday surprise but said nothing to her about it. "Very well, he has his reasons, Sarah. Still have not decided what to call you little shipping adventure?"
"I have narrowed it down some to a few names. I had to scratch Thazi Shipping for obvious reasons. We will have to register with the Federated Commonwealth of course, otherwise customs is going to examine us with a microscope at every stop. Especially if we are going to be trading goods there. That is part of why I am going back to Inner End with the convoy, to hammer out the final details and get everything nice and legal. Our ships are easy enough to explain, we have the proper paperwork showing they were awarded as prizes from pirates along with the transfer from SaRI to whatever name I decide on." Sarah Campbell replied
"Try not to take too long though, there should be a ton of those prefabricated housing units on Inner End waiting to be picked up and brought out here. We are gong to need them bad now." Brigadier General Horbaugh said
"Quick as I can get the paperwork done and loaded, we will be on our way back." Sarah Campbell replied
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