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For space colonization purposes, the galaxy was divided into regions. The
closest regions had an obligation to maintain some semblance of cohesion
with the other colonies, and Earth. Even a charter world couldn’t secure a
charter if they wanted to go out there and do bad things. And you did have
to have a charter, however small it might end up being. You couldn’t simply
say, we found a star system that’s only fifty-six light years away, but we
don’t need any help. But we’re gonna purge every year, okay?
In order to gain that level of freedom, the boundary lay 200 light years
from Earth. They devised several other divisions wider than that, but the
rules did not change, which was that there were no rules. If you made
it that far, you could do whatever you wanted, and the state couldn’t and
wouldn’t stop you, no matter how bad it was. That didn’t mean you were free
from consequences. If necessary, you would have to defend your way of life.
Because anyone who showed up was also in the Extended Bubble or beyond,
meaning they didn’t answer to the Core Colonies or Earth either.
It was Team Matic’s intention to travel throughout these distant colonies,
and help where needed. They were naïve. They didn’t think they would have to
harm them. But as it turned out, the Exin Empire wasn’t a fluke. It was just
the most blatant example of human nature because the creator used time
travel to establish itself a long time ago. The people who colonized
Tarantella had the same idea, just more recently.
Tarantella was barely over 200 light years away, but it didn’t start out
that way. They were originally in the Charter Cloud, but two years ago,
something changed. They had constructed a massive stellar engine, which
pushed the star farther out. It was already moving pretty fast on its own,
but they gave it a boost. Why did they do this? Well, because their charter
gave them a huge inventory of donated embryos, as well as the resources
needed for that stellar engine. Gatewood didn’t think anything of it, them
being this close to the border. The exact distance was impossible to prove,
but they had to come up with a number, and both parties agreed to it. Now
the Core was regretting it, because it locked them in to a number that had
since changed, and that could be proven.
The colonists told Gatewood that they were wanting to move their star system
to a more hospitable region of space, but in reality, they wanted to cross
that border. They wanted to use those embryos as a slave labor force. Ethics
didn’t count out here. There were probably a lot of things happening this far
from the neighborhood that the team wouldn’t like. These colonists didn’t have
to follow any rules. Literally nothing was illegal. That was why they traveled
this far. At last, they were free to make their own choices, and the Teaguardians
could do nothing about it.
Team Matic could do something about it and had been working on it for two
years.
Leona sighed. “I really wish Ramses were here to check my calculations for
me.”
Olimpia hugged her wife from the side. “I’m sure you did everything
perfectly.”
“He’s never done anything at this scale before,” Leona pointed out.
“He’s never had you before,” Olimpia argued. “Look at his face.
He’s ecstatic.”
Kayetan noticed them looking at him. Without a smile, he gave them a thumbs
up.
“You’re right.” After the ding, Leona reached over and pressed the comms
button. “Power threshold achieved. Merge whenever you’re ready. Focus on the
coordinates.”
He took a deep breath as he closed his eyes. He reached out to the other
side of the border, within the Charter Cloud. It took over 100 years for the
hopeful slavers to move the star two-tenths of a light year, and moments for
Kayetan to force them back. Now they were committing a crime. Now the
Teaguardian could step in and arrest them all.
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