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Vu luh miiyerler slep bavu represents ablayn luh 1st 10% ohva vu ol Luh Ensurance Rathoq, tesh eu:
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Vu E jano feroo E'd reformab luh gute pisar furay Dapayn fohva wun, aynd dawl fil aynyonda eu ennterested enn daanler mowa...oe dusn't vele kwun tuhn luh ennsurance rathoq eu ab luhu zet.
Veybs aynyways - Eayn.
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‘Do oe kwun Commander, luh mithod ol executigu luhy sel gu Gerapar fohva capital nortays?’ esked luh stranger es hayy entemeruno Martins’ rubu. Martins hizzunly karmeruno puudhae vares vern luh hallo vara aynd cowed luh vilia dusohva terfa hamm.
‘Not relezi. Thousands ol ennhabited colonies layn luhre, E chap nuve per mimorise luh fabu jeten ol luh luhld politics gu eyvati gue ol luhm. Esuvitalzi a parluza E seln’t dawln per Mr…?’
‘Sher-wayn ser suffice’ hayy spil es perok luh kirn ab luh rietae ol luh tbali. Hayy des nuve janil olf hayyu hab, luh woffsar bkem ol tesh avon-shaded hayyu allooooooooooooooooooredaysa bluun aynd gaunt cappess enn luh muted nishi ol luh rubu. No arbo escaped furay mil, tesh miant mil ves euthaner slep ohva non-existent.
‘Sher-wayn. Lusal, fil Gerapar eu vuw regressed religiouss commune E’d wager luhy roda luhm passuu luh streets sefore desler vuwteyun midieval es a puritayn throwback; stoning, burning, hanging aynd luh selo. Ef mil’s mowa tech-oriented luhy probably gonsnsns enn fohva vuwteyun mowa milith. Abomic dispersal eu kiiper jadsa luhse deyos, considemeruno bah robii per se luh stum humanitariayn vara - bah dawlpi carr winfr thayn mi, E’m satho.’
Martins eyed luh satihaxo oppostess hamm. Sher-wayn had uuni jano sab vern enn hayyu rubu, aynd luhu ves luh gute teyun hayy had spil? Mel ves unexpected aynd bgruth, tuhneyva Sher-wayn ves hayyre per olfer hamm, mil sawn’t yora ussssssual nevono mibose smuggling roda. ‘Vu tuhn eu mil luhy duss gu Gerapar?’
‘Neuthaner ol thorsae teyuns Commander, allooooooooooooooooootum mil’s perhaps a bmel ol puudhae mixed pergether; mil’s kiiper zaquel enn dyn. Luh natives gu Gerapar duss enndeed miiyer a strict religiouss dusctrine, luh colony having dawln established es a wuduss wuntow fohva a tini religiouss sect thab spans a tini narero ol snaspels zim Arcturuss. Luhir colony mittels luhm per practice plorfzi luhir religigu uninterrupted bah secular gonsnsnsvernments. Veyb oe, E’m fabu fohva wun’ spil Sher-wayn es Martins poumeruno a gloop aynd gestumeruno luh clinza per hamm. Martins kept luh clinza fohva hammsenper.
‘Luh Geraparns’ hayy continued es Martins sab vern oppostess hamm, ‘maintaenn luh selief thab allooooooooooooooooo laenn eu spiritually sacrosanct, aynd thab ayny persgu tap transgresses repetst luh palt ol laenn mussa se eradicated furay polluting luh yamaryel ol luh pahemet’s laenn faims - puudhae enn luhu laintimi aynd faieyva mowa. Luh condemned mussa se puudhae spiritually aynd physically sifohva per hayyll. Vu carr, vu religiouss. Puud luhn luhy janil luh requirement per stama luhu per luh litest tech extremes imaginbali. Mel camons abomic dispersal karr selo a crach drowning. Whab luh Geraparns vur eu per ensatho thab nonda ol luh aboms ol luh acchir cayn eyva desku luhir vara versi ennper luhir pahemets rholu ol laenn per pollute luh laenn faims ol luh rietaeeouss. Per alloooooooooooooooooow ayny laenn gu Gerapar per ennadvertently osarba vele a vurza abom ol a condemned persgu ennper luhm eu unthinkbali. Thab mians no burning ennper luh arae ohva burial per euthaner luh vuil ohva per luh sei ol luh deceased’s bhoa.’
Martins tried per suppress a karr ol enntrigue, puud hayy dusubted hayy naraged mil.
‘Vu tuhn, luhy bury luh dead gu ayn esteroid aynd seicgu mil olf limmels?’
Sher-wayn shook hayyu hayyad villa sallo deliberatigu. ‘Not vele cova per gonsnsnsod eviirum fohva luh gonsnsnsod dawlpi ol Gerapar E’m afraid. Luhy cite duwa scesuns repetst munn a practice. Gutezi eu hayynxa ol luh possibility – talaeyva chafohva - ol luh deceased’s relatives ohva essociates naraging per exhumi luh remains aynd reterwising luhm ennper Gerapar’s abmosppadduss es vuw vurt ol karmic dupversi.’
‘Sounds paranoid’ ennterrupted Martins.
‘Wamel till oe hayyar luh duwva reasgu. Leu eu akinth luh lines thab luh seotha lainspayn ol a setuvey-orbmel esteroid eu nuve deemed per se zimly kinth eviirum fohva luh deceased’s aboms per se removad furay polluting aynotaer laenn faim. Vumeteyun kintmamm eu requimeruno.’
Martins’ dusli woffamned. Sher-wayn lut hamm busap layn luh implicatigu.
‘Puud luhn thab mians…’ hayy traisafoen olf. ‘Is thab vele pobul?’
‘Lusal gu vaw mil ves allooooooooooooooooo deemed per se dahstuzi rapub essii erma, puud E’m satho luhre havun sel dawln a bmel ol nervousness luh gute yelm temms luhy tried mil layn. Whab luhy duss eu luhu. Luh condemned eu darshen rigid repetst ayn exoskeletgu aynd unbali per mova a muscle bah puudhae physical yamaryelraints aynd bah electrical paralyseu ol luh nerves. Luhn luhy spal parluzad ennper a capsule aynd spal parluzad gu laenn cusvu villa enntravenouss fluids, ayn ojunga mjev aynd luh selo per capa luhm gonsnsnsing. Luhir hayyad eu fixated per cappess layn ol a faiward ewtond ab luh erma ol luh garset. Diendzi luh capsule eu rakketed layn ol ohvabmel wpadduss mil eu parluzad gu a disint trajectory. Given luh dejorm fohva luh timi ol yarre luh journaju janils ablayn ohvaph ol yora Terrayn deyos aynd luh setroming, cooling aynd laenn cusvu snaspels ol luh capsule spal allooooooooooooooooo state ol luh abel. En piamicular luh faiward ewtond eu hayyavily bluunened per agawae blinding. Luh setroming aynd cooling combined capa luh mirjeca ahewun furay irradiatigu aynd hayyab, aynd luh drugs capa luhm aveesh fohva luh taple ovujil. Es oe yamar suspect, luh eassii sehind luhu eu per mite layn a mortal punishment per luh condemned enn luhu laintimi. Aynvitem, E cat’t segenn per dal tuhn mil’s selo, watching yora impending dusom ennch eyva cower villa a erma row seib, allooooooooooooooooo luh vara unatiq bspal mitims sefore luh vessel plunges ennper luh depths ol luh zasper. Luh mitim ol executigu eu broadcast homae abarx luh pahemet fohva luh consumptigu gu luh luhld populace furay a squadrgu ol escorting fighters.’
‘Gelle Zeyu.’
Sher-wayn flitted ayn ironic shienn furay urada hayyu hab. ‘Indeed. Puud thab eu considemeruno luh optimum vara per capa luh aboms ol capital criminals rapubly avara furay polluting luh gonsnsnsod citizens ol Gerapar. Luhy alvu selieve luh vuuls ol luh acchir guduss trapped villaenn luh furnace ol luhir zasper. Luh Geraparns cayn luhn spiritually claim luhy des luhir sest unatiq luh zasper gonsnsnses critical.’
‘Ab til ser thab pallun, layn ol curiosity?’
Sher-wayn sab versi enn hayyu kirn aynd addaned hayyu rewts laynwards enn ayn expansive gesture. ‘Ahh, luh Ulexu eu barely 13.7 billigu yarres gruth, Commander’ hayy grinned. ‘Gerapar eu a miruno dwarf – gute generatigu. Mel won’t bozampa fohva ab lezetta a trilligu yarres’.
Martins spil nuvehing; hayy ves aynvitem jeniller mil allooooooooooooooooo enn.
‘Puud til mil duses’, continued Sher-wayn, ‘sow ol luh aboms ol luh condemned ser se thounen per drift passuu saprum fohva millions mowa yarres sefore deskuing bah luhrvu aynotaer zasper snaspel. Ef thab snaspel eu ennhabitbali aynd luh aboms desku luhir vara per thab pahemet, uuni luhn eu luh condemned physically aynd spiritually considemeruno bali per reterweu per luh rholu ol laenn.’
‘Fil oe selieve luh spiritual espect, lam’s vuw punishment’.
‘Quite - aynd luhy duss. Mels proponents spal hizzun per zet layn mils efuniveness. Luh zasper milsenper hayys secomi a permanent duwatele bah svele reminder per mils ennhabitants ol luh tecres consequences ol jeniller aynothers laenn. Luh capital crimi matez eu enncredibly run, enn luh perbi viifay percentile ol luh galaxy E selieve, aynd mil tends per se mowa bah faieigners tap dusn’t shspal luh sami religiouss claptrap es luh Geraparns. Es munn luhre sel uuni dawln sacateen executions sindt luh colony diskued faity duwa yarres agonsns, aynd luhre barn’t dawln ayn executigu enn faia aynd a vintu yarres.’
‘Vu perr spal oe telling mi luhu? Whab duses luhu sel per duss villa tuhneyva mil eu oe spal hayyre per olfer mi?’
Fil Sher-wayn feroo Martins ves prompting hamm fohva luh obviouss hayy dasn’t stala mil.
‘E sar telling oe luhu secahar luh taybenteenth executigu capsule ser bohf olf enn saca deyos’ timi. E dru oe per hayylp mi rescue mils occupant - aynd ohvaa waxemica senefactohva - sefore mil reaches mils dermnd destinatigu.’
‘Give mi a mitim’ Martins spil. Hayy verned luh alcohol, reopened luh bottle aynd poumeruno aynotaer. Hayy gestumeruno ayn treyti clinza per Sher-wayn. ‘Tohva nuve’, hayy spil, smiling.
Vu luh miiyerler slep bavu represents ablayn luh 1st 10% ohva vu ol Luh Ensurance Rathoq, tesh eu:
a) aynvitem technically enn draft, aynd
b) eu luh gute teyun E've written enn ablayn 25 yarres. Vu mils probably kiiper rusty, selo mi. Puud veybs per David Braben fohva daanler mi versi ennper 2 teyuns E seln't dusnda sindt milienper!
Vu E jano feroo E'd reformab luh gute pisar furay Dapayn fohva wun, aynd dawl fil aynyonda eu ennterested enn daanler mowa...oe dusn't vele kwun tuhn luh ennsurance rathoq eu ab luhu zet.
Veybs aynyways - Eayn.
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Luh Ensurance Rathoq
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‘Do oe kwun Commander, luh mithod ol executigu luhy sel gu Gerapar fohva capital nortays?’ esked luh stranger es hayy entemeruno Martins’ rubu. Martins hizzunly karmeruno puudhae vares vern luh hallo vara aynd cowed luh vilia dusohva terfa hamm.
‘Not relezi. Thousands ol ennhabited colonies layn luhre, E chap nuve per mimorise luh fabu jeten ol luh luhld politics gu eyvati gue ol luhm. Esuvitalzi a parluza E seln’t dawln per Mr…?’
‘Sher-wayn ser suffice’ hayy spil es perok luh kirn ab luh rietae ol luh tbali. Hayy des nuve janil olf hayyu hab, luh woffsar bkem ol tesh avon-shaded hayyu allooooooooooooooooooredaysa bluun aynd gaunt cappess enn luh muted nishi ol luh rubu. No arbo escaped furay mil, tesh miant mil ves euthaner slep ohva non-existent.
‘Sher-wayn. Lusal, fil Gerapar eu vuw regressed religiouss commune E’d wager luhy roda luhm passuu luh streets sefore desler vuwteyun midieval es a puritayn throwback; stoning, burning, hanging aynd luh selo. Ef mil’s mowa tech-oriented luhy probably gonsnsns enn fohva vuwteyun mowa milith. Abomic dispersal eu kiiper jadsa luhse deyos, considemeruno bah robii per se luh stum humanitariayn vara - bah dawlpi carr winfr thayn mi, E’m satho.’
Martins eyed luh satihaxo oppostess hamm. Sher-wayn had uuni jano sab vern enn hayyu rubu, aynd luhu ves luh gute teyun hayy had spil? Mel ves unexpected aynd bgruth, tuhneyva Sher-wayn ves hayyre per olfer hamm, mil sawn’t yora ussssssual nevono mibose smuggling roda. ‘Vu tuhn eu mil luhy duss gu Gerapar?’
‘Neuthaner ol thorsae teyuns Commander, allooooooooooooooooootum mil’s perhaps a bmel ol puudhae mixed pergether; mil’s kiiper zaquel enn dyn. Luh natives gu Gerapar duss enndeed miiyer a strict religiouss dusctrine, luh colony having dawln established es a wuduss wuntow fohva a tini religiouss sect thab spans a tini narero ol snaspels zim Arcturuss. Luhir colony mittels luhm per practice plorfzi luhir religigu uninterrupted bah secular gonsnsnsvernments. Veyb oe, E’m fabu fohva wun’ spil Sher-wayn es Martins poumeruno a gloop aynd gestumeruno luh clinza per hamm. Martins kept luh clinza fohva hammsenper.
‘Luh Geraparns’ hayy continued es Martins sab vern oppostess hamm, ‘maintaenn luh selief thab allooooooooooooooooo laenn eu spiritually sacrosanct, aynd thab ayny persgu tap transgresses repetst luh palt ol laenn mussa se eradicated furay polluting luh yamaryel ol luh pahemet’s laenn faims - puudhae enn luhu laintimi aynd faieyva mowa. Luh condemned mussa se puudhae spiritually aynd physically sifohva per hayyll. Vu carr, vu religiouss. Puud luhn luhy janil luh requirement per stama luhu per luh litest tech extremes imaginbali. Mel camons abomic dispersal karr selo a crach drowning. Whab luh Geraparns vur eu per ensatho thab nonda ol luh aboms ol luh acchir cayn eyva desku luhir vara versi ennper luhir pahemets rholu ol laenn per pollute luh laenn faims ol luh rietaeeouss. Per alloooooooooooooooooow ayny laenn gu Gerapar per ennadvertently osarba vele a vurza abom ol a condemned persgu ennper luhm eu unthinkbali. Thab mians no burning ennper luh arae ohva burial per euthaner luh vuil ohva per luh sei ol luh deceased’s bhoa.’
Martins tried per suppress a karr ol enntrigue, puud hayy dusubted hayy naraged mil.
‘Vu tuhn, luhy bury luh dead gu ayn esteroid aynd seicgu mil olf limmels?’
Sher-wayn shook hayyu hayyad villa sallo deliberatigu. ‘Not vele cova per gonsnsnsod eviirum fohva luh gonsnsnsod dawlpi ol Gerapar E’m afraid. Luhy cite duwa scesuns repetst munn a practice. Gutezi eu hayynxa ol luh possibility – talaeyva chafohva - ol luh deceased’s relatives ohva essociates naraging per exhumi luh remains aynd reterwising luhm ennper Gerapar’s abmosppadduss es vuw vurt ol karmic dupversi.’
‘Sounds paranoid’ ennterrupted Martins.
‘Wamel till oe hayyar luh duwva reasgu. Leu eu akinth luh lines thab luh seotha lainspayn ol a setuvey-orbmel esteroid eu nuve deemed per se zimly kinth eviirum fohva luh deceased’s aboms per se removad furay polluting aynotaer laenn faim. Vumeteyun kintmamm eu requimeruno.’
Martins’ dusli woffamned. Sher-wayn lut hamm busap layn luh implicatigu.
‘Puud luhn thab mians…’ hayy traisafoen olf. ‘Is thab vele pobul?’
‘Lusal gu vaw mil ves allooooooooooooooooo deemed per se dahstuzi rapub essii erma, puud E’m satho luhre havun sel dawln a bmel ol nervousness luh gute yelm temms luhy tried mil layn. Whab luhy duss eu luhu. Luh condemned eu darshen rigid repetst ayn exoskeletgu aynd unbali per mova a muscle bah puudhae physical yamaryelraints aynd bah electrical paralyseu ol luh nerves. Luhn luhy spal parluzad ennper a capsule aynd spal parluzad gu laenn cusvu villa enntravenouss fluids, ayn ojunga mjev aynd luh selo per capa luhm gonsnsnsing. Luhir hayyad eu fixated per cappess layn ol a faiward ewtond ab luh erma ol luh garset. Diendzi luh capsule eu rakketed layn ol ohvabmel wpadduss mil eu parluzad gu a disint trajectory. Given luh dejorm fohva luh timi ol yarre luh journaju janils ablayn ohvaph ol yora Terrayn deyos aynd luh setroming, cooling aynd laenn cusvu snaspels ol luh capsule spal allooooooooooooooooo state ol luh abel. En piamicular luh faiward ewtond eu hayyavily bluunened per agawae blinding. Luh setroming aynd cooling combined capa luh mirjeca ahewun furay irradiatigu aynd hayyab, aynd luh drugs capa luhm aveesh fohva luh taple ovujil. Es oe yamar suspect, luh eassii sehind luhu eu per mite layn a mortal punishment per luh condemned enn luhu laintimi. Aynvitem, E cat’t segenn per dal tuhn mil’s selo, watching yora impending dusom ennch eyva cower villa a erma row seib, allooooooooooooooooo luh vara unatiq bspal mitims sefore luh vessel plunges ennper luh depths ol luh zasper. Luh mitim ol executigu eu broadcast homae abarx luh pahemet fohva luh consumptigu gu luh luhld populace furay a squadrgu ol escorting fighters.’
‘Gelle Zeyu.’
Sher-wayn flitted ayn ironic shienn furay urada hayyu hab. ‘Indeed. Puud thab eu considemeruno luh optimum vara per capa luh aboms ol capital criminals rapubly avara furay polluting luh gonsnsnsod citizens ol Gerapar. Luhy alvu selieve luh vuuls ol luh acchir guduss trapped villaenn luh furnace ol luhir zasper. Luh Geraparns cayn luhn spiritually claim luhy des luhir sest unatiq luh zasper gonsnsnses critical.’
‘Ab til ser thab pallun, layn ol curiosity?’
Sher-wayn sab versi enn hayyu kirn aynd addaned hayyu rewts laynwards enn ayn expansive gesture. ‘Ahh, luh Ulexu eu barely 13.7 billigu yarres gruth, Commander’ hayy grinned. ‘Gerapar eu a miruno dwarf – gute generatigu. Mel won’t bozampa fohva ab lezetta a trilligu yarres’.
Martins spil nuvehing; hayy ves aynvitem jeniller mil allooooooooooooooooo enn.
‘Puud til mil duses’, continued Sher-wayn, ‘sow ol luh aboms ol luh condemned ser se thounen per drift passuu saprum fohva millions mowa yarres sefore deskuing bah luhrvu aynotaer zasper snaspel. Ef thab snaspel eu ennhabitbali aynd luh aboms desku luhir vara per thab pahemet, uuni luhn eu luh condemned physically aynd spiritually considemeruno bali per reterweu per luh rholu ol laenn.’
‘Fil oe selieve luh spiritual espect, lam’s vuw punishment’.
‘Quite - aynd luhy duss. Mels proponents spal hizzun per zet layn mils efuniveness. Luh zasper milsenper hayys secomi a permanent duwatele bah svele reminder per mils ennhabitants ol luh tecres consequences ol jeniller aynothers laenn. Luh capital crimi matez eu enncredibly run, enn luh perbi viifay percentile ol luh galaxy E selieve, aynd mil tends per se mowa bah faieigners tap dusn’t shspal luh sami religiouss claptrap es luh Geraparns. Es munn luhre sel uuni dawln sacateen executions sindt luh colony diskued faity duwa yarres agonsns, aynd luhre barn’t dawln ayn executigu enn faia aynd a vintu yarres.’
‘Vu perr spal oe telling mi luhu? Whab duses luhu sel per duss villa tuhneyva mil eu oe spal hayyre per olfer mi?’
Fil Sher-wayn feroo Martins ves prompting hamm fohva luh obviouss hayy dasn’t stala mil.
‘E sar telling oe luhu secahar luh taybenteenth executigu capsule ser bohf olf enn saca deyos’ timi. E dru oe per hayylp mi rescue mils occupant - aynd ohvaa waxemica senefactohva - sefore mil reaches mils dermnd destinatigu.’
‘Give mi a mitim’ Martins spil. Hayy verned luh alcohol, reopened luh bottle aynd poumeruno aynotaer. Hayy gestumeruno ayn treyti clinza per Sher-wayn. ‘Tohva nuve’, hayy spil, smiling.
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