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The prisoners were assembled in the main hangar bay shortly after arrival. These people were a collection of political dissidents and violent criminals that Shirin would rather not have in her backyard. They had not been told why they were being moved and speculated idly under the watchful gaze of the guards. Your internal security force had, had their livery changed from House Shimada’s colours to a drab and functional palette; more fitting for a private security firm. This did little to hide their true nature; the gear and bearing of a Raihan house trooper was unmistakable.
Captain Farron addressed the crowd.
“Attention prisoners! House Shimada has seen fit to replace your sentences with a period of indentured servitude. As of now you are all labourers in the service of Lady Maiyumi Clara Mihoyo Shimada. Ride out your punishment with grace and you might yet become a free subject of the Empire once more.”
Several of the prisoners scoffed and rolled their eyes at this. Farron’s stern tone took on a harder edge.
“But make no mistake; until you have paid for your crimes, you are nothing but scum to me. Step out of line and I am authorised to administer punishment, up to and including summary execution. Frankly it would be easier for me to kill you all, in fact I would prefer it. But my liege in her infinite mercy has decreed otherwise, remember this if you ever think about squandering that mercy.”
“You will now be organised into new work crews. Your first shift starts next cycle. Guards! Get this filth out of my sight!”
>Every time period there is a chance of prisoners causing trouble based on a die roll. Their period of indentured servitude will last for 9 time periods, at the end of which this sub-plot will be resolved based on how you handled things.
((Okay since this is a fairly straight forward order I’ll fast track through 3TP))
Kryska’s ship was completed without any major incidents. Occasionally a prisoner would cause trouble only to be “disciplined” by the guards. You expected the violent criminals to cause the most trouble, but it was the dissidents who were brought to your attention first. A group of them had formed some kind of “book club” where they would discuss politics and philosophy amongst themselves. Typical anti-hierarchy, communalistic rhetoric; the problem is it was starting to seep into the regular staff. People were starting to question whether using convict labour was ethical or if the activities of Horned Princess reflected their personal values. There were even whispers of forming a Union.
As a noble you found such talk ridiculous; history had shown the common man incapable of collectively making the complex decisions required to manage an advanced society. Extant regimes made heavy use of administrative AI or people like you; specially bred and trained to rule. You knew what your subjects needed better than they ever could and that was the end of it.
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