LE Modesitt The Octagonal Raven (v1.0)

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well as methodizing or high-royalty edartistry, but better than the gruntwork
systemic analysis I used to have to rely on. I still do some of that, but as
little as I can to make ends meet.
I could use some conceptual analysis. My own is clearly insufficient. I took
another sip of the tea. And there s no telling if or when Eldyn will get back
to you. I don t think I can wait for that.
I ll need to know more than what you ve already told me, Majora pointed out.
I think I ve told you all about the attempts on me & what else is new? One
block of stock Elora controlled through a trust the EDA Trust. That I found
out from the solicitor. I got in touch with Gerrat, and he told me that the
EDA Trust and something called the PST Trust had already requested a special
meeting of UniComm stakeholders.
But you re the EDA Trust, now, aren t you? Couldn t you stop the meeting?
Elora requested it, and I have to believe she had a good reason. I haven t
told anyone except you that I m the EDA trustee. If I stop it &
That exposes you.
I nodded. I also did what checking I could on the PST Trust, and they seem to
be wealthy individuals from a range of places.
All pre-selects?
I don t know.
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Most of the wealthiest people are. How did your brother take all this?
He didn t know who or what the trust was, and he s worried. He asked me for
my proxy, and I told him I d be at the meeting and to tell me what he and
Father wanted.
Majora nodded.
And the other key person who was killed in the induction tube accident was
Elora s boss he d backed her all the way, according to Gerrat. Gerrat
thought they both might be targets. I paused, holding the mug but not
sipping, but inhaling, enjoying the warmth rising from the tea. Oh & from the
description of the accident, it sounds like the same method as they tried
against me the last time probably with more than one monoclone.
Well & Majora observed. What would happen if the same people controlled
all three nets? How much of the world comm systems and nets could they
influence?
I frowned. They re all mass nets. Maybe fifty-five, sixty percent, but less
than ten percent of the pre-selects.
She waited.
You re suggesting some sort of coup against the Federal Union, and having the
nets support it?
Nothing that obvious. Say & and I have no idea what it would be & a
regulation, or a change in Federal Union policy & wouldn t it be likely to be
adopted if popular and media opinion were behind it?
That thought sent shivers down my spine. But there are hundreds of other
nets. They d complain and bring out all the objections.
There are hundreds & but there are the big three, then the next dozen have
about twenty percent of the coverage, and the next two hundred squabble over
the last fifteen percent. She rose and took my empty mug, moving back toward
the antique teapot, from which she refilled the mug.
I could see where she was headed. The only problem we have is that we don t
know what these unknown backers want, I pointed out.
I m glad you said we. She handed me the mug refilled with the Grey tea,
steaming, then added, Not in specifics, she agreed, but what about in
general? Don t you have some idea? What do you know about those involved?
I took a sip of the tea before answering. I let the steam wreathe my face once
more for a moment. We know they have credits, and that they don t want to be
too obvious. We also know that, for whatever reason, they feel that they want
greater control of the nets and their content. They want to generate support
for something, and whatever they want to generate support for is something
that UniComm would be opposed to & at least it seems that way.
Who would these people be? Who fits that definition?
In general terms, as you pointed out, most of the wealthiest pre-selects. I
was the one to frown. You don t think they re aiming at some indirect way to
restructure the Union?
Majora shrugged, almost impishly, and, again, the gesture seemed so
incongruous from a woman that tall. You don t watch the news that much, do
you?
No & except for project-related things.
You should. There have been more than a few protests about the growing use of
the PIAT as a screening tool.
That s a stupid issue, I pointed out.
Is it? Or is it a symbolic one? Majora studied me, her eyes definitely less
welcoming.
I took another sip of the Grey tea. It didn t warm me that much. Let s say
that s it, I said slowly, that they want to move things toward more
PIAT-based testing. I still can t see why they d target Elora, or Gerrat, and
especially Father. He s always been against governing based on popular
opinion.
But would he or Gerrat join a conspiracy? [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]

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