Ecolitan Prime (Ecolitan Matter)
“DIRECTOR surveyed those around the conference table before gesturing at the hard-copy reports before each person. “This is a report on an attempted murder on New Avalon. It bears on our problem with the Coordinate and the Empire. This trade factor Bannon took a needle through the lungs, a second one through the shoulder, and a third along the side of his skull. Enough blood to make anyone think he was dead.”
“What kind of needles?” asked the dark-haired assistant director.
“Imperial military is...sue, of course,” answered the Director.
“The same kind that was used on Whaler?”
“You have to ask?” The Director’s eyebrows rose.
“Who wants to pin the blame on Defense? And why?”
“Only about half the known Galaxy.” The Director’s voice was dry. “The picture’s getting clearer. Every intelligence service knows ‘we’—the Empire, that is—tried to assassinate the Accord negotiator who made a fool of us, and to kill the Imperial agent he seduced.”
“We didn’t, though,”MoreLess
“What kind of needles?” asked the dark-haired assistant director.
“Imperial military is...sue, of course,” answered the Director.
“The same kind that was used on Whaler?”
“You have to ask?” The Director’s eyebrows rose.
“Who wants to pin the blame on Defense? And why?”
“Only about half the known Galaxy.” The Director’s voice was dry. “The picture’s getting clearer. Every intelligence service knows ‘we’—the Empire, that is—tried to assassinate the Accord negotiator who made a fool of us, and to kill the Imperial agent he seduced.”
“We didn’t, though,”MoreLess
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