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Authority beamed in the coordinates of the night’s colony and they felt Craft change direction to match the bearings. Paul knew the region they’d be working but not the exact location of their target. That was always confidential until they were very close to the target colony – that way there was no chance of a radio intercept by free-lancers. That sort of thing was getting rare nowdays, it happened all the time in the old days when the bounty system ruled. Nowadays everyone was paid a straight salary for a straight quota. Pirates were now few and far between, and after the rather messy public dismemberment of one particular crew that Authority felt needed an example made of them, the message seemed to have gotten through. Authority liked to be in charge ...