88 Bright Moon was picked up by a cruiser and his
family, too, put under protection. Then, the sector exploded in a wave
of terror. There wasn't a station where men weren't seized. Within days
the executions started, and went on day after day for a month. Finally,
it died down.
89 Rarely did The Lord God's anger enter into his own family, but this
time he devastated an entire branch of it! Over two-thousand men died.
Before it was done, an unbelievable amount of property was seized. The
wives of those involved clung terrified, to their children in
whatever little rooms they had been thrown into, expecting any moment,
to be brutally assaulted then taken out and publicly burned. Most wept
joyfully, when they learned that neither they or their children would
be harmed, but put under the protection of North and Morn. They were
soon being shipped with what little possessions they were allowed to
keep, to stations on their patrol routes, where North and Morn made
sure they were given some kind of work and a decent place to live out
their lives. In time, most were married off to widowers who wanted
them, each of
them grateful to their benefactors.
90 Both North and Morn were promoted to Wing Commanders on station, and
they got their decorations for their previous actions. Bright Moon was
also promoted to a system cruiser, but informed he would have a leap
class ship in ten years, when its present Commander retired.
91 Having a constant escort of The Lord's Guard was a nuisance and
danger for North, until he was able to replace them with some of his
Rebels. The incident also gave him the opportunity to get a great
number of his people into supply; a move that would benefit him greatly, in the future.
92 Another benefit, also, was that the government seized three private
freight lines, and passenger carriers