The refugees from Kayia and South Tip Station flood into other Kayan worlds. On Tidibat, the newly appointed capitol of the Kayan Alliance, Thunder and the Militia leaders put a bold plan into action. They spend 2 million credits to manufacture a very large number of Defense Pods, to augment the supplies they already have. They then split the defense pods up into five equal groups. After locating the precise exit points of the hyperspace links in their systems, they deploy the defense pods at the exit points to the following five hyperlinks:
1. In Bakoom, blocking the hyperspace link from DSN-5651to Bakoom
2. In DSN-5553, blocking the hyperspace link from Sique to DSN-5553
3. In Unobot, blocking the hyperspace link from Malago to Unobot
4. In Tidibat, blocking the hyperspace link from Nifal to Tidibat
5. In Duios, blocking the hyperspace link from Groned to Duios
The defense pods are set so that only Kayan ships (Those with Kayan transponders, Kayan ship designs, Kayan clearance codes, and Kayan shield frequencies) can pass through the blockade. The number of defense pods deployed at the exit point of the hyperspace links is sufficient to oblitherate an entire armada. As a result, Bakoom, Tidibat, Unobot, and Duios are now inaccessable to all but Kayan ships.
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Also, Thunder meets with several of the scientists at the Colonial University of Tidibat and asks them to help him construct a design he had dreamed up for a Spacial Flux Enhancer. This device would be able to amplify the natural fluctuations in the fabric of space.
"Why do you want us to build this?" They reply, "It has no practical use. It can't be used as a weapon, it can't be used as an energy source, and has no other uses that come to mind. It's only merit is scientific curiosity!"
"I know that." Thunder replied. "But you're a university. It's your job to have scientific curiosity. I will transfer 150,000 credits to the university account. That should cover construction costs."
"We'll begin construction immediately." the scientist replied, shocked. "This will make an excellent engineering project for our high-level graduate students to work with us on..."
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Explorers are we, intrepid and bold,
Out in the wild, amongst wonders untold...
(This message has been edited by Thunder (edited 01-26-2001).)