Vol 5 Chapter 33 (1/2)

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at 11th of August 2019 10:04:51 PM

Chapter 33

Book 5, Chapter 33 - Rapid Changes

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By the time Cloudhawk returned to Greenland City, several days had passed

Strong undercurrents were raging throughout the southern wilds, but on the surface things looked cal out, inching closer to inevitable conflictAt this point, however, both maintained constraintNo one wanted to make the first move

In the middle was Greenland, who staunchly refused to take a side

Whether Frost’s men or the Khans, each sized up the otherIt was like they were crawling over thin ice and the slightest provocation could cause the ground to open up beneath theh to keep the a neutral powerAfter all, Greenland’s strength was not insignificantBesides the old drunk and Autumn, the Polaris family’s several hundred Elysian-trained soldiers were a force to reckoned with

“hello, Governor!”

“Welcome back, boss!”

“Governor Cloudhawk! Good to see you”

As he h the streets various citizens hailed hinized and appreciated Cloudhawk’s power and what he’d done for the cityIt was hard to deny that Greenland City had coe once Cloudhawk took the reinsThe benefits everyone enjoyed were as plain as the nose on their faces

Cloudhawk surveyed his city, at the newly constructed residential towers that had cropped up through the city like hborhood, all very orderly and expansive

By now one in four Greenland citizens was living in one of the new buildingsScorescompleted

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Soon every citizen of Greenland would be able to leave their rundown, dirty, bug-infested shacks behindEveryone would have the right to live somewhere new and clean, somewhere safe with food and electricityAt last – after soyears – wastelanders would have an opportunity to establish a family and build their own societyIn this place whereworld was giving way to order

Beneath Cloudhawk’s feet was a stone ay, simple and easy to constructIt had becorass-strewn lanes were cleared, along with the rat holes and insect-ridden piles of detritus

As he surveyed it all Cloudhaatched a group of guards pass by leading a robotic dogAbove him he heard the roar of a plane’s propeller and saw a squad of eight planes swoop by a few dozen meters overheadThose were aerial sentries that not only patrolled the area but could also be dispatched where they were needed through radio contact

One of the things they put the most effort into was public securityOut in the wastes, protection of one’s settlement was always one of the most difficult problems to solve

It was in the nature of wastelanders to be fierce and unruly, but those sorts would find it difficult to cause them any heartacheCloudhawk had iAnyone who dared to cause trouble in the city was severely punishedPaired with the healthy fear the people felt for the city’s ElysianoccurrenceThe city’s at day by day

Cloudhawk continued his tour, eventually co upon a marketTo maintain the city’s security and environ areasThese aoods for other materials they needed

Lately the market had seen an influx of various sorts of ible representation of Greenland’s closer ties with Sandspire

Food and water were always the scarcest resources in the wastelandOnce Greenland started providing the to pay in technology or other goodsPart of this trade included ancient communication equipment, tele-mechanisms and aerial vehicles

Sandspire’s history spanned decadesIt was rife with conflict and chaos, but there had been steady progressIt was at least stable enough for its industrial capabilities to flourish, as well as talented engineers and scientists to spur it forwardThese were commodities no other city in the wastes could muster, at least not any time soon

Some examples were robots and ancient computersBack in their time these were tremendously useful bits of tech, so complicated that no other city had the talent to piece theetherSandspire stood alone as the only area with the smarts and resources

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But those were just the finished productshellfloas far more interested in their scientific reement, she picked out her favorites and relocated them to Greenland where they worked in her labs