Episode 5 - Union

Representatives were called to the asteroid belt shantytown known as Hoboville in Hamak space. Ostensibly, the meeting was designed to act as a venue for the signing of a peace treaty between the Humans and the Teth, officially ending the Teth/Human war. Traders and diplomats were invited to the meeting, and it was also attended by a number of the residents of Hoboville itself.

Attending the meeting were representatives from the Hamak, Krayce and Teth system governments. There were three JumpShips present – the Firebreed, the Valkyrie and the Majestic, carrying envoys from the Furies and the Dragons Families. For the first time, all three of the major Hamak corporations were present – Tourou, Steam Industries and Sentinel.

There was a certain amount of discussion at the meeting regarding recent events in the Krayce system and the actions of the Cabal in taking it for their own. These were interrupted when a pair of activists burst into the conference room waving guns and took one Teth hostage. The activists were both gunned down, and interrogated about their intentions and why they took the action they took. They explained that they were part of an anti-Teth movement, growing on Hoboville since the strike the Teth-controlled JumpShip Sting made on Hoboville (in "War.")

The Valkyrie, crewed by a conglomerate of diplomats and the Furies travelled to the Krayce system in an attempt to parlay some kind of peace with the Cabal. They were threatened and left promptly, but not before observing that a space station is being built in the Krayce system - assumedly by the Cabal.

As the meeting drew to a close, three JumpShips of an unknown configuration jumped into Hamak space not far from Hoboville itself. They remained stationary and in formation for a number of minutes, prompting panic among some of the meeting's delegates. Although they were hailed they did not respond, and promptly jumped out of Hamak space.