Sunday Morning Schedule at GZG-ECC V

At the end of a long corridor, the conference room door opened, and Geoff saw that relations had not improved between his brethren. The air was thick with tension, especially between Sarok and Jonas, leaders of clans Raptor and Ravenclaw, respectively. The only one who seemed unruffled was Tamar, the leader of clan Reaper, which, Geoff reminded himself, was Tamar's normal behavior. Katar, the current Chief of Clans, cleared his throat to gain everyone's attention. "Now that we are all assembled, we shall begin discussion of my replacement. The past five years have not been good ones, but I'm sure that the new Chief can turn that around, and make things profitable for everyone." With that, Katar removed his Chief insignia, a gold skull and crossbones over a star field, signaling the beginning of The Election. Each clan leader in turn boasted of his accomplishments and loudly criticized the others' failings. After several hours of debate, tempers were getting hot, and the end of the discussion seem nowhere in sight. Sarok was once again belittling Jonas' meager accomplishments when Geoff's comm unit beeped.

"Yes, what is it?" he asked.

"Sir, we have an energy signature on long range scanners" his first officer replied.

At that moment, the lights on board the freighter changed from normal to red, with an announcement over the speaker system "All hands to Battlestations! Jump Point forming at long range! All hands to Battlestations!" Geoff heard over his comm, "This is Captain Steiger of the Earth Force Destroyer Hamato to all Raider Ships. Power down your engines and prepare to be boarded."