Chapter Six
Another Assignment For Sappho
The General knew about Sappho’s triste with Baamu but he was not overly concerned. As usual, he had blood samples taken from all of his staff every week to check for medical conditions or any transmitted diseases and all variances were reported to him. His reasoning was that, even though some of these took months to incubate, he’d rather know sooner than later.
Beyond the reasoning, high morale was a key motivator; health checks were important and things worked better with happy people.
The African Adventure had turned-out well and the magnitude of his barter arrangement was ready to be converted to cash: so, he needed a buyer for the rich mineral resources at his disposal.
His first port-of-call was to a European Financial Capital that, unlik
