14 - Salin Mutya 15, 2493 Salin left the safe house at the first light of dawn. The transporter beamed him to his hover car from the Polar’s house. He drove to the Gafiel villa and, when checking the rear mirror, he spotted someone following him. If Meviz believed this would give her any clue about what was going on, she was more stupid than he thought. On his way to the manor, he listened to the businessman’s file he had downloaded from the computer in the safe house. ‘Krain Gafiel’s a rich Taurian businessman who made most of his fortune soon after Tau’s invasion. His factories on Tau manufacture electronic and mechanical components used to regulate the fire frequency of Manderian plasma weaponry, and other equipment for the Manderian militia. He owns other factories on other planet

