XVI
Home BaseLeaving the Domicile, Garryn's destination was Paralyte's civilian spaceport, called Home Base by the pilots who worked out of the facility. Unlike Ashyaen, with its shiny walls, organised routines and its air of predictable military efficiency, Home Base was a monument to civilian disarray.
Home Base operated around the clock. There were shuttles waiting here at its hangars and berths, carrying passengers to large, unseen cruisers orbiting Brysdyn. It was the largest spaceport on Brydsyn and also the main destination of travellers from the colony planets in the rest of the Empire. It was also a popular place for trade to be conducted, though not always legitimately. When he was still serving in the military, Garryn had come to Home Base either to drink or gamble with the l
