Mari had beamed from her Pod to what she expected to be a remote area in the Northern Republic. She is part of a community which resides in an orbiting space colony mining the asteroids that orbit the sun in the remote area of the outer solar system. In their time in space, the community has developed a militaristic bent. They went on strike against the home world and thus the nations of Earth are withholding supplies from them. They are also forbidden from setting foot on Earth until the strike is settled. Mari that ban and now found herself in the hands of the Northern Republic's security... Show more