[quote=@Aceofreality] The man facing those merchants orders the guards to remove their clothes and that they will be enslaved. The guards remove these merchant's clothes and all of their possessions and apply a few restraints to them. These merchants are taken outside, where they can clearly see some other slaves being moved about the streets of whatever town they are in. A horse and buggy sort of vehicle comes up to them and these merchants are loaded into it while the guards take position towards the back of it. The vehicle is long, almost as long as a school bus and there are 2 benches on either side where other slaves are sitting. The Vehicle is fully open to the air to humiliate the slaves who are riding. 6 guards stood up at attention, ready to beat any slave who talked back. The merchants are forced to sit down on the benches while they are restrained to the vehicle itself. With a crack of a whip the buggy rides off through the town and picks up a few other slaves where an hour or 2 later it ends up with them all being unloaded to a plantation where they are forced to work the long hours in the hot sun under whip and guard's watch. They are also completely naked. Humiliation of slaves is a thing here. They also heard a few gunshots and screams as a few slaves were executed. A warden came by and whipped them all and yelled at them angrily to work on picking the grapes from bushes and apples from trees and such faster than they are doing. The merchants are slaves now, pretty much... Meanwhile the other Yahupi continue attempting to move these airships while a few others try to get this thing flying, carefully. The drones pick up that the Yahupi are involved in a war against the Federation and they are a brutal slave holding barbaric society with a sun god based religion with strict laws and order. These people don't seem to be too advanced either, maybe 1780's tech at best. _ In the Federation of the delegate nods and looks to 3 others who run off and come back with 2 chests from a nearby bank. They open these chests up and inside are several precious gems mixed in with a few gold coins and other such valuable items. [/quote] In Yahupi territory, the merchants start to plan to incite a mass slave rebellion, having seen the conditions here. The merchants in Federation territory eagerly examine the gems closely with an eyepiece, keen to make sure that these are useful, before accepting them. They deal out the machinery in return. "It was nice doing business with you," the lead merchant said, before the batch of them start returning to the ship. [quote=@Apple] "Silence!" A robotic voice echoes through the prison corridor. A multicannon can be heard spooling up. ============================= The TSA (Trogo Space Agency) successfully [b]launched a new satellite[/b] into orbit, named the Prosperity 1. [img]https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/358993696378716164/430767128283709471/unknown.png[/img] The [b]Treasure Ship owners' drones[/b] can clearly see the rocket take off into low-earth orbit, and the first stage booster parachute into the East sea, near [b]Veilletes territorial waters[/b] and an awaiting rescue ship with a defense detail. [img]http://www.trbimg.com/img-5ac2ce56/turbine/os-bz-spacex-launch-cargo-20180402[/img] The satellite emits a blinding blue light as a byproduct of it's completely scientific testing equipment and instruments. This directed light is clearly visible in the night sky to the naked eye blinking on and off, wherever in the world the Prosperity 1 is orbiting at a particular time. [/quote] As the multicannon starts spooling up the banging stops. One of the merchants asks worriedly, "w-what are you going to d-do with us?" [quote=@jorcool] The Khaganate radio operator responds: "You will be directed to the nearest airbase. Please stay close to your assigned fighter squadron, and don't try anything. What do you have on board anyway?" Apparently from somewhere inside the base, an order is given to the fighter squadron, and they start flying at the same altitude and velocity as the treasure ship. The sky was clear, and it was sunny, so the people inside the treasure could follow the planes clearly. After some time of flying, the blue water of the ocean changed to an intricate network of fortresses and coastal artillery inside the dunes between land and sea, and then many factories, towns and a hexagonal network of roads could be seen by those that looked down. Eventually, the planes with the treasure airship arrived at an airbase. A large pad, big enough for the treasure ship, was located near the edge. Robots scurried away from it, as if it had been built a very short time before arrival. "You can land on that pad." Is sent to the people in the treasure ship [/quote] The treasure ship follows the airplanes closely, before carefully making sure to land on the pad below them. Once again, a ramp opens on the lower end of the treasure ship as the crew walks out to meet their new trading partners. All drones in Yahupi and Trogo territory continue to observe their respective areas, hoping to find their strengths and weaknesses as well as other quirks.