Chapter Eleven
Legion transport outside the city of Tribute:
Coleridge Landais stood looking out of the window of the military transport. The craft moved above the trees toward the main trading city of Tribute. His piercing gaze swept over the dull, gray landscape, constantly searching. The craft passed low over an isolated stand of trees. A frown furrowed his brow when he thought he saw a ship on the ground below them, but when he looked again he decided it must have been the combination of light, weather, and shadows that had made him think so. He returned his focus to the structure coming into sight ahead of them.
The city of Tribute was as depressing as the rest of the planet. From the transport’s current position, he could see the entire city. Gray stone buildings lined the main ro
