Chapter Forty
The hovertruck cruised down the damaged streets, the auto-leveling system making it easy to ignore the shallower craters and potholes. That was helpful, given there didn’t seem to be a single street anywhere in Sogdia that hadn’t been hit in the last month.
The residual damage was proof of the intensity of the rebellion. Under normal circumstances, road and infrastructure maintenance was trivial for a mature colony of this size. The lack of repairs indicated the government wanted to conserve resources and expected the rebellion to continue for a while, regardless of what they claimed.
Erik found himself reflexively seeking camera and sensor displays that didn’t exist in the vehicle, though they’d loaded the TR-7 and laser rifle into the back seat in case they needed someth
