Wekesa on the radio from Nadir to the crew chief at Field 41, on the crew’s old screen in the container office, the same morning Hale briefed his officer. Duarte cuts in at the end. The chief is the person the League’s campaign puts you in the seat of.
Wekesa in the war room at Nadir.- Wekesa
- Crew chief. This is Imani Wekesa, in Nadir.
- Wekesa
- Field Forty-One is yours under the Accord. Your permit is good. I signed it myself.
- Wekesa
- The Consortium says otherwise. They have sent a salvage team, and soldiers with it.
- Wekesa
- Nobody fights today. Keep your people working, keep the families near the trucks, and let them see we have every right to be there.
- Wekesa
- If it goes wrong, you get your people out. Everything else can be rebuilt.
- Duarte
- And if they shoot, chief, you call me. I am two hours out with the militia. Maybe less.
Later that morning, on the channel
- Wekesa
- I see them on your feed. Stay calm. Let them talk.
- Wekesa
- What was that? Who fired?
- Wekesa
- Get them out. Everyone to the trucks. Now!
- Duarte
- Chief! We see the smoke. Bring them to the ridge, we cover you!
- Wekesa
- Your people are out. Not all of them.
- Wekesa
- They will say we were looters with guns. We will say what happened here.
- Duarte
- Say what you like, Imani. I know what happened here.
The drones come over the ridge. From a phone in the camp.