209 E: Fang and Claw

Ericka stomped along a corridor sturdy enough to take the abuse. Droids bearing cargos avoided her warily, as though they could sense her anger. She knew that they were just following their avoidance routines though.

Games. The people here played games like infants! The King had brushed her complaints aside… no, the King of Eks Corp had even told her that what happened next was her choice! As though one could induce any of them to act reasonably!

This Solar System was so messed up. Throw these people into an open plain next to a river, and half of them would die before they figured out how to get food. Even the individual she most respected among them didn't know how to teach his children his own skills. If they didn't have unchanging electronic versions of standard foundational knowledge available, their society would have collapsed long ago.