235 Traitors

V.33 Traitors

SS Spearman, the ship of those who turn their backs on humanities, solemn atmosphere has pervaded the place.

Each and every one of the crews decided to turn their back on humanity mainly because of profits, and benefits. but now after witnessing the news about them, none of them can say they made the right decision. Their name would forever be recorded in history as traitors. Their families and loved ones would be branded as the family of traitors.

Even though many of them are thinking of voicing their concerns no one managed to do it. And besides what's the point of it, they already made their choice, for them, it's too late to go back.

Even though they were reassured that their families won't be implicated and that the GFA won't be releasing their crimes to prevent staining their name.

But in the end, their crimes were made public, what they didn't know is that the person that released their crimes are the same one that gives them that reassurance in the hope of further destabilizing the organization they belong to.

The sad thing is that they will never find out about it.

"Captain what are we going to do now?" Said one of the crews who was clearly depressed and angry.

"What can we do? We belong to them now as of this moment were no longer part of humanities, we have made those choices, we have received and accepted the compensation there's no going back for us. We will rendezvous with others" he was going to say other traitors but manage to stop himself. He said those words not knowing if he was convincing others or himself.

"Everyone, go back to your position!!, we will reach our destination soon." Said the captain, he doesn't want to look at their faces who are full of remorse and regret.

Unlike them he has no real family, he was an orphan and was adopted by a good family who treated him like a real family, even though he doesn't feel any real attachment to them nevertheless he was grateful for them. And now instead of paying them back, he… he shakes his head he doesn't want to think about it. As he has said he already made his choice and there's no going back.

After all, they all made the same decisions, but the same cannot be said in the other ships.

In one of the ships that betrayed humanities one soldier remains loyal to GFA, his name is Keen Lee, knowing that if he refused to cooperate he would be killed like those who resisted so he pretended to agree and join those who betrayed humanities.

But in order to clear his name, he needs to contact the GFA. When his captain and other officers decided to betray humanity they were given a choice, and of course many resisted only to be killed on the spot, he saw no guilt nor any remorse when they killed their fellow soldiers. Seeing that he decided to play along.

For one he doesn't want to die yet, second to clear the names of those who resisted and died for it. One of them is his best friend. A man he met during his training days, after graduating they lost contact only to be reunited in the same ship. Despite him being part of the engineering department and his friend a mech pilot. They have become close after serving on the same ship for a long time.

And when his captain decided to defect his friend was the first one to resist only to be killed by the man next to him the leader of his squad.

He hated not being able to save nor to avenge his friend, but he swears to make them all pay for it. Not only because of his friend but to those who resisted and died for it.

He knows that despite accepting the offer to betray humanities they are still being watched, so he decided to lay low, and not do anything that would suspect them otherwise.

The truth many who were forced to defect already accepted their situation. Especially those who have no family like those clones. It's very easy for them to betrays humanity as they have no real attachment to them, unlike those naturals that have family waiting for them.

Fortunately for him before accepting another assignment onboard the ship his girlfriend who was now working for GT has gifted him with the latest GT phone equipped with the capabilities to connect to the virtual universe. He never uses it as it cost quite a bit of Bright Galaxy credits.

And despite the good salary he was receiving, connecting to the virtual universe is something he could never afford at least on a normal day.

Another good thing the phone he got from his girlfriend was never officially released yet. One good thing about being an employee of GT. they can purchase GT products in advance and at a discounted price. Of course, there's a limit on how many they can purchase.

The phone he got was soon to be released a few days from now. And so the people on board didn't know its real capabilities. After all to connect to the virtual universe one needs special headsets similar to motorcycle helmets, or special glasses for those rich enough to purchase them as they can be considered luxury goods.

And yet this new phone of GT has the capability to connect to the virtual universe only using the standard headsets that came with it. Of course, connecting to the virtual universe one still needs to pay extra.

And since communication onboard was highly regulated by the ship he was hoping the phone was able to connect to the virtual universe would not be affected.

After the betrayal, the people in charge didn't even bother to check their personal belongings, maybe because in order to connect to the Humanity internet server one needs permission from the ship after all many ships are undergoing secret missions and to prevent anyone leaking their whereabouts the ship needs total control on everyone ability to communicate outside.

And so Keen was praying that his new phone would be able to bypass those requirements.

But for now, he needs to wait. Wait until it is time to rest so he can be free to check if his new phone can save him from his current predicament.