Synthetic Flesh
Edward and his legion of Blackguard subordinates would not be the only danger found within the city and Q's information also contained a warning that undiscovered threats could be present.
Numerous smaller gangs of cutthroats and murderers roamed the streets. There were also bigger organizations that ran the Dreadwater Auction House and the slave markets.
In the eyes of their clientele, life was considered nothing more than a cheap commodity that could be bought and sold to the highest bidder.
Slavery had long been banned by the Federation for thousands of years but that rule only applied to citizens.
It did not extend to the various exotic alien races that were captured and sold to collectors as exhibitions.
And this so-called ban could always be bypassed by nobles with powerful enough backing so there was also a growing market for humans.