298 Forderungseinzug

[Kitimat 3 Planetary Forces, this is Commander Keres of the Terminus Trading Company. Your requested service has been completed, and we are awaiting the agreed payment.] Max broadcasted to the planet and throughout the Kepler Empire at the same time.

He let the surrounding systems know something was very wrong here; they were refusing to pay the people who had saved their planet from a Klem invasion. It would reflect poorly on the Rebels once the news started to spread.

[Terminus Trading Company, this is Kitimat 3 Planetary Command. We appreciate your assistance, but the request was made by the previous administration, and we don't settle debts with the lapdogs of the Kepler Empire.] The planet's official broadcaster responded and was rebroadcast to the Empire through Terminus's equipment.

[Regardless, the agreement was made on behalf of your planet, and the planet owes a debt.] Max persisted.