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"Idiots! Fools!"

Aisha McClure ran out of the building. Eleos Klimba was right there waiting.
"What's going on?", he asked.
"Nothing!", she replied angrily, "That's the Problem! This Usovai'i ambassador... he's just... he..."
"Yes?"
"He's the same idiot like the prostate of this silly star empire!"
"Oooof!", Eleos said. "They are the Usovai'i Star Association - or Usovai'i Rognad Gootwac, as it's called in their language. Hadly an empire. Not in size and not in... well..."

"YES I KNOW!", she yelled. "And still, they behave like imperialists. These fools want no contracts with nobody. They even want to go on confrontation with everybody. This could mean war! And they allow ASTROCOHORS C.L.U.B. to maintain their presence here - but they will not take part in anything about building up a new Station! GRAND VIEW Station is almost destroyed! How shall we go on? And then the Situation with Earth! We Need allies!"

Eleos smiled softly. "How many allies do we need?"
"What?"
He gave here a data pad. She looked on the small Screen. Her face showed surprise. She almost couldn't believe it. "W.... w.... whaaaat?", she stuttered.
"124 new allies for the Mission on Earth", Eleos confirmed. "And for the Headquarter... well, may I introduce you to somebody?"
Aisha looked puzzled. "Well... you can do anything right now."
Now Eleos really smiled. "I might come back to that", he said, "but for now, here is somebody who wants to talk to you."
A man approached the both. He was a bit taller than Eleos, had dark hair and was in his thirties.
"Lieutenant Commander McClure?", he asked. "I am Sergey Paish of HUUHMI, a privat Organisation. We..."
"I know what HUUHMI does", Aisha interrupted him, "You try to store all the knowledge of the Galaxy and try to find out more."
"Yes", Paish replied. "So it seems that there is a Connection between ASTROCOHORS and HUUHMI. I heard you Need a new Headquarter?"
"Either this or somebody who rebuilds the old one."
"Well, what about this one here?" Paish pointed at the big building where the Meeting between ASTROCOHORS and the ambassador of the Usovai'i had just taken place. It was a huge rectangular complex with a round glas Tower in the middle.
"What do you mean?", she asked.
"This building belogs to HUUHMI. We would be happy if you could use it as a new Headquarter for ASTROCOHORS C.L.U.B."
"Really? For how Long?"
"It's not meant for a certain time. You can make it a permanent Headquarter."
"Wow!" Aisha was speechless.
"Isn't that a good message on These bad days? We can go on!", Eleos said with Passion in his voice. "They've destroyed a building, but they will not destroy us!"
"I think we take it...", Aisha said carefully. "I hope that my Superiors at ASTROCOHORS will agree with that."
"Admiral Necoora?", Paish asked. "I think he will be very happy to hear it. In fact I already asked him - and he's on your side, Commander."

Eleos nodded his head. "Then we have to move Headquarter to this place. But we Need a new Name."
"Hm." Aisha scratched her head. "What would be the most annoying Thing to the Usovai'i?"
"Good Hope?"
"That's it! GOOD HOPE Station! And I want the words 'Unity, Justice, Liberty' right here written over the main entrance! Okay?"
Both men agreed to her. "You know what they say?", Paish added. "The Price of freedom is eternal vigilance."

Work on the GOOD HOPE Station began right away. And the 124 new allies on Earth were contacted. The Story wouldn't end here. It had just started!