time. "On an interesting side note, for those of you interested, the People's Republic of China has submitted the first of its payments against the principal loan granted them prior to the start of the North Korean conflict. It would appear that Beijing intends to make good on their debt. A bit surprising that they wouldn't ask for an extension, but given time and a review of prepayment fees, I'm sure they'll come around. The Council's share of this initial payment has been transferred to the coffer."

Learning that the Octumvirate had funded both sides of the Third Korean War had been a bit of a shocker for Minowara, at least at first.

Almost as surprising was Carlisle's brevity. When the Horus Bank had a problem, which was often, it was everyone's problem. And bankers wer...

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