The path opened up, so I continued to the next patch of dense foliage and again the path narrowed I had to tuck everything in and slide thought the ga...p.I stepped out into the center of a village. In front of me were a row of shops and to my right further away was a church. A car was approaching, I saw an old lady dressed in black making her way down the street towards me but fortunately her head was down. Someone was pushing a c***d in a buggy with shopping hanging off it in bags. What really. A luxurious bed, obviously. An armoire most likely, or a wardrobe. Several perhaps. Mirrors. Chairs. A settee. Some tables. Maybe a desk. The room contained all of that and more. Like the palace itself, it owed its look to a mixture of opulence and grotesque. Everything was decorated in hearts and the overlaying colour scheme seemed to be red and gold. It almost looked like someone had taken a bucket of red paint (or perhaps blood, she thought uneasily, a shiver of fear going through her,. You, as a somewhat skilled recruit of a branch of military known as The Fence (Soldiers and squads focused on protecting and claiming distant territories, and dealing with both outer rim and deep space threats), have been sent out to investigate and research it and report all findings back. You've been given a basic ship, supplies, combat and research equipment, a few androids to act as maintenance and basic crew, and an assistive A.I. called M.I.S., short for Mission Intelligence System. You. "HEY, JELLY-BELLY, GET JOEY THE SNAKE IN HERE!"A few minutes later, there was a knock on the door, and Joey The Snake stuck his head in the door. "You wanted me, boss?" Yeah, come in and sit down. You know something about cannons, and I need some ideas. What sort of cannon would you use to take out a super armored car?" That's an easy one, boss. I'd want a 37mm cannon like the limeys used. It makes a hell of a hole in armor plate!" Can one be mounted on an armored car?" I doubt it, boss. It's.