Chapter 14, The Neutronium Alchemist: Conflict Summary

Louise, Genevieve and Fletcher arrive at the High York asteroid and disembark. Fletcher asks Louise to promise that she will go after Quinn, should Fletcher be captured or killed. She agrees. At the spaceport they are met by a customs officer, who leads them into a room full of armed men. It is clear that they know Fletcher is possessed. The girls are terrified, but Fletcher says that he will not resist arrest.

The Lady Mac arrives at the star system containing the ship Beezling, and the Alchemist. The Beezling is damaged but still intact, and the majority of its crew still alive, including the captain and Peter Adul. Captain Prager at first refuses to let them approach anywhere near the Alchemist, threatening to kamikaze first. Joshua convinces him to let them transfer everyone on...