Coen had been silent long enough. He had been silently sending transmissions and he had just gotten word of what he wanted to hear, since he did not think the talks were going well.
"I have been called back and I cannot refuse this order." Coen stood up, interrupting whatever else was going on.
"This is where I take my leave. Do not worry, another will take my place." Coen straightened himself and strode towards the door.
"It has been a pleasure, Council of Elders." Coen bowed back at the table.
"Ferguson will not be returning either. He has taken ill. I think someone should be replacing him. Maybe." Coen started to walk out the door again.
He didn't bother to knock as he approached the door. His guards had already opened the door for him. They encircled him as he walked through the corridor past the door. The other guards did not seem too pleased. His goal was the hangar. He would easily achieve this goal. The pace was quick and the guard had their guns out. Coen has put on his robe's hood. He wished for peace, but instead got arguments. Instead he had been told that the sanctity of Omicron 74 would be violated. That, and the oversight had told him to cut short and come back. He wondered why.
He already received the transmission that Operation Nero had prematurely abdicated. Seneca was holding ground. Pisonian was right behind it, should anything happen. Everything was fine. He wondered why he has been called back, and to face a full quorum. He sighed. This day would never end.
Coen saw his replacement in the hangar bay. Victor Franks nodded curtly. He was a man that was all-business and Coen could sense he had a do-or-die attitude on his face.
Coen wondered what would happen as his ship took off with four fighter escorts. Two gunboats joined them less than 14 seconds afterward and they continued their journey home. Seneca would escort them to the gates of the quorum once they were in Omicron 74. Pisonian would hold ground at Freeport XV.
Less than five minutes after Sebastien Coen had left, Victor Franks had entered the negotiation's conference room.
His introduction was curt. "It is a pleasure to meet you, Elders. I am Victor Franks. I am replacing Sebastien Coen. I will now familiarise myself with the current proposed contract under negotiation. Thank you."
Franks nodded and sat down reading the contract and reading Coen's transmission notes at the same time.