The Adjudicators of the small fleet of liners gathered in their meeting room aboard the Salvation to discuss their next moves...
"Yes, we need the funds and supplies to pull this off, but I'm not sure what Tordai has offered will be able to be delivered." January voiced his concerns, only for March to retort "The man's with The League. Those guys have one of the most impressive logistics networks in Sirius."
The Adjudicators, otherwise known as the Angelic Circle, were the elected leaders of the band of refugees, migrants, and libertarians, and so were entrusted with the preservation of order and stability throughout the few refitted Passenger Liners that made up their small fleet. After a pirate in a Stargazer, going by the callsign Flight, had savaged their pitiful defenses, the Circle decided that enough was enough and gathered the projected resources to build themselves a proper colony ship, complete with hydroponics bays and other necessities.
"I'm still not going to let an outsider get his hooks in so easily." December savagely spat out. It is surprisingly January that argued back to her "Are we all not outsiders? They call us Zoners, but we are really free people."
The Angelic Circle is the twelve elected leaders of a Zoner colony fleet, on a staggering election cycle, with one being replaced every month. Operating under the principle of "he who governs least governs best", their purpose has largely been relegated to deciding where the fleet flies. Due to the refugee and/or fugitive status of one or more of their charges, debates over the risk of where to anchor next can take hours, or days to resolve. However, once a unanimous decision is reached, one among them is given the honor of announcing it. This task is usually given to the most junior among them. Upon election, their names are forfeit and the month they are elected is their new name, until they step down from power. Leaders can be elected for multiple terms, albeit non-consecutively.
Anton Naoise Tordai, a very wealthy and powerful man in his own right, has offered to personally fund and help supply the new colony ship, on a few conditions. Just what those conditions are has yet to be revealed.