"Tell them not to do that again, I am just one of them. I will not stand the cheering for me wiping out a species, even if they were enslaving us." Perry said to a man standing there.
"I think it would sound better coming from you." He said.
Perry looked at him; Perry smiled and asks him, "Who are you?"
"I am Joey Nine. I am the man who will escort you around to the planets. This is Jake Yargon. He will be our pilot and driver. We were picked for this job because we are known on every planet and every city. We were the messengers for the torpid. We knew everything they were going to do. We had organized an underground system trying to rid ourselves of the vermin. Then you come along and in less than twelve hours eliminate the problem. We are happy that they are gone. But now the people want to worship you, some know that you are against this. They still want to put you on a pedestal and keep you there." Joey said.
"I don't want that, damn, how am I going to stop this." Perry said.
"Tell them" Jake said.
"Yea, you're right" Perry said and walked out and up the steps to the platform.
"Stop" Perry said into the mic. He raised his hands. They settled down and as they were seated. Perry said, "I don't want this, I don't want to be worshipped. I was brought here the same way most of you were. I am just a man, granted a man with special powers, but just a man. I have freed you, now it is up to you to make it. I will not put up with you worshipping me. Honor me, that is fine, but I am not a god. Don't treat me like one.
Now I am here to hear what you have prepared. I know that there has been ongoing resistance to the torpid. You surely have some sort of leadership in place. I think I am looking at it. Am I right, or is the group in this room something else."
A man at the end of the center table stood, he had a mic in his hand.
"We are the leaders of the Hersha system. We thank you for our freedom. Our people thank you. In the last two days we had worked hard on what we were going to do. We already had our government in place. The torpid were getting old and losing control of us at times. They were talking of breeding more of their kind. We were at a loss of how to stop them. Till you come along, you fixed our problem in twelve hours. Now we are organized and have our roles set. We agree with the death penalty law. That is one of the first things we declared. We are going to build our worlds together. We are going to create the largest human community known. We want you as our Emperor. You will help set the laws; the people will have someone to look too."
"I will have to think on that. I know that if I take the job, I will not be put in a palace and kept there. I will walk among the people; it will not be known that I do this. I am thinking that this might be a good idea. I will make it so, yes, I accept your offer. I will have some demands, but we can deal with that later. Since you have your government worked out already. I guess this meeting is over unless you have something else." Perry said.
"There is one thing, we have a male to female ratio problem, as it stands now there are six female to every male here in the system. We were going to set a multipliable wife law. Will you agree to that?" He said.
"What will be the limit on wives one man can have?" Perry asks.
"As many as he can handle" He said.
"Agreed, the man can set his own limit." Perry said, "He has to keep them inline without beating them. He can punish them but within public reason. The people can set the punishment rules. You are the people, I am just the figurehead. If things get out of hand to the point I am setting all the laws and punishments. I will dismiss all of you and have the people replace you with their choices. One more thing; is there a police system in place or is the military going to handle that?" Perry asks.
"We have an organized police system operating on each planet. They are divided into districts and sectors." He said.
"Good, thank you for your time. One more thing, is there going to be a government building or area somewhere?" Perry asks.
"Yes, the government center will be on Tidron, the seventh planet. We chose Tidron because it is almost equal distance from the first and the last planets. Your palace will be there also." He said.
"The palace for the people, I will have my own hide-away." Perry said, "Ladies and Gentlemen, it is getting late. I am sure some of you have a long ride home. I am going to rest tonight because tomorrow I start the grand tour of the Hersha system." Perry turned and walked down the steps. At the bottom, Joey and Jake stood there. I looked at them, "Guys, I want us to be friends, I don't want to be your boss. If we are to remain together in this, I want people I can trust with me. My two Ladies are the only two I trust now; I would like to have both of you on that list. I could read your minds, but I don't and I won't unless you give me cause. You will have to earn my trust, from now on you go where I go in public. If I go to my hide-away, you go along, not just you but you, your wives and children. Your families will become part of my family. My private life is mine, not the systems. We will learn to deal with this problem as we grow together. I want my personal shuttle to be big enough to haul two hundred people plus vehicles. If we have to we will use two shuttles, one for personal and one for other things. My personal ship, my home away from home is to be armored and weaponized. It will be carrying our families, so we will oversee the design and construction. We will do the same for a custom shuttle. So do either of you have a problem with that?" Perry asks.
"You really want us that close?" Joey asks.
"Do you see any other way? I mean we are going to be together almost sixteen hours a day. If you become what I am hoping for, you will have almost the same authority I do. Like I said, I need people I can trust. From what I have seen of you two here today, I think this will work. I want you as advisors and more importantly friends. People in positions like this have very few friends." Perry said.
