M'tok Union, Shazka System.
The Shazka System was the M'tok Union's home system. These Stone People lived on their homeworld, Shazka I. The history of this yellow-tinged, arid planet was the history of the M'tok Stone People.
As a corporate state, transportation was undoubtedly a vital part of its infrastructure. As the center of the entire Union, the Shazka System therefore had an exceptionally developed transportation industry. Ships of every description all but filled the system, carrying everything from Energy Credits to all manner of goods.
Whenever they passed Shazka I, the people aboard these transports could see the enormous Celestial Dragon.
The Celestial Dragon resembled an enormous fish, its entire body radiating a deep blue glow. It was as large as several cruisers, and strange blue energy drifted around it.
Its name was "Hosgar of Endless Flames."
The enormous Celestial Dragon lay curled up in one corner of the system, taking a brief rest. Occasionally, it would wake to accept offerings from sapient beings and consume a full fifteen units of food.
A purebred human sat aboard a transport carrying a great quantity of food, casting this assortment of organic matter into space for the Celestial Dragon to enjoy.
Xi Yan had paid no attention to the spy network within M'tok territory, but [Ashes] was different. Over the past dozen or so years, taking advantage of the M'tok Union's unguarded immigration policy, Ashes agents had entered the Union in wave after wave, hiding themselves in every industry and social stratum.
This agent was one of them. His cover was an ordinary transport captain who had been promoted for his skill at piloting ships.
His task this time was to deliver this food for the Celestial Dragon to enjoy.
The agent turned to look at the dragon resting with its