Crisis at Ishtar

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Any resemblance between the content of this story or any of the characters depicted herein and real persons or events is highly unlikely and purely coincidental.

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Table of Contents


Chapter 1 - Reminiscing about a forgotten home

Chapter 3 - A Worrying Call

Chapter 5 - Laboring in Love

Chapter 7 - A Night of Bliss

Chapter 9 - A Bully from a Good Seed

Chapter 11 - Short Goodbyes

Chapter 13 - Spectators at a Bull Fight

Chapter 15 - Lessons from a Model Citizen

Chapter 17 - Negative Official Notice

Chapter 19 - A Moment of Relaxation

Chapter 21 - Impressing the Citizens

Chapter 23 - Recovery

Chapter 25 - A Chance to Practice

Chapter 27 - More Quiet Moments

Chapter 29 - Meeting Visitors

Chapter 31 - Musical Ships

Chapter 33 - Uneasy Truces

Chapter 35 - A Wounded Colony

Chapter 37 - Friendly and Unfriendly Visitors

Chapter 39 - Peace Through Providence

Chapter 41 - Private Moments

Chapter 43 - Visits Bring New Troubles

Chapter 45 - Old Friends Spark New Feuds

Chapter 47 - At a Standoff

Chapter 49 - Last Dances

Chapter 51 - Unfriendly Meetings

Chapter 53 - Unacceptable Responses

Chapter 55 - Tensions Rising

Chapter 57 - Official Notices

Chapter 59 - Taking a Warrant to the Extreme

Chapter 61 - Rude Visitors

Chapter 63 - A Chorus of Mercy

Chapter 65 - A Pleasant Waking

Chapter 2 - Sitting in on a meeting

Chapter 4 - Advances in Medicine

Chapter 6 - A Chance to Watch

Chapter 8 - Castle Games

Chapter 10 - Preparations

Chapter 12 - What the Probe Brought Back

Chapter 14 - Another Aftermath

Chapter 16 - Gifts Exchanged

Chapter 18 - Preparations for Trouble

Chapter 20 - Opening Night Jitters

Chapter 22 - Damaged Visitors

Chapter 24 - A Night Back

Chapter 26 - Another Show

Chapter 28 - The Peace Ends

Chapter 30 - Emergency Measures

Chapter 32 - Untimely Arrivals

Chapter 34 - Thunderous Silence

Chapter 36 - A Meeting with a Brain

Chapter 38 - Threats and Bluster

Chapter 40 - Gifts of Rabbits

Chapter 42 - Major Complaints

Chapter 44 - Controlled Chaos Erupts

Chapter 46 - Visiting Captains

Chapter 48 - Into the Eye of the Storm

Chapter 50 - Curtained from Conflict

Chapter 52 - A Courtesy Punishment

Chapter 54 - Stares Through a Wall

Chapter 56 - Can it Get More Unfriendly

Chapter 58 - Tensions will Boil Over

Chapter 60 - The Tensions Grow even Higher

Chapter 62 - Making a Payment

Chapter 64 - The Bark of the Big Dogs

Chapter 66 - Natural Calm