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Yakutsk, Sibir Special Administrative Region, Commandry of Kyiv and Novgorod
General-Adjutant Artem Rakovsky silently cursed the sky. Yakutsk, the capital of Sibir, had been chosen as a compromise between a location suitably high profile for their guests and one out of the way enough to avoid unwanted attention. In this respect it was ideal. The weather however left much to be desired.
With the temperature hovering just a few degrees above freezing the city had been blanketed by powerful storm. With rain and hail pounding the city there had been no choice but to have the incoming dignitaries land outside the city. A meeting of this caliber simply could not be canceled or relocated at the last minute and a special train had been arranged to take them to the city. Unfortunately the delay meant all non-essential functions had to be scrapped from the agenda, including the costly dinner reception and orchestral performance. This meeting would be pure business.
Only a handful of reporters from state news agencies would be present. News of the meeting was not to break until the day after the meeting was concluded. The dignitaries would be taken directly from the train station to the meeting place in the Regional Command Headquarters through a covert underground passage. Everything was in place.
All that was left to do was wait.
General-Adjutant Artem Rakovsky silently cursed the sky. Yakutsk, the capital of Sibir, had been chosen as a compromise between a location suitably high profile for their guests and one out of the way enough to avoid unwanted attention. In this respect it was ideal. The weather however left much to be desired.
With the temperature hovering just a few degrees above freezing the city had been blanketed by powerful storm. With rain and hail pounding the city there had been no choice but to have the incoming dignitaries land outside the city. A meeting of this caliber simply could not be canceled or relocated at the last minute and a special train had been arranged to take them to the city. Unfortunately the delay meant all non-essential functions had to be scrapped from the agenda, including the costly dinner reception and orchestral performance. This meeting would be pure business.
Only a handful of reporters from state news agencies would be present. News of the meeting was not to break until the day after the meeting was concluded. The dignitaries would be taken directly from the train station to the meeting place in the Regional Command Headquarters through a covert underground passage. Everything was in place.
All that was left to do was wait.