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“If I’m going to lose this election, I’d rather lose it because of the reform act, and not because I got us into another damned war.” – Ken WescottWith the triumphal passing of the Colonial Reform Act, The United Federation of Planets goes to the polls. Read more at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://edgeofmidnight.weebly.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Download THE BUSINESS OF RISK from ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://edgeofmidnight.weebly.com/the-business-of-risk.html⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow The Edge of Midnight Project at⁠⁠ h⁠⁠⁠ttps⁠://bsky.app/profile/eomproject.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠ Opening/Closing Music "Chasing Daylight" by Scott Buckley – released under CC-BY 4.0.⁠⁠ ⁠⁠www.scottbuckley.com.au

“We can draw lessons from the past, but we cannot live in it.” – Lyndon B. Johnson, circa 1965 earth calendar.The Reform Programme stands on the brink of collapse, as the Wescott government makes every gamble it can to get the crucial votes it needs to survive. Read more at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://edgeofmidnight.weebly.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Download THE BUSINESS OF RISK from ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://edgeofmidnight.weebly.com/the-business-of-risk.html⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow The Edge of Midnight Project at⁠ h⁠⁠⁠ttps⁠://bsky.app/profile/eomproject.bsky.social⁠⁠ Opening/Closing Music "Chasing Daylight" by Scott Buckley – released under CC-BY 4.0.⁠ ⁠⁠www.scottbuckley.com.au

“Can someone tell me how we missed another coup?” - Ken Wescott. The tottering government of Chancellor Lornak falls to the new, military order of "The Thought Admiral of the People": Sturka. Read more at ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://edgeofmidnight.weebly.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠ Download THE BUSINESS OF RISK from ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://edgeofmidnight.weebly.com/the-business-of-risk.html⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow The Edge of Midnight Project at h⁠⁠⁠ttps⁠://bsky.app/profile/eomproject.bsky.social⁠ Opening/Closing Music "Chasing Daylight" by Scott Buckley – released under CC-BY 4.0. ⁠⁠www.scottbuckley.com.au

"The Parachute Officer – a young human woman – met the Ambassador at the steps. She was a little better turned out than our marines, but not by much; her rifle barrel was charred black at the end, and a scabbed gash on her head looked fresh.  But when Calax’Zi appeared, she clicked her heels and saluted like the best of them. The President-Elect stared at her for a moment, then pulled her into a hug, tears flowing freely.’" The Klingon Aristocracy makes a gambit for the crucial neutral world of Kobax III. Wescott matches their bet, and raises. Read more at ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://edgeofmidnight.weebly.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠ Download THE BUSINESS OF RISK from ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://edgeofmidnight.weebly.com/the-business-of-risk.html⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow The Edge of Midnight Project at h⁠⁠⁠ttps⁠://bsky.app/profile/eomproject.bsky.social⁠ Opening/Closing Music "Chasing Daylight" by Scott Buckley – released under CC-BY 4.0. ⁠⁠www.scottbuckley.com.au

"The moral crisis we face cannot be fought by police action. It cannot be fought with phasers. It is a time to act in this council and their sub-councils, and the planetary governments and courts. It will be fought in this room, by this government: and it is a battle that I intend to win." Wescott clashes with the government of Benecia over civil rights: as Redshirts clash with protestors, the reform movement is in crisis - but will they turn this into a moment of opportunity? Read more at ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://edgeofmidnight.weebly.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠ Download THE BUSINESS OF RISK from ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://edgeofmidnight.weebly.com/the-business-of-risk.html⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow The Edge of Midnight Project at h⁠⁠⁠ttps⁠://bsky.app/profile/eomproject.bsky.social⁠ Opening/Closing Music "Chasing Daylight" by Scott Buckley – released under CC-BY 4.0. ⁠⁠www.scottbuckley.com.au

“Mister Wescott look and see, Is there a reform in your bill for me? I been waiting a long, long time. Since I cast that vote of mine!” - Please Mister Wescott, 2263. As a new Federation government grasps with the consequences of social and constitutional reform, the Klingon Empire enters a new, dangerous phase of political violence. Read more at ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://edgeofmidnight.weebly.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠ Download THE BUSINESS OF RISK from ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://edgeofmidnight.weebly.com/the-business-of-risk.html⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow The Edge of Midnight Project at ⁠⁠⁠https⁠://bsky.app/profile/eomproject.bsky.social⁠ Opening/Closing Music "Chasing Daylight" by Scott Buckley – released under CC-BY 4.0. ⁠⁠www.scottbuckley.com.au

"Our goal is not the victory of might, but the vindication of right - not peace at the expense of freedom, but both peace and freedom, both in the Beta quadrant, and, we hope, around the galaxy."  – Ken Wescott. A new, unsure President must gamble everything to prevent total war with the Klingon Empire. Read more at ⁠⁠⁠https://edgeofmidnight.weebly.com/⁠⁠⁠ Download THE BUSINESS OF RISK from ⁠⁠⁠https://edgeofmidnight.weebly.com/the-business-of-risk.html⁠⁠⁠ Follow The Edge of Midnight Project at ⁠⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/eomproject.bsky.social Opening/Closing Music "Chasing Daylight" by Scott Buckley – released under CC-BY 4.0. ⁠www.scottbuckley.com.au

"I think I've had all the fill of Armageddon for one lifetime."​ - Sairose Fitzpatrick. Over Acamar, a total war is imminent. Everyone - Klingon, Starfleet and Politican - is willing to risk everything to ensure victory. Only one person will actually take the risk, however, and push the quadrant that much closer to disaster. Read more at ⁠⁠⁠https://edgeofmidnight.weebly.com/⁠⁠⁠ Download THE BUSINESS OF RISK from ⁠⁠⁠https://edgeofmidnight.weebly.com/the-business-of-risk.html⁠⁠⁠ Follow The Edge of Midnight Project at ⁠⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/eomproject.bsky.social Opening/Closing Music "Chasing Daylight" by Scott Buckley – released under CC-BY 4.0. ⁠www.scottbuckley.com.au

Storm clouds gather over the planet of Acamar as Starfleet races to prevent the establishment of a Klingon foothold in their back yard. Read more at ⁠⁠https://edgeofmidnight.weebly.com/⁠⁠ Download THE BUSINESS OF RISK from ⁠⁠https://edgeofmidnight.weebly.com/the-business-of-risk.html⁠⁠ Follow The Edge of Midnight Project at ⁠⁠https://twitter.com/EoMProject Opening/Closing Music "Chasing Daylight" by Scott Buckley – released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au

“Flew from Beta Rigel VI TOACDidn't get to bed last night,All the way my bat'leth was on my knee,Man, I've had a dreadful flight I'm back in the KSSR,You don't know how lucky you are, boys:Back in the KSSR!” ­– Romanticistic Rock band “The Quin-tles”, 2262 The Klingons strike back in the trade war; meanwhile, the passage of power in the Federation sets the stage for a confrontation over the embattled planet of Acamar. Read more at ⁠⁠https://edgeofmidnight.weebly.com/⁠⁠ Download THE BUSINESS OF RISK from ⁠⁠https://edgeofmidnight.weebly.com/the-business-of-risk.html⁠⁠ Follow The Edge of Midnight Project at ⁠⁠https://twitter.com/EoMProject Opening/Closing Music "Chasing Daylight" by Scott Buckley – released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au

“An embargo if necessary, but not necessarily an embargo.” –Peter Broadhurst  Outmatched by the Klingon fleet, the Federation flexes its economic muscles across the quadrant. Read more at ⁠⁠https://edgeofmidnight.weebly.com/⁠⁠ Download THE BUSINESS OF RISK from ⁠⁠https://edgeofmidnight.weebly.com/the-business-of-risk.html⁠⁠ Follow The Edge of Midnight Project at ⁠⁠https://twitter.com/EoMProject Opening/Closing Music "Chasing Daylight" by Scott Buckley – released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au

“A scrimmage in a Border Station --  A canter down some dark defile --Two thousand pounds of education  Drops to a ten-rupee jezail --The Crammer's boast, the Squadron's pride,Shot like a rabbit in a ride!”   -    Rudyard Kipling, Arithmetic on the Frontier As the 2260s begin, both the Federation and the Klingon Empire prepare for the next stage of the Cold War. Read more at ⁠⁠https://edgeofmidnight.weebly.com/⁠⁠ Download THE BUSINESS OF RISK from ⁠⁠https://edgeofmidnight.weebly.com/the-business-of-risk.html⁠⁠ Follow The Edge of Midnight Project at ⁠⁠https://twitter.com/EoMProject Opening/Closing Music "Chasing Daylight" by Scott Buckley – released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au

“It’s only fair the nobility gets hung from lampposts. If we don’t do it, Sturka will.” – Savan joke. As the might of Klingon central power is turned on the rebels, the Federation prepares for the long, twilight struggle ahead. Read more at ⁠https://edgeofmidnight.weebly.com/⁠ Download THE BUSINESS OF RISK from ⁠https://edgeofmidnight.weebly.com/the-business-of-risk.html⁠ Follow The Edge of Midnight Project at ⁠https://twitter.com/EoMProject

“Klingons don’t do revolutions. At least, I thought they didn’t.” – Matthew Decker. As Starfleet reels from the disaster at Caleb IV, Klingon social strife boils over into open revolt. Read more at ⁠https://edgeofmidnight.weebly.com/⁠ Download THE BUSINESS OF RISK from ⁠https://edgeofmidnight.weebly.com/the-business-of-risk.html⁠ Follow The Edge of Midnight Project at ⁠https://twitter.com/EoMProject

“Caleb IV was an avoidable tactical disaster, but an unavoidable operational one. Thank god it happened when it did.” –  Angella Fukuhara Starfleet suffers a grim backhand blow in the Undivae-Caleb system, as the Imperial Klingon Navy demonstrates its power. Read more at ⁠https://edgeofmidnight.weebly.com/⁠ Download THE BUSINESS OF RISK from ⁠https://edgeofmidnight.weebly.com/the-business-of-risk.html⁠ Follow The Edge of Midnight Project at ⁠https://twitter.com/EoMProject