The announcement came out to the people and it was taken relatively well. Peithea, one of the major nations near us wanted to have peace talks with the alliance. Their people knew that having more allies grew their power in the region. They did not border us, but they did have some satellites that they puppeteered near us. The country of Ondore was hostile to us arming up. They also had proxies near us. One such proxy, Ocarro bordered us to the north. Aimia was pretty dismissive to us as we were far away. The same was true with Enuilia and Gesao, the other of the five major nations. The other nations had plattoons of pure battledroids that were fully human. The androids were also exclusively male Adamu. In contrast, the Conion platoon was way more diverse and varied. That made us look better on the world stage. It was very obvious to many that there was a Adamu supremacy in the country, but I got some good PR based on my decisions. I was taking a lot of credit and the moral high ground on it. The four platoons would form a company for the common defense.
One day while I was driving to the gang territory house, a battle between the three gangs that plagued the region. There was the 9 Blade Gang, a large group of machete wielding maniacs that ruled protection rackets with fear. The second gang was the Booty Bangers, a clique of sex workers, street punks and other freaks that had strong solidarity against the high crime and prejudices in the area. Now they were almost just as bad as the ones they wanted to defend themselves from. The third gang in the area was the 6th Street Gang. It was focused on the trafficking and production of the hardest drugs. The house that I bought had belonged to a now jailed member of the dreaded 6th Street Gang. It was used as a big drug den. I ducked down and let the drive by go on. When the windows got shot out, I cursed to myself. I opened the door on the street side and crawled out the car. It was against the law to be in public with a gun. Home defense and hunting were the only reasons for civilians to own guns. It was perfectly fine if not for the known fact criminals easily flout the law.
I was totally unarmed and my house was down the block. That was a big problem for me. I could see that it was the 6th Street Gang was attacking via the drive by, some members of the 9 Blade Gang and Booty Bangers who were already in fierce combat. There was little chance that I could make it if I went out on my own. Both Black and Brown, the centaur body guards that I stationed in the garage by the house. Even if I could, it was very unwise to make an enemy of all three gangs at the same time with no protection. I would be better to just stay where I was and get through the fight. That way, I could have some plausible deniability with the gangs that were already eliminated. After the 6th Street Gang had their fun and took their lumps, they drove off and it was back to two. That was the margin where I could make a choice. Doing a sudden move like that would make me an enemy of the one that I targeted. I might even get targeted by both of them if they both wanted to attack me. In that case, I would have to kill them all. There was no way that I would roll over and die.
