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Episode 11.11, The Three Days of Red.

On July 8th, 2247, Company Time, Martian activist and now former D-Class technician,

Alexander Clare, was sleeping in a housing allotment in Expansion 3, subsection 14. I say former D-class technician Alexander Claire was sleeping in a housing allotment in Expansion 3, subsection 14. I say former D-class technician because Claire had been annulled back in December of 2246.

Ever since then, she had been living under the radar with the help of her comrades and the

Society of Martians. When security services ramped up their efforts to round up the remaining annulled, after

new director of Mars Division, Ava Zhang gave them a real incentive to do so, Claire had been among

those who chose to remove her skin chip completely. This marked her for life, but she didn't care.

Claire was determined to avoid detection and deportation at all costs. But while she slept in a Society of Martian's Safehouse with 12 other and old,

security services burst through the door.

Before Claire or anyone else could react, they were subdued and arrested.

Claire was now in a very tight spot because skin chip removal, all on its own, was grounds for immediate deportation.

After being arrested, Claire and the others were tossed into Stockade 7.

Now, Stockade 7 was a standard-issue stockade.

It was meant to temporarily house employees accused of certain violations of the corporate code before judgment was rendered.

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