The Prescot family were miners At one time they were contracted to develop technology for a mineral-rich but uninhabitable system Gradually all the investors shied away Then the Prescots broke through with the technology needed to exploit entire planets & incidentally develop domed playgrounds for the perversely rich including indoor ski slopes & cable cars over megavolcanos casinos & rides This created the economic problem of being the richest people in the universe having more money than most governments & effectively unlimited resources Money is a small blessing when enemies are quite willing to spend billions for the chance at trillions Bryan Prescot & his daughter might as well have targets painted on their backs for the thugs kidnappers & assassins their competitors would throw at them Bodyguards were necessary
- highly trained bodyguards who could be bought once & be utterly loyal no matter the circumstances The altercation comes to a head inside the domes & mines of Govannon with their enemy desperate to do anything to save their own lives now that the gloves are off Caron Prescot has only six bodyguards against an army but she has two aces in the hole The miners are on her side & Elke Ripple Creek psychotic demolition expert has a nuke The problem with Elke having a nuke is that Elke will use it!