Eriks outlines the ambitious plan to thwart Rikard
"We need a plan," he said. "Rikard wants the army. He wants the Nexus. He wants me to be his puppet, to sign his orders, to do his bidding. I can't—I *won't*—"
"Then we stop him," Ēriks said. "We override the programming. We set the constructs free. We brick their updates so they can never be used by Rikard again."
"And the fleet?"
"The colonies get a fleet of Amsus warships. They turn them around. They form a line. And they tell the Amsus to go get screwed."
If implemented Rikard will be very unhappy and promised Tripp he would painfully dissect him, if he did not do as he wanted
Rikard, it appears, will have 4 beings he will want to dissect
How can the 4 hide from Rikard who can travel to anywhere he wants? They will soon be on an Amsus battle cruiser