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away?!”
    Leo shrugged, “He had his hand on top of the vehicle and I could see it.”  Ana stared at him as he smiled, “I do have rather good eye-sight.”
    “Whoever is doing this must know that I am now with you.”
    “They know you’re with someone but they have no idea who it is.”
    “Why is that?”
    “Because my image is not in any database.”
    “Then how did the Proctors determine you were a Purple Card Warrior?”
    “An electronic transponder is embedded in the card that warns anyone who attempts to scan me that they will be prosecuted if they continue their efforts.”
    “If someone is looking for a Purple Card Bearer, it could become a liability.”
    “I only have it activated when I’m on public transportation where there are no avenues to escape.  It’s not active now.”
    “What did you do to be given a Purple Card?”
    “I’d rather not say.” Leonidas said quickly.
    Ana sighed, “Ok.  I guess I should be thankful and leave it at that.”
    Leo looked around and said, “You mentioned earlier that you investigated what a Purple Card meant.”
    “I did?”
    “How did you find out anything about it?  That information is highly secret.”
    “My family’s computer has many things in its database that are highly secret.  It revealed that there can only be ten active Purple Cards in the galaxy at any given moment.  The ones authorized to carry a card are chosen by the Regulatory Agency on Cruet and undergo the strictest scrutiny of any government employee.”
    “I am not a government employee!”
    “Well, you are an agent of the government.”
    “Not really,” Leo responded shaking his head.
    “Then they control your actions!”
    Leo sighed, “No, they do not.”
    “Then who do you work for?”
    “Myself.”
    Ana stared at him and said, “Yourself?”  Leo nodded.  “Then why did they scrutinize you in order to give you a Purple Card?”
    “The Government realizes that sometimes there needs to be someone that will do necessary things that are outside the law.  However, they are not going to give a blank check to anyone without knowing all there is to know about them first.”
    Ana frowned, “Are you telling me that you are not bound to follow the laws made by the government?”
    “I’m only bound to follow my conscience.  The Card tells anyone that might attempt to arrest me for my actions that I cannot be placed under arrest and that any attempt to do so will lead to prosecution by the Unity Government.”
    “So you could just kill me right here on this bench and nothing would be done to you?”  Leo shrugged.  Ana shook her head, “I don’t understand why anyone would be given that much independence?”
    “Because there are those operating outside the law that are inadvertently protected by it.  They must be removed by someone who is also outside the law,” Leo Answered.
    “That doesn’t make sense.”
    “John Blakely’s fleet is at Tortuga.  On that planet, the pirates are protected as productive citizens.  You will be the criminal if you kill him there.”
    “They will also kill you if you go there and try to do it.”
    “Tortuga is bound by the Galactic Unity Treaty.  They must recognize the rights of those that carry a Purple Card.  The Officials on Tortuga will not do anything to me.”
    “So they can’t touch you?”
    “They can try but I doubt the planetary authorities would even make the effort.  They know the Unity doesn’t like their sheltering pirates and they won’t do anything to cause the Unity to take action against them.   However, the pirates on the planet are not bound to follow the laws of the Unity and will take action if anyone attacks one of their own there.”
    “Tortuga should be punished for their sanctuary.”
    Leo shrugged, “The pirates are tax paying citizens and behave themselves on Tortuga.  Pretty much every planet has those that are hardcore criminals but use their planet to protect them in one way or