Pax Humanis

Challenge #05065-M316: Checking In

'Mama Bear' visited the ones who'd saved her from the fire, and she later saved from the falling scaffold. She brought them sweet gifts for their families and the warm kindness she had for those she protected. A killer, after all, could also have a gentle heart for those she cared for.

https://peakd.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-04838-m089-mostly-harmless-you-say -- BKF

Bear returned to Frop's district with a large basket of fruit and assorted Havenworlder-friendly treats. She took one look at Frop's expression, put the basket down, and backed away with her hands in the air. "I come in peace," she said. "I was worried about you, so... I got some get-better gifts."

"You are a trained killer," said Frop.

"Tamed killer. There's a difference." She attempted to think of one. "It's like the gap between having a guard dog and keeping a wolf. One's trained to attack, and the other has hunting in its genes. Fortunately, I'm a bit more congenial than a wolf."

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Challenge #05064-M315: The Company of Predators

They knelt down and asked Mr. Sunshine to marry them. He placed a hand on their shoulder, gently turned them down, then drugged them so they could get therapy for the torments his targets had inflicted. -- BKF

Mr. Sunshine had seen a lot of things in his time. He had seen depravities from subtle to gross. He had seen victims of his victims fall weeping to the ground in gratitude. He'd seen a lot of them scramble screaming for the safety

Challenge #05056-M307: Necessary Lesson

"Yes I am Pax Humanis. Yes I am dangerous. But as long as I'm just teaching you to hunt animals here on this world, we're cool. Besides, my prey is far more interesting with far more security. All you're doing is helping me make sure the local deer population doesn't get too numerous." -- BKF

Puhshuff was plenty young, but they knew what those colours meant. Black, red, and yellow - sure to kill a fellow. They dropped their sad excuse for

Challenge #05024-M275: Clinic Sub Rosa

I was asked by a person wearing red, yellow, and black what I wanted for patching them up. I stated that all I wanted was to run my clinic, and no longer be afraid to help those who truly needed my help. To no longer be punished for giving the care I trained years to perfect, to those too poor to go anywhere else. -- BKF

The words, First and foremost, do no harm, are written above my clinic door. Very few

Challenge #05021-M272: Honing All Weapons

Mr Sunshine teaches a person to defend themselves in a very dangerous polity. -- BKF

The hunter surveys what should be his prey. Timid and twitchy. Hunched as if to hide. Keeping close to the walls and the shadows, much like a mouse hoping to remain unobserved and thereby unattacked.

That sort of behaviour drew in predators like honey drew in flies.

Mr. Sunshine could tell that his host, Raf, knew that Sunshine was a dangerous man. It was all in the

Challenge #05018-M269: Far-Reaching Kindness

The therapists struggled to try to get them to care about their own life, at least a little. Their self-sacrificing, working to aid others to the point of detriment to their health had become starkly noticeable to say the least. Then Jay came in to talk to them, and soon left angry, and began hunting. -- BKF

Civilisation is relative, depending entirely on those naming it such. This is doubly so in the Edge Territories, where some species view their Ship's Human

Challenge #04954-M205: Intelligent Weapons

A human run academy for new military recruits. There are three paths. Diplomatic corps, edge defense, and the path that makes people disappear, and reappear in Alliance custody ready for their trials. -- BKF

One would think, with a name like Armed Forces right there on the metaphorical tin, that the purpose was obvious. Armed. Force. Clear and concise. One would be wrong by the time Humanity was fully integrated into the Galactic Alliance.

War... adapts.

Various clever weapons have largely rendered

Challenge #04914-M165: Meat of the Matter

Jay stood near a teen he had been asked to watch over while Mr Sunshine finished their mission. The kid was on his knees losing his lunch.

"I was terrified." / You fought and killed them anyway.

"Am I a coward?" / No, a coward runs. A brave person acts even when terrified. You saved lives.

"I don't want to do that again." / We're going to try to ensure you won't have to. -- Anon Guest

The bad part of the scene was that

Challenge #04869-M120: Medically Necessary Dangerous Friend

I have the rare type - O negative blood, a universal donor. I'm also scared of needles. My kind, at least to me, pax humanis friend helps me with this anxiety so I can donate and save lives. --Anon Guest

Medical practice always needs blood. At least, it does in this particular neighbourhood of the Edge Territories. I heard from some traders that the Alliance can just make whatever blood they want. There's like special cloned bone marrow units that do it.

Challenge #04841-M092: Breakout Event

"Are there any who are not human among the Pax Humanis members?"

They're rare, but there are. Let me tell you about the best hunter I ever met. A havenworlder whose first target had pushed too them far. -- Anon Guest

He had been selected for his bright plumage, and kept in conditions meant to maintain his health. Little else but that. He learned to be clever by playing dumb, just to get his captors to relax and get careless.

It took

Challenge #04838-M089: Mostly Harmless, You Say

They ran in and dragged the woman with the brightly striped belt from a building fast before the fire burst out of control. She saved them from falling to their death when a support strut failed causing the scaffolding to collapse. It was the start of an interesting friendship -- Anon Guest

The thing about responding to disasters is: Nobody thinks. They just act.

Whether it's fleeing the scene of threat, or acting counter to it. The threat spurs motion and the

Challenge #04826-M077: Survival Made EZ

We rescued two strangers who'd been badly beaten. We saved them, though when awake, something about them scared us, but we couldn't figure out why. When our world began to change, get cleaner, and we could get food and medicine easier, we found out who they were, when they came to talk to us after.

https://peakd.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-04771-m022-kindess-to-strangers -- Anon Guest

Places with the Rot had giant blue slugs in them, so Diin and the crew kept away from

Challenge #04814-M065: Thrill of the Hunt

Why, as a Pax Humanis member do I always capture alive? Okay that's an easy one. I believe in giving my prey a truly sporting chance. Just my prey, me, and my knife. Oh, and my hunting hound. Release 'em on my reserve, give them a 40 minute head start, then go hunting.

They need to die anyway, but this gives them a bit of dignity, and fresh air. You know, 'cause I'm such a nice person. -- Anon Guest

Members of

Challenge #04771-M022: Kindness to Strangers

Not all hunts go according to plan. This one went sideways almost from the start. Several young teens find the unconscious Jay and Sunshine, and help them recover. The two make very sure these kids are protected afterwards. -- Anon Guest

They were lucky to be alive when the gang found them. Generally, the enforcers were lazy enough to just shoot until the perp stopped moving. These two had somehow caught enough ire to get beaten to a pulp. There was one

Challenge #04741-L357: Precise Targetting

They are hunting their target on this stinking backwater of a rock, one whose actions caused many deaths on a world the CRC is only now able to start rehabilitating. A being that was heavily drugged by their target attacks Jay but, instead of killing them, Jay shows compassion for one who's yet another victim of the target, and only knocks them out so medics can help them recover. -- Anon Guest

It's the best thing to learn in Pax Humanis. If

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Challenge #05065-M316: Checking In

Challenge #05064-M315: The Company of Predators

Challenge #05056-M307: Necessary Lesson

Challenge #05024-M275: Clinic Sub Rosa

Challenge #05021-M272: Honing All Weapons

Challenge #05018-M269: Far-Reaching Kindness

Challenge #04954-M205: Intelligent Weapons

Challenge #04914-M165: Meat of the Matter

Challenge #04869-M120: Medically Necessary Dangerous Friend

Challenge #04841-M092: Breakout Event

Challenge #04838-M089: Mostly Harmless, You Say

Challenge #04826-M077: Survival Made EZ

Challenge #04814-M065: Thrill of the Hunt

Challenge #04771-M022: Kindness to Strangers

Challenge #04741-L357: Precise Targetting